Category: Concert Review
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The Breeders & Horsegirl at KEMBA Live!
Words + Photos by Jack Foley Unfamiliar with any of their songs or their genre, and only having heard the name transiently, I didn’t know what to expect from the Horsegirl show. The line was about 80 percent Gen X and 10% their children with the remainder being disenchanted twenty-somethings like myself. I braced for…
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Young The Giant w/ Milky Chance at Kemba!
Words & Images by Jack Foley Milky Chance, hailing from Kassel, Germany, have joined Young the Giant on tour to promote their latest release Living In A Haze. Milky Chance first broke into the mainstream music scene in 2013 with the release of Sadnecessary, which includes hit singles “Stolen Dance” and “Flashed Junk Mind”. After…
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Maggie Rogers at the Aragon Ballroom
By Clovis Westlund “I promise to tell the truth,” Maggie Rogers whispers through blown-out speakers. It’s 21 degrees outside the art deco doors of the Aragon Ballroom in Uptown Chicago. Inside, it’s a mixed bag for a Friday night. A dad in sequins speaks of intergenerational interests and margaritas behind me in the coat-check. The…