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jake minch @ schubas
@amelia.moseman (words)@colekincart (photos) Hey Cole, what was that show we went to the other night? Oh, oh, it was that guy with the bird! No, that’s Jake Finch. Wasn’t it that guy who had just made it to the play-offs? No, no, that’s Jake Clinch. You’re thinking of that guy who squeezes just a little…
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modern cults @ schubas
@victoriaaspurez I went to Schubas in July to see the album release show for band Modern Cults. The album was short, barely over fifteen minutes and there was a good energy from the friends and families in the crowd. In the small venue, the band was energetic and fit in the space perfectly. The vocals…
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greer @ bottom lounge
@victoriaaspurez Last Wednesday at Bottom Lounge—so many people squeezed into that small space—and Greer filled it easily. By the time they hit the stage, the crowd was loud and excited. The band was loose, playful—just genuine back-and-forth banter and a feeling like you were hanging out with the band. Most of the night for me…
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blondshell @ the metro
@victoriaaspurez Blondshell played at the Metro and performed the coolest show, passionate and natural. This tour is off the release of her new album, which felt like a deeper extension of the last one. It expands of themes of love, self-sabotage, and reflects on interactions with friends and lovers. The setlist was great, a perfect…
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she’s green @ cobra lounge
@amelia.moseman photo courtesy of @nickwantstoniconico Minneapolis’ she’s green makes music that feels like watching light spill across your bedroom. It’s slow, immersive and a bit phantasmic. Somewhere between slowcore, shoegaze and noise-pop (what even are words at this point), the band filters big emotions through hazy shredding and daydream vocals. Zofia Smith leads the quintet…
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Hippo Campus @ The Salt Shed
@amelia.mosemanPhotos courtesy of Anson Tong via Jam Productions The first time I saw Hippo Campus perform they were merely boys, bouncing around on stage with awkwardly long limbs and haircuts that could only be described as “twee”. My friends and I, at the ripe age of 13, had convinced my dad to drive us 45…
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Japanese Breakfast @ the Salt Shed
@nicholasraden Japanese Breakfast puts on a show in every sense of the word, bringing you into the world of Melancholy. The venue seemed to suit her show very well, from colorful lights encompassing her, to shrouding her darkness only visible from the lantern she was holding, to a single beam on her while she sat…
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Beyoncé @ Soldier Field
@colekincart Photo credit: Julian Dakdouk Welcome, folks, to my Cowboy Carter review and reflection. I arrive here not as an expert, nor as a scholar of the Beyoncé canon, but as a witness. A witness who found themselves caught in the gravitational pull of something bigger than just a concert. Now this write-up isn’t just…
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Black Country, New Road @ the Salt Shed
By @amelia.moseman Photos by @colekincart Seeing a band like UK rock group Black Country, New Road is the perfect example of the limits of music critics. The rise of the “Pitchfork review” has made music criticism often too biased and too singular—writers see themselves as more artist than the artists they review. Maybe it’s the…
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Sharon Van Etten @ the Salt Shed
By @amelia.moseman Photos by @colekincart The Sharon Van Etten I was first introduced to was just a girl and her guitar, warbling melodies backed by an acoustic playing the part of four instruments (see: Pickathon and Tiny Desk) singing still of love and hopes and dreams. The Sharon that took the stage Friday night at…
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The Weather Station @ Lincoln Hall
@victoriaaspurez The Weather Station performed on Thursday, April 11th, at Lincoln Hall, on tour for their seventh studio album, Humanhood. The crowd felt focused and quiet, anticipating the band’s show, which is appropriate as the band’s album, although impressive, is not a light listen. I listened to the album shortly after it came out in…
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Bright Eyes to Bring Five Dice, All Threes to The Salt Shed
Indie rock veterans Bright Eyes are making their way to The Salt Shed on Saturday, April 5, in support of their latest album, Five Dice, All Threes. The record, which the Associated Press calls “intimate yet anthemic — catchy and engaging,” features guest appearances from Cat Power, The National’s Matt Berninger, and The So So…
