1. Sneak Peak

    Texas Monthly talks with two online energy experts concerning peak oil and the future of energy demand. Nate Hagens is an editor of The Oil Drum, an online community that seeks to raise awareness about energy issues. A Ph.D. candidate in Natural Resources at the University of Vermont, Hagens’s particular areas of interest are the principles of net energy and the bio-physiological factors that drive our energy demand.


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  2. Reviewing The New Pornographers, plus or minus one

    Live Review

    Neko Case couldn’t make it to the radio station and Jim DeRogatis, rock-music critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and co-host of SoundOpinions, wasn’t pleased: “All of a sudden she’s too good to come. We made her what she is today.”


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  3. Chicago is more than just downtown

    Chicago is a city of neighborhoods. That's what sets this city apart from all the rest: 77 neighborhoods, each with a distinct feel, a distinct style. And while Evanston does have a distinct feel-white, lackluster, pretentious and overpriced-as well as a distinct style-crass consumerism and whatever the latest trends are-Evanston doesn't make the cut.


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  4. The Bravery & T(I)NC

    Vic Theatre

    The floor of the lobby in the nearly 100-year-old Vic Theatre is still crafted of fine Italian marble; ornate wall decorations surround the seating areas and stage. The building, situated on the north side of Chicago, is a monument to days past.


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  5. 'Bird' bashers

    Thick-skinned band redefines 'noise pop'

    We've played three or four shows where a cool dad is usually the most enthusiastic responder," says David Lineal, frontman of Chicago's Bird Names. It's not something new for the quintet-which also includes co-founder Colin Hartz, Albert Schatz, Eric Siegel and Naomi Caffee-to receive what is generally considered an atypical crowd reaction to the band's performances.


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  6. Top 10 Albums of 2005

    • Topics:
      • Arts
      • Entertainment
    • Published:
      1. SHEER Magazine, January 01, 2006
    • Metainfo:
      • 951 words
      • 31.7 inches

    Artist: The New Pornographers Album: Twin Cinema Label: Matador Release: 2005.08.23 Twin Cinema, the third album from Canada’s nine-piece group The New Pornographers, is yet another rock-driven indie masterpiece. The debate will always rage over whether Carl Newman, Neko Case, or Dan Bejar is the centerpiece of the family-band style collective but it doesn’t matter.


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  7. Sound Experiment

    WNUR brings artists from European S&M chambers and Chicago

    I believe that music has the power to inspire, nurture and transform one's perspective, and that's what I try to do with my music," says Nicole Mitchell, one of the artists to grace this year's WNUR Chicago Sounds Jazzfest. "Music is a spiritual path towards self-actualization."


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  8. Shout Out Louds: Howl Howl Gaff Gaff

    Album Review

    The Shout Out Louds hail from Stockholm, a place fairly well known for its music scene, third only to the United States and Great Britain. Sweden is responsible for crafting, over the past four or five decades, distinct sounds in the music industry that are now associated with the country: ranging from the folk/polka days of the generation before ours to the pop sound of ABBA, Ace Of Base, and others and more recent heavy metal influences and rock sounds, such as The Hives.


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  9. Beck: Guero

    Album Review

    Opening with an apparently radio worthy track that includes a heavy, distorted guitar introduction and evenly dispersed interludes thereafter, Guero, Beck Hansons latest album, hit stores on March 29th as his first official LP since 02s incredibly successful, laid-back and atmospheric Sea Change. Beck is often labeled as a sort of musical chameleon, this particular album sparking memories of David Bowies Low; pushing the use of formulated electronics in conjunction with guitar and vocals.


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