Best New Bands » lights http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Lights Lit Up Chicago http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/lights-lit-chicago/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/lights-lit-chicago/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2015 19:04:23 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=28105 Chicago – Lights and co-headliners The Mowgli’s performed for a packed House of Blues, having sold out the downtown venue. While fans, young and old, excitedly waited for the show to begin, I found myself questioning if I should be there, knowing just blocks away Chicago youth were protesting the murder cover-up of Laquan McDonald, who

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