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Jukebox the Ghost's week in Chicago

By Kori Bowns
ausmgss MANAGER

Few band: dellver such an electrlc,
upbeat, and qulrky performance as Jukebox
the Ghost, who made two appearances ln
Chlcago lastweek Jukeboxthe GhOSL known
for then cheery and darrngly optrmrstrcprano
pop melodres, held a questron and answer
sesslon and acoustlc set at the Apple Store
on North Mrchrgan Avenue last Mondayand
performed as an opemng act at The House
of Blues chrcago on Brrday evemng, to the
delrghtofthenfans of allages

Made up of pramst/vocalrst Ben
'l'hornewrll, gultarlst/vocallstTommy Slegel,
and percussromst Jesse Krrstrn, Jukebox has
released three albums :lnce thelr formatlorl
ln 2003 After releaslrlg thelr thlrd album,
Safe Tlavcls, thrs pastJune, Jukebox has Just
finlshed thelr headllnlng (our and l: now

tourlng wrth Now, Now, openlng for Motlon
Crty Soundtracks USA tour

At thelr Apple Store appearance,
fans got tosee a more personal srde of the
band as a representatrve from The A v club
mtervrewed thembefore opemng the floor to
questrons from theaudlenoe The bandtalked
about then muslcal lnsplratlons, what they
would be domg rf they weren’t musrcrans,
then band hrstory, and then personal musrc
preferences Jukeboxs members got toshow
off then sense of humor when asked what
then favorrte lOS app was, towhrch Jesseslyly
replred, “Google Maps,” wrth a quret smrle

After the modest crowd m the
upper level ofthe Apple Store was drarned of
questrons, the band played a small acoustrc
set consrstmg of two of then more mellow
songs, “The Spnrtual,” and, “Don’t Let Me
Ball Behmd,” m addrtron to one ofthe srngles

released offthelr newest album, “Oh, Emlly”
Desplte fans’ dlsappolntmentwrth the length
of trme Jukebox had to play, the band stayed
late to slgn posters that were glven out for
free and to get to know everyone who desned
to meet them Overall, the small gathermg
that took place on Mlchlgan was a great
opportumty for hardcore followers and new
fans oftheband alrke to get toseeadrfferent
srde of Jukebox m a lowrkey settrng

Later that week, fans of Now,
Now, Jukebox the Ghost, and Motron cny
Soundtrack flocked to the soldout floor of
The House of Blues m antrcrpatron Now,
Nowopened up theshowwrththenbrand of
trancy electromc rock After then halfrhour
set, Jukebox took the stage Openlng wrth,
“Everybody Knows,” a hrt off ofSafe Travels
Ben,Tommy, and Jesse transformed the show
from a slow llstenlng party to an exalted

whnlwrnd ofenergy, leavrng even those who
had never heard of Jukebox dancrng to the
beat JukeboxtheGhostbreezedthroughthen
set playrng then mostpopular tunes and even
throwmg m a hastllyrdone cover ofwhrtney
Houston’s,“lWanna DanceWrth Somebodyi’
before then lastsong when theylearned they
only had five mrnutes left on stage Jukebox
closed then setwrth the number one hrt off
then second album, “Schlzophrenla” lf the
amount of cheermg and applause the band
recerved rs any rndrcatron, Jukebox certamly
gamed many new fans durrng thenset
Jukebox left the stage havrng
sumcrentlywarmed up the crowd for Motron
cny Jukeboxs many veteran and new fans
reJorced when the band announced before
leavrng the stage thattheywrllbe returnlng to
chrcago m February to headlme a new tour

 

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