7/23/8
Double Door in Chicago
Just about every couple of years, Canada’s Sloan puts out an album and does a North American tour. They’ve amassed a following based on their consistency and going to a Sloan show, you see the same exact people you see at every Sloan show year after year…it’s almost like a family [...]
Empty Bottle in Chicago
4/11/08
I already wrote an essay on Caribou back when I blogged about them in November of 2007 here so I will keep this short. Back at that show, I had Pertussis and did not even realize it (my Dr. was also clueless) and spent the majority of their set throwing up in [...]
Cabaret Metro
11/8/07
There are a few times in a year when I see a band and come away from it inspired and changed. The experience is transcendent and visceral and has taken me to another place. Such is the case of last Thursday’s Caribou set and even though I’ve seen well over a hundred [...]
Well, of course I do….I mean, having lived for so long so close to the border, I learned to love the finer cultured things in life (which also means Canada) I even went as a Canadian to a Halloween party…ok, ok you got me. That just meant I put on my Besnard Lakes [...]
5/27/7
Schubas in Chicago
I recently discovered the frantic sound of Canada’s four piece Frog Eyes and was just as excited about their live show as their most recent psychedelic tinged album Tears of the Valedictorian. They did a fantastic job of bringing this postmodern energy out live with lead singer Carey Mercer being the main [...]
It’s been a pretty packed week of music between Sunday night with Mice Parade, Tues. with Kristin Hersh, and last night with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and when I haven’t been at a show, working my day job, or getting minimal sleep, I’ve been frantically photo editing but I still haven’t quite been able to [...]
5/19/7
Cabaret Metro in Chicago
This was my third time seeing Sloan who are touring on their most recently released album Never Hear the End of it, which has its fair share of rockers and gems to be quite well rounded, thoughtful and catchy at the same time. Though they played many songs off of this [...]
The Subterranean in Chicago
4/9/07
As I sometimes find myself getting bogged down with too many reviews to write and photos to edit, sometimes Cinchel splits the reviewing part with me and did so again for the lush and beautiful (I mean, cello and violin…can anyone really go wrong with that?) A Northern Chorus which he blogged [...]
Schubas in Chicago
4/1/7
Cinchel wrote up this show on Radio Free Chicago. I wanted to second his feelings about the band and say how much I loved listening to them (not just because they are Canadian but also because they are extemely talented musicians.) I’ll also agree with the Will Oldham reminscence but also [...]
3/29/07
Schubas Tavern in Chicago
If anyone is going to lead Montreal’s psychedelic shoegaze music movement, The Besnard Lakes surely are the prime candidate. Combining elements of rock and just modern day vulnerable indieness, the complete sound is astounding both on album and live. Saturated with pedal effects, the billowing smoke which seemed strange at [...]