(or Maybe I’m more pretentious than I thought I was) I generally like the people who are working at or patrons of the gym I go to in Chicago. One of them, about a month ago, asked me what I was listening to through my bulky Ministry of Sound headphones. I was actually listening to [...]
I was going to announce this yesterday but I had to make sure to get my tickets first (I get paranoid, you see) One of the most important musicians of multiple decades, Scotland’s Bert Jansch is actually gracing Chicago with his awe inspiring presence. He is coming to The Empty Bottle on November 17th as [...]
9/20/06 Empty Bottle in Chicago Jandek’s appearance was rare…so rare in fact that when it had been announced last year that he might appear one of the days at the Wire Festival, many people bought tickets for every night of the event just hoping to catch him. Jandek played guitar with his back turned for [...]
9/22/06 Chicago at the Empty Bottle The Wire teamed up with Chicago’s Empty Bottle to bring us Adventures in Modern Music showcasing an experimental and diverse lineup of musicians and bands from all over the world. On this night alone, local musicians gathered with those from Oregon, France, and Brazil for an incredible night that [...]
Before I began doing my best of myspace, I discovered Erland who is the son of a Swedish composer that began learning about music and how to play instruments at an early age. He’s now living in New York and his songs vary between emotionally effective instrumentals even to cover songs. I bought his album, [...]
Hi France. Yes, I’m looking at you. This could very well be called Best of French Myspace for this week. 1. Paloma Paloma is so effecting that you listen to the folk songs on their myspace page and realize that their 2006 release In My Time of Sorrrow seems very aptly named. It’s somber folk [...]
(above photo by Cinchel (Or when music snobbery intersects photo snobbery in one pretentious car crash) Not too long ago, I went to see Feist and Sonic Youth at the Double Door, which I reviewed here. It was a sold out overfilled to capacity type of show with a mixture of people who had won [...]
9/11/6-9/12/6 Lakeshore Theater in Chicago Vashti Bunyan is delicate, magical, and enchanting. She could charm thousand year oak trees in a forest to start whispering a melody. Playing with a six piece ensemble that included Helena-Espvall from Espers, Vashti filled the air with her songs and you could just tell they sounded exactly the way [...]
September 7th, 2006 Schubas in Chicago There are so many things both exquisite and painful in this world. From the first word we say and our first time on a swing to the best love we’ve ever had (and the best love we’ve never had) our lives are full of experiences that change the way [...]
I finally finished my day three photos, which can be viewed here There are about 175 photos. I created a Hideout Block Party set on the side. Here’s a sample of each band I took pictures of (I wasn’t able to take pictures of Pinback) Overall, I will say that it was such a nice [...]