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Band We Like
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November 2009
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11/16/09
The Big Pink should be playing arenas shortly.
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11/09/09
tUnE-YaRds spell their name just like they sound.
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11/02/09
Railcars trip out in a most muddled and wonderful way.
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October 2009
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10/26/09
Boys Noize rock the beats.
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10/19/09
Neon Indian blisses out.
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10/12/09
Drummer is lots of drumming dudes.
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10/05/09
We Were Promised Jetpacks --- but got these guitars instead.
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September 2009
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09/28/09
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, um, EXPLODE! Yeah, exPLODE!
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09/21/09
Sunny Day Real Estate reunites!
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09/14/09
The Antlers play pretty perfect croon pop.
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09/08/09
Air Waves rock the body acoustic.
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09/08/09
Blank Dogs blow it out.
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August 2009
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08/31/09
Autolux: criminally underappreciated
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08/24/09
The So So Glos noise out The Bottom Lounge.
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08/17/09
Mew makes magical music. Alliteration Foreva!!!
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08/10/09
Boy 8 Bit makes dance music. Period.
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08/03/09
Daniel Johnston: the cult legend returns.
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July 2009
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07/27/09
Lollapalooza has too many bands. We'll just write about one: Boys Noize.
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07/20/09
The Wrens still rock it.
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07/13/09
Lovvers slop it up.
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07/10/09
Cymbals Eat Guitars and a billion other bands play Pitchfork Fest.
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07/02/09
Richard Swift revives a long forgotten time.
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June 2009
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06/22/09
Finding Fiction give us new shower songs.
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06/15/09
Deleted Scenes: I'mmmmmmm crrrrryyyyyyyying!
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06/08/09
Andrew Kenny of American Analog Set has a new band called The Wooden Birds.
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06/01/09
The new Phoenix record is really good. Just sayin'----
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May 2009
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05/18/09
Telepathe rock organized chaos.
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05/14/09
Crocodiles did their homework.
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05/11/09
I suspect: The Unicorn in the Arcade with Fire.
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05/03/09
Japandroids will be huge. Bet.
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April 2009
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04/27/09
Vampire Hands sound like ---- uh ---- dang it.
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04/20/09
Baltimore's Wye Oak are even easier to play than the Orioles.
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04/20/09
Box Elders brings the sock-hop-slop-rock.
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04/13/09
Mason Proper nicely pops just a little bit off.
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04/06/09
From Monument to Masses finally rock Chicago again.
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March 2009
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03/30/09
Wavves rocks.
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03/23/09
Max Tundra brings the merry electro bounce.
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03/16/09
Cerebral Ballzy: the name sort of says it all.
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03/12/09
Cut Copy: dance music for people who like that kind of thing.
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03/02/09
Women and Lou Reed would've bro'd down.
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February 2009
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02/23/09
Don Cab and DD/MM/YYYY team up for some nice noise.
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02/17/09
The Golden Filter is the great unknown (the PR blast tells us so).
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02/09/09
The beautiful pop darkness of Disappears.
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02/02/09
Monotonix are like those crazy hair bands Uncle Ronny raved about in the 80s.
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January 2009
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01/26/09
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart play shoegaze-ish indie-pop.
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01/20/09
Animal Collective: a band that just keeps getting better.
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01/12/09
Passion Pit plays it all happy-like.
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01/05/09
The Soft Pack: The name changes but the songs remains the same.
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December 2008
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12/15/08
Jay Reatard rings in the new year.
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12/08/08
The Tallest Man on Earth: Americana-Scandanavia-Appalachia-folk?
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12/01/08
Obits rock it hard.
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November 2008
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11/24/08
El Ten Eleven make pretty instrumental melodies.
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11/17/08
El Guincho does dream-pop; Planet Earth style!
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11/10/08
School of Seven Bells feature a Secret and a couple of Libraries.
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11/03/08
Horse Feathers relax the rock.
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October 2008
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10/27/08
Jaguar Love kills 'em quickly.
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10/20/08
Friendly Fires synth it, chop it and rock it.
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10/13/08
The Notwist tour our shores once more.
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10/06/08
Thomas Function blues-punk it up.
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September 2008
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09/29/08
The Dodos do dream-pop like a group of animals.
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09/22/08
Thee Oh Sees sound like nobody crossed with nobody.
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09/15/08
My Bloody Valentine. Seriously.
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09/08/08
Pattern is Movement: structure in song.
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09/02/08
This Will Destroy You Gets You Every Time.
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August 2008
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08/25/08
Craig Wedren gets the band back together again.
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08/18/08
Death Vessel's pop makes for a reflective mood.
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08/11/08
Handsome Furs' heavy hearts.
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08/04/08
Crystal Stilts gussies up gloom-pop.
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July 2008
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07/28/08
She and Him are M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel.
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07/21/08
Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears rock Lollapalooza!
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07/18/08
The Black Ghosts get their gloomy electro-goth on.
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07/08/08
Fleet Foxes and many more play Pitchfork Music Festival on July 19th.
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June 2008
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06/30/08
Darkest Hour are just plain brutal.
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06/23/08
Team Robespierre and other party-starters rock the F Yeah Tour '08!
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06/16/08
Evangelicals won't hide their light under a bushel.
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06/09/08
Annuals use their imagination.
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06/02/08
They had their ups and downs, but Smoking Popes were always a good band.
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06/02/08
Grand Archives are Band of Horses meets The Turtles.
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May 2008
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05/19/08
Frightened Rabbit are disturbingly catchy. And that's not disturbing at all.
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05/12/08
Blood on the Wall: quietly one of the best bands out there.
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05/06/08
Lykke Li writes sweet indie-pop like a dance-y doughnut.
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April 2008
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04/29/08
The Night Marchers won't sneak up on anybody.
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04/22/08
The Teenagers: they'll annoy you with how awesome they are.
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04/15/08
Foals aren't too chicken to take it back to the noodle.
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04/10/08
The Dodos do dream-pop like a group of animals.
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04/01/08
Fuck Buttons kill the keys.
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March 2008
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03/25/08
Bon Iver sings and strums through a glass darkly.
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03/18/08
Boredoms beat you senseless.
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03/11/08
Hanne Hukkelberg just played the Oh My Rockness show. Now she'll play Schubas!
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03/04/08
Stephen Merritt and his Fields play six shows in Chicago.
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February 2008
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02/26/08
Headlights and Evangelicals make it pop.
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02/18/08
Darkest Hour are just plain brutal.
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02/12/08
The XYZ Affair make power-pop proud again.
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02/04/08
Yeasayer will be big any day, any day, any day now.
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January 2008
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01/22/08
Jukebox The Ghost's play positive indie-piano-pop.
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01/15/08
Chicago's Dianogah are back with more math-rock bass.
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01/09/08
The 2008 'Tomorrow Never Knows' Festival
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01/03/08
Brooklyn's The Muggabears take it back to 1993.
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December 2007
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12/18/07
The Black Kids bring their buzz to the Bottle.
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12/11/07
Shellac rocks six shows at The Hideout.
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12/04/07
Philly's Genghis Tron rocks the brutal blasts.
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November 2007
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11/27/07
This Will Destroy You Likes Guitar Drama.
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11/13/07
Celebration & Aleks and the Drummer rock something like punk.
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11/06/07
Baby Dayliner's joyful croon.
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October 2007
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10/30/07
Battles will blow your mind.
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10/23/07
Mum and Tom Brosseau: two of the most unique talents in music.
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10/16/07
Shout Out Louds: the band of 2007?
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10/10/07
Justice are cooler than I am.
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10/03/07
Shout Out Out Out Out rock the body electric.
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September 2007
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09/27/07
The Twilight Sad: life is full of second chances.
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09/17/07
Qui and Excepter bring the weird noise to Western Avenue.
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09/17/07
Simian Mobile Disco: from studio to the stage
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09/05/07
The Animal Collective get in there and mix it up.
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09/04/07
Dan Deacon and O'Death make for a futuristic hoot-nanny.
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August 2007
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08/28/07
Walter Meego and VHS or Beta bring the synth beats to Subterranean.
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08/15/07
Pelican shall rule earth and sea.
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08/08/07
Au Revoir Simone and Oh No! Oh My! play Abbey Pub.
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08/01/07
Bishop Allen is happy to play pop for you.
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July 2007
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07/30/07
The 3rd Annual Wicker Park Summerfest!
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07/18/07
Handsome Furs' heavy hearts.
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07/16/07
The Decemberists make it BIG in Millennium Park.
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07/03/07
2007 Pitchfork Music Festival
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07/02/07
Marnie Stern Guitar Superstar
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June 2007
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06/25/07
Tortoise and Make Believe Have Done Some Things.
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06/13/07
Superchunk, The Mountain Goats and The Ponys rock out Metro.
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06/06/07
Panthers and Big Business punk-sludge it out.
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May 2007
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05/30/07
Maserati and Del Rey both rock the dynamic instrumental.
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05/23/07
The Sea and Cake are still popping along.
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05/16/07
The Album Leaf and Young Galaxy are noise-nots.
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05/09/07
Remembering Arcade Fire.
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05/02/07
Pretty Girls Make Graves good run.
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April 2007
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04/25/07
Peter, Fujiya and Simone play their pop.
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04/18/07
Ted Leo and his medicine men play melodic punk-pop.
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04/11/07
Kaiser Chiefs, The Walkmen and The Little Ones play the Vic.
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04/04/07
Cloud Cult rock dramatic indie-pop.
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March 2007
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03/28/07
Deerhunter rocks the swirling psych jams.
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03/21/07
The New Punks: The Ponys. The Black Lips. Mannequin.
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03/13/07
Get better earplugs for Isis and Jesu
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03/07/07
Datarock are about to be Fa-Fa-Famous
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February 2007
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02/28/07
Russian Circles and Del Rey just rock.
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02/21/07
The Thermals. The Big Sleep. Tight Phantomz. Awesome
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02/14/07
Saturday Looks Good to Me play sunshine pop.
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02/10/07
Midlake makes Texas breezy.
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02/01/07
A free show featuring Tight Phantomz, Mannequin Men, Reds and Blue and free drinks too!
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January 2007
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01/24/07
Oxford Collapse, Thunderbirds Are Now! and The Narrator spazz out at Subterranean.
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01/17/07
Deerhoof hop up to Metro.
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01/11/07
Schubas 'Tomorrow Never Knows' 2007
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01/03/07
They Aint Old, They're Mission of Burma.
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December 2006
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12/21/06
Oh My Rockness' Guide to New Year's Eve 2006
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12/15/06
Oh My Rockness' Best of 2006 List!
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12/06/06
Jeremy Enigk supports his first solo album in over a decade
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November 2006
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11/29/06
Forward, Russia! brings the wails.
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11/15/06
Australia's Wolfmother play classic rock in the most classic sense.
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11/09/06
The Album Leaf and Dirty on Purpose sure are dreamy.
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11/02/06
Hot Chip, Shy Child and Born Ruffians rock The Metro
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October 2006
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10/25/06
Celebrate a loud Halloween with Trail of Dead, Blood Brothers and Celebration.
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10/18/06
California's Cold War Kids attempt to weather the storm.
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10/11/06
Maritime and Bound Stems rock the pop
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10/04/06
Okkervil River and Elvis Perkins share their souls.
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September 2006
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09/27/06
Mark Kozelek stands alone.
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09/20/06
Tortoise commands you to rise.
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09/13/06
John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats stands and enthralls
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09/13/06
John Darnielle stands and enthralls
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09/06/06
Serena Maneesh STILL slay.
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August 2006
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08/30/06
Touch and Go celebrates 25 years.
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08/23/06
Band of Horses and Chad Van Gaalen share Sub Pop's secrets.
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08/16/06
Russian Circles and Envy bring the noise.
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08/09/06
Beirut
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08/02/06
From Monument To Masses should put on an explosive show.
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July 2006
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07/20/06
The Second Annual Pitchfork Fest
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07/12/06
Say Hi To Your Mom and Dirty on Purpose play Beat Kitchen
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07/06/06
Happy New Year! Oneida has another new album!
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June 2006
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06/28/06
Konono No. 1 must be seen to be believed.
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06/21/06
Intonation Fest 2006.
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06/14/06
Rogue Wave are the perfect summer band.
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06/08/06
Pink Mountaintops, The Black Angels and Catfish Haven make a thrilling triple treat.
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06/06/06
Band of Horses has IT.
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May 2006
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05/24/06
Tapes 'n Tapes and Cold War Kids make it easy to be cool.
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05/17/06
Russian Circles metal it up, Chicago style.
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05/10/06
Mogwai and Torche rock The Metro.
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05/03/06
Elefant and Sound Team bring their swirls to Metro.
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April 2006
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04/26/06
Two Gallants are still runnin.'
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04/19/06
Pinback dishes out pretty geek love
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04/12/06
Get ready for energy: Wilderness plays with Parts & Labor
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04/05/06
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs survive the scene.
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March 2006
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03/29/06
The mighty maturation of The Appleseed Cast
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03/22/06
Art Brut thinks they suck. What do YOU think?
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03/14/06
The Boy Least Likely To create a not quite carefree world.
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03/08/06
Love is All shall never sleep.
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03/01/06
Thunderbirds are Now! and Rahim bring some sass to your pants
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February 2006
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02/22/06
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs survive the scene.
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02/15/06
The Animal Collective get in there and mix things up.
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02/08/06
Stars: Maybe the most listenable band on the planet.
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02/01/06
Jason Molina's dusty Americana
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January 2006
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01/25/06
The Plastic Constellations play cheerfully blazing post-punk
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01/19/06
Low, one of slo-core's pioneer bands, return to Chicago.
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01/12/06
Pelican shall rule earth and sea.
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01/05/06
Chin Up Chin Up play warm, clean guitar driven pop
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December 2005
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12/21/05
Chicago's Best Shows of 2005
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12/08/05
The New Pornographers and Rogue Wave bring in the New Year.
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12/01/05
Iron and Wine's queaky frets never sounded so good.
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November 2005
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11/23/05
Rogue Wave brings better days
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11/16/05
Wilderness are better than they sing.
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11/09/05
Art Brut thinks they suck. What do YOU think?
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11/03/05
Okkervil River play sprawling songs of love lost.
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October 2005
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10/27/05
The Go! Team are a guilty pleasure you shouldn't feel too guilty about liking
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10/20/05
Chin Up Chin Up play immediately likeable songs.
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10/12/05
The Decemberists look to far off lands to write highly singable songs.
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10/06/05
Death Cab, I'm afraid you're just too darn loud. Bring on The Pinheads!
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September 2005
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09/29/05
Antony & the Johnsons and CocoRosie
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09/22/05
Deerhoof play Logan Square Auditorium
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09/15/05
Sufjan Stevens plays two nights at Metro
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09/08/05
Bloc Party plays Congress Theatre.
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09/01/05
Xiu Xiu plays Bowery Ballroom
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August 2005
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08/25/05
Brendan Benson plays Auditorium Theatre.
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08/23/05
Pelican shall rule earth and sea
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08/15/05
Oneida plays Empty Bottle
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