6/1/07 South Union Arts For those people familiar with Phil Elvrum, the singer songwriter responsible for The Microphones and Mount Eerie, last Friday was really quite a treat. It was also my first visit to South Union Arts, an eleven mile southside trip I made by bike in the dark pouring rain, which somehow added [...]
6/3/07 Schubas Tavern in Chicago Eleni Mandell has one of those voices that just purrs…kind of like an American version of Carla Bruni. She played for about an hour with the set well balanced between the rockers and the softer sweet tones of her more lullabye-ish sound. Perhaps it may have been better if she [...]
Empty Bottle in Chicago 5/28/07 It’s rare that I see a band with such presence, energy, and passion as three piece band Entrance. If you like bands like The Black Angels be sure to check out Entrance, who honestly make the sounds and live performance of the former seem almost flat in comparison. The psychedelic [...]
The Empty Bottle in Chicago 5/28/07 Lavender Diamond’s Imagine Our Love is dreamy postmodern folk. Though it sounds quite different than El Perro Del Mar’s self titled album, it is similar lyrically in the way that the Becky Stark uses mininal repeating lyrics to create a sense of anthem. Before you realize it, you know [...]
Hyde Park Arts Center in Chicago 6/2/07 Guitarkestra, an event put together by Steve Krakow from Plastic Crimewave Sound met Saturday in the speaker project put together by artist Juan-Angel-Chavez. Local band Aleks and the Drummer added some structure with drumming and vocals but it was mainly a gathering of guitarists with various pedals and [...]
It’s always really difficult to get both vinyl and cds in the picture to be focused and readable but alas… vinyl: This past week I’d been playing Tears of the Valedictorian by Frog Eyes to get ready for their show Sun night, which was fantastic, and similar to Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, there is [...]