Styrofoam Nothing’s Lost (Morr Music) Guitars and computers have been cohabitating peacefully and profitably for years now. First there was New Order, then there was Radiohead, then there were a whole slew of Volkswagen ads: Like peanut butter and chocolate, Les Pauls and laptops are two great tastes that taste great together. If you’re looking […]
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now playing 1-20-05
You know the best thing about the blues? Whatever mood you’re in, there’s a song to match it. It’s like surfing the tube to see the right TV show or finding those perfect shoes to go with an outfit. You can find blues to give you happy feet; blues to make you cry or laugh; […]
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music notes 1-13-05
• It’s one more chance for the Last Chance Blues Band, as the popular local group winds up the music box again. New members Rick Hardin, Larry Harness, and Lincoln Eades join original members, Peter “Doc” Glatz, Ed Selinger, Gary Halford, Sherman Elliott, and Bob Kirk to reinvent to the former Illinois Times’ Best of […]
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sound patrol 1-13-05
Richard BucknerDents and Shells (Merge) A former acquaintance of mine — pretty, intelligent, seemingly sane, and legally married — used to be obsessed with Richard Buckner. She claimed that they were in a serious secret relationship, that he’d already immortalized her in a well-known song lyric. Every time he passed through town, which was often […]
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now playing 1-13-05
What is an Eddie from Ohio? In our little story, it’s a pop/rock/folk quartet from the Commonwealth of Virginia. The definitive tale behind the name goes like this: Back in 1991, when the newly formed group was doing the usual band-name search, Five Foot Seven was the bass player’s choice. No one else liked it. […]
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sound patrol 1-6-05
Beans Shock City Maverick (Warp) Two years after the demise of his trio Antipop Consortium, hip-hop iconoclast Beans is keeping busy. In 2003, the New York-based MC and producer released his first solo album, Tomorrow Right Now, and an EP, Now, Soon, Someday. In late 2004, after attention-getting stints touring with such underground-rock hotshots as […]
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now playing 1-6-05
You’ve heard of them, haven’t you, those “open mic” things that bars hold on off nights? Usually the management hires a popular host to pull in amateurs who play for free. You’ll probably see acoustic guitars and cases piled around the stage. Most people either hate open mics or love them to death. The open […]
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music notes 1-6-05
• Prepare to rock as the band Low as I releases Shot Heard Around the World on Friday, Jan. 7. The band formerly known as Mindfold will be selling and signing the new CDs after an acoustic show at Samuel Music (3730 Wabash Ave.). The celebration continues around 10 p.m. the same night at Viele’s […]
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sound patrol 12-30-04
Bettye Swann Bettye Swann Honest Jon’s/Astralwerks You’ve probably never heard of Bettye Swann, which is sad for many reasons; on the bright side, though, it means you’re in for a treat. Thanks to the UK label Honest Jon’s, which specializes in resurrecting neglected treasures from soul’s golden age, 22 revelatory tracks from Swann’s too-brief career […]
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music notes 12-30-04
n On New Year’s Eve, Café Kanichi-Wa (1117 S. Grand Ave. E) presents, exclusively for your entertainment pleasure, a wild and ferocious battle of the bands pitting Springfield Shaky against Perfunctory This Band for a fight to the finish from 10 p.m.-3 a.m. Audience members are asked to drink to their chosen point of inebriation […]
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now playing 12-30-04
How many times have I heard it — hell, how many times have I said it? — “Springfield sucks.” The notion keeps creeping, seeping into my brain, trying to poison it with the truth, that the Springfield music scene isn’t what it could be — and may never be. Some things you can do something […]
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now playing 12-23-04
No one is saying Springfield seems a little peculiar at times, although I can certainly see where one could get the idea, but no one is saying so. So what if we are the capital of a proud and populous state and still have a miserable recycling program, underfunded public libraries, a poor mass-transit system, […]
