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		<title>Lollapalooza 2010 Update: Strokes confirmed, lineup announcement &amp; ticket on sale date</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Quite a few tidbits about Lollapalooza 2010 have hit the web this week.
First up, in a phone conversation with Chicago Tribune&#8217;s Greg Kot, The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas confirmed the band will be one of the headliners at this year&#8217;s Lollapalooza. We&#8217;ve previously addressed a number of headliner rumors, but it looks like the Strokes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekend Diversions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Spring has sprung. Not officially for another week, but it sure feels that way. Snow is gone, and heavy coats are no longer outdoor necessities. Yay!
Don&#8217;t have plans yet? Plenty of great shows this weekend including Pelican at the Beat Kitchen, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists at Bottom Lounge, the Hideout&#8217;s SXSW send off and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quennect4 needs your help</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Originally we had included Quennect4&#8217;s open mic, 20hzx20kHz, in our list of Chicago&#8217;s finest. Then we learned that Quennect4 had been forced by the city to close its doors after over four years of giving local artists a place to show their skills.  
But, after all those years of hard work the good folks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charlotte Gainsbourg &#8211; IRM</title>
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Charlotte Gainsbourg has a pretty voice, but it’s more or less just that: pretty. What I mean to say is that she doesn’t possess a lot of range, which makes it all the more astonishing that her new album IRM is such an enjoyable listen. Despite her lack of raw vocal talent, the fourteen tracks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Open Mics in Chicago</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s something comforting about an open mic. Have a little acoustic ditty you&#8217;d like to share with an audience? Then sign up, and hit the stage. Too timid to play in front of a crowd just yet? Then head on over, grab a beer or a cup o&#8217; joe and feel the scene, man. One [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tortoise tour shaping up, tickets on sale this weekend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having just finished a run of shows that culminated with a stellar performance Feb. 20, at Lincoln Hall, it now appears Tortoise is poised to head back out on the road.
Several venue websites have indicated the post-rock group is planning an extensive tour that will take them from coast to coast in June and September [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daily Diversion &#8211; Shapers&#8217; record release at the Hideout</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Three with warmth comes the rain reasons to jog on over to the Hideout this very evening&#8230;
1. You love a party. You love a record release. Therefore, you love a record release party. Tonight is just such a deal. Come celebrate Chicago&#8217;s own Shapers, a band willing to take their sound wherever they damn well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mako Sica &#8211; Dual Horizon</title>
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Mako Sica are still in no hurry. On their second, Dual Horizon, the band follow the same path, a slow, meandering path at that, as they did on their debut, Mayday At Strobe, and god bless them for it. In a world of easy pay-offs and cheap thrills, Mako Sica force you to pay close [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://loudlooppress.com/reviews/mako-sica-dual-horizons/</link>
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		<title>WATCH: OK Go announce new label</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In case you hadn&#8217;t already heard, Chicago pop-rockers OK Go are leaving EMI and forming their own label titled Paracadute. Here&#8217;s OK Go&#8217;s Damian Kulash appearing in a YouTube video announcing their new label that appeard on their Web site this morning. Be sure to catch OK Go at the Metro on April 17.

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		<title>Daily Diversions &#8211; NovaRoma at The Bottom Lounge &amp;  Arthi Meera at Charleston</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You like choices, don’t you?  Well, how about two (that’s right, count them, two) choices for a Daily Diversion today?  You have the choice of either having your face rocked at The Bottom Lounge with NovaRoma or spending a sweet, romantic evening to the gorgeous voice of Arthi Meera at Charleston. Decisions, decisions. [...]]]></description>
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