Archive for January, 2007

Matthew Carr

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Fixx Coffee in Chicago
January 20th, 2007

There’s something wholly romantic about the very notion of being the type of person that could pick up and leave the country you were living in not once but twice. Combine this with the folk singer discovering new cities while jotting down poetry in his journal, which may be the [...]

Best of Myspace Music

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

1. Mondo

I haven’t done one of these in awhile and for that I am sorry. The winter drags all of the energy out of my bones it seems. I’ve been getting steady myspace requests from bands and I’m behind in listening to be honest but Mondo had made me start this back up [...]

Ron Sexsmith with Kim Taylor

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

1/16/07

Schubas in Chicago

I adore Ron Sexsmith. His soft nature as he sings is nothing less than enchanting. Seeing him in the intimate venue of Schubas was a real treat not just because the sound there is always fantastic but also due to the fact that it felt almost like you were having a [...]

Tomorrow Never Knows Festival…

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

 

I’ve compiled all  230 photos of Schubas Tomorrow Never Knows Festival from 1/10-1/14/07 in Chicago and posted them here

Also, if you just want to look at all of the people in the audience, I compiled about 20 photos of those who watched, danced, and gazed adoringly here

The Office

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

1/13/07 at Schubas in Chicago
Tomorrow Never Knows Festival Day Four

Chicago has a great local music scene and The Office is one of the bands that makes the community a little brighter and richer. With their catchy form of melodramatic popular song, each note played makes you bob your head to the melodies created while [...]

Awkward Conversations (Around Music)

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

Note: The above picture is the official heading on the Schubas webpage

Ive only ever done one other Awkward Conversation Around Music before but this situation merits it… I was at Schubas Tavern on Tuesday to see Ron Sexsmith and I was quite enjoying myself as I’ve been looking forward to this show for a long [...]

Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

Schubas
Tomorrow Never Knows Music Festival
Day Two
1/11/07

I really wanted to like Indianapolis Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos more than I did. They have a real feline and feminine quality to them. On songs like “Skeleton Key” and “Vampires in Blue Dresses” a lovely sing songy pop sensibility is touched on. On [...]

Eagle*Seagull

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007

Tomorrow Never Knows Music Festival
Schubas in Chicago
1/10/07

When I think about Lincoln Nebraska’s Eagle Seagull, I think about one song above all others. It isn’t because their self titled 2006 release on Paper Garden Records remains limited to this one song. In fact, it’s full of gems that have me putting on the album [...]

The Headlights

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

TNK Music Festival
(Day One)
Chicago, Illinois
1/10/07

One of the bands I looked forward to most for the Tomorrow Never Knows Festival is the Champaign three piece The Headlights. Perfectly suited for the Polyvinyl label, they put out a fantastic full length in 2006 entitled Kill Them With Kindness to accompany their EP The Enemies and a [...]

TNK Festival

Friday, January 12th, 2007

I feel like putting up an out of order sign on myself because I have gotten very little sleep two nights in a row. I’m trying to cover the tomorrow never knows festival at Schubas which has been starting promptly at around 9pm and getting done after 1am. This festival is going on [...]