That’s because Ukrainian Village record store and label Permanent Records is reissuing the compilation on vinyl: 500 copies of the newly minted Busted At Oz will be available at the end of the month. via Still Busted At Oz | Music | Interview | The A.V. Club Chicago. Interview about a really cool re-issue coming … [Read more…]
Mister Heavenly | Music | Interview | The A.V. Club Chicago. I helped put together this video interview with the newest indie-supergroup, Mister Heavenly.
The seventh annual Tomorrow Never Knows music festival is a bright spot in the middle of the harsh Chicago winter… Yet, one act’s shadow looms over the bands in the festival: The Beatles. via Uncovering Tomorrow Never Knows | Music | The A.V. Club Chicago. Quite a range of responses from folks about covering the … [Read more…]
Spencer Neff and Tom Kenneally are the brain trust behind one of the city’s youngest tape labels, Fliff City. via Fliff City | Music | Tapes ’n’ Tapes | The A.V. Club Chicago. Volume 4 of the Tapes ‘n’ Tapes series: Still going strong!
To help comb through the concert options for the last night of 2010, The A.V. Club decided to parse through some of the musical highlights and rate them based on the potential emotional response. via … And a happy new year | Music | The A.V. Club Chicago. I had quite a bit of fun determining different … [Read more…]
This time around, we’re loading up the bucket list for 2011. Resolutions are sometimes hard to keep, but one solid goal? We can do that. via The A.V. Club’s Chicago bucket list for 2011 | Music | The A.V. Club Chicago. No, watching The Bucket List is also not on this list. Sorry, folks.
Today, because we’re so damn Windy City proud, the list of the most Chicago-y stuff we did in 2010. Finally, some things we can cross off the ol’ bucket list. via The most Chicago-y stuff The A.V. Club did this year | City Life | The A.V. Club Chicago. My favorite local thing from my … [Read more…]
Next up in our besties series, the very best shows The A.V. Club staff and contributors went to this year. We rocked. We rolled. We wrote about it. via The best shows The A.V. Club saw in 2010 | Music | The A.V. Club Chicago. I’ve seen a lot of great shows in Chicago, so … [Read more…]
Up first, the best meals The A.V. Club staff and contributors ate this year. via The best stuff The A.V. Club ate in 2010 | Eat/Drink | The A.V. Club Chicago. I love the A.V. Club‘s lists, and was happy to add my voice to the mix. I don’t eat out all that often (hey, a … [Read more…]
Local experimental musician Brett Naucke is a young dude, but in tape years he’s the old man on the block. That’s because his label, Catholic Tapes, is one of the longest-running cassette labels in Chicago. via Catholic Tapes | Music | Tapes ’n’ Tapes | The A.V. Club Chicago. Volume No. 3 is up and … [Read more…]