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Curtain Lifter: Fela! – The Musical
By: Betsy Glickman
It all starts with the drums, or so it goes at the Shrine – the romping, good-time nightclub in the heart of the most dangerous neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria’s capital city. Run by revolutionary musician, Fela Kuti, the Shrine is the main setting for Broadway in Chicago’s Fela! and the title character opens [...]
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A Melodious Journey: An Horse @ Saki
By: Betsy Glickman
Almost one year since the release of their sophomore album, Walls, the delightfully fresh and fierce indie-pop duo, An Horse, are galloping back through the US and Canada – this time on tour with alt-rock veterans, Nada Surf.
An Horse is the combination of Aussies Kate Cooper (vocals, guitar) and Damon Cox (drums), who [...]
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Damon Does Do312
By: Damon Ranger
So i’ve received quite a few emails asking me to explain my fights with the “Iron Sheik” Like all amazing ideas, it started over beers… Q101 (a Chicago rock radio station, yes we had one at one time) was throwing some money into a show of ours and asked, how we’d like to [...]
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Curtain Lifter: The Features @ Double Door
Tonight is going to be a doozy of a rock n’ roll explosion at the Double Door… The Features are in town and have brought their Nashville indie tones in tow. They create a brand of prevailing southern rock that has been coveted and much appreciated for many years by an expansive fan-base who is dedicated [...]
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Damon Does Do312
By: Damon Ranger
If video killed the radio star, and internet killed the radio star, social media killed the rock star…..ugh! Not that i’m trying to date myself…but, as a kid I remember wondering what Kurt Cobain was up to, wondering if Billy Corgan was really insane, wondering if TLC really chased waterfalls and burned down [...]
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Curtain Lifter: Furious Frank
By: Betsy Glickman
They reel you in with the easy-going opening tune, “Telemundo,” characterized through a catchy, casual folk sway. But as you dive deeper into The Map & the Territory, the sophomore album of Chicago’s Furious Frank, you embark on an eccentric and memorable journey with a welcoming – albeit slightly odd – collective of [...]
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A Melodious Journey: Caveman
By: John Matthew Simon
Yesterday was a special day!!! It marked the releasing of the Brooklyn quintet Caveman’s debut album Coco Beware on Fat Possum Records. The reason for my excitable reaction is the fact that Caveman is a shining example of what new bands should strive to be, a hardworking and self-assuring local favorite. A [...]
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A Melodious Journey: My Best Fiend
By: Betsy Glickman
If you’re looking for some mellow-but-rockin’ music to add to your iTunes catalog, or perhaps a travel companion for that long drive down to Austin’s South By Southwest (SXSW) Conference, it’s time to give My Best Fiend a listen.
The recently released In Ghostlike Fading, My Best Fiend’s solid and somewhat psychedelic rock soundtrack, [...]
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What to DO512 @ SXSW!!!
South By Southwest is upon us… Over the past few days’ bands, DJs, MCs, middlemen, and the like from every part of the world have been piling into planes, trains, and automobiles headed towards Austin, Texas for a meeting of the minds. What had started out as a conference destination for industry types has subtly [...]
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A Melodious Journey: Stephen Hendel – Creator of Fela!