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Los Campesinos! at Metro | ©Shelby Mongan

Los Campesinos! with Parenthetical Girls @ Metro – 1/27/2012

Live Review of Los Campesinos! with Parenthetical Girls @ The Metro, Chicago – 1/27/2012. Photos and words by Shelby Mongan

The Lawrence Arms at The Metro, Chicago

Live Review: The Lawrence Arms – The Metro, Chicago 1.7.12

All Our Voices As One There are two types of Lawrence Arms shows: the shows where Brendan Kelly is already so drunk that he’s slurring when he gets on stage, and where he…

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Review: Mogwai — Earth Divison Ep

A review of the new EP from Mogwai “Earth Division”

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The Avatars – Let Go

The Avatars release a new EP with a new lineup and sound. Sam Rashid takes a listen.

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Review: Sebadoh – “Bakesale” Reissue

Domino Recording Co. reissues another great album form the nineties with the 1994 classic by Sebadoh, “Bakesale”.

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Anna Calvi – Anna Calvi

Channeling the spirit of Jeff Buckley high on 1980′s chamber rock and the power of the Fender Telecaster set to a decent amount of reverb, Anna Calvi’s debut self titled record is the fly on the wall that captures the next great record by a relatively unknown raw talent stateside

John LaMonica

John LaMonica – Lee’s Palace, Toronto 5-30-11

A review of the John LaMonica show at Lee’s Palace in Toronto, 5-30-11 by Sam Rashid | Photos by Dean Park

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Yawn -Yawn E.P.

Review of Chicago based YAWN’s most recent offering by Kevin Hein

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Harry Nilsson – Aerial Ballet

Most people know (if they know him at all) Harry Nilsson as John Lennon’s drinking buddy during Lennon’s “Lost Weekend” of 1974. Sadly, this fact has distorted Nilsson’s place in music history. He had already been… | By Jojo Wrinkles

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It’s Kind of a Funny Story – Not Cool, You Guys: Hollywood Edition

Alex Danger Stewart hasn’t seen this movie, “It’s Kind of a Funny Story,” but he’s still going to attack it with righteous fury.

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