I’m amazed by how many great bands there are with animal names…so I thought I would write one big collective story highlighting these bands. I’m sure I missed some. If anyone can think of one I missed, feel free to leave a comment.
It all started with Wolfmother who gave birth to many offspring, [...]
Grizzly Bear have now put up a stream of some of their upcoming (to be released September 5th) Yellow House songs on their website here and it sounds like it’s going to be fantastic. They’ll be in Chicago at The Metro on October 10th supporting TV on the Radio.
Upcoming International and North American Tour [...]
Mission of Burma recently announced plans for a West Coast tour as follows:
Sep 15 2006 8:00P
The Crocodile Cafe Seattle, WA
Sep 16 2006 8:00P
Doug Fir Portland, OR
Sep 17 2006 9:00P
WOW Hall Eugene, OR
Sep 19 2006 8:00P
Harlow’s Sacramento, CA
Sep 21 2006 8:00P
Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA
Sep 22 2006 8:00P
Troubadour Los Angeles, CA
Sep 23 2006 [...]
8/25/06
Memories in Chicago
I don’t usually talk about the venue of where a band plays but indulge me on this one because I’d never heard of Memories in the five years I’ve been living in Chicago and steadily attending shows. It’s located on the NW side of the city around 4100 North Cicero and is, [...]
Chicago’s very own 1900s have a perfect sound reminiscent of everything from The Beach Boys to Fleetwood Mac. It’s both alluring and very catchy. Their eight members always make for a full and engaging melody. Their stage presence is one that is often accompanied by dance movements to mesh well with the vocal [...]
It’s Sunday and therefore time for the second installment of Best of Myspace, where I take all of the myspace links friends have sent me and all of the requests I’ve received from bands themselves and I choose my top five for the week.
1. Melon Galia
Melon Galia from Belgium is a band that I wouldn’t [...]
(or I really just like to “hang out”)
Last year I worked with someone born and raised in England from a distance (meaning just that I heard and admired his accent but was too shy to talk to him when I didn’t have any specific reason to.) I knew pretty much the bare minimum about him-that [...]
Chicago summer 2005 Click the heading of this blog entry to enlarge picture
I just wanted to say how much it seems to be a natural part of the urban landscape to me now to see fliers for shows, especially from independent ones, around certain parts of the city…not just in Chicago either but many [...]
8/17/06
Empty Bottle in Chicago
Alog is atmospheric and dreamy with minimalist music that has slowly added effects to it in order to create something complex as it is simplistic, which is to say that it’s something you have to listen to for awhile to understand why it works. It is, to be sure, music you have [...]
Dream Brother, by David Browne, is the story of musicians Jeff Buckley and his father, Tim Buckley. Browne does a thorough job of exloring the curious circumstances behind their deaths as well as their music, relations with the music industry, and their personal lives. Browne also provides a comprehensive index in order to [...]