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Archive for May, 2009
Late Night Lobotomy (Week of 5/25)
Only four days of work this week, kids! Well, more like three since you’ll probably spend Tuesday in a morning-after coma from burgers, beer, and sunburn. This week’s musical guests are a bit of a mixed bag. There are plenty of frustratingly recent reruns happening this week, but there’s still plenty of new stuff to [...]
Elvis Perkins rings in at the Bell House (5/20)
“We’re going to start going backwards, if you don’t mind,” Elvis Perkins, taking the stage alone at Bell House, warmly informed his expectant crowd before beginning a song about endings. It was just him, vocals straining with folk-pop sweetness, and his acoustic, working through the optimistic melodies of “1 2 3 Goodbye” as the Dearland [...]
The Prodigy stomps through Congress Theater (5/23)
This past Saturday, at Chicago’s own Congress Theater, hundreds of Europeans, a bunch of burly security guards, and an assortment of amazing, attractive Chicagoans were assaulted. Some would describe them as having their hearts ripped out, others would say they were kicked in the groin, some would say their minds were turned to pudding. All [...]
Uh oh! Creed plans to come Full Circle
It feels like forever and a day since “Higher” became the radio staple that us former nu-metal fans cringed at upon hearing. Now with a 10-week reunion tour in their summer plans, Creed‘s returning member and resident big mouth Scott Stapp dishes out more information on Full Circle, the “long awaited” fourth album that could [...]
Thomas Dolby gets Re-Wired
2009 marks the full-scale return of one of new wave’s greats, Thomas Dolby. Though best known for his quirky 80s hit “She Blinded Me With Science“, Dolby is a legend among synth composers, not just as a solo-artist, but as a producer, and session musician. He wrote Lene Lovich’s new wave hit “New Toy”, is [...]
Guilty Pleasure: Sam Sparro – Sam Sparro
“Where have all the good men gone,” Bonnie Tyler once asked. While she was clearly crying out for a different type of loving, I’m wondering why the blokes of this world are flying the vocalist flag so poorly. Over the last few years, the girls have brought forth Amy Winehouse, Duffy, Adele, Estelle … and [...]
Scarlett Johansson & Pete Yorn Break Up
And the experiment better known as Scarlett Johansson’s music career continues.
The Zutons survive being dropped from Deltasonic
Have you heard of the psychedelic indie-poppers, The Zutons, who have been lighting up European festivals since they hit the big time with their ’06 single “Valerie” (covered by both Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson)? If you have, I’m sure you’ll be surprised to hear that they were dropped from their label, Deltasonic, where The [...]
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