Apparently this is my time for Discovering Music I Shamefully Missed Out On. “Road Regrets” is a strong opener to Dan Mangan’s 2009 album, Nice, Nice, Very Nice, and it just gets better from there. Also, I’m a sucker for animated videos of any sort. . . . → Read More: Wow, That’s a Good Song: Dan Mangan, “Road Regrets”
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Excited to see the Retribution Gospel Choir on Friday. Still haven’t figured out how I’m getting to/from the Hideout in the middle of the night, but such is life. . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 9/27 – 10/3  Leave a comment  Upcoming Events  abbey pub, angela correa, basia bulat, beats antique, bonnie prince billy and the cairo gang, broken social scene, chicago theatre, chris bathgate, double door, eels, empty bottle, gayngs, hideout, holy sons, jenny scheinman, jesca hoop, laura veirs and the hall of flames, led to sea, les shelleys, lincoln hall, metro, mice parade, retribution gospel choir, robbie fulks, ronnys, roy jay, sara watkins, schubas, scout niblett, serena maneesh, stephen kellogg and the sixers, the acorn, the hold steady, the riviera, the sea and cake, the vic, the watson twins, the xx, tom brosseau, warpaint, wintersleep, wovenhand, zola jesus
I have a love for covers, along with a love for the classic doowop sound of the fifties and sixties, so when German band The Baseballs put both together, it was a perfect storm of love for my ears. While you could technically call them covers, there’s much more to it . . . → Read More: Favorite of the Moment: The Baseballs Add fun.’s Aim and Ignite to the list of albums I really should have listened to earlier. Not sure how I missed out on hearing this when it was released, but I’ve rectified that situation now, and am fully in love. . . . → Read More: Wow, That’s a Good Song: fun., “All the Pretty Girls” The first review I wrote of Mavis Staples’s new album, You Are Not Alone, wasn’t wholly positive. The problems I see with the album are still there on the seventh or eighth listen, but they’re not bothering me as much as they did last week. . . . → Read More: Album Review: Mavis Staples, “You Are Not Alone” I am super excited about Chris Pureka’s show at SPACE on Wednesday. How I Learned to See in the Dark is one of my favorite albums of 2010 so far, and I’m sure the live show will be great. . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 9/20 – 9/26 Leave a comment Upcoming Events baths, broadway playhouse, chris pureka, clare and the reasons, connie smith, dosh, ed kowalczyk, el ten eleven, evanston space, hideout, house of blues, in tall buildings, janelle monae, kelsey wild, lincoln hall, millennium park, of montreal, old town school of folk music, owen pallett, park west, patrick park, robbie fulks, roger waters, schubas, scott ligon, sea wolf, sera cahoone, sutton foster, the gaslight anthem, the national, the right now, the riviera, the tallest man on earth, united center, van dyke parks, zee avi |
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