Next Week in Music | Sept. 23-29 • New Books
“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” Groucho Marx said that. And I'm not...
Next Week in Music | Sept. 23-29 • On TV
It isn't every week that a Beatle shows up on the late-night TV scene. But even if Sir Paul is the big dog this week, he far from alone....
All Eyes West | Like Lightning
WHO ARE THEY? A Chicago power trio that carries a red-hot torch for post-punk and alt-rock noisemakers like Hüsker Dü, Swervedriver, Jawbreaker and Drive Like Jehu. And before you...
Joel Paterson | Let It Be Guitar! Joel Paterson Plays The Beatles
WHO IS HE? A Chicago guitar geek and musical multi-tasker who plays in a plethora of local bands — including Devil in a Woodpile, The Modern Sounds and Western...
Various Artists | And Now For Something Completely Crunchy
WHO ARE THEY? The Danish underground record label Crunchy Frog, started 25 years ago by some folks with great taste in music (along with an obvious love of Monty...
Neal Francis | Changes
WHO IS HE? A 30-year-old Chicago singer-pianist whose impressive musical resume includes a stint fronting instrumental funk band The Heard, sideman work with Muddy Waters’ son and other prominent...
Dizraeli | The Unmaster
WHO IS HE? A Bristol rapper, poet, playwright, singer-songwriter and all-around wordsmith whose government name is Rowan Alexander Sawday.
WHAT IS THIS? His latest outstanding solo disc that puts him...
Vivian Girls | Memory
WHO ARE THEY? The female indie-punk trio from Brooklyn who named themselves after the crusading prepubescent heroines of outsider artist Henry Darger’s 15,000-page magnum opus The Story of the...
Mudhoney | Morning in America
WHO ARE THEY? The Seattle indie-rock stalwarts fronted by singer-guitarist (and longtime Sub Pop Records warehouse manager) Mark Arm — also the man who accidentally coined the term grunge...
Leonard Cohen’s Thanks For the Dance Tops Today’s Album Announcements
"Leonard Cohen has robbed death of the last word." So says the press release announcing Thanks For the Dance, the late Canadian icon's upcoming posthumous album. I can't beat...
Zac Brown Band | The Owl
WHO ARE THEY? The hard-working country-rock octet fronted by (who else?) veteran Atlanta singer-guitarist Zac Brown. And — based on the cover pic to this disc — a group...
Fitz & The Tantrums | All The Feels
WHO ARE THEY? The L.A. pop-chart mainstays and former neo-soul revivalists fronted by singer and chief songwriter Michael Fitzpatrick, who claims his Pepe Le Pew-meets-Cruella De Vil two-tone locks...
Keane | Cause & Effect
WHO ARE THEY? The veteran British pop-rockers who earned fame, fortune, awards and adulation in their homeland with their piano-based, guitar-free sound — but could never quite crack the...
Liam Gallagher | Why Me? Why Not.
WHO IS HE? The formerly supersonic frontman of Oasis and Beady Eye. Brother Noel’s eternal sparring partner and constant foil. Britpop's leading parka and anorak enthusiast. The singer with...
Brittany Howard | Jaime
WHO IS SHE? The singer, guitarist and primary songwriter of southern-fried soul-rockers The Alabama Shakes. And the woman with one of the mightiest and most distinctive voices in contemporary...
