Franz Ferdinand has had a career with growing gaps between new albums for a couple of years now, which might lead one to expect they are running low on ideas. […]
While it certainly doesn’t include all his recorded output in other groups, Neal Francis‘ solo career provides a fascinating look at an artist expanding his horizons and incorporating all of […]
I’ve only seen Bur play once, for about 25 minutes, during an early night set at Montrose Saloon last spring and I still think about that show on a regular […]
If you play a single Pony song, ANY song, you will immediately see why I am so head over heels with the band. I came across the band during the […]
A few years ago I wrote a piece arguing that Local H was one of the hardest working and most consistent rock bands currently in existence. This remains very true. […]
Just before the release of her fourth album in four years, Tamar Berk posed the reasonable question, “So in your opinion when is the right time for a ‘greatest hits’ […]
Quick Spins takes a quick look at recently released albums to make certain you’re listening to all the quality music being released these days. Charly Bliss – FOREVER FOREVER by […]
In the second wave of label signings as the music industry descended on Chicago in the mid-’90s, Fig Dish stood out as particularly resistant to playing the major label game. […]
At one time Matthew Sweet was the face of early ’90s power-pop. And even if you didn’t know what “power-pop” was, his music had a universal yearning paired with hooks […]
My history with Jesus Jones extends all the way back to the late ’80s when the cover of the Liquidizer cassette caught my eye at a Sound Warehouse. A minute […]
If you want to throw a music critic into a real mental tizzy, ask them what they’re listening to or what they’d recommend. I know enough other critics that I […]
Psymon Spine hails from NYC and traffics in the kind of basement dance-party indie rock pioneered by bands like LCD Soundsystem and the sounds familiar to the DFA label. OK, […]