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Able Baker Fox Delivers Impressive Debutnew
When the band’s at its most aggressive and least hook-driven, it brings to mind Make Believe-era Tim Kinsella (and just how good that band’s records actually are), but also shows how impressive this band is, and how the sound is rather polished for a first record.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
01-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Able Baker Fox, Voices
Jack Of All Tradesnew
Dave Powers is truly a jack-of-all-trades. He is a producer, composer, keyboardist, lyricist, live visual artist, web developer and DJ. His latest studio project is a highly anticipated forthcoming solo EP for Klectik featuring a remix from Berlin-based producer/label owner/DJ Camea.
Chicago Newcity |
Elly Rifkin |
01-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dave Powers
Together Againnew
Spawned from an initial one-off show last June at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, "The Hard Sell" has blossomed into a complete full-length album collaboration and extensive world tour that will be assaulting listeners with a seamless live mix constructed entirely from vinyl 45s.
Chicago Newcity |
Brad Knutson |
01-30-2008 |
Reviews
eighth blackbird Dumps Conventionsnew
The contemporary music ensemble received a big boost last month when the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced that its 2006 album strange imaginary animals had garnered no less than three Grammy Award nominations.
Chicago Newcity |
Dennis Polkow |
01-23-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: eighth blackbird
Christy & Emily Create a Sparse Environmentnew
Hook-heavy yet delicately assembled, Christy Edwards' clean electric guitar is knitted with Emily Manzo's piano and keyboard work for a sound that, predictably, combines indie sensibility with classical-like piano-jogging.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
01-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Christy & Emily, Gueen's Head
Texas' James McMurtry Takes it Personallynew
"The popularity of a song has more to do with the listener than the writer," he says. "People have to identify. A bunch of people identified with this, which is good for me, but kind of scary for the rest of the country."
Chicago Newcity |
K. Tighe |
12-27-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: James McMurtry
Music to Knowellnew
A listen to this year's holiday music.
Chicago Newcity |
Dennis Polkow |
12-19-2007 |
Music
Off to the Gallonew
RRIICCEE is a full four-piece outfit, but in typical Vincent Gallo fashion, all traditional notions of a touring band have been thrown out the window. No songs have been written, recorded or rehearsed prior to the tour and no pre-written music will be performed on stage.
Chicago Newcity |
Brad Knutson |
12-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: RRIICCEE
Bruce Adams is Kranky No Morenew
In 2005 Adams decided it was time for a change, so he sold his half of Kranky Records and joined forces with his wife to found Flingco.com. Now he's back in the label game with Flingco Sound System.
Chicago Newcity |
Brad Knutson |
12-12-2007 |
Music
Anatomy of Popnew
Ingrid Michaelson and her Girls and Boys.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
12-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Girls and Boys, Ingrid Michaelson
Cheb I Sabbah's Worldly Electronicanew
Throughout his career, which has taken him around the world, he has seen and experienced lots of change since he began DJing in Paris as a teenager in the 1960s.
Chicago Newcity |
Zeb Resman |
11-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cheb I Sabbah
Thrill Jockey Records Crosses the 15-Year Linenew
"I was a really big fan of Touch & Go and Dischord," founder Bettina Richards says, "especially their ethos. You don't see it written about much these days, but it still means a shitload to me -- the open relationship with the artist, that fundamental thing."
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
11-28-2007 |
Music
Caribou's Dan Snaith and His 'Andorra'new
Undoubtedly inspired by the work of the Beach Boys, Snaith uses more vocals than ever to create bubbly, but somewhat vast, sweet tarts, each more memorable than the last.
Chicago Newcity |
Tom Lynch |
11-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Sean Hayes Codenew
A staple in the Bay Area's tightly knit syndicate of songwriters, Hayes hits the road in support of his latest release, Flowering Spade.
Chicago Newcity |
K. Tighe |
10-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Flowering Spade, Sean Hayes
Behind the Scenes With Bernard Haitink and the Chicago Symphonynew
A Dutch treat in the Windy City.
Chicago Newcity |
Dennis Polkow |
10-31-2007 |
Music
