Get Lost In Argo
on October 17, 2012
The soundtrack to Ben Affleck’s latest film is unexpectedly hypnotic.
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Q&A: Kopecky Family Band’s Kelsey Kopecky
on October 16, 2012
Kelsey Kopecky catches up to talk about the band’s newest album, Kids Raising Kids.
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Balmorhea at Schubas Tavern on Oct. 14, 2012
on October 15, 2012
Almost as difficult to describe as their name is to pronounce, Austin sextet Balmorhea put on a phenomenal set on a showery Sunday night at Chicago’s Schubas. It’s pronounced ball-more-ay: unlike their music, it’s not as difficult as it first appears. The group is named after a town of 500, six hours west of Austin, […]
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A Music Mainstay
on October 15, 2012
Located on a quiet strip of Belmont Avenue near Western, Andy’s Music in Chicago has been …
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William Elliott Whitmore at The Bottom Lounge on Oct. 7, 2012
on October 10, 2012
No matter the setting, big or small, Whitmore treats it as he is welcoming everyone into his home and into his life.
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Alan Gresik Swings Through Uptown
on October 8, 2012
The experience of watching Gresik and his Swing Shift Orchestra perform in this building hearkens back to a bygone era.
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Crocodiles at Subterranean on Oct. 5, 2012
on October 6, 2012
Crocodiles put on a short-but-sweet set that left little room for filler or chatter. The close quarters and reckless acoustics of Subterranean fused the sound with anyone who could hear it.
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Dispatch at The Riviera on Oct. 3, 2012
on October 4, 2012
During their Circles Around the Sun tour, Dispatch stopped in Chicago for a two-night run at the Riviera, on Oct. 2 and 3. The folk-pop group Good Old War accompanied them in what seemed like an odd match-up at first, but proved to be a perfect fit. Both bands enjoyed themselves on stage, were engaged […]
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Don’t You Forget the Soundtrack
on October 4, 2012
There are few infallible cures for the unsettling alienation that can result from day-to-day human interaction.
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Dead Leaf Echo on Music Videos, Record Labels and Thought and Language
on October 3, 2012
“I read the book from cover to cover and decided that I wanted to do this bigger album based around the text where it starts with conception, birth, the development of a child, speech, then cognition.”
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Pop Stars Gone Wild
on October 2, 2012
In the popular music world, there lives a phenomenon which never ceases to enthrall the nation. It’s young and innocent, it’s pretty and with the help of auto-tune, it has a decent voice. It takes the country by storm. As soon as one loses popularity, another re-spawns to take its place. It is, of course, […]
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The Gift of Not Knowing
on October 1, 2012
An interview with Chicago’s Screwball Press …
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