Expect some serious hype for the CMJ parties I’m hoping to get to next week here on NDFY over the next several days. I’ll preview the bands that looks exciting, post mp3’s where I can, and of course hope that everyone will come out, meet up, and shake it with me in New York.
First up, […]

For whatever reason, I don’t watch much episodic TV anymore, but I do seem to find time for plenty of reality television. Top Chef is the reality TV that it’s socially acceptable to like, but a close second is Poison singer Bret Michael’s search for more than a groupie, Rock of Love.
It’s been a tumultuous […]

If you’ve never been to The Hideout in Chicago, you’re not alone. It’s not called “The Hideout” for no reason – it’s tucked away amidst warehouses and a U.S.P.S. processing center in the gritty industrial neighborhood just south of the North Branch of the Chicago River. A hand-painted “

A couple of years back, my old company threw a little SXSW party with our friends from Stereogum. It was the last year that “day parties” could still be a rogue force in launching a band/blog/product, and we hit that shit HARD. Our headliner that day was the venerable Mr. Ted Leo and his Pharmacists, […]

Chicagoans make the most of our 3 months of decent weather with the art of the Midwestern street festival. Every weekend is packed with these block-closing, funnelcake-and-beer-soaked excuses to drink during the daylight hours, and the recent emergence of indie-centric production companies has resulted in some pretty solid musical lineups to shake your $6 Miller […]