Friday, May 15
*Paper Dolls/Heather Perry, Off Broadway
*Cracker, Blueberry Hill's Duck Room (also appearing at Vintage Vinyl at 5 p.m., free beer & BBQ!)
*Left Arm, Vintage Vinyl, 8 p.m.
*The Linemen, Atomic Cowboy
*Messy Jiverson (CD release as Blown Speakers), Old Rock House
*The Syn (members of Yes), Way Out Club
*The Union Electric, Lemmons
*The Feed, Broadway Oyster Bar
*Copperview/Waterstreet/Allusive, Cicero's
*Dova Grove/East Ash Street Band, Gramophone
*MCF/AsDeathDeparts/Bear in the S
(Welcome to In the Studio, a section on A to Z that spotlights -- what else? -- local artists in the studio. If you are also recording/recently recorded -- or are a studio engineer/producer and working with people -- email me, with the phrase "In the Studio" in the subject heading.)
This week we spotlight James Weber, who shared the following about a recent recording experience in his own words. Weber's leaving the Lou for a bit, and his farewell show is next Monday night, August 10, at CBGBs.
In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer reviews Bunnygrunt's new LP, Matt Harnish & Other Delights. He had this to say:
Delights shows off what Bunnygrunt does best: black humor (the
horn-aided opener "665 and 1/2 Won't Do"), romantic frustrations ("You
Get What You Get") and off-key, breathless vocals (all ten tracks). But
the band has always taken the boy-meets-girl model of '60s pop and
retrofitted it for a late night on South Grand, as demonstrated by a
few of Delights' standouts. Ri
Friday, October 9
*They Might Be Giants/Guggenheim Grotto, The Pageant
*The Bottle Rockets/Otis Gibbs, Duck Room
*Maxwell/Chrisette Michele/Common, Scottrade Center
*Devon Allman's Honeytribe, Cicero's
*Street Dogs, Pop's
*Essince, Vintage Vinyl
*Aaron Kamm and the One Drops, Broadway Oyster Bar
*Atlanta Rhythm Section, Argosy Casino, Alton
*Brave Combo, Oktoberfest
*Robert Glasper, Jazz at the BIstro
*John Henry and The Engine (vinyl release party)/Tom Schraeder/Mike Kendrick & The Blue Eyed S
Halloween falls on a Saturday this year -- which means that the ooky-spooky celebrating (and, let's be real, debauchery) begins on Friday night. In light of this, here's a rundown of all the shows going on so far. Did we miss any? Chime in below.
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October 30
Binge and Purge: Halloween covers set, with bands as The Germs, The Wipers, X
Atomic Cowboy: Halloween Funk Jam featuring Steddy P & DJ-MAHF, Spark1duh, DJ-Who
Black Bear Bakery: May Day Orchestra debuts new folk ope
