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Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed. • Windy City Rock has the deets on The Empty Bottle's new book club . First meeting is this Sunday! • Gapers Block reviewed JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound's record release party and included a few sweet photos. • Per the AVClub, Jeff Mangum is coming to Chicago ! Get ready for a road [...]

Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed. • The Readers' Miles Raymer examines the "glammy garage" sound of locals Mickey . • Jessica Hopper looks at the legend of Chicago bluesman "Big Bill" Broonzy in the Chicago Tribune. • Sun-Times' Thomas Conner reviews R. Kelly's return to Allstate Arena . • WindyCityRock.net reviews last night's Ortolan and [...]

Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed. • Have a spare 27 minutes? The Chicago Reader has the newest, EPIC Gathering of The Juggalos infomercial , which goes down in Starved Rock, Illinois sometimes in August. • AV Club Chicago has new, quite melodic track from Chet Haze up now for your laughing listening pleasure. • Andrew Hertzberg has [...]

Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed. • Lupe Fiasco's Lazers debuted at number 1 . • The Mopery's final show last August was captured on DVD and is now available . • Coach House Sounds has a short but quite amazing new session with Disappears up today . • WindyCityRock.net has a review of Maps [...]

Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed. • Lupe Fiasco talks Lazers with Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune. • The AV Club debates if Chet Haze is actually good live...or not. • Chicagoist reports that Madina Lake's Matthew Leone is set to rejoin the group a year after a brutal attack left him hospitalized . [...]

Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed. • Jessica Hopper interviewed Smith Westerns for the Chicago Reader , and be sure to check out the comments! • The Chicago Sun-Times reviews the first of two Drive By Truckers shows at the Vic this past weekend . • WindyCityRock.net is giving away two pairs of tickets to Portugal.TheMan's show on March 10 at Lincoln Hall [...]

Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed. • Metal outfit MASTODON will release a live album that was recorded in 2009 at, um, the Aragon ? Seriously . • Chicagoverseunited has a new Kidz In The Hall track from their Brain Candy A.V. project . • WindyCityRock.net reviews the latest EP from Chicago indie rockers Cains & Abels . [...]

Monday Afternoon Evening Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed. • The Hood Internet their fifth mixtape, which you can download for free at their website . • WindyCityRock.net reviews last Friday's Grape Juice Records showcase at the Subterranean . • Glee is coming to Chicago ! Yay?. • Gapers Block Transmissions reviews Gang of Four at the Metro . [...]

If you're looking to dance the night away, look no further than Chicago's Moon Furies . The electro-pop trio, consisting of Andy Kiel, Jim Wittmann and Andrew Hertzberg who also moonlights as a contributor at WindyCityRock.net , just released their debut album, Mercury . One track from the record we especially dig is "Logan Square," named after the neighborhood I'm sure we've all found ourselves drinking into the early hours of the morning. Anyway, the song's head-bobbing beat, wild synths and echo-y vocals reminiscent of Tears For Fears will no doubt keep [...]

Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed. • The Tribune's Howard Reich talks playing a Moog guitar (Yes, moog guitar) with Chicago's own Fareed Haque . • The AV Club Chicago has an extensive guide to everything you need (or wanted) to know about Chet Haze: Chicago rapper, Northwestern student & son of Tom Hanks. • In an interview with the Sun-Times' [...]

Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed. • Chicago music scene veteran David Singer is featured in the latest session from Coach House Sounds . • Michelle Meywes reviews The Besnard Lakes' performance last Thursday at Lincoln Hall , which was part of Tomorrow Never Knows 2011 • The Sun-Times discusses Chicago's funkiest music venue, a.k.a. the Congress Theatre . • [...]

Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed. • Secret Note Shows has video of all the band's at last month's epic Beats & Blogs show at the Subterranean. • The Sun-Times reports on Chuck Berry's collapse at his New Years Day show at the Congress Theatre. • WindyCityRock.net reviews the Cursive NYE spectacular at the Subterranean. [...]

Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed. • The Chicago Reader talks the Best Music of 2010 and drop some list-age from Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer and and the Gossip Wolf peeps . • Deli Magazine is STILL accepting submissions for their Best of Chicago for 2010 for emerging bands... just pony up $5 . • WindyCityRock.net reviewed the new self-titled LP from [...]

Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed. • Fake Shore Drive and Complex Mag teamed up for a list of the 50 Greatest Chicago Rap songs . • DeRo asks if a political power struggle and a sweetheat deal are fueling the privatization of Chicago's music festival . • WindyCityRock.net reviews last Friday's 1900s/Tyler Jon Tyler show at the Empty Bottle. [...]

Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed. • AV Club Chicago gets some funny, gross and all around interesting insight into the former Chicago music dive Ronny's from musicians, journalists and soncert attendees. • WindyCityRock.net talks with Shawn Rosenblatt, mastermind behind Chicago indie-psych act Netherfriends, about his 50 Songs/50 States project. • Time Out Chicago reviews Saturday night's Brendan Benson/The [...]

Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed. • Gapers Block reviewed Lincoln Hall's big one year anniversary show , which featured Devotchka and the Scotland Yard Gospel Choir. • Chicagoist has some great photos and a nice review from Jim "Tankboy" Kopeny of Saturday night's Gorillaz show at UIC Pavilion. • The AV Club catches up with Scott Lucas to chat [...]

Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed. • Jim DeRogatis asks if Chicago is earning all it should from Lollapalooza . • WindyCityRock.net chats with Chicago rockers The Warm Ones . • Chicago Reader's Gossip Wolf has the lowdown on Chicago Apocalyptic Crust Fest IV, news on the Great Society Mind Destroyers and more. • Thomas [...]

Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed. • Miles Raymer gives us insight on Mahjongg's transition from punk to dance . • Scott Lucas and Blake Smith provide a delightfully in-depth analysis of last week's RUSH show for URChicago.. • WindyCityRock.net reviews the New York Songwriters Circle at Schubas . • Timeout Chicago lists the their 6 places to [...]

Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed. • Deli Chicago names Hey Champ's Star their CD of the month . • WindyCityRock.net reviews two Chicago acts, My My My and I Fight Dragons, at Summerfest in Milwaukee . • Robert Loerzel give us a great recap and photos from last week's Black Mountain show at Lincoln Hall . • [...]

As cool a 'hood Logan Square is, it still lacked in the uber-hip record store department - until now. West Logan Square meet Saki , you're new record store slash art gallery slash all around awesome place from the peeps over at Carrot Top Distribution . Located at 3716 W. Fullerton Avenue, Saki's website boasts the tag line, "music. art. books. zines. people.", which means this place isn't just your ordinary cramped and dusty vinyl shop. Saki will carry not only vinyl but magazines, books and even cool collectibles! [...]