So, I took some (maybe somewhat deserved) flak last week for the Great White Stripes Debacle of ‘07, mostly for the line about Meg’s job not being so hard that she should succumb to any sort of “medical” condition. Well y’all, New York Magazine had their fun with our favorite princess of […]

The smart dudes and dudettes at the Onion A.V. Club spent some time this week recalling what was yankin’ their collective crank ten years ago, and the list reads like a “intro to independent music” for a twenty-something like myself. These are the albums that first turned my ear from classic rock radio and Top […]

I first caught Phosphorescent by accident at Schubas last winter. I’d gone to see my good pal Cameron McGill hold court as he does, and arrived a bit early to relax with a cocktail and get the skinny on Cameron’s new record. I ducked into the music room for kicks and saw a grey-haired dude […]

Because I said I would, the setlist from Wednesday’s fucking awesome Wilco show in Chicago, and some more photos after the jump from the very talented Laura Gray:
1. You Are My Face
2. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
3. Pot Kettle Black
4. War On War […]

Jeff Tweedy is nothing short of remarkable, people, and he’s fortunate to have some not-so-shabby dudes behind him, too. Last night’s Wilco extravaganza at the GORGEOUS Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago’s Millennium Park was probably the best of their shows I’ve seen, and I have to be up around 20 by now. The weather was […]