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Review: Califone; October 10 & 11, 2009; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

Califone - October 10 and 11, 2009

An album and a film, ghostly and eternally tied together: this was the premiere of Califone‘s All My Friends Are Funeral Singers.

After a month of listening to Funeral Singers and being totally, completely geared up for their two performances at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art, I was ready for anything—and everything. Both were delivered in a weekend I will always remember. (more…)


Review: Red Red Meat; July 10, 2008; Hideout, Chicago

The Hideout is a great place to see a show. I arrived about 7:30, just as a major storm was moving into the Chicago. Luckily, the Hideout is in an industrial part of the city and there were some good spaces right outside, which I found to be a good sign of things to come.

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