AltWeeklies Wire
No Pain, No Gainnew
Evangelista is not an easy listen, but it's cathartic.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
07-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Evangelista, Carla Bozulich
Matters of the Heartnew
Girls are suckers for sad boys.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
07-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Syd Matters
Testing an Illusory Worldnew
Lady & Bird present a children's story for adults. Also reviewed: Gig's Gold & Wax.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
07-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Lady & Bird
Delighting in Happy Accidentsnew
Shapes and Sizes may be terminally adorable, but
that's OK.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
07-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Shapes and Sizes
All in the Familynew
Feathers can crash at my pad whenever they like.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
06-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Feathers
On Our Side Againnew
Neil Young's ideological vicissitudes defy all reason.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
06-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Neil Young, Living With War
A Big, Big Worldnew
Susana Baca is fluent in the only speech that matters. Also reviewed: Megan Reilly's Let Your Ghost Go.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
06-05-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Susana Baca, Traves As
The Stuff That Dreams are Made Ofnew
Jolie Holland's out with her third and best album.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
05-15-2006 |
Reviews
No Reinvention, No Imitationnew
Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs offer familiar
favorites and brilliant obscurities. Also reviewed: Sparks' Hello Young Lovers.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
05-05-2006 |
Reviews
Case of the Missing Heartnew
Sure, Fox Confessor is a tour de force -- but
that's not enough.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
04-28-2006 |
Reviews
This Dog Van Huntnew
He's black and he wears funny hats -- what are we supposed to call him?
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
04-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Van Hunt, On the Jungle Floor
Experiment With Pleasurenew
Of all of Brazil's wonderfully weird cultural
exports, Tom Ze may be the weirdest.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
04-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Estudando O Pagode, Tom Ze
The Song's the Thingnew
You may think you don't know Jules Shear, but you're wrong.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
04-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Dreams Don't Count, Jules Shear
True to Form, Brilliantlynew
Centro-matic can make the same record over and
over and never get boring.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
03-31-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Centro-matic, Fort Recovery
Contemporary Antiquariesnew
Kiefer and Kraus are a pair of time-traveling
minstrels. Also reviewed: Liz Durret's The Mezzanine.
Illinois Times |
Rene Spencer Saller |
03-27-2006 |
Reviews
