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[ROCK] Though perhaps slightly downsized from the cusp of superstardom they teetered on a decade back, familial Chicago trio Chevelle maintains a strong mid-sized following that keeps them on the road and regularly producing music for a major label. Their latest LP, The North Corridor, out on Epic in early July, signals a shift in the band’s sonic holding pattern, reaching back to the weightier feel of 2002’s Wonder What’s Next. Started and finished in Illinois at front man Pete Loeffler’s basement home studio (with a trip to Los Angeles in between for sessions with returning producer Joe Barresi), the album does less to straddle the lines between progressive and commercial than the last few, opting instead for a more fully realized, aggressive alt-metal sound that should further cement Chevelle’s spot in the canon of post-grunge bands that continue to matter this many years on. They’ll play the Rapids Theatre in Niagara Falls on Sunday, August 7, with Black Map.