Unlike the record breaking snow-mageddon of last year’s groundhogs day, this year people are basking in the day’s 40- to near 60-degree weather—in January. If this isn’t worth celebrating, then what is?
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Few things are more glorified than the lives of musicians. Hold your nose and close your eyes for the dose of reality this list of movies is about to serve you.
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The band’s second album recently had its first birthday, so the guys closed their tour with the best celebration a Chicago outfit can dream up—a sold out homecoming at Metro.
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Mistakes are human nature and we all make them, even the hitmakers.
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If the Madonna halftime show isn’t your cup of tea, here are a few tunes to keep the party going.
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“Born to Lose” is full of turbulent beats and distorted guitars that audibly challenge and facilitate Alexis Krauss’ soft melodies, not to mention your speaker’s volume capacity.
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Ekra – Men This is not background music. The husband and wife duo that is Ekra create sprawling, mind bending music: of the the three tracks on this release the shortest is 10:46. These songs are labyrinthine structures of psychedelic rock that are both euphoric and disorientating. With it’s indie pop whistling and unobtrusive guitar opening, “Tributary” starts off […]
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Justin Timberlake’s recent engagement to Jessica Biel had fans everywhere clutching their chests in swooning defeat, many of them flashing back to the curly-haired cutie who first stole their hearts in the late 1990s. Now he’s getting married to his on-again-off-again beau, Biel. It’s a shame that he’s not on the market anymore, but who […]
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If McCombs oozes cool from his pores on record, it fairly pours from all of his orifices live.
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When an indie band goes mainstream, there’s little going back, with few exceptions. Here’s how Modest Mouse, Adele, and Phoenix stack up.
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Though not an effort for the ages, or even the moment, Beltrami’s Original Motion Picture Soundtrack remains a Thing to be admired.
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In a jam packed show at the UIC Pavilion—the band’s biggest show in Chicago yet—on Jan. 27 the crowd not only heard Rise Against’s tried and true testimonies about humanity in its music.
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