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Bayside Previewed
Bayside Metro, Chicago Friday, March 2, 2007 With its biggest names either gone (Atreyu, Taking Back Sunday) or trying their damnedest to leave (Hawthorne Heights), the top-dog spot at Victory Records is a wide-open race. Bayside, though, look to be the front-runners, a far cry from the position the band were in less than two […]
Daughtry Previewed
Daughtry Double Door, Chicago Wednesday, March 7, 2007 If you know the name Chris Daughtry it’s likely because of his stint on the fifth season of “American Idol,” where he was a top-five contestant. Five years from now, if music fans remember Daughtry, it will more than likely still be because of his stint on […]
The Ettes preview
The Ettes Ronny’s, Chicago Friday, Feburary 23, 2007 Most musicians, we hope, think their band is good. Confidence, after all, is probably what allows some people to take the chance and get onstage while the rest of us play in the privacy of our own homes, never heard by any ears but our own.
Orangeburg Massacre preview
The Orangeburg Massacre American Legion Hall, Highland Hall Tuesday, February 27, 2007 We can’t understand a darned thing these kids are sayin’!
Slings & Arrows preview
Slings & Arrows Schubas, Chicago Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Chicago’s Slings & Arrows have a knack for choosing poor monikers — they used to be Public Four — but more than make up for it with a shadowy dream pop/slow-motion pyrotechnic mindscrambler.
Yip-Yip Preview
Yip-Yip Beat Kitchen, Chicago Friday, February 16, 2007 “So what do you think of that Yip-Yip CD,” an acquaintance might ask. Your answer? Probably something like, “Well . . . it’s different.”
Ligion Preview
Ligion Austin’s, Libertyville Thursday, February 15, 2007 Pearl Room, Mokena Friday, February 16, 2007 Hard rock band H.I.M. sell records and concert tickets, but the real proof the Finnish group have “made it” is probably the fact they’ve spawned clones . . . Ligion, for example.
The Spares Preview
The Spares Westminster Church, Elgin Sunday, February 18, 2007 Chemical engineering as a prerequisite for a career in country music almost seems laughable, but for Jodee Lewis the trajectory of her shift from science to the rough and tumble world of DIY tours and albums is anything but.
The Subjects Preview
The Subjects Empty Bottle, Chicago Tuesday, February 20, 2007 The phrase “high-school buddies” conjures all sorts of imagery. Maybe you boozed together for the first time, chased tail, or smashed a mailbox here and there. In the case of The Subjects, let’s hope none of the above.
Cat Empire preview
Cat Empire Martyrs’, Chicago Thursday, February 8, 2007 Felines are sure throwing their weight around these days in the music industry. First, we had Cat Power sulking, bent over a piano and now Cat Empire is poised to become the latest thing in Afro-Cuban jazz, Buena Vista Social Club-style. Except, the six-piece hails from Australia, […]
Lily Allen preview
Lily Allen Metro, Chicago Thursday, February 8, 2007 Myspace darling Lily Allen makes her second Chicago appearance since the fall, and this time has an album to back her.
Hidden Hand, Kylesa, Minsk preview
The Hidden Hand, Kylesa, Minsk Empty Bottle, Chicago Saturday, February 10, 2007 Brace yourselves, Chicago metalheads, for what what very well may be the heaviest show of the year.
Ed Pettersen preview
Ed Pettersen Uncommon Ground, Chicago Saturday, February 10, 2007 The New Punk Blues Of Ed Pettersen (SL) is neither punk nor blues, and has an album cover modeled on those iconic jazz records of the ’50s and ’60s. But it isn’t jazz either.
Swizzle Tree Preview
Swizzle Tree Double Door, Chicago Friday, February 2, 2007 Chicago-based quintet Swizzle Tree roll into the Double Door on Friday in support of Here We Are (Areena) and stuffed to the gills with three-minute radio sparklers.
Hayward Williams Preview
Hayward Williams Uncommon Ground, Chicago Every Wednesday In February, 2007 We don’t know how old singer-songwriter Hayward Williams is, but he can’t possibly be as old as the voice on his debut CD leads you to think.
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