July 25, 2010, 4:10 pm
On Sunday, it started pouring while I was on the bus en route to Union Park. I hoped for the …
July 24, 2010, 6:54 pm
The second day of Pitchfork started off much like the first, excruciatingly hot. However, the sky was overcast which resulted …
July 17, 2010, 7:45 pm
The Pitchfork Music Festival kicked off its fifth year running this past weekend at Union Park located in the West …
July 15, 2010, 9:48 am
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“Transmissions,” the opener to Moonlight Bride’s latest full-length, Myths, is a minute long collage of ambient noise that dovetails into …
June 3, 2010, 12:21 pm
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Free Energy’s story is a common one in the world of independent music. The founding members’ previous band broke up. …
April 13, 2010, 9:57 am
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Taken literally, The Tallest Man on Earth is a misconceiving moniker for Swedish folk musician Kristian Matsson. The title renders …
March 10, 2010, 11:21 am
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Sam Amidon doesn’t know how to write songs. He’s tried before and failed, yet he’s managed to achieve a general …
January 13, 2010, 3:26 pm
Family Guy’s spoof on Star Wars Episode IV, Blue Harvest, was just amusing enough for their latest comedic interpretation of …
January 5, 2010, 9:23 am
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The singer/songwriter continent is an overpopulated one with quantity outweighing quality as the normal state of affairs. Most artists who …
October 28, 2009, 11:56 am
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I recently had the pleasure of catching Matthew Ryan play a solo acoustic show at Schubas Tavern in Chicago. In …