The Week In Chicago Rock

By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk

You shoulda been there.
1. Pac Div at Reggie’s on Monday night.

Posted on March 29, 2013

When students at Lafayette in Humboldt Park learned their school was on the CPS closings list, they took to their instruments. Their orchestra is in danger.
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In 2010, Reason to Give uploaded this video on YouTube.

Posted on March 28, 2013

Gear Is Good: The Empress, The Monarch & Polished Ebony

Rich, Lush And Handcrafted

Three pieces.
1. Empress Tape Delay.
“Joel plays the new Empress Tape Delay through a Fender Princeton. Its a rich, lush tape delay in an incredibly small box. 3 flavors of tape age let you choose how dark and gritty the repeats will get while filter and modulation controls allow for even more fine tuning. Tap tempos with ratio multiplier mean rhythms like dotted eights are all at your fingertips.”

Posted on March 28, 2013

Local Music Notebook: Billy Corgan’s Conspiracies & A Bloodshot Briefing

Plus: The Replacements & The Chicago Skyliners

A loose collection of whatnot.
1. Billy Corgan is just the worst.
Not even worth dissecting.
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2. Brian Blade and the Fellowship Band at Chicago Music Exchange on March 14.

Posted on March 27, 2013

The Weekend In Chicago Rock

By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk

You shoulda been there.
1. The Ataris at Reggie’s on Friday night.

Posted on March 25, 2013

The Week In Chicago Rock

By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk

You shoulda been there.
1. Ryan Leslie at Reggie’s on Wednesday night.

Posted on March 22, 2013

Local Music Notebook: Short, Sharp Shocked

By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk

A loose collection of whatnot.
1. Michelle Shocked A Lost Soul.
The anarchic skateboard punk rocker has filled her troubled soul for years with a zealous Christianity that unsurprisingly led to an anti-gay rant that caused a spate of concert cancellations by various promoters including those at SPACE in Evanston, where Shocked was to appear on May 5th.
This video from 2006 at the West Angeles Church of God in Christ displays both her devotion and powerful voice.