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OCTOBER 2008

 

 

CD REVIEWS


 

DAVID FORD
SONGS FOR THE ROAD

Read about the sophomore effort fom this UK musician with some intriguing anger issues.

 

DICK PRALL
WEIGHTLESS

Read about the newest collection of lovely and dark tunes from one of WayCoolMusic's favorite sons.

 

ELIOT MORRIS
HANDMADE

Read about this new EP that is a sure sign of good things soon to come.

 

GARRSION STARR
THE GIRL THAT KILLED SEPTEMBER

Read about the third full-length album from a musician who knows how to rock.

 
JON BLACK
GOODBYE GOLDEN AGE
Read about the second album from this talented, Birmingham-based musician.
 
MATT NATHANSON
SOME MAD HOPE
Read about one of the best albums of past decade.
 
 
 
CONCERT REVIEWS

 
 
 

 

 

 


  

PAST REVIEWS

 

CD REVIEWS


ANDREW BIRD - Armchair Apocrypha
 

ANDREW KERR - Silver Suitcases

 
AQUALUNG - Memory Man
 
ARI HEST - Someone To Tell

 

BEAU STAPLETON - Will I Shine For You Still
 

BEN KWELLER - On My Way

 
BOBBY BARE JR. -
From The End Of Your Leash
 
BRENDAN BENSON - Alternative To Love
 
BRETT DENNEN - Self-Titled
 
BRIGHT EYES - Digital Ash In A Digital Urn
 
CARY BROTHERS - All The Rage
 
CARY BROTHERS - Waiting For Your Letter
 
CARY BROTHERS - Who You Are
 
CHARLIE MARS - Self - Titled
 
CRAIG CARDIFF - Judy Garland! (You're Never Home...)
 
DAVID BERKELEY -
After The Wrecking Ships
 
DAVID BERKELEY - Strange Light
 
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - Plans
 
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - Transatlanticism
 

THE DECEMBERISTS - Picaresque

 
DICK PRALL - fizzlebuzzie

 

DOG'S EYE VIEW - Tomorrow Always Comes
 
ELIOT MORRIS - What's Mine Is Yours
 

ELIOT MORRIS/PARKER'S BACK -
Self-Titled

 

THE FEELING - Twelve Stops and Home
 
FILLIGAR - Succession, I Guess
 

FINN BROTHERS - Everyone Is Here

 
THE FRATELLIS - Costello Music
 
THE FRAY - How To Save A Life
 
GARRISON STARR -
The Sound Of You And Me
 
GLEN PHILLIPS - Mr. Lemons
 
GLEN PHILLIPS - Winter Pays For Summer
 
I AM KLOOT - Self - Titled

 

IMOGEN HEAP - Speak For Yourself
 
INGRID MICHAELSON - Girls and Boys
 
JAMES BLUNT - Back To Bedlam
 

JAMIE CULLUM - Twentysomething

 
JOHN VANDERSLICE - Pixel Revolt
 
JOHN VANDERSLICE - Suddenly It All Went Dark: Pixel Revolt Live to 2-Track
 
JON YEAGER - Truth & Volume
 
JOSHUA RADIN - We Were Here
 
JOSH ROUSE - Nashville

 

KALLI - While the City Sleeps
 
KASEY CHAMBERS - Carnival
 

KEANE - Hopes And Fears

 
THE KILLERS - Hot Fuss
 
THE LAST KISS - Soundtrack

 

MARCY PLAYGROUND - MP3

 

MATT NATHANSON - At The Point
 
MATTHEW RYAN - From A Late Night High- Rise
 

MODEST MOUSE - Good News For People Who Love Bad News

 

MUTUAL ADMIRATION SOCIETY -
Self-Titled

 

NADA SURF - The Weight Is A Gift
 
NICKEL CREEK - Why Should The Fire Die?
 
OK GO - Oh No
 

PATRICK PARK -
Loneliness Knows My Name

 

PATTY GRIFFIN - Impossible Dream

 
PETER BRADLEY ADAMS - Gather Up
 
RACHEL SAGE - The Blistering Sun
 
RED HEART THE TICKER - For The Wicked
 
SAM ROBERTS - We Were Born In A Flame

 

THE SHINS - Wincing the Night Away
 

SNOW PATROL - Final Straw

 

SONDRE LERCHE - Two Way Monologue

 

STEPHEN FRETWELL - Magpie
 
STRANGER THAN FICTION - Soundtrack
 
STRAYS DON'T SLEEP - Self-titled
 
TEDDY THOMPSON - Separate Ways
 
TEITUR - Stay Under the Stars
 
THE WEEPIES - Say I Am You
 

WILCO - A Ghost Is Born

SHOW REVIEWS


BRENDAN BENSON
Abbey Pub, Chicago, IL  4/8/05
 
ELIOT MORRIS
Workplay, Birmingham, AL  12/29/04
 
THE FINN BROTHERS
The Vic, Chicago, IL  7/22/04
 
GANG OF SONGWRITERS
Schubas, Chicago, IL  11/17/06
 
GLEN PHILLIPS
Luther's Blues, Madison, WI  3/29/05
 
GRIFFIN HOUSE
Luther's Blues, Madison, WI  2/5/05
 
HOTEL CAFE TOUR
The Patio, Indianapolis, IN  9/22/05
 

JOSH ROUSE
Schuba's, Chicago, IL  4/26/04

 

LOLLAPALOZZA 2006
Chicago, IL  8/4/06
 
LOLLAPALOZZA 2006
Chicago, IL  8/5/06
 
LOLLAPALOZZA 2006
Chicago, IL  8/6/06
 

MARCY PLAYGROUND
YMCA, Chicago, IL 9/10/04

 

MUTUAL ADMIRATION SOCIETY
Metro, Chicago, IL  8/9/04

 

THE SOMEDAY TOUR
Schuba's, Chicago, IL  4/26/04
 
SXSW 2006 - THURSDAY
Austin, TX  3/16/06
 
SXSW 2006 - FRIDAY
Austin, TX  3/17/06
 
SXSW 2006 - SATURDAY
Austin, TX  3/18/06
 
SXSW 2006 - SUNDAY
Austin, TX  3/19/06
 

TEITUR
Schuba's, Chicago, IL  10/22/04

 

TOAD THE WET SPROCKET
Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ  6/4/06