Bloodshot Records Beer B-Q at Hideout Block Party: 12 September 2009 - Chicago

By Rory O'Connor

Acting as a final curtain call on summer festivals in Chicago, the Hideout Block party was back for its 13th installment, but what a difference a year can make. [12 October 2009]

Alejandro Escovedo: Real Animal

By Maura Walz

A poetic country-gone-glam gem, the latest in Alejandro Escovedo's legendary alt-country career finds him chronicling the stories and characters of his past as a way to live in the present. [25 June 2008]

Alejandro Escovedo: The Boxing Mirror

By Andrew Gilstrap

Escovedo's brush with death yields one of his best records. [26 June 2006]

Alejandro Escovedo: A Man Under the Influence

By James Mann