Where: Metro Chicago
Date: 2008-06-06 21:00:00
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The August's members include a dog walker, a substitute teacher, a South African professional arm wrestling champion, and the great-great-grandson of a deep-sea Arctic fisherman. Everyone brings something different to the band's laid-back mix of roots rock, folk and country.
Where: Abbey Pub
Date: 2008-05-05 21:00:00
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The electronic trio South brings their dark acoustics, hush vocals and breezy dance beats to the stage. Ki:Theory(a.k.a. Joel Burleson)'s genre-mashing solo debut is a unique amalgamation of sounds that is as much lo-fi and organic as it is forward thinking; invoking comparison to everything great about such artists as Beck, Gorillaz, Sparklehorse and Portishead Bristol-era trip-hop.