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Around Hear: March 2014

Around Hear: March 2014

| March 2, 2014 | 0 Comments

Local Band CD Reviews…en masse…

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Around Hear: December 2012

Around Hear: December 2012

| November 30, 2012 | 1 Comment

The self-titled debut from The Ex Senators is more mainstream than its name and the CD’s superhero cover art would suggest. The quintet offers a well-crafted, big rock sound built on guitars, keyboards, and singer/rhythm guitarist Dmac’s full-bodied vocals. Things get more confrontational on the politically charged tracks, “United Corporations Of America” and “Start A […]

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Around Hear: November 2011

Around Hear: November 2011

| November 1, 2011 | 0 Comments

Local Band Reviews You don’t find many musicians revving-up their professional musical careers after 50, but Bill McAlister is that anomaly. With a voice that’s a dead ringer for Waylon Jennings, McAlister strips his country music down to its simple beauty plus a few outlaw-era blemishes along with his band I-57 South on Illinois Opry.

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Around Hear: May 2011

Around Hear: May 2011

| April 29, 2011 | 0 Comments

Local Band Reviews King Sparrow‘s fusion of bluesy garage-rock and spastic, new-wave punk will undoubtedly draw favorable comparisons to Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, as its self-titled, full-length debut

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