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Interview: Archie Powell & The Exports
Archie Powell calls “bullshit” on any scribe rendered useless by the taunts of that cursor blinking like a ticking time bomb on a blank document. Bathing in the sickly light of a computer screen alone won’t pull a song out from the ether.
Interview: Dolly Varden
Dolly Varden has been releasing albums since its critically-acclaimed debut, Mouthful Of Lies, came out in 1995, but describing the Chicago-based quintet’s music can still be a bit tricky.
Christmas albums: The good, bad, and bah humbug!
Reviews of Rod Stewart, Sufjan Stevens, Cee Lo, Chicago . . .
Update: Amanda Palmer to pay musicians
Update: Amanda Palmer will pay the local horn and string players she previously enlisted to volunteer when her band of merry players rolled into town. A barrage of criticism aimed at the singer (see below) caused her to rethink the practice. She addressed the kerfuffle and change of heart on her blog: “for better or […]
To Chicago, with love
Your feet might not leave Chicago, but these shows will take your ears to West Africa before popping in south of the border.
Garbage live shots!
Once again, the fiery Shirley Mason overshadows the rest of the boys in Garbage. Or, maybe it’s just that the camera of our photographer Timothy Hiatt couldn’t help but focus on the frontwoman during the band’s reunion stop at Metro on Tuesday.
Lollapalooza recap!
Lollapalooza 2012 was destined to go down in history as the “Lollapocalypse” –when thousands were evacuated from Grant Park on Saturday afternoon before a torrential downpour with shocking zigzags of lightning hit — until Jack White’s face-melting set closed out the fest.
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