Canasta deals a winning hand in orchestral pop
Jim DeRogatis: The ork-pop genre has produced some of the best bands in the Chicago underground in the last decade, starting with Yum-Yum and continuing with the Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, the 1900s and Head of Femur. Canasta certainly deserves a place on this list.
Jim DeRogatis: The ork-pop genre has produced some of the best bands in the Chicago underground in the last decade, starting with Yum-Yum and continuing with the Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, the 1900s and Head of Femur. Canasta certainly deserves a place on this list.
Haitink, CSO match high standards
When principal conductor Bernard Haitink led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in astonishing performances of Mahler's Sixth Symphony at Symphony Center last fall, he did so even though he and the CSO were still getting to know each other.
Smoking Popes back with new album, 'Stay Down'
The Smoking Popes are touring on the East Coast this holiday weekend, but there is great news for fans of the reunited Chicago alt-rock heroes: the new album is out now on iTunes and hits store shelves on Tuesday.
The Party's not quite over for the Smoking Popes
The Smoking Popes are touring on the East Coast this holiday weekend, but there is great news for fans of the reunited Chicago alt-rock heroes: the new album is out now on iTunes and hits store shelves on Tuesday.
Tom Morello returning to CD as The Nightwatchman
Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello is readying the release of his next solo album, The Fabled City, due Sept. 30. The album is the follow-up to 2007s One Man Revolution, which Morello released under the name the Nightwatchman. He is now billed as Tom Morello: the Nightwatchman.
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Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello is readying the release of his next solo album, The Fabled City, due Sept. 30. The album is the follow-up to 2007s One Man Revolution, which Morello released under the name the Nightwatchman. He is now billed as Tom Morello: the Nightwatchman.
DJ Dave Tripper's favorite dance videos
Online radio station creates Fusion for world audience
The Internet is alive with the sound of music dance music. Some of the favorites, via YouTube, from DJ Dave Tripper at Fusion Radio:
Andrew Bird readies new album ... and another one
Chicago singer-songwriter Andrew Bird is finishing up his next album, a project which he's been chronicling through his contributions to The New York Times' "Measure for Measure" blog.
Phair enough: 'Exile' 15-year show a clunker
Jim DeRogatis: When it comes to noteworthy milestones, the numbers are usually 10, 25, 50 and so on. The 15th anniversary seems like something only a polyester bride would celebrate. But then, Liz Phair has some indie cred to reclaim, a recording career to resuscitate and a new deluxe-edition reissue to sell and these were all the reasons she needed to return to her old sounds and former stomping grounds for a sold-out show at the Vic Theatre on Tuesday.
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Jim DeRogatis: When it comes to noteworthy milestones, the numbers are usually 10, 25, 50 and so on. The 15th anniversary seems like something only a polyester bride would celebrate. But then, Liz Phair has some indie cred to reclaim, a recording career to resuscitate and a new deluxe-edition reissue to sell and these were all the reasons she needed to return to her old sounds and former stomping grounds for a sold-out show at the Vic Theatre on Tuesday.
