Shiloh: Taking Solace in Such Cold Familiar Places
on April 27, 2012
Local band, Shiloh has a familiar sound unlike anything one might expect to hear.
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Cave at The Empty Bottle on April 21, 2012
on April 23, 2012
A night full of surprises, costumes and raw talent, yet again at The Empty Bottle.
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Geoff Farina – The Wishes of the Dead
on April 21, 2012
The former Karate frontman’s latest solo effort is a well-composed narrative of a year he spent living in a small town in Maine.
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Screaming Females at Subterranean on April 12, 2012
on April 14, 2012
What was refreshing about the show was Paternoster’s ambition: She yelped and rattled her way through minor sound hiccups and “guitar troubles” for a nearly hour-long set.
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My Dad – Stunts
on March 23, 2012
Stunts is not rebellious nor is it an abrasive album. There is a whimsicality that keeps it light but still intrigues the listener with tiny threats of paroxysms and spasms.
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Sophia Knapp: Into The Waves
on March 20, 2012
Sophia Knapp’s Into the Waves is unusually pure and luminous yet primal in its its subtle ferocity. Her vocals are sensual, soothing and from lissome lyrics dissolve under your tongue, a pressure of swelling emotion tingling the tips of your spine. Baroque meets psych-rock circa 1960’s revolutionaries Into the Waves is a sensational album and Sophia’s first […]
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Talking with Terrible Truths
on March 19, 2012
Terrible Truths is a three-piece band from Adelaide, South Australia, made up of Rani Rose on guitars/vocals, Stacey Wilson on bass/vocals and Liam Kenny on drums. After their first show in February 2010, Terrible Truths quickly gained a reputation as a key part of the burgeoning Adelaide underground with solid live shows characterized by shared vocal duties […]
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Islands at Lincoln Hall 3.1.12
on March 13, 2012
The band pulled off quite a neat and polished performance, given all the ups and downs of their career.
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Sharon Van Etten at Lincoln Hall on Feb. 17, 2012
on February 22, 2012
At Lincoln Hall Friday night, headliner Sharon Van Etten takes her guitar and begins to strum, opening with a song that encapsulates feelings of warmth and painful nostalgia: “You’re the reason why I’ll move to the city/You’re why I’ll need to leave.”
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Slow Animal at Empty Bottle 2.8.12
on February 10, 2012
At a last minute request, the band drove to Chicago to play at the Empty Bottle on Wednesday night to open for local artist Gypsy Blood.
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Brother George – “Olivia Oh Yeah”
on February 9, 2012
Olivia Oh Yeah Brother George is a four-piece indie-rock group from our very own Chicago. In fact, you may have heard the group while venturing down Milwaukee Avenue near the six corners in Wicker Park. The band practices in its loft apartment, which is chock-full of instruments — from about a dozen duck-taped tambourines to a theremin. […]
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Thin Hymns – “Cast Aside”
on February 3, 2012
Cast Aside Thin Hymns is one of those Chicago bands that if you had yet to hear until now, you would feel cheated. With a lithesome surf-rock feel, the four-piece released its first album this past year. The falsetto layered over a wandering whistle and glockenspiel will delight your eardrums. Listen to “Cast Aside,” a track from […]
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