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Featured Review from Oh My Rockness
May 13, 2012Once I was stranded on the pitch-black shores of Ireland’s smallest island. I walked into the only open pub, and the needle scratched as the locals looked up. A few hours later, my gut was full of Guinness and I had new friends. Suddenly it was song time. Chairs were moved. Instruments were brandished. And one after another, my new friends sang some of the saddest, most poignant songs I had ever heard. Then they looked at me, my turn to sing a song of substance. I blanked, and blanked, and ended up singing The Star Spangled Banner.
more at ohmyrockness.com
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Lee "Scratch" Perry, SubAtomic Soundsystem, Illuminati Congo, Impala Sound Champions
Mon. 05/21 | 8:00PM @ Lincoln Hall (map)
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Featured Review from ChicagoInnerview
May 15, 2012Pop music would sound vastly different today if not for the sonic innovations of Jamaica. Over a half-century-long career as a singer, songwriter, and producer, Lee “Scratch” Perry has presided over pivotal chapters in Jamaican musical history, dating all the way back to reggae’s first stirrings as an outgrowth of ska and rocksteady. In the 1970s Perry ran the fabled backyard studio Black Ark (the suspicious destruction of which cemented Perry’s reputation for erratic and cantankerous behavior), where he produced tunes for Bob Marley and the Wailers, among others. During this era, Perry’s experiments at the mixing desk helped spawn the druggy, effects-laden reggae subgenre known as dub, presaging the vibrant remix aesthetic that has since transformed modern music production. The 76-year-old legend remains as prolific as ever, racking up recent collaborations ranging from the inspired (Keith Richards, The Orb) to the inexplicable (Andrew W.K.). (Appearing with Illuminati Congo at Lincoln Hall on May 21) –text: Mark Calaguas more at chicagoinnerview.com
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Featured Review from The Onion A.V. Club
May 09, 2012As inventive and iconoclastic as any genius hiding out in music history, Lee “Scratch” Perry figures into pretty much every development within reggae music from the time he started working professionally in the late ’60s. more at avclub.com
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Do Division
Fri. 06/01 | 12:00PM - Sun. 06/03 | 10:00PM @ Leavitt
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RADIOHEAD
w/ CaribouSun. 06/10 | 8:00PM @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre (map)
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Green Music Fest
Sat. 06/23 | 12:00PM - Sun. 06/24 | 10:00PM @ Damen Avenue (Between North and Schiller)
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REFUSED w/ OFF!
Thu. 07/26 | 6:30PM (Doors) @ The Congress Theater (map)
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Wicker Park Fest
Sat. 07/28 | 12:00PM - Sun. 07/29 | 10:00PM @ Milwaukee at North Ave
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COLDPLAY
Tue. 08/07 | 7:00PM @ United Center (map)
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Featured Review from Oh My Rockness
May 13, 2012Once I was stranded on the pitch-black shores of Ireland’s smallest island. I walked into the only open pub, and the needle scratched as the locals looked up. A few hours later, my gut was full of Guinness and I had new friends. Suddenly it was song time. Chairs were moved. Instruments were brandished. And one after another, my new friends sang some of the saddest, most poignant songs I had ever heard. Then they looked at me, my turn to sing a song of substance. I blanked, and blanked, and ended up singing The Star Spangled Banner.
more at ohmyrockness.com
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Lee "Scratch" Perry, SubAtomic Soundsystem, Illuminati Congo, Impala Sound Champions
Mon. 05/21 | 8:00PM @ Lincoln Hall (map)
Buy TicketsClick 'I Like It' to Win Tickets!-
Featured Review from ChicagoInnerview
May 15, 2012Pop music would sound vastly different today if not for the sonic innovations of Jamaica. Over a half-century-long career as a singer, songwriter, and producer, Lee “Scratch” Perry has presided over pivotal chapters in Jamaican musical history, dating all the way back to reggae’s first stirrings as an outgrowth of ska and rocksteady. In the 1970s Perry ran the fabled backyard studio Black Ark (the suspicious destruction of which cemented Perry’s reputation for erratic and cantankerous behavior), where he produced tunes for Bob Marley and the Wailers, among others. During this era, Perry’s experiments at the mixing desk helped spawn the druggy, effects-laden reggae subgenre known as dub, presaging the vibrant remix aesthetic that has since transformed modern music production. The 76-year-old legend remains as prolific as ever, racking up recent collaborations ranging from the inspired (Keith Richards, The Orb) to the inexplicable (Andrew W.K.). (Appearing with Illuminati Congo at Lincoln Hall on May 21) –text: Mark Calaguas more at chicagoinnerview.com
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Featured Review from The Onion A.V. Club
May 09, 2012As inventive and iconoclastic as any genius hiding out in music history, Lee “Scratch” Perry figures into pretty much every development within reggae music from the time he started working professionally in the late ’60s. more at avclub.com
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Do Division
Fri. 06/01 | 12:00PM - Sun. 06/03 | 10:00PM @ Leavitt
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RADIOHEAD
w/ CaribouSun. 06/10 | 8:00PM @ First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre (map)
Buy TicketsClick 'I Like It' for your chance to Win Tickets! -
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Green Music Fest
Sat. 06/23 | 12:00PM - Sun. 06/24 | 10:00PM @ Damen Avenue (Between North and Schiller)
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REFUSED w/ OFF!
Thu. 07/26 | 6:30PM (Doors) @ The Congress Theater (map)
Buy TicketsClick 'I LIKE IT' to Win Tickets! -
Wicker Park Fest
Sat. 07/28 | 12:00PM - Sun. 07/29 | 10:00PM @ Milwaukee at North Ave
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COLDPLAY
Tue. 08/07 | 7:00PM @ United Center (map)
Buy TicketsClick 'I LIKE IT' for a chance to Win Tickets!
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