It's your last chance to see Devil In a Woodpile . The band, a Chicago staple, is playing its last show Friday at the Glenwood Avenue Arts Festival in Rogers Park, Bloodshot Records announced on Facebook. Frontman Rick Sherry has a new band called Sanctified Grumblers . You can hear a song on the band's MySpace page. Devil In a Woodpile was a band that played everywhere around town, from brunch at Bad Dog Tavern to a regular Tuesday gig at the Hideout . The band has a great rootsy, bluesy, [...]
Hope no one minds an early "Sunday" post this week; I'm off to Germany in the morning, and was worried I might miss the deadline otherwise. Plus, it's the fortieth anniversary of Woodstock today . How apropos, right? Though the statistics on blog readers tell us that the majority of our readers were conceived after the summer of love, there's no denying the myriad ways in which both the Woodstock generation and the 1969 Woodstock festival have shaped our collective musical landscape. [...]
Do you ever wish you could listen to your favorite band in your Wisconsonian uncle's late 70's furnished basement? Well, then you're in luck if you're planning on being in Chicago sometime soon..and your favorite band isn't someone like Coldplay or something like that. Deep in downtown Chicago, Illinois, The Hideout hosts music more along the lines of HEALTH, Mahjongg or Shellac. That is to say, good. Or, well, at least a little less mainstream. Off the beaten path, if you will. And that phrase is particularly apt, as The Hideout is kind of hard to [...]
The gluteus maximus can represent many things, metaphorically speaking: our colorful language is known for its scatalogical bent, and sexual objectification of the bottom parts runs rampant through our booty culture. As such, writing something free of cheeky puns or double entendre here seems impossible. So let's skip the usual opening paragraph, and get right down to a literal buttload of songs, both covers and originals: Sir Mix-A-Lot, Baby Got Back (original) Jonathan Coulton, Baby [...]
All the Young Punks
Cover Lay Down
Consequence Of Sound
Audiography: Stop. Pause. Play.
Some House Bangers for the Week.. (2/15)
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