Review Roundup: Alkaline Trio, Paramore, Metric, Chevelle, David Guetta, Dizzee Rascal, Plasticines…
The roundup this week draws back a bit, while touching base with a freshly baked single from Chicago’s Alkaline Trio. Yet not only back, but across the ocean. Expect more international singles from here on out. Alkaline Trio – This AddictionThe Chicago trifecta have been revving up for
Tops of 2009 / La Fin de l’Année
For my top albums/EPs of 2009, as well as the top 5 shows of the year take that high-speed connection towards Radio Free Chicago. For all other matters, stick around! I’ll share one more (non-exhaustive) list after this digression. I believe I won’t be the only person wishing 2009 into the
Review: Koala Fires – The Beeping In Our Hearts (2010)
As the year-end lists begin to dwindle, fresh snow continues to fall on rooftops, and those Christmas trees lie bare in your apartment silently coming to the realization their days are truly numbered as their gift boxed companions now are dispersed among family and friends, what do we have to look f
REVIEW: DOOMTREE – FALSE HOPES 15 (2009)
5 emcees.4 producers.1 house. (give or take)15 false hopes. It’s got the makings of a reality television show. And that’s what’s behind the Doomtree collective out of the Twin Cities. While the one house may be a stretch, False Hopes 15 definitively debuted with Blowou
Review Roundup: Vampire Weekend, Crash Kings, Smile Empty Soul
Vampire Weekend – CousinsTruth be told, I wasn’t a fan of their debut. While refreshing and charming with its melodic pop, “A-Punk” and Co. lost its carbonation and became stale too quickly for my musical tastebuds. However, “Cousins” shakes off that perishable shelf-life
REVIEW: FELT – FELT 3: A TRIBUTE TO ROSIE PEREZ (2009)
Confession. I hate hip-hop. The beats are repetitive, unimaginative to the point it may as well be techno. Lyrically, it only (mis)treats drugs, abuse, and violence. There no true musicianship behind rap, nothing that makes me want to learn an instrument or be a better artist. Welcome to early 2003,
Concert Review + Photography: Busdriver at Glaz’Art (Paris)
Busdriver (Los Angeles, CA)March 6th, 2009Glaz’Art in Paris, France Glaz’art is a unique venue in Paris. Of course there’s art gracing the walls, but atypically these are pieces you can actually purchase instead of look at. Granted, they’re out of my price range by…miles…i
CONCERT REVIEW + PHOTOGRAPHY: CHARLIE AT CAFÉ DE LA DANSE (PARIS)
Charlie (Lyon, France) and Barcella (France)April 28th, 2009Café de la Danse in Paris, France Talk about fresh new talent. The up-and-coming sweet chanteuse, Charlie, performed her first big headlining concert in a packed Café de la Danse in Paris. Selling out about 300 pl
FILM REVIEW: IRON MAIDEN: FLIGHT 666
With Earth Day wrapped up weeks earlier and environmentalism on the mind, the concept around Iron Maiden‘s Somewhere Back in Time World Tourcould shock some. Decked out in their own Boeing 757 dubbed ‘Ed Force One’, the band embarked on a global tour stopping both at familiar and far away lo