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Tim Kasher Living Room Show

Published on April 1, 2014 by in Reviews, Shows

The ticket said no alcohol in bold letters, but true to form, Tim Kasher was drinking Modelo from a can when we arrived at an old industrial building in the North Central neighborhood. Tim came home to Chicago to wrap up a 2 week tour of living rooms, and he was all smiles as he

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Deer Tick @ City Winery 5/8/13

Published on May 9, 2013 by in Reviews, Shows

John McCauley III kicked off Wednesday’s show at City Winery as Sinatra often did, asking “how did all these people get in my room?” He spent the rest of his night at the wine bar throwing back cans of Budweiser and alt-rocking. On their second evening in Chicago, Deer Tick played a set of fan

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M. Ward @ Vic Theatre 5/22/12

Published on May 23, 2012 by in Reviews, Shows

I’m not sure why this show wasn’t sold out because it kicked ass. M. (Matt) Ward was superb. Having just released A Wasteland Companion in April, I was apprehensively prepared to hear a bunch of new tracks, but to my delight, he played a lot of great old ones – some gems from Post War

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Andrew Bird @ Auditorium Theatre 5/12/12

Published on May 13, 2012 by in Reviews, Shows

As usual, Andrew Bird sounded amazing Saturday night at the Auditorium Theatre – stringing together crazy loops of violin, guitar, and whistling seamlessly. If I counted correctly, this was my sixth Andrew Bird show. I’ve seen him open for Bright Eyes, play at colleges, in a church and at festivals. With the exception of always

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Bowerbirds @ Lincoln Hall 3/29/12

Published on March 31, 2012 by in Reviews, Shows

Beth Tacular and Phil Moore left their hand-built cabin in the woods of North Carolina to hit the road promoting their new record, The Clearing. They stopped off at Lincoln Hall on Thursday with their band Bowerbirds to softly rock the quiet, but attentive crowd. I actually thought the band was just Phil and Beth –

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Cursive @ Lincoln Hall 3/25/12

Published on March 28, 2012 by in Reviews, Shows

When he isn’t writing songs for The Good Life or touring under his own name, Tim Kasher still plays with Cursive, the band he started with bass player Matt Maginn in the ’90s. They stopped off at Lincoln Hall just a few days into a long tour to promote their new album, I am Gemini.

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Delta Spirit @ Metro 3/23/12

Published on March 25, 2012 by in Reviews, Shows

Lead singer Matt Vasquez looked a bit more clean cut than the last time Delta Spirit rolled through town in August of last year, but his demeanor was true to form. He talked about how it’s unfair that they only gets to come to Chicago a couple times a year, drank some beers on stage,

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Tennis @ Lincoln Hall 2/26

Published on March 1, 2012 by in Music, Reviews, Shows

So they didn’t rock my socks off, but it was a solid show. I missed the opening act and showed up at the front end of the Tennis set. Lincoln Hall is always great – it’s just big enough to book legit acts but small enough to show up late and still be able to

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