By Mel on September 21, 2010
The first review I wrote of Mavis Staples’s new album, You Are Not Alone, wasn’t wholly positive. The problems I see with the album are still there on the seventh or eighth listen, but they’re not bothering me as much as they did last week.
Posted in Album Reviews | Tagged jeff tweedy, mavis staples |
By Mel on August 29, 2010
I guess by virtue of reading these words, you’ll know that this thing is in fact on. Hi. I’m Mel. My official introduction came to you last week, and I’m pretty thrilled to be here. Right now I’m hard at work on what I hope will be the writing sample that will get me in […]
Posted in News & Links, Sharing, Upcoming Events | Tagged avi buffalo, hayes carll, jeff tweedy, mavis staples, neil young, snowy range music festival, waterloo records, wilco
By Sarah on March 8, 2010
The entire world is gearing up for SXSW. I’m gearing up for reading tons of great blog posts about SXSW.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged beat kitchen, ben sollee, blane fonda, bottom lounge, califone, copeland, daniel martin moore, efterklang, empty bottle, evanston space, gaelic storm, harris theater, hideout, hockey, hollows, house of blues, howie day, jc brooks & the uptown sound, jeff tweedy, lincoln hall, love of everything, metro, mickey, mittens on strings, muse, pattern is movement, plastic crimewave sound, schubas, silversun pickups, sonos, ted leo and the pharmacists, the constellations, the hood internet, the life during wartime djs, the magnetic fields, the vic, the waco brothers, tom schraeder, tyler jon tyler, united center, vetiver, via audio, via tania, volcano!, we were promised jetpacks, zola jesus
By Sarah on December 14, 2009
My musical week can be pretty easily summed up in two words: Andrew Bird. For everyone else who isn’t as enthralled as I am at the prospect of watching Mr. Bird do his thing in a church, or who couldn’t get tickets, here’s the rest of what I find interesting this week in Chicago. But […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged andrew bird, apollo chorus of chicago, as tall as lions, bonnie prince billy, centre east, chicago children's choir, chicago clarinet conglomerate, cubby bear, dasboton, fourth presbyterian church, harris theater, hideout, house of blues, jeff tweedy, kathleen battle, manchester orchestra, metric, nina nastasia, our lady peace, second city, sister hazel, the bravery, the klezmatics, the mountain goats, the velvet lounge, tony lucca