Review: Ima Robot – Monument To The Masses (or) goin’ to a ska show tonight
What would you get if you crossed a pop-punk band with a new wave band? Ok, more specifically, if you crossed the likes of Andrew WK with Devo and The Sex Pistols and made it reek of Hollywood glam? Well, you’d get Ima Robot, of course. They are geeky guys that have a silly name (Read more…)
Review: The Hourly Radio – History Will Never Hold Me (or) when seeing isn’t always believing
NOTE: This is just me whining, but I didn’t get to see my little girl today and it fuckin’ sucks. That’s all. So why are there so many great new bands popping up from Texas lately? If anyone has an answer for that one, let me know. One of those bands is The Hourly Radio. (Read more…)
Review: Ray LaMontagne – Till The Sun Turns Black (or) a mouth full of hollow threats
The new Ray LaMontagne album Till The Sun Turns Black was released yesterday, and after a few listens, my opinion is that it is pretty damn good. My father actually introduced me his last album Trouble after he heard a song from it on a United Airlines flight last year. Since then I’ve become a (Read more…)
Review: Unearth – III: In The Eyes Of Fire (or) big bear and the hour of chaos
I think y’all need a little bit more metal in your diets, so I’m prescribing a healthy dose of Unearth to get you right as rain. These Boston tough guys play a pummeling style of metalcore that is threaded with barely enough melody to keep your head afloat. Their most recent album III: In The (Read more…)
Time crunch
So yesterday we were busy with my brother’s wedding shower and then went to see the Ricky Bobby movie. It was hilarious. And we are heading out the door right now to support my sister at the Accenture Chicago Triathlon, and attend her post-race barbecue. I’d write more, but… These five six songs have been (Read more…)
Review: Dogme 95 – Arcadian Hymns (or) hey dog me dog you dog everyone
I’m finally getting around to posting something from Dogme 95. Dogme 95 is the creation of Chicago’s Nick Wright and his music is past being eclectic. I almost don’t know where to begin describing the songs from his full-length Arcadian Hymns. But I will… The lo-fi songs are obviously the creation of a forward-thinking 4-track (Read more…)
Review: The Lemonheads – The Lemonheads (or) hopelessly bogged down in red tape
I hate to get caught up in the over-hype that surrounds a lot of new releases these days, but how exciting is the return of The Lemonheads? I know I posted about this a few months ago, but a track from the new album has surfaced. As one of my all-time favorites, I’ve been a (Read more…)
Review: The Changes – Today Is Tonight (or) the times they are a changin’
After recently receiving a copy of The Changes soon-to-be-released debut full-length Today Is Tonight, I’m even more pissed that I missed the band a few time already this summer. The Changes are one of a few current buzz bands here in Chicago, and they seem poised for indie stardom. Their particular brand of indie pop (Read more…)
Can you hear the podcast from the Southside 04: someone in chicago loves you (or) ain’t no tourist attraction
After much delay here is the fourth edition of Can You Hear The Podcast From The Southside? The theme this time is favorite Chicago music past or present and I even recruited a few other Chicago bloggers to help with this one. Both Amy and Jon from the great blog Shake Your Fist, Brad from (Read more…)
