Features
Thursday, November 12 2009
Beatlemania: The Defiance of a Generation
The Beatles presented an outlet for people to express their emotions by offering musical and stylistic satisfaction. Listeners were united through a common cause: the music spoke to them and for them.
Reviews
Friday, March 30 2012
Radiohead + Other Lives: 9 March 2012 - St Louis, MO
The audience could not get enough Radiohead for they came back with not one, but two encores.
Thursday, February 9 2012
'Portlandia': The Tour: 18 January 2012 - Chicago
Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein were not out to throw a big production, nor re-enact characters and sketches. Instead they were onstage as Fred and Carrie, real people with a knack for casual conversational comedy looking to hang out.
Thursday, December 8 2011
Deer Tick + Guards: 14 November 2011 - Chicago
Attending a Deer Tick show comes with an unspoken disclaimer: the closer you are to the stage, the more likely you are to get spit on, sprayed with beer, or better yet both.
Monday, November 7 2011
This Must Be the Band: 30 September 2011 - Chicago
Chicago's premiere Talking Heads tribute act This Must Be the Band tore up the Vic Theatre Friday September 30 with a live reenactment of Stop Making Sense.
Wednesday, November 2 2011
Foster the People + Cults + Reptar: 5 October 2011 - Chicago
Chicago's Rivera Theater welcomed an all ages, sold-out indie-pop triple threat to their stage Wednesday October 5, 2011 featuring Reptar, Cults and Foster the People.
The Dodos: 6 June 2011 - Metro, Chicago [6.Jul.11]
Yellowbirds: The Color [8.Mar.11]
Soulive: 19 November 2010 - Chicago [14.Dec.10]
The Loneliest Monk: 8 October 2010 - Chicago [1.Nov.10]
Garage A Trois: 16 September 2010 - Chicago [15.Oct.10]
The Avett Brothers: 7 March 2010 - Chicago [8.Apr.10]
Dark Star Orchestra: 5 February 2010 - Chicago [17.Mar.10]
Gene Ween: 13 February 2010 - Chicago [12.Mar.10]
Tortoise: 4 October 2009 - Chicago [15.Oct.09]
Blogs
Wednesday, March 21 2012
SXSW Music Day 3: Mikal Cronin + Dan Deacon (Insound Party)
Club de Ville bounced with the tunes of Mikal Cronin, Dan Deacon and unlimited Miller Highlife for $5 at the Insound and Oh My Rockness party Thursday March 15.
Monday, March 19 2012
SXSW Music Day 2: Burger Records Burgerstock: White Mystery + Mean Jeans
Bands played D.I.Y. style, crammed in a corner with a bad P.A., surrounded by a crowd of people.
Thursday, March 15 2012
SXSW Music Day 1: Delta Spirit at the Hype Hotel
Thanks to Delta Spirit, I left the Hype Hotel one blissed out hot and happy mess.
Tuesday, February 7 2012
Something to Brag About: An Interview with Deer Tick
Hundreds of disposable cameras? Alter-egos known as "Captain Tipsy"? Determining what makes a Tickhead? All in a day's work for Deer Tick, who tells PopMatters all about it while still basking in the critical glow of its latest disc.
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Yellowbirds - "Beneath the Reach of Light" (video) (Mixed Media) [1.Dec.11]
Primus: 14 October 2011 - Chicago (Notes from the Road) [2.Nov.11]
Lollapalooza 2011 in Pictures: 7 August 2011 - Chicago (Notes from the Road) [21.Sep.11]
Lollapalooza 2011 in Pictures: 6 August 2011 - Chicago (Notes from the Road) [20.Sep.11]
Primus New Album Out Now + US Tour Dates (Mixed Media) [20.Sep.11]
Lollapalooza 2011 in Pictures: 5 August 2011 - Chicago (Notes from the Road) [19.Sep.11]
We Are Trees - "I Don’t Believe in Love" (video) (Mixed Media) [13.Jul.11]
Yellowbirds - "The Reason" (video) (Mixed Media) [22.Jun.11]
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Superhuman Happiness Is Delightfully Eclectic (Mixed Media) [14.Apr.11]
'Live from the Artist Den' Premieres Third Season April 1 (Mixed Media) [1.Apr.11]
The Bridge Release Fifth Studio Album, Music Video, & U.S. Tour (Mixed Media) [16.Feb.11]
Nathan Moore West Coast Tour (Mixed Media) [10.Feb.11]
Yellowbirds Recording Debut 'The Color' (Mixed Media) [4.Feb.11]
'Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III' Premieres 19 December (Mixed Media) [17.Dec.10]
20 Questions: Le Concorde (Sound Affects) [7.Dec.10]
The Giving Tree Band - "Circles" (video) (Mixed Media) [23.Nov.10]
Local H: 23 May 2010 - Chicago (Notes from the Road) [9.Jun.10]
David Byrne and Fatboy Slim - Here Lies Love (new album / stream / video) (Mixed Media) [17.Mar.10]
North Mississippi Allstars + The City Champs: 6.Feb.2010 - Chicago (Notes from the Road) [24.Feb.10]
Buddy Guy: 29.Jan.2010 - Chicago (Notes from the Road) [22.Feb.10]
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part II: Return of the Ankh (new album / MP3) (Mixed Media) [9.Feb.10]
The Giving Tree Band + Lubriphonic: 21.Jan.2010 - Chicago (Notes from the Road) [4.Feb.10]
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Andrew Bird: 15.Dec.09 - Chicago (Notes from the Road) [8.Jan.10]
The Shins' James Mercer and Danger Mouse Become One (Mixed Media) [7.Jan.10]
Elliott Smith Releases Find Home at Kill Rock Stars (Mixed Media) [7.Jan.10]
The Flaming Lips Reinterpret 'The Dark Side of the Moon' (Mixed Media) [5.Jan.10]
Second Annual Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival: 12.Dec.09 (Notes from the Road) [4.Jan.10]
The Smashing Pumpkins - "A Song for a Son" (Mixed Media) [8.Dec.09]
John Lennon: 9 October 1940 - 8 December 1980 (Mixed Media) [8.Dec.09]
Old Crow Medicine Show: 19.Nov.09 - Chicago (Notes from the Road) [7.Dec.09]
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Live Anthology (Mixed Media) [3.Dec.09]
Devendra Banhart: 16.Nov.2009 - Chicago (Notes from the Road) [3.Dec.09]
The Meat Puppets: 13.Nov.09 - Chicago (Notes from the Road) [30.Nov.09]
Furthur Announces U.S. Tour (Mixed Media) [30.Nov.09]
The Avett Brothers - "Slight Figure of Speech" (video) (Mixed Media) [25.Nov.09]
The San Miguel Primavera Sound Festival Confirm A-List Lineup for May 2010 Festival (stream) (Mixed Media) [24.Nov.09]
Peter Bjorn and John + El Perro del Mar: 12.Nov.2009 - Chicago (Notes from the Road) [23.Nov.09]
The Complete Miles Davis Columbia Collection (stream) (Mixed Media) [23.Nov.09]
Highlights from the Voodoo Experience: 30.Oct-1.Nov.09 - New Orleans (Notes from the Road) [18.Nov.09]
Sam Bush Premieres Video Series (Mixed Media) [17.Nov.09]
'The Beatles on Record' Premieres in U.S. (trailer) (Mixed Media) [16.Nov.09]
Them Crooked Vultures Stream Full Album (Mixed Media) [10.Nov.09]
Sesame Street Turns 40 (video collection) (Mixed Media) [5.Nov.09]
Yonder Mountain String Band: 23.Oct.09 - Chicago (Notes from the Road) [5.Nov.09]
Them Crooked Vultures - "Mind Eraser, No Chaser" (stream) (Mixed Media) [4.Nov.09]
Wilco: 19 October 2009 - UIC Pavilion, Chicago (Notes from the Road) [29.Oct.09]
Lucinda Williams + Buick 6: 15 October 2009 - Park West, Chicago (Notes from the Road) [27.Oct.09]
The Subjects: 8 October 2009 - Empty Bottle, Chicago (Notes from the Road) [27.Oct.09]
The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (video collection) (Mixed Media) [26.Oct.09]
Happy anniversary, Nirvana! (MP3) (Mixed Media) [23.Oct.09]
Butthole Surfers - Riot Fest: 7 October 2009 - Metro, Chicago (Notes from the Road) [16.Oct.09]
Devendra Banhart - “Walillamdzi” (video) (Mixed Media) [14.Oct.09]
Animal Collective re-issue Campfire Songs in 2010 (Mixed Media) [7.Oct.09]
Built to Spill: 26 Sept. 2009 - Vic Theatre, Chicago (Notes from the Road) [2.Oct.09]
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Street Sweeper Social Club - "Promenade" (stream / video) (Mixed Media) [30.Sep.09]
Mongolia With a Side of Iraq: Chicago World Music Festival 2009 (Notes from the Road) [29.Sep.09]
Stop Making Sense on Blu-ray (new release / video) (Mixed Media) [28.Sep.09]
Buckethead: 18 September 2009 - Vic Theater, Chicago (Notes from the Road) [23.Sep.09]
Meat Puppets - "Rotten Shame" (video / tour dates) (Mixed Media) [18.Sep.09]
The Wodka Wars (Mixed Media) [16.Sep.09]
Streaming Banjo Lessons from Tony Trischka (video) (Mixed Media) [16.Sep.09]
Dhani Harrison on the 'The Beatles: Rock Band' (video) (Mixed Media) [15.Sep.09]
'It Came from Kuchar' dir. Jennifer M. Kroot (trailer) (Mixed Media) [11.Sep.09]
Jimi Tenor and Tony Allen - Inspiration Information Vol. 4 (new album / video) (Mixed Media) [9.Sep.09]
The Beatles - The Complete Catalog Remastered (new CDs / videos) (Mixed Media) [27.Aug.09]
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