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Ane Brun, Gemma Ray
Tue. 05/22 | 8:00PM @ Lincoln Hall (map)
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Featured Review from flavorpill
May 18, 2012“Norwegian songstress Ane Brun may best be described to American audiences as the thinking-Scandinavian-man’s Dolly Parton. Brun’s blissful vocals evoke the innocence and clarity of a wide-eyed ingenue, but her insightful lyrics dispel any charges of coyness or naivete. Changing of the Seasons (2008) was an impressive affair and more accessible than 2005’s A Temporary Dive (whose darkness was perhaps the result of her jam sessions with fellow Scandinavians a-ha).
Julian Hooper, Flavorpill more at flavorpill.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 Chicago Reader
May 18, 2012Lee “Scratch” Perry, Subatomic Soundsystem, Illuminati Congo, Impala Sound Champions
When: Mon., May 21, 8 p.m.2424 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago Lincoln Park IL 60614
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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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Kurt Vile & the Violators, Black Bananas, True Widow
Sun. 05/20 | 8:00PM @ Lincoln Hall (map)
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Featured Review from Oh My Rockness
May 13, 2012Oh yeah, when Vile isn’t writing songs on his own, he’s strumming it up for The War on Drugs (an excellent band). more at ohmyrockness.com
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Featured Review from ChicagoInnerview
May 01, 2012As one of the most intense experimental noise rock bands of the past decade, Xiu Xiu pushes its musical performance to another level of audience experience. more at chicagoinnerview.com
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Active Child, Balam Acab, Superhumanoids
Wed. 05/16 | 9:00PM @ Lincoln Hall (map)
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Featured Review from Heave Media
May 14, 2012While Active Child has already achieved a respectable repertoire, the best is still yet to come from Pat Grossi. Only a couple EPs and one full-length exist for him. He’s a rookie. A rookie with a jaw-dropping vocal range, skills on the harp, and an ear for the cinematic. Read more about Active Child at HEAVEmedia.com
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Featured Review from The Onion A.V. Club
May 04, 2012The solo recording project of L.A.-based Pat Grossi, Active Child brings a glassy beauty to the hazy sounds of contemporary synth-pop on its just-released debut, You Are All I See. The vulnerability of Grossi’s choir-honed tenor could relegate the project to the bedroom, but the dreamy, wide-open arrangements of the eponymous opener and “Johnny Belinda” are destined for greater heights—if only so the ’10s equivalent of John Hughes can have his or her own Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark. more at avclub.com
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Featured Review from The Onion A.V. Club
May 01, 2012As the momentum and chaos surrounding her day job as one half of the contemporary folk duo Indigo Girls has calmed, Amy Ray has been stretching her creative muscles by running the independent record label Daemon Records and embarking on a solo career. more at avclub.com
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The DePaul Activities Board Annual Battle of the Bands
Sun. 05/13 | 7:00PM @ Lincoln Hall (map)
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The Right Now (Record Release), Derobert & The Half Truths, DJRC
Sat. 05/12 | 9:00PM @ Lincoln Hall (map)
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SOLD OUT! Ty Segall, White Fence, Strange Boys, Bitchin Bajas
Thu. 05/10 | 8:00PM @ Lincoln Hall (map)
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Featured Review from flavorpill
May 08, 2012“From his lowly(ish) beginnings in 2008 as a (eponymous) man and his guitar, Ty Segall has quickly established himself as a forerunner in the Bay Area garage scene, standing tall alongside bands like Thee Oh Sees and Shannon and the Clams. His 2011 release, Goodbye Bread (Drag City), was a slower lurch than his previous three albums, more Iggy Pop than the Seeds, but just as kick-ass in the way that only real rock ‘n’ roll can be. more at flavorpill.com
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Featured Review from Chicago Reader
May 06, 2012San Francisco garage rocker Ty Segall is nothing if not prolific. With a no-fuss approach to the studio and a prodigious work ethic, he’s made 11 albums since 2008—and the brisk pace of his output seems to have rubbed off on his music, giving it an appealing urgency. Last year’s fantastic Goodbye Bread has a dialed-down vibe, balancing its wild howling and heavy distortion with hooky melodies and strummy acoustic guitars, but you can never predict what Segall’s next record will sound like from listening to the previous one—Hair (Drag City), released a couple of weeks ago, is an action-packed eight-song collaboration with fellow Bay Area denizen White Fence (ne Tim Presley), who shares Segall’s preference for getting shit done quickly. more at chicagoreader.com
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Lee Fields & The Expressions
Wed. 05/09 | 9:00PM @ Lincoln Hall (map)
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Featured Review from Chicago Reader
April 30, 2012On his latest album, Faithful Man (Truth & Soul), veteran soul singer Lee Fields continues down a path that leads away from the James Brown funk of his earlier recordings and toward a hard-soul template that doesn’t privilege the sound of any single old-school artist, label, or studio. more at chicagoreader.com
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The Hudson Branch (record release), Clip Art, The Belfry Hollers
Tue. 05/08 | 8:00PM @ Lincoln Hall (map)
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Sons Of The West, Terriers, North To Howard, Claire & Alex
Sun. 05/06 | 7:00PM @ Lincoln Hall (map)
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Featured Review from ChicagoInnerview
May 03, 2012Leaving Eden, the new album by the Grammy-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops, moves beyond the old-time fiddle and banjo combo perfected on Genuine Negro Jig with the addition of a beatboxer and a cellist. more at chicagoinnerview.com
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The Boxer Rebellion, Canon Blue
Fri. 05/04 | 10:00PM @ Lincoln Hall (map)
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Sold Out! The Weeknd
Thu. 05/03 | 9:00PM @ Lincoln Hall (map)
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Featured Review from flavorpill
April 29, 2012One of the most meteoric rises to fame last year (outside of Lana Del Rey) belonged to Abel Tesfaye, who appeared out of nowhere to release not one but three albums that somehow managed to haul the genre of saccharine R&B into the 21st century, sampling Beach House and Siouxsie along the way. more at flavorpill.com
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Featured Review from The Onion A.V. Club
April 25, 2012Abel Tesfaye first anonymously uploaded tracks to YouTube using the moniker The Weeknd in late 2010, but it wasn’t long before his project garnered plenty of praise and publicity. more at avclub.com
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Featured Review from Oh My Rockness
April 22, 2012Being from Illinois, I know the beauty and wonderment of being a Great Lake swimmer. Is there anything more sublime than a dusk-time Lake Michigan wade in late July? more at ohmyrockness.com
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Featured Review from Chicago Reader
April 22, 2012Toronto’s Great Lake Swimmers play the kind of music that practically demands an intimate, dimly lit hall, and it’s not hard to imagine them attracting a crowd that does more shushing than chattering. (Actually, I don’t have to imagine it, because not only have I seen them play, I’m also excitable, with a voice that tends to carry.) more at chicagoreader.com
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Featured Review from ChicagoInnerview
April 24, 2012Visionary Brooklyn trio School of Seven Bells drench themselves in prophetic lyricism and pristine instrumentation. Sisters Alejandra and Claudia Dehezas’ honeydew vocals hang over guitarist Benjamin Curtis’ placid guitar while crisp synthesizers whistle to impeccable textures and meditative sequences. more at chicagoinnerview.com
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Featured Review from Oh My Rockness
April 22, 2012You probably know some of the players involved in School of Seven Bells, a new-ish band from Brooklyn. Benjamin Curtis of Secret Machines (well, formerly of Secret Machines) formed the project with former On
Library! singing sisters, Alejandra and Claudia Deheza (they’re still sisters, actually). more at ohmyrockness.com
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Featured Review from Chicago Reader
April 22, 2012J.D. McPherson of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, plays rock ‘n’ roll and R&B that might as well have been frozen in the 50s and thawed this morning. more at chicagoreader.com
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Horse Feathers, Brown Bird
Thu. 04/26 | 9:00PM @ Lincoln Hall (map)
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Featured Review from Chicago Reader
April 19, 2012A couple years ago Portland folk outfit Horse Feathers—aka singer-songwriter Justin Ringle and a tag team of backing musicians—released a seven-inch that included a cover of Nirvana’s “Drain You.” more at chicagoreader.com
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Featured Review from Oh My Rockness
April 17, 2012Here’s a folk band that will get you to relax. Portland’s Horse Feathers are one laid-back band. They began not as a band at all, but as the performing alias of guitarist/singer Justin Ringle. more at ohmyrockness.com
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