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Johnny and the Moon is another offshoot of the ever-productive Wolf Parade crew. Where the music of Handsome Furs and Sunset Rubdown are sonic cousins to the Wolf Parade output, this time the lesser-known guitarist …
Radiohead do not make B-sides, they make non-album tracks (listen to the stuff that didn’t make Kid A, Amnesiac or OK Computer). In Rainbows (Disc 2), a 30 minute mini-album, includes various tracks recorded and …
Tunnels / New Ruins / Shipwreck / Headlights I walked into the largest starting crowd of the Fall Showdown thus far with Tunnels, the first band of the night’s great lineup, on stage. Tunnels is …
Curb Service / Common Loon / (The Living Blue) / (elsinore) The third night of the local music showcase started off with Larry Gates, the former lead singer of local legends Lorenzo Goetz. Now Gates, …
The Beauty Shop / The Chemicals / Darling Disarm / Books Died On Starting their set with what would be described as an empty room, Books Died On played a pleasing set of electro-acoustic pop …
Okkervil River fans in the Champaign-Urbana area: in case you didn’t already know, your new favorite eclectic rock n’ roll band not only recently stopped by at Daytrotter for a quick recording session (downloadable for …
The Canopy Club’s Void Room filled up relatively quick with a couple dozen friends of all three local bands. For a late show, this was a surprisingly big and encouraging turn out. Collusion was the …
One might ask Sunset Rubdown’s principle singer and songwriter, Spencer Krug, “How baroque is too baroque?” He might have difficulty providing a straight answer. Sure, most Sunset fans have managed the difficult transition from the …
While home for Thanksgiving break, I didn’t expect to see one of the best indie-rock shows to come to town in a long time booked at a bar downtown, closer to the smaller private Illinois …
