5/30/6 Logan Square Auditorium in Chicago
If you are reading this, you most likely fall into one of two categories-either you’ve heard the name The Fall (perhaps you’ve heard of the legendary personality difficulties, firing of band members and the like as well) and you’d like to learn more OR you are obsessed with the Fall [...]
5/27/6 at Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago
What a fantastic treat this is…I mean, gosh how wonderful to sit there and hear not only Howe Gelb sing fantastic songs from his newest album ‘Sno Angel Like You but get a chance to hear the wonderful Voices of Praise Choir from lovely Ottawa, Canada. [...]
Subterranean in Chicago 5/24/6
It was a nice treat to see The Octopus Project because I always enjoy hearing the talented guitar work of Brandon Durham, a new addition to their ensemble. Brandon Durham is the lead singer of a band I love called Palaxy Tracks whose songs are so good they make my heart [...]
Subterranean in Chicago 5/24/6
The Starlight Mints are quirky in all of the right ways. I had missed them once before at a street festival opening for The Flaming Lips and unfortunately, they had been put on the stage early much to my disappointment. I’m a real fan of their first album: 2000’s The [...]
5/22/6 at The Empty Bottle
Damon Locks of Chicago based The Eternals is apparently the type of person who lists his name last on the band’s myspace page even though it’s pretty easy to tell that he’s the major inspiration for all of the songs and the one that really makes the music what it is. [...]
Empty Bottle 5/20/6
Think About Life (whose name is more like a command than a title) is a three piece band hailing from Montréal, Canada who have enough energy to re-build the pyramids and cure cancer in a mere matter of hours if the way they play is any indication. The jarring and frantic rhythm [...]
Martyrs in Chicago 5/13/6
Oh my gosh The Concretes are one of my very favorite bands out of Sweden (and trust me, there are a ton of bands I love from Sweden and the list keeps getting longer.) The sucker punch sweetness of the lead singer, Victoria Bergsman, floors me every time and the catchiness [...]
Martyrs in Chicago 5/13/6
Sally Seltmann of New Buffalo is from Melbourne, Australia but because she is on the Arts & Crafts label I found myself comparing her to many of my favorite Canadian bands inadvertently. She presents almost like an Emily Haines of Metric without any kind of attitude. Instead, she has the [...]
5/6/6
Lakeshore Theater in Chicago
Beatufil sweet wonderful Amandine from Sweden. I enjoyed every minute of their delicate set. This four piece often has beautiful vocalizing between the lead singer Olof Gidlöf and the female violinist,Kristina Lundin, as well as Andreas Hedström. Further complimenting their songs was the accordian and keyboard playing of John [...]
5/6/6 at Lakeshore Theater in Chicago
Sam Jayne of Love as Laughter was the first of three Saturday night. Now, I’ve been seeing Love as Laughter albums around for quite some time next door to this venue at Reckless Records but I just hadn’t had the chance to listen to them for some reason. (Do [...]