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Atoms for Peace, the newish project from prolific Radiohead frontman, Thom Yorke, just released the first official single from the outfit, fittingly called, “Default.” We first told you about Atoms fo read more

Have you ever wanted to hear Tina Fey (SNL, 30 Rock) rapping? Now's your chance. Childish Gambino (aka Donald Glover) just put out "Real Estate" off the Royalty Mixtape . This track features none other than Liz Lemon herself, Tina Fey. Check it out and let us know what you think in the comments.

The wait is over. After months of teasing fans with track after track, Childish Gambino has offered up a brand new Mixtape titled Royalty . I contains some previously heard joints and guest spots from the likes of RZA, ScHoolboy Q, Beck, Bun B, Danny Brown and Ghostface Killah. Check out the tracklist below and go treat yourself to a humpday download here . Happy 4th of July! Royalty [...]

Yesterday Axl sent me like twenty emails asking me to write something about this chick guitar player named Lauren Shredder-LeBlanc (when I did a Google image search the best picture of her that came up was the one above but I don't know if her wedding has anything to do with the rest of this [...]

And now three reasons to shimmy on over to the Empty Bottle this evening... 1. Heavy and fast is the mantra The Swan King live by. This Chicago trio, that featuees members of Asschapel and Planes Mistaken For Stars, prowess is certainly impressive as they toss off throaty yells and punchy stoner metal riffs in bunches. But they don't veer off into the hazy, but rather careen off at a red bull-powered pace, which keeps their tunes flowing. LISTEN: "Staring Through Skulls" [...]

New Track from Joey BadA$$ off his Up Coming Project 1999 , though only 17 Joey is quickly rising after the success of Survival Tactics . Be on the look out for more from Joey and the rest of the Pro Era crew. Download the track Here

by BBG Morne @ Saint Vitus Morne played Saint Vitus on March 30th , part of a round of dates for the band before they head out for shows with Antisect in June. Morne's weekend of dates also intersected with The Swan King 's tour AND Git Some 's tour, with the former eventually heading back to their home turf of Chicago and the latter hopping on tour with Converge [...]

Magic Milk It's Friday the 13th! The first one of the year. Spooky. Don't stay home paralyzed by fear of the impending zombie apocalypse. Go live it up with some rad Chicago shows. Up and Atom ! FRIDAY MAGIC MILK Fasten your dancing snow boots because when garage rockers Magic Milk hit the stage there's going to be a whole lot [...]

photo by Scott Irvine Admittedly, I am not the resident doom expert at MetalSucks, but for my money, the genre is not having a terrific year. To wit: I have heard two doom releases which really knocked my beard off: Rwake's Rest, and Batillus' Furnace (my review here). I've spoken plenty about the former in the past [...]

It has come to my attention that this is our 100th Weekend Diversion. What can I say? We just love searching high and low for all the best shows this damn fine city has to offer. And, boy, does it ever offer. We've got another packed weekend ahead of us with Seafarer and House of Normandie each headlining one night of two back-to-back shows sponsored by ourselves and Betta Promotions at Lincoln Hall and Schubas. This weekend also marks the very welcomed return of HoZac Record 's Blackout Fest going down this [...]

Swanky Tunes have seen some nice coverage on our site as of late, but their new track definitely steps things up a notch. Avalon sports a groovy flare and energy that is sure to make this a big success at large outdoor festivals and indoor arenas alike. These guys just nail the drop, especially with the massive tribal drums, and the overall the combination of these elements with a polished use of side-chained synths give this track a very full sound. Full of awesome. Also dropping in another fresh remix of Hard Rock [...]

New releases from Darkest Hour, DevilDriver and Evergrey top this week's list of releases in the "veteran" category. Click on through to the other side to see what else is being officially released. Darkest Hour – The Human Romance (E1 Music) Darkest Hour’s seventh album overall was produced by Peter Wichers, guitarist of Swedish melodic [...]

The Dismemberment Plan Hope everyone had a wonderful Radiohead day! But now it's time to get back to business with our weekend show picks. Today, we dish on Slutter at the Hideout , The Dismemberment Plan at the Metro , Swan King at the Beat Kitchen and more. Let's get to it, shall we? FRIDAY [...]

Thinking about torrenting Millions' Gather Scatter or Wetnurse's Invisible City? Their label, Chicago's Seventh Rule Recordings (who recently signed our boys Batillus), has a better alternative for you. They've set up a Bandcamp page (which is like Myspace minus shitty web design, Rupert Murdoch's grubby fingerprints, and a merry-go-round of pedos) featuring selected releases from the labels,

[caption id="attachment_14575" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Planes Mistaken For Stars"] [/caption]Three I'm-glad-we-pay-experts-to-tel l-us-that-two-Cliff-Lee-wins-a re-automatic reasons to skip game two tonight and head over to the Subterranean (If you were already heading over, I imagine game two means nothing to you anyways) tonight... 1. Denver's Planes Mistaken For Stars broke up. In 2007. Originally from Peoria, Illinois, the once post-hardcore band kind of went on both a musical and geographical journey over their 11 year run. Musically, they kind of did whatever they wanted from album to album. Geographically, they up and mass migrated to [...]

It is so unbelievably fitting that the tenth anniversary gift is metal because Chicago instrumentalists Pelican are celebrating its ten-year with a whole lot of metal. Per an Earsplit PR press release, the Berlin record label Viva Hate will release a wooden box set of the band’s four full-lengths and three EPs. Only 500 sets will be available for purchase. Pelican will also return to the Bottom Lounge for a show on October 23 with Kansas City rockers The Life & Times and Chicago rockers The Swan King. [...]

Sweet Apple Alright Chicago, one week before Pitchfork Festival 2010 kicks off. Better get out there and see some live music to get in game shape. Lucky for you, there are plenty of great shows this weekend including the J Mascis-lead Sweet Apple at the Abbey Pub , Soft Speaker at Schubas , Swiss Dots at the Hideout , the always-a-fun-time West Fest and so much more. Let's get to it, shall we? [...]

Finally, the start of Chicago's summer festival season is upon us as the Do-Division Street Fest kicks off tomorrow! Lets just hope the rain doesn't spoil the fun. What's that? You're one of those poor souls who works during the weekend? I feel for you, brother! Luckily, there are quite a few more awesome shows around town this weekend including CAVE at the Hideout , Yakuza at the Beat Kitchen , Toro y Moi at the Empty Bottle and much more! Lets get [...]

The Roots – Dilla Joints (Mixtape) The Roots-crew pay respect to the late and great J Dilla as they offer their renditions of the producer’s greatest hits. Easily the most sublime tribute to J Dilla we have seen to date...