AltWeeklies Wire
Akhil Sharma and Dara Horn, The Future of American Writersnew
Horn, a scholar of Yiddish and Hebrew literature, and Sharma, a former investment banker, were both recently named to Granta's Best of Young American Novelists list.
Chicago Newcity |
John Freeman |
04-04-2007 |
Books
The Narrator Takes It to the Wallnew
The Chicago band plays a clash of math-rock riffs and half-sung, half-howled vocals that, at times, even borderlined hardcore.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
04-04-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Narrator
Why I Hate Elizabeth Edwardsnew
I know that hate is fear; I hate this cancer, this strange overgrowth inside me that is against my own interests -- we don't deserve this.
Chicago Newcity |
S.L. Wisenberg |
04-04-2007 |
Commentary
Better Mennew
With Santi, The Academy Is... is ready for the big time.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
03-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Academy Is...
Blair Witch Huntnew
Abu Ghraib recalled in The Prisoner.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
03-28-2007 |
Reviews
Global Electronew
The story behind Digitalism's sudden success.
Chicago Newcity |
Hilary Rawk |
03-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Digitalism
The Mourning Afternew
Mike Binder dials 9/11 in Reign Over Me.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
03-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mike Binder, Reign Over Me
Blowing Upnew
Austin's Explosions in the Sky are not to be missed.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
03-21-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Explosions in the Sky
Deeler's Choicenew
Is Portland's Menomena worthy of the hype?
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
03-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Menomena
Bizarre Pop Scientistnew
Charting Andrew Bird's unconventional path toward rock stardom.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
03-14-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Andrew Bird
Open the Doornew
The Crown Prince of Soul is 100, and you'd better believe it.
Chicago Newcity |
Patrick Roberts |
03-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Crown Prince of Soul
Love, Lethem, Lovenew
The Fortress of Solitude author Jonathan Lethem writes a romance, kind of.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
03-07-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
My Chemical Romance: Heroes of Their Fans' Storiesnew
A large chunk of the stylish emo group's Hot Topic-clad followers have taken to writing fan fiction, featuring My Chemical Romance as the main characters in ordinary settings -- and some downright compromising positions.
Chicago Newcity |
Janine Schaults |
02-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: My Chemical Romance
El Perro Del Mar Puts All the Chips on the Tablenew
Sarah Assbring's project is documented evidence of textbook introspection finally, painstakingly, leaked out.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
02-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: El Perro Del Mar
Is Joe Swanberg Chicago's First Small-Screen Auteur?new
While the culture of surveillance and self-surveillance has started to prompt and provoke interesting art, Swanberg has made the lives of his friends and himself the center of his work.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
02-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
