Thursday, August 11 2011
Starlicker: Double Demon
Chicago mainstay Rob Mazurek's new trio is guided by heavy drums and vibes that fill in the missing space.
Monday, November 22 2010
Exploding Star Orchestra: Stars Have Shapes
It's not every day that a group this large can sound this unified and great.
Monday, July 12 2010
Tortoise: Ice Ice Gravy
Ice Ice Gravy is a sampling of all things Tortoise in 13 minutes.
Monday, February 22 2010
Tortoise: 18.February.2010 - Toronto
The only complaint about a near perfect show is that the big sounds of Tortoise were criminally underserved in the confines of a medium sized rock venue like Lee’s Palace. Words by Jacqueline Howell, Pictures by Dave MacIntyre.
Wednesday, August 19 2009
Rob Mazurek Quintet: Sound Is
Mazurek's latest Delmark release is a complete and well-sequenced work that's as simultaneously beautiful and challenging as anything in the cornetist's discography.
Tuesday, June 23 2009
Tortoise: Beacons of Ancestorship
Tortoise's first album in five years denies us a cinematic arc, replacing it with a feeling of now that runs through the album, making each new sound on the album both utterly surprising and inevitable.
Tuesday, January 27 2009
The Big Shoulders Ball: Celebrating the Inauguration, Chicago Style
A busload of Chicago's best and brightest independent musicians storm the nation's capital on the eve of the Presidential inauguration and a former Chicagoan turned Washingtonian discovers that maybe you can transport the spirit of the Windy City -- if only for one night.
