A showcase of psychedelic rock revival, this line-up features Mt. Pleasant’s Albert’s Ride, Chicago psych rockers Dead Feathers and Portuguese-American… […]
Psychedelic rock revival heads to Gabe’s: Mark Matos, Alberts Ride and Dead Feathers
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Tonight at the Trumpet Blossom: Speedy Ortiz, Younger and Pile will entertain your ear holes
At this point, ’90s pop culture nostalgia is here to stay and I, for one, welcome our new 18-year-old grunge overlords. Although my references to the LA riots, Tanya… […]
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings to play Wednesday at the Englert Theatre
Sharon Jones is a small woman, but when she sings, the sheer volume and richness of her soulful voice can barely be contained by even the largest of music… […]
Mumford’s to hold album release show this Friday
On Friday, Feb. 21, warm your bones with some high energy, genre defying sounds at the Mumford’s album release show. Hailing from Ames, Iowa, the self-described “wild freak-folk storyteller dance band with a horn section” have… […]
Three November shows to warm your cold, cold heart
If you’re in the mood for something decidedly more fast-paced, and potentially seizure inducing, head over to the Blue Moose for a full evening of melodic death metal and thrash revival. Known for experimenting with the genres of Scandinavian-style death metal and metalcore, The Black Dahlia Murder have been growling their way into the hearts of metal fans for well over a decade. Their latest LP Everblack features strobelight paced rhythms, frenetic key changes and maniacal growling. The album’s lyrics are brimming with horror film based imagery and as a whole is reminiscent of death metal pioneers Cannibal Corpse, with whom they have tour […]
On the Beat: Three October shows that will leave you satisfied
For those wishing to escape the stresses of late October in a decidedly less agro manner, head over to the Trumpet Blossom Café and spend an evening drifting… […]
On the Beat: God-Des & She to perform at the Iowa Women’s Music Festival
During my last winter trip to Austin I was hanging out at a bar with my mom waiting to see New Orleans’ Queen of Bounce Big Freedia perform (all of the best stories… […]
On the Beat: Kepi Ghoulie to headline a night of pop-punk Tuesday at Gabe’s
While punk has evolved into a genre that encompasses diverse and, oftentimes contradictory, styles and ideals, I’ve always been partial toward the bands that fall… […]
Live music preview: Aug. 21-Sept. 4
Singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier is often praised for the emotional honesty and stripped-down poignancy that her music delivers. While it may be true that she is an incredibly talented folk singer, it is equally important to note that Gauthier is also a badass. Over the course of her nearly 20-year music career the New Orleans native has sung openly about her life experiences which include drinking way too hard […]
El Ten Eleven set to mesmerize the Yacht Club
The intricately textured, post-rock and electronic music of El Ten Eleven sounds like it is either made by a 10-piece band or a single nerd with a laptop, but it is in fact performed by duo Kristian Dunn and Tim Fogarty.
Even if you don’t recognize the name, you may have come across El Ten Eleven’s music on NPR’s “All Things Considered” or the PBS design documentaries “Helvetica,” “Objectified” and “Urbanized”–all three of which were scored by Dunn and featured tracks by El Ten Eleven. […]
Mexico City’s Risin’ Sun heading to Iowa City
Mexico’s counter-culture movement during the 1960’s fostered some amazing, though not very well known in the U.S., psychedelic and garage rock bands. As anyone familiar with the likes of Los Dug Dugs, Los Shakes or The Spiders can attest, these bands knew how to combine American rock and roll with a raw energy and weirdness that was all their own. Following in this tradition comes Mexico City’s The Risin’ Sun, performing at the Yacht Club on August 20. […]
Catching up with Serengeti, performing at the Mill on August 17
Through the skillful layering of references to various touchstones of Chicago culture, rapper Serengeti crafts a lyrical landscape in which his somewhat bizarre… […]
