5/13/08 Reggies in Chicago I wasn’t quite so sure about seeing The Liars, mainly because I don’t even own their latest self titled release from 2007. The songs I’ve heard from that sound like they’ve lost something quite frankly…as if they’ve sacrificed some of their edge to be thought of as more of a slicker [...]
5/12/8 Schubas Tavern in Chicago What a blissful night of heavenly Swedish musicians! Last Monday at Schubas was loveliness personified. Not only was it Sarah Assbring’s (El Perro Del Mar’s) triumphant return after way too many months away from Chicago (I swear I aged ten years just waiting for her to come back in these [...]
4/26/08 Schubas Tavern in Chicago Of course, everyone knows of the world famous Peter Morén of Sweden’s Peter, Bjorn, and John but what they don’t know is that he may just be the main man behind all those glorious pop songs and, if isolated from his other two bandmates, he has the capability to put [...]
4/25/08 The Note in Chicago Although it’s technically true to say that Earth is a drone band, this genre doesn’t fully describe their sound. There are many drone bands that tend to come off as just downright noise based or trying to be more experimental than anything else. Though this instrumental four piece from Seattle [...]
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 [...]
4/1/08 Congress Theater in Chicago The genre of post rock has always been a curious one… It’s almost as if it implies that rock music has disappeared off of the face of the Earth. I always feel like I’ve missed some catastrophic event, as if I was in a coma the day the aliens came [...]
3/28/08 Schubas Tavern It’s always something to be ecstatic about when you run into a lineup as exceptional as this one last Friday night at Schubas Tavern. The Ruby Suns dimmed the lights but brought out some fantastic psychedelic melodies. Le Loup played a joyfully energetic set as well, definitely not disappointing the crowd in [...]
3/26/o8 Schubas Tavern in Chicago Headlining a sold out show at Schubas, Beach House fans surely echoed the Devotion. Though I’d seen them two previous times, once opening for The Clientele at the Subterranean and another time playing Pitchfork music festival last summer, this third time at Schubas felt more right than either of the [...]
3/24/08 Empty Bottle in Chicago Once in awhile, you get to experience a band that you know without a doubt is going to become bigger than a small club will ever allow. I felt that way when I saw The Shins at Schubas and around this time last year when I saw Peter, Bjorn and [...]
March 17th, 2008 Schubas Tavern in Chicago This happens year after year: winter wears on me. I feel so sick of the snow, the howling wind, the feeling of cold in my bones that I can’t keep out with a million radiators. I ask myself, “Why do I live in this cold city?” And then, [...]