Stage Buzz
Harry Connick Jr. Preview
Harry Connick Jr. Chicago Theatre, Chicago Thursday, March 15, 2007 Friday, March 16, 2007 If you’ve been waiting, breath bated, to invoke the phrase “Go piss yourself,” now just might be your chance: Harry Connick Jr. sounds pretty convincing on his tribute to New Orleans****.
BARR Preview
BARR Beat Kitchen, Chicago Saturday, March 17, 2007 Do NOT go see BARR on St. Patrick’s Day if you’ve been drinking. Repeat: Do NOT.
Baby Teeth Preview
Baby Teeth Schubas, Chicago Saturday, March 17, 2007 The news leading up to Baby Teeth’s release of their new album, The Simp (Lujo), on March 13th was that songwriter Abraham Levitan was now recording under his real name. Formerly, he preferred the monicker Pearly Sweets, which he apparently thought sounded more “New Orleans.”
Cold War Kids preview
Cold War Kids, Tokyo Police Club Subterranean, Chicago Friday, March 9, 2006 Internet passions Cold War Kids and Tokyo Police Club share the same stage Friday.
The Samples preview
The Samples Martyrs’, Chicago Saturday, March 10, 2007 Married couples are supposed to give each other china for their 20th wedding anniversary, but what does a band celebrating a similar milestone do? Needless to say, the guys in The Samples didn’t splurge on a gravy boat or a butter tray for the occasion. Of course, […]
Fu Manchu preview
Fu Manchu Double Door, Chicago Sunday, March 11, 2007 Some reviewers are calling Fu Manchu’s newest effort, We Must Obey, a “comeback” record, or a “second wind” for the Southern California rockers. We never noticed they were gone, and definitely weren’t aware everything had been used up in the “first wind.”
Nachtmystium preview
Nachtmystium, Lair Of The Minotaur Otto’s, DeKalb Wednesday, March 14, 2007 The United States will never be able to claim itself the home of black metal, that honor will forever be Norway’s to boast. But the Midwest, Chicago specifically, might just be able to lay claim to psychedelic black metal thanks to Nachtmystium.
Clipse Previewed
Clipse Metro, Chicago Friday, March 2, 2007 The story of the brothers Clipse is of one but not the other. The only continuous pairing in their artificially elongated career is themselves — Pusha T and Malice.
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.
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