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My Bloody Valentine is coming to Chicago to play in late September at the Aragon. They still haven’t released any new music though since Loveless.
I was still in college when these guys were making music. It’s like the 90s all over again, when it was cool to go see geezers like the Stones, The […]

Willie Nelson celebrated his 75th b-day on 4/29.
In honor of the guy who battled the IRS (and lost) and then went on to recoup his millions while creating his own bio-fuel, here’s a good’un featuring his buddy Snoop in Amsterdam.

Visit AbsolutMachines.com for more time-wasting music-making fun. The Absolut Choir is pretty cool too.

Our favorite one-hit pop/folkie Jill Sobule is earning raves for her new release - and to my knowledge, nobody has even heard it yet.
Why?
Because she conducted a successful fundraising effort through her website and found a way to self-produce it through online donations from fans.
Way to go Jill.

Blues guitar virtuoso Jeff Healey succumbed to cancer on Sunday at 41 - the same disease that took his vision, that he’s been fighting all his life. His own website doesn’t even have a notice of his passing yet.
He was both gifted and unique for his self-taught, stand-up lap style of playing. I saw him […]

Anyone see the Trib feature on Cubs broadcaster Len Kasper Thursday?
The guy has decent taste in music.

Evanston’s own Eddie V is getting set to tour solo for the first time this spring, and Neil Finn’s son Liam is gonna help him out.
This is interesting to me because I’ve always dug Crowded House, and for the fact that Eddie has long been a vocal fan of Neil Finn’s music. He has collaborated […]

Cool concept, this Last.fm website. It won’t play any specific requests, but will give you a sample of an artist’s repertoire. Patient listeners may be rewarded, but those hoping to hear a specific track while passing the time at work may be out of luck.

There is a band called Public Relations Exercise, from the UK.
Their myspace page features music that would likely fit right into one of Howard’s workout playlists.
They describe their sound as the future of metal rock. I can’t yet agree to that, but I dig their name. Can’t wait for Revenge of the Media […]

I like Johnny Winter’s rendition of Please Come Home for Christmas, which showed up on his ‘92 release, “Hey, where’s your brother?” but couldn’t find a good video of it anywhere.
This one will have to suffice; Johnny in Barcelona back in ‘91. Don’t humbug Mr. Winter.
YouTube - Johnny Winter - You´re Humbugging Me