http://reviewsic.com/2010/01/16/empire-empire-i-was-a-lonely-estate-tonight-at-the-beat-kitchen/ Music News, Interviews, and Reviews Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:24:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://reviewsic.com/2010/01/16/empire-empire-i-was-a-lonely-estate-tonight-at-the-beat-kitchen/#comment-32 Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:10:34 +0000 http://reviewsic.com/?p=736#comment-32 [...] Empire, Empire  (I Was A Lonely Estate) are no strangers to the Chicago scene. With a slew of releases and distributors under their belt, they showed their musical chops with a solid set, just as any online example of their performance would imply. Though widely known, and certainly popular with last nights crowd, we felt a little put off by the character created by Empire Empire on stage, mainly because of frontman Keith Latinen’s swagger and indifference to the fact that, while he was playing for a room of mostly friends, that he was giving a performance nonetheless. However, what he somewhat lacked in couth conduct, the rest of Empire, Empire made up for in solid sound and legitimate talent on stage. (Read Reviewsic’s interview with Empire, Empire (I Was A Lonely Esate) here) [...]

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