José González is a Swedish Argentinean folk singer. His only full length album, 2005’s Veneer is stripped down and bare aside from his vocals and acoustic guitar. It sounds like it could be composed in the forests of Sweden by someone whose main diet for weeks had consisted of lingonberries. The vocals [...]
10/15/6
Lakeshore Theater
Chicago
I know that lately it might seem like I only go to good shows or that I might not be able to have discriminating taste. That simply isn’t true on either counts. First of all, I do have discriminating taste. For instance, I hate Foreigner. I hate them so much [...]
10/14/6
Lakeshore Theater in Chicago
Juana Molina is an Argentinean born musician who had a previous career as a television actress in Argentina, which is perhaps why whenever I’ve seen her live little bits of her sense of humor and personality show through between the songs. This time, at the very beginning of the first song, [...]
I woke up this morning a little sleepy headed from a late night Juana Molina show, who was as always fantastic and who I will be posting about later on in the week. I felt increasingly discouraged because myspace just doesn’t seem to work right some days and I was having trouble actually hearing [...]
10/11/06
Park West in Chicago
It was absolutely thrilling to see Mojave 3 for the first time. They’ve put out five stellar albums and it’s no secret that Neil Halstead is an incredibly talented person whether he’s composing perfect folk melodies on his solo album Sleeping on Roads and with Mojave 3 or when he created [...]
10/9/6
Empty Bottle in Chicago
Playing for what felt like half an hour but was probably more like forty-five minutes, Chad Matheny, lead singer of the one-man- band-do-it-yourself wonder, Emperor X sang out to his avid fans. Let’s face it, there’s nothing indier than indie rock. (Indie disco just doesn’t have the same feel to [...]
10/2/6
Subterranean
This band is special. They aren’t just special because they play with an accordian and a banjo in addition to the guitar and percussion. They aren’t merely unique because of the lovely female vocals of Sophie Senard or the delicate and graceful way their songs take shape in the midst of the playing [...]
my grandma is doing miraculously better though I have alot to catch up on. I hope to have something posted by wed.
This blog has to go on hiatus for a little while. I’m flying back to Rochester, NY (my home town) tomorrow morning to say a last goodbye to my grandma. I’m very devastated about this and when I think about her dying I am very emotional. I have so much to write [...]
Saturday September 30th, 2006
The Subterranean in Chicago
Chicago’s very own 1900s are fantastic. They blend the best of melodic 60s pop with full rich harmonizing that makes your heart ache. Both the vocals of Edward Anderson and the two female vocalists, Caroline Donovan and Jeanine O’Toole make for songs that are like sugary sweet [...]