Archive for October, 2007

Damon and Naomi

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

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9/30/07
Wire Festival
Adventures in Modern Music
Empty Bottle in Chicago

Damon and Naomi (post Galaxie 500) played a soft melancholy over an hour length set Sunday. Most of the songs were from their newest album release, Within These Walls, which I haven’t yet heard unfortunately. It was great that they had Helena Espvall of Espers playing cello [...]

Deerhunter

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

9/29/07
Empty Bottle in Chicago

Do yourself a favor: take every regret you’ve ever had in your life and drop it like a textbook. Don’t look as it hits the ground. Take all your feelings of loneliness and forget even the dendrites and synapses that are responsible. Now, move and let that movement be [...]

Gruff Rhys

Monday, October 1st, 2007

9/27/07

It was a summery day. The birds were singing. The sun was out and the weather was warm. All around, children were playing hopscotch and moving in slow motion when I heard that Gruff Rhys, lead singer of one of the most fantastic bands this world has ever known, Super Furry Animals, [...]