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Music | Thursday, March 31,2005

music notes 3-31-05

By Tom Irwin
Not every band out of Nashville is country, and making the point is Thornton, a two-man group that performs sexually ambiguous rock material that falls somewhere between cabaret and gosp
Music | Thursday, March 24,2005

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A mess of contradictions

By René Spencer Saller
Like most worthwhile artists, the Los Angeles-based folk singer Mia Doi Todd is a mess of contradictions. This slipperiness, this ability to be simultaneously on
Music | Thursday, March 24,2005

music notes 3-24-05

By Tom Irwin
Born in Mexico and reared in Brazil and Venezuela, singer/songwriter Erika Luckett continued her international upbringing with extended stays in France. She sings in Portuguese, S
Music | Thursday, March 17,2005

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Snide aside: You’re not special

By René Spencer Saller
Besides being a character in a William S. Burroughs novel, Clem Snide is a band, a funny and touching alt-countrified/indie-rock band whose frontman and singer/s
Music | Thursday, March 17,2005

music notes 3-17-05

By Tom Irwin
Viele’s Planet (126 E. Jefferson St., 217-525-9029), long the last refuge of Springfield’s still-performing original rock bands, hosts three of the best this Friday, M
Music | Thursday, March 10,2005

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Low turns up the volume, in a way

By René Spencer Saller
The consensus on The Great Destroyer, Low’s seventh full-length and first for Sub Pop, is that it represents a Great Departure. Adjectives that have never before
Music | Thursday, March 10,2005

music notes 3-10-05

By Tom Irwin
Everyone wish a happy birthday to the Illinois Central Blues Club as it commemorates two decades in the blues society business. The ICBC, one of the senior blues associations in t
Music | Thursday, March 3,2005

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The best rap album of 2005

By René Spencer Saller
Sure, globalization has its drawbacks: McDonald’s in the ruins, Wal-Marts in the rainforest, Guatemalan peasants quoting Dr. Phil. Sometimes, though, it
Music | Thursday, March 3,2005

music notes 3-3-05

By Tom Irwin
Don’t forget, here’s your chance to see some of the area’s finest hard rock bands plus a national touring group at 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 3, at Club 217 (3075 No
Music | Thursday, February 24,2005

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Welsh rare bits

By René Spencer Saller
Super Furry AnimalsSongbook: The Singles, Vol. 1 (XL) Let’s give it up for Wales. As if Dylan Thomas, Bertrand Russell, and John Cale weren’t enough,