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The List: March 25-31, 2010
Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Janelle Monae, Vampire Weekend, Citay, Tegan and Sara, Tatsuya Nakatani, and more
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A White Mystery Weekend (Plus a Few Other Shows Worth Seeing)
Garage-rock duo White Mystery play Metro tonight and Flo’s Algiers Lounge tomorrow night.
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Another Chance to Get Service
A reunited version of the Service headlines a 25th-anniversary concert for Pravda Records at the Abbey Pub on Friday night.
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DJ Spooky’s Hollow House
DJ Spooky keeps talkin’ the talk, but his music isn’t walking the walk.
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DeKalb Rock City
Blatant Dissent circa 1987 On Saturday evening the Abbey Pub plays host to an unlikely showcase of reunited bands from DeKalb, Illinois. The event is billed as “DeKalb Rocks,” and it looks back to a more innocent time, when hardcore didn’t basically just mean fast metal and nobody thought they could make any money at […]
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But there’s still no such thing as a Notorious L.A.T.T.E.
Hip-hop and coffee collide in a collabo between Stones Throw and Intelligentsia–and you can buy a bag of the blend at the label’s Abbey Pub showcase tonight.
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Pullin’ tubes with Flosstradamus
Flosstradamus and Thunder Horse play the Abbey Pub on April 20, a numerologically significant date for fans of a certain herb.
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Ready to go (somewhere)
Young artists Jessica Lea Mayfield and Japanese Motors both have a chance to live up to their hype at Chicago shows on Tuesday night.
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Murs and Kidz in the Hall in-store appearance
Murs and Kidz in the Hall appear at Jugrnaut on Tuesday afternoon.
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Allison Moorer
After making three terrific studio albums and a decent live recording for Universal’s Nashville division, Allison Moorer had very little to show for it–major-label publicity machines aren’t programmed to deal with idiosyncratic artistry like hers–so she negotiated her way out of her contract and inked a new deal with the indie Sugar Hill. Doyle Primm, […]
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Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O.
Guitarist Makoto Kawabata, hirsute helmsman of Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O., once titled a reissue series of his own early work “Learning From the Past.” That could just as easily be AMT’s motto: this nine-year-old band from Nagoya, Japan, has amassed a ridiculously cluttered catalog (45 entries, not including side projects and […]