This Week in Great Music: 4/12 – 4/18

Sarah — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:02:15 +0000

I am too sleepy for commentary this morning, so have the below list of shows which I have deemed to be Awesome. I’ll be at the Empty Bottle on Thursday to catch Dosh’s show, and hopefully I won’t forget about the tickets I have to the Old Town School of Folk Music on Sunday, for Eliza Gilkyson and Carrie Newcomer. Folktastic!

Monday, April 12
Robbie Fulks, Robbie Gjersoe; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation
Florence and the Machine, Holy Hail; House of Blues. 7 pm, $18-21
The Morning Benders, Miniature Tigers; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $12

Tuesday, April 13
Gebhard Ullmann Clarinet Trio, Chicago Cultural Center. 12:15 pm, free
The Rocketz, The Honeybees, Pearls Mahone; Reggie’s Rock Club. 6 pm, $8
Kevin O’Donnell’s Spring Spectacular, Martyrs’. 8 pm, $8
Identity Crisis, Natalie Oliveri, Leslie Beukelman, Paper Thick Walls; Double Door. 9 pm, $5

Wednesday, April 14
Aetiology, Children of Nova, Debello, Jeff Ruby; Elbo Room. 8:30 pm, $8
NIU Steel Band, Old Town School of Folk Music. 8:30 pm, $5 suggested donation
Gebhard Ullmann Clarinet Trio, Hideout. 9:30 pm, $10

Thursday, April 15
Elton John, Sears Centre (5333 Prairie Stone Pkwy., Hoffman Estates). 8 pm, $39.50-169
Vieux Farka Toure, Martyrs’. 8 pm, $25
Micah Dalton, Rachael Sage, Mori Einsidler; SPACE. 8 pm, $8-18
Blues Traveler, House of Blues. 8 pm, $30-55
Adam Green, The Dead Trees; Schubas. 9 pm, $15
Dosh, White Hinterland, Roommates; Empty Bottle. 9:30 pm, $10

Friday, April 16
Ellis Paul, Adam Ezra; SPACE. 8 pm, $18-30
Laura Freeman, Davenport’s Piano Bar and Cabaret (1383 N Milwaukee). 8 pm, $15, two drink minimum
Owen, Rocky Votolato, Brooke Waggoner; Lincoln Hall. 10 pm, $15
Kevin Andrew Prchal, Arthi Meera; Uncommon Ground (1401 W Devon). 10 pm, $10 suggested donation

Saturday, April 17
OK Go, Earl Greyhound, The Booze; Metro. 7 pm, $17-19
Graham Parker, Old Town School of Folk Music. 7 pm and 10 pm, $18-22
Jeffrey Foucault, Andy Friedman; Schubas. 7 pm, $12-14
Loudon Wainwright III and Richard Thompson, McAninch Arts Center (425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn). 8 pm, $30-65
ChickenFat Klezmer Orchestra, Relax on Milwaukee (2937 N Milwaukee). 9 pm, free
Occidental Brothers Dance Band International, Phil Cohran; Schubas. 10 pm, $12

Sunday, April 18
Carrie Newcomer, Eliza Gilkyson; Old Town School of Folk Music. 7 pm, $18-22
Legendary Shack Shakers, The Hackensaw Boys, Tangleweed; Double Door. 8:30 pm, $15

Album Review: White Hinterland, “Kairos”

Sarah — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:39:53 +0000

With the free time that I don’t have, I’ve begun volunteering for CHIRP Radio (part of the Chicago Independent Radio Project). One of the tasks I’ve been pitching in to help with is writing reviews of albums for their music library. So if you see short reviews like this, it’s not because I’ve become suddenly un-verbose; it’s just a review fitting the format they use.

Casey Dienel is the woman behind White Hinterland, having previously performed under her own name until 2008. While her recordings under her own name didn’t rise much above your typical lo-fi singer-songwriter sound, she’s found her niche in style with White Hinteland. Kairos fits right in with the rest of the light electronic music that has been dominating the music scene recently; opening track “Icarus” would sound right at home on a release by The xx, for example. With her voice layered over and over again on top of gentle bass lines, Dienel brings an atmospheric, if at times eerie sound to her music. The lyrics on Kairos show that Dienel is still close to her more folk-based roots, but the new direction in sound shows that she’s more than open to setting aside the guitar and piano for something a little more experimental.

Kairos is out today on Dead Oceans. White Hinterland will be playing at the Empty Bottle on April 15th with the epically bearded (Martin) Dosh.

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This Week in Great Music: 4/12 – 4/18

Album Review: White Hinterland, “Kairos”