Because sometimes it's good to switch things up, tonight I recommend you head to the Hungry Brain for You, Me, Them, Everybody Live! - a full-on talking show with all the trimmings hosted by funnyman Brandon Wetherbee . Obviously the best thing about YMTE is it's primarily Chicago-slanted with guests from a variety of local mediums. Tonight's lineup is a damn good one as the show welcomes Marcus Gilmer (AV Club, former Chicagoist jefe), James Fritz and stand-up from Kelsie Huff . Don't worry though, there's plenty of [...]
My Gold Mask | Photo Credit: Drew Reynolds Happy June, y'all! This weekend kicks off street fest season. We lovingly compiled a list of our 12 Chicago Street Festivals to attend in 2012 and Do-Division leads the pack with artists like Black Belles, Peanut Butter Wolf, JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound and many more like Le Butcherettes, who are also headlining Subterranean tonight. But this weekend isn't just about festivals, we're also talking My Gold Mask at the Hideout, Scott Lucas and the Married Men at the Logan Square Farmers Market and The [...]
“Take Five” focuses on Chicago’s ever-growing music scene by giving you insight to the city’s best local acts via the best source possible: the artists themselves. Here is the latest installment featuring The Paver . Metal mavens, The Paver , are stepping back into the studio to record a follow-up EP to the recently released Bad News . Not much is known about this new record except that it will be mostly acoustic and, thus, a departure for the catharsis-heavy outfit. The record [...]
The Paver's newest EP Bad News has all the noir qualities of a Frank Miller story—disillusionment, negativity, angst. Even the record's cover, a black-and-white photo of core band members Billie Howard and Jesse Giallombardo standing ominously in front of an old station wagon, has a larger-than-life, comic-book-pane-quality to it. It's fitting given how richly illustrated their sound is. Bad News is a wash of punk, metal, post-rock, goth, baroque pop, and even chiptune. That's not to say it [...]
Yes, you read that correctly. WEEZER, the pop group helmed by Rivers Cuomo, is headlining this year’s five-day punk rock hootenanny known as Riot Fest . The festival returns to town October 5-9. Also on the bill this year are Social Distortion, X (playing their 1980 album Los Angeles ), Descendents, ALL, Helmet, Strike Anywhere and several Chicago acts including The Tossers, The Crombies and Nachtmystium. Another super secret Riot Fest headliner is expected to be announced this Friday. Tickets for this year’s festival go on [...]
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Listen to Daft Punk’s “Horizon”, the Japanese bonus track for Random Access Memories
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Daft Punk – “Horizon” (Japan-Only Bonus Track)
