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Umphrey’s Unveil Innovative Stew Art Series

Prog-jammers Umphrey’s McGee have always been an extremely fan-friendly act, but with the announcement of a new fan-driven experience called Stew Art – or S2 – the Chicago-based sextet is

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BG: Black Keys + MCs = Blakroc

While the members of The Black Keys are both busy touring with their solo projects this fall, the Akron-based act did manage to make their way into the recording studio

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Congrats to the Ryan Montbleau Band

In one of the closest votes since the 2000 Presidental Election, the Ryan Montbleau Band has eeked out a victory in the Vote For The Boat contest. The win gains

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Last Week’s Sauce: September 6th – 12th

Last Week’s Sauce is a recurring column featuring recordings of shows that took place the previous week. Thanks to jimna for the photo.

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Artist & Title: the Disco Biscuits – Donde?
Date & Venue: 2009-09-12 Starland Ballroom, Sayreville NJ
Taper & Show Download: Jesse Hurlburt

the Disco Biscuits didn’t hit their goal of releasing their next studio album before Chinese Democracy, but Planet Anthem IS slated for a January 2010 release. The Biscuits also have announced they will be issuing three EP’s leading up to January, the first of which is due this month. There is no tracklist available, so I can’t tell you if Donde? is on the album, but it was debuted at this September 12th show. tDB have just started an extended fall tour, they’ve got today off and play tomorrow in Fayetteville, AR.

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READ ON to hear tracks from Mike Gordon, Trey Anastasio and others…

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Review: U2 Shine at Soldier Field

Music fan Jimmy Coulas loves to attend concerts from a wide variety of bands and write about them for his Chicago-based blog, Scents & Subtle Sounds. On Sunday night he saw U2 at Soldier Field and tells us all about it…

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[All Photos Via U2.com]

Music has always served as my escape from the every day hustle and bustle of life. The economic crisis that has gripped this country has affected the way that people live and has inevitably changed the way that people spend their money. To most people, concert tickets would be on top of the list of items to cut out of their budget. It seems as if U2 serves as the exception to the rule.

When the house lights cut out on Sunday night at Chicago’s Soldier Field the crowd erupted. You could tell the audience was ready for any and everything the band had in store for them. U2 could have easily rolled out their greatest hits and pleased the crowd, but they held back and played a career-spanning set. READ ON for the rest of Jimmy’s take on U2 in Chicago…

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