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I’m too excited to give you any more details than those contained in the title of this post, but let’s be honest, that’s really all you need to know, right?
Alright fine, the details are:
1) The band is releasing the record themselves (as opposed to via their label).
2) You get to choose how much you […]

I’m starting a new (and what will hopefully be a regular) feature on RTP.com, Guitar Friday–because everyone wants more GEE-tar in their LEE-ife. Especially when getting ready for the weekend.
Today is Zack Kim performing the Super Mario Theme on two guitars. Natch.
[Video is supposed to be here, but my rights are currently being […]

I may be the only person under the age of a billion who finds the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductions remotely interesting, but for some reason I do. The show on VH1 generally has some decent performances (although, more so when they were going through their Zeppelin/Neil Young/Janis Joplin all in the same […]

Woe is Jill Sobule. Poor gal whines a bit in her latest tune, picking on record companies, out-of-style execs, plus her own indecisiveness about how to release her new music, and what angles she should be taking that will (we assume) get her back on another big soundtrack.
All the while she doesn’t revel in the […]

RTP buddies and up and coming Chicago indie pop dynamos May or May Not will enjoy their final performance tonight as part of their September residency at Schuba’s.
I’ll be there. Will you? Either way, you can grab the entire record for free for a limited time here (Rapidshare) or here (Sendspace). Get it while […]

Because iTunes won’t allow Radiohead to sell their new record as a full album only (as opposed to being able to buy one song at a time), the band will not offer it up via iTunes at all.
Radiohead is one of the few remaining bands that still has the power to send me to the […]

Dear Daft Punk,
Il y a un nouveau shérif en ville (There’s a new sheriff in town).
Sincerely,
RTP

Here at RTP, we don’t just pay special homage to douchebaggery…
…or at least we don’t anymore. I’m extremely pleased to announce the very first winner of an official RTPowers Award.
The results are in, and Jessica from Chicago’s latest indie darling Office is our inaugural honoree, picking up the RTPowers Award for Chicago’s Sexiest Female Rockstar.
Okay, […]

I met this band’s drummer, Joe, a few weeks back when he was in Chicago, and not only did he blow my mind by making my night magically much more enjoyable in exchange for trying to teach (unsuccessfully) his dog Tupak to shake, but he also turned me on to a new band that has […]

Have we all had the misfortune to see the trailer for the new movie musical sensory-raping abomination of celluloid & sound that’s being called Across the Universe? Let’s take the greatest pop songs ever written and RUIN THEM BEYOND ALL RECOGNITION! RIGHT?!
*sigh* I didn’t see Dream Girls, but I’m pretty sure this is Exhibit […]