8/12/06 West Fest in Chicago Califone is a four piece band based partly in Chicago and partly in LA that was formed by Tim Rutili after the break-up of former band Red Red Meat. They have a real history not just in terms of their own output (they are about to release their eighth album) [...]
The following is the second part of a three part interview submitted to French musician Orouni by email. Click this link to be taken to the first part of this interview. In this part of the interview, Orouni talks more about current favorite musicians and bands as well as the music scenes in Denmark and [...]
8/12/06 West Fest Chicago Bobby Conn is glam crossed with hard rock. I really love elements of it (mainly the glam) and dislike others (mainly the hard rock) but I can understand why they’ve gained a following, especially in the Chicago area. It’s unusual to say the least to see a band rocking out that [...]
So I’ve decided to start a regular every Friday post that details one awkward conversation I have recently had about music. I already have a couple of them stored up but what I am hoping this will do is to inspire me to talk to people more at shows and hopefully this will be more [...]
8/4/6 and 8/5/6 (early show) Empty Bottle Chicago Wow…it’s difficult to express in words how amazing these shows were. First, even though I really like A Silver Mt. Zion’s albums, the songs somehow felt more intense seeing them live. I listened to a couple of the albums again after seeing them and it enhanced my [...]
8/3/06 Empty Bottle in Chicago Vetiver was a real treat to see live. I didn’t know whether to expect a set so mellow it would lose me or one too rocking that would possibly destroy the gentle graces their best songs have to offer. I’ve been listening to their latest newly released album To Find [...]
8/3/06 Empty Bottle in Chicago The above photgraph was taken at Chicago’s Intonation Music Festival during Rob Lowe’s performance with 90 Day Men. The lighting at The Empty Bottle has been rather dark lately and I thought this was a better picture of him. Rob Lowe is becoming increasingly important to the Chicago music scene [...]
7/31/6 Empty Bottle Chicago I was grateful to Camera Obscura who decided to stay in Chicago through the weekend when their Friday night show at The Logan Square Auditorium was cancelled due to a power outage. They definitely concentrated on singing most of the songs off of their newest release Le’ts Get Out of this [...]
The following is the first of a three part interview with French musician Orouni who was able to answer these questions by email. Orouni’s music is both warm and inspiring and after listening to several songs of his, I quickly started listening to them on repeat rather often. Links at the bottom are provided in [...]
8/5/06 The Double Door Chicago The above photograph was taken by Cinchel earlier in the day and photoshopped by myself. (Kirstiecat) The venue was much stricter in terms of allowing photograhy inside as it was a radio sponsored XRT event for this particular show. The night started out with Feist, who acted much differently than [...]