Gavin Paul Giovagnoli

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Okkervil River
Austin-bred folkies prep the sequel to 2007's The Stage Names for release September 9.Read More
Aug 26, 2008
9:21 AM
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Conor Oberst
Indie-sulk poster-boy flees to Mexico on Merge Records' bill and records his first proper non-Bright Eyes solo LP, due Aug. 5. Read More
Jul 31, 2008
8:15 AM
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Metronomy Light Up Chicago
U.K. remix maestro Joseph Mount leads his push-light crew of neo-Devo electro-popsters on a stateside taster of their second album of original tunes, Nights Out. Read More
Jul 30, 2008
2:38 PM
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Fleet Foxes Perch Upon Chicago's Millennium Park
Sub Pop’s latest West Coast harmonizers ascended upon central Chicago’s Pritzker Pavillion and gave fans a free taste. Read More
Jul 18, 2008
1:28 PM
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Son Ambulance Rescue Pop In Chicago
Omaha sextet shimmers into a groove at Schubas.Read More
Jul 16, 2008
3:07 PM
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Alkaline Trio Salute Their Hometown Fans With Blistering Chicago Set
The Windy City’s chainsaw-riffing emo trio led a sold-out pit of hometown fist-pumpers in a cheers to their new LP, Agony & Irony. Read More
Jul 10, 2008
3:16 PM
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Sunfold
Annuals -- indie wunderkinds and masters lofty explosions -- assume new roles with an old side project. Read More
Jun 26, 2008
9:26 AM
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Jim Ward's Sleepercar Debuts in Chicago
Current Sparta commander debuts his new Southern twang and heartache crew, Sleepercar. Read More
Jun 19, 2008
5:10 PM
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Catch the Buzz: Ponytail
With their sophomore full-length, entitled Ice Cream Spiritual, Baltimore-based art-spastics find freedom in blistering sonic assaults.Read More
Jun 3, 2008
1:57 PM
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Tilly and the Wall
Download an exclusive MP3 from the tap-dancin' Omaha quintet's third album, O, which arrives June 17.Read More
Jun 3, 2008
10:21 AM
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Los Campesinos! Break Hearts in Chicago
The bratty seven-piece rock sonically, but before yet another vignette of love lost flies, a lesson in true heartbreak may be what's necessary.Read More
May 28, 2008
4:35 PM
It Happened Last Night
The Submarines Pour Some Sugar in Chicago
Indie pop's latest sticky-sweet, in-love duo sprouts flowery new tunes, backed by tourmates Headlights.Read More
May 23, 2008
3:48 PM
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The Cure
The influential, Sussex-born melancholies drop "The Only One," the first single from their forthcoming new album, out in September.Read More
May 14, 2008
4:40 PM
Buzzcatcher
Catch the Buzz: Joe Pug
Windy City folkie, who moonlights as a carpenter, channels an upbringing chock full of singer/songwriters from decades past into a solid style all his own. Read More
May 14, 2008
9:19 AM
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Cool Kids Throw a Pre-'Bake Sale' in Chicago
The rambunctious, throwback rappers joined Spin and a legion of cocktail-sippin' revelers at their hometown's Underground club. Read More
May 9, 2008
12:48 PM