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Amy Ray played an XRT Show at Metro

By Frank E. Lee ⋅ October 30, 2008 ⋅ One comment

She’s just half of the Indigo Girls, but she puts one hundred percent into her solo performances. Amy Ray played an XRT Show at Metro Wednesday to support her new CD Didn’t It Feel Kinder, and it certainly was louder and faster than an Indigo Girls show. She was backed up by a four piece [...]

David Byrne plays the Civic Opera House

By Marty Lennartz ⋅ October 29, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments

Art rock icon, 80’s superstar, world music promoter and avid cyclist David Byrne brought his band, backup singers, dancers and a load of Brian Eno collaborations to the posh and acoustically impeccable Civic Opera House for a two hour show that literally almost brought down the house on Sunday night.
Seriously. During “Burning Down The House” [...]

TV On The Radio at the Riv 10/22/08

By Marty Lennartz ⋅ October 24, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

TV On The Radio performed at The Riviera Theatre tonight in an XRT Show. It was the Brooklyn band’s first Chicago show since their 2007 appearance at Lollapaloza.  They’re now touring following last month’s release of their new album Dear Science. TVOTR is one of the most original bands over the last few years. They [...]

Duffy plays XRT show at the Vic Theatre

By Frank E. Lee ⋅ October 21, 2008 ⋅ 7 comments

The friendly invasion of UK retro soul rock divas (collectively known as Amys over there) continued last night when the vivacious Welsh singer Duffy played an XRT Show at the Vic theatre. Unlike her dangerous colleague Winehouse, Duffy comes across as good clean fun and channels Lulu and Petula Clark as much as Aretha. She [...]

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