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The Spares



Last Updated: 12/15/2008

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City: CHICAGO
State: Illinois
Country: US
Signup Date: 8/4/2006

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Monday, June 29, 2009 

Category: Music
The Spares' CD Beautiful and Treacherous Thing is one of ten nominees for Americana Album of the Year in the Just Plain Folks Music Awards! JFP is the premier indie music awards program, so we're pretty excited.
Friday, June 12, 2009 
Hosted By:
The Spares

When:
Saturday, June 20, 2009

Where:
FitzGerald's
6615 Roosevelt Road
Berwyn, IL
60402

Description:
The Spares are playing at FitzGerald's next Saturday. It's our second time in this cool, historic room. It's a three-act bill, also featuring Guttenheim Grotto, a great Irish duo that's on its fourth US tour and is much more famous than us, and Bianca DeLeon. $8, 21+. fitzgeraldsnightclub.com. 6615 Roosevelt Road, Berwyn, IL.

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Monday, May 04, 2009 
The amazingly talented photographer Jessie Stevens was at our show on Saturday, taking pictures for our upcoming live CD. Check out some of her favorite shots.
Thursday, September 25, 2008 
Hey, we just did an interview on BFN Networks, and several songs in the studio. Here's the link
Thursday, April 10, 2008 

There’s a story about The Spares in today’s Chicago Tribune RedEye. Here’s the link.

Monday, February 18, 2008 

The Spares are the ’Chicago Rox’ Band of the week at thelocaltourist.com. Here’s the link.

Thursday, May 31, 2007 

Hey there -- check out the archived version of our radio interview with BFN Networks that originally aired on WUIC in Chicago.

Wednesday, February 21, 2007 
Five stars from HarderBeat.com
Four stars from ReadJunk.com
And three from Music-Critic.ca.

Also, "Waiting for the Smoke to Clear" is the Track of the Week at GarageBand.com for the week of February 26.

Saturday, January 20, 2007 
Another cool review, this time from the blog Herohill: "I've fallen in love with the finger picking style and Jodee's lovely voice. I've been playing the MP3s on repeat while I enjoy my coffee this morning. . . . I sense it's going to be one that gets a lot of play here at herohill HQ."

Friday, January 19, 2007 

A couple of new reviews/mentions have rolled in:

1) The All Ages Zine, which says "The Chicago duo known as the Spares have found a way to combine a whole lot of influences and wrap them up into a modern pop sound and pull this off. You can call them Americana, roots rock, bluegrass, etc… but all in all they bring it on home and created a great sound. The music is simple enough and makes you listen while it holds a pop edge, but the vocals are the shining portion of this album. The female leads will suck you into this record and keep you listening to their sophomore effort. I call this great pop rock with an influence stamped in America's past. Good job. A unique sound on an older influence and well worth a spin if you are looking for something a little different than you get from the mainstream."

2) At the music blog "Can You See the Sunset From the Southside?" Eric said nice things about us. Specifically, "Do you like female-fronted alt-country/roots rock that (to me at least) recalls Emmylou Harris, Allison Krauss, and Mindy Smith? If yay, then check out The Spares. This Chicago duo has a new record called Beautiful And Treacherous Thing full of twangy guitars, melodious songs, and the lovable vocals of Jodee Lewis. Even my wife likes this."

3) And from the blog Mrs. Dude: "Jodee Lewis has the most amazing voice. Her vocals are tough and tender. Vulnerable and fierce. I don't normally like female singers, but I love her voice. I feel like I could listen to their discs, Beautiful and Treacherous Thing and Hand Me Down, a hundred times and never fully understand their rich complexity. If indie, acoustic, alt-country, roots, Americana rock is your thing...check them out. Even if it's not, give them a chance."