Our (fairly) regular roundup of Music & Arts related news from Chicago-based web media, featuring thoughts and insight from some of the city’s most dedicated writers. The 10 Best Museums In Chicago Following are 10 museums and galleries we could waste a day looking at art, artifacts, sculpture and fossils. [ more › ] Around […]
Our (fairly) regular roundup of Music & Arts related news from Chicago-based web media, featuring thoughts and insight from some of the city’s most dedicated writers. Aerosmith To ‘Let Rock Rule’ In Tinley Park Astoundingly, Aerosmith rolls on. [ more › ] Pencil This In: Newberry Library Book Fair The fair turns 30 this year […]
Our (fairly) regular roundup of Music & Arts related news from Chicago-based web media, featuring thoughts and insight from some of the city’s most dedicated writers. Tonight Only: Burlesque, Brews, Vintage Boxing Presented By Schlitz Bouts This post is brought to you by Schlitz Brewing Co. [ more › ] Music Video Of The Day: […]
Our (fairly) regular roundup of Music & Arts related news from Chicago-based web media, featuring thoughts and insight from some of the city’s most dedicated writers. Music Video Of The Day: Janelle Monáe Feat. Big Boi ‘Tightrope’ Janelle Monáe will be taking the stage at Petrillo Music Shell tomorrow night with Gary Clark Jr. as […]
Our (fairly) regular roundup of Music & Arts related news from Chicago-based web media, featuring thoughts and insight from some of the city’s most dedicated writers. Music Video Of The Day: Yawn ‘Follow You’ Yawn plays Empty Bottle tonight. [ more › ] Wednesday Afternoon Diversion: Learning From The Master Before Michael Jackson’s dance moves […]
Our (fairly) regular roundup of Music & Arts related news from Chicago-based web media, featuring thoughts and insight from some of the city’s most dedicated writers. Honoring "Purple Rain’s" 30th Anniversary In honor of the 30th anniversary of the release of Prince’s hit “Purple Rain,” Forest Park musician Pat Battle recorded a remix of the […]
Our (fairly) regular roundup of Music & Arts related news from Chicago-based web media, featuring thoughts and insight from some of the city’s most dedicated writers. Uncle Bob does it again Defiantly riding the third (or fourth, if you count Sugar) high of his post-Hüskers career, curmudgeonly but ever-lovable ol’ Bob Mould continues the melodic […]
Our (fairly) regular roundup of Music & Arts related news from Chicago-based web media, featuring thoughts and insight from some of the city’s most dedicated writers. The Secret History of Chicago Music: Booker Little Brilliant Chicago-schooled trumpeter Booker Little recorded dozens of albums—including several with Max Roach and Eric Dolphy—before his death at 23. by […]
Our (fairly) regular roundup of Music & Arts related news from Chicago-based web media, featuring thoughts and insight from some of the city’s most dedicated writers. Lily Allen not quite ready for her ‘mumback’ Motherhood and a period of domesticity don’t have to result in a mellowing of trademark sass and sarcasm; remember Roseanne in […]
Our (fairly) regular roundup of Music & Arts related news from Chicago-based web media, featuring thoughts and insight from some of the city’s most dedicated writers. The Secret History of Chicago Music: The Chicago Triangle The long-lost debut LP from oddball Latin-rock group the Chicago Triangle is getting reissued by Permanent Records. by Plastic Crimewave [ […]
Our (fairly) regular roundup of Music & Arts related news from Chicago-based web media, featuring thoughts and insight from some of the city’s most dedicated writers. Neil Young phones home Having hyped the alleged higher audio fidelity of the Pono system a few months ago at South by Southwest—without ever bothering to play it for […]
Our (fairly) regular roundup of Music & Arts related news from Chicago-based web media, featuring thoughts and insight from some of the city’s most dedicated writers. Nate Wooley’s coarse-grain trumpet meditations @ Lampo Nate Wooley. Photo by Peter Gannushkin Nate Wooley‘s trumpet playing, with its long lines and grainy textures, combines equally well with musical/tonal […]
Our (fairly) regular roundup of Music & Arts related news from Chicago-based web media, featuring thoughts and insight from some of the city’s most dedicated writers. Mark your calendars: Glenn Kotche does ‘The Dinner Party’ Once a month, “The Dinner Party,” a project by Fear No ART and irrepresible host Elysabeth Alfano, brings together three […]
Our (fairly) regular roundup of Music & Arts related news from Chicago-based web media, featuring thoughts and insight from some of the city’s most dedicated writers. Genteel indie-pop from the wilds of Wisconsin Regrettably lost in the ears-ringing chaos of my coverage from South by Southwest last March was any mention of Phox, a sextet […]
Our (fairly) regular roundup of Music & Arts related news from Chicago-based web media, featuring thoughts and insight from some of the city’s most dedicated writers. The return of the Afghan Whigs Though I have plenty of friends, now and back in the nostalgia-tainted ’90s, with a borderline obsessive love for Greg Dulli—most of them […]
Our (fairly) regular roundup of Music & Arts related news from Chicago-based web media, featuring thoughts and insight from some of the city’s most dedicated writers. The Secret History of Chicago Music: The Cave Dwellers The Cave Dwellers never opened for the Beatles—but they did release a ripping single that still sounds great today. by […]
Our (fairly) regular roundup of Music & Arts related news from Chicago-based web media, featuring thoughts and insight from some of the city’s most dedicated writers. Music Video Of The Day: The Both ‘Milwaukee’ Catch The Both next month when they roll into town at the Metro on May 9. Grab tickets here. [ more […]
Our (fairly) regular roundup of Music & Arts related news from Chicago-based web media, featuring thoughts and insight from some of the city’s most dedicated writers. Foxy Shazam Quietly Releases New Album Recorded With Steve Albini For Free Foxy Shazam banged out an entire album recorded by Steve Albini in just one day last fall. […]
Our (fairly) regular roundup of Music & Arts related news from Chicago-based web media, featuring thoughts and insight from some of the city’s most dedicated writers. Pencil This In: ‘Back To The Future’ Trilogy At Patio Theater The Patio Theater is getting into the swing of spring with a screening of the entire Back to […]
Our (fairly) regular roundup of Music & Arts related news from Chicago-based web media, featuring thoughts and insight from some of the city’s most dedicated writers. The Secret History of Chicago Music: Ernest "Little Son Joe" Lawlers Bluesman Ernest “Little Son Joe” Lawlers was overshadowed by his wife, the great Memphis Minnie, but you might […]