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According to an article on MTV.com, perhaps the most well respected music news outlet in all the universe, some Radiohead fans “feel duped by In Rainbows‘ poor sound quality” and “possible ulterior motives.” My guess is that the people complaining are the same people who chose to pay nothing for the downloads.
For the record, the […]

If to wake with a start means to rise and shine alert, aware and prepared, as if your morning had already started without you, then today I woke with a finish. The combination of allergies and Chicago’s first truly autumnal weather got the best of me this morning. I must have hit the snooze button […]

No, it is not some siren songstress like St. Vincent or Feist, though God knows I do love them. It’s Vampire Weekend, and their new cleverly titled record “Vampire Weekend”. Equal parts Paul Simon, Post-ska punk and The Police, but somehow better because of the mash-up, Vampire Weekend does a phenomenal job of […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

somebody recently was mentioning the lack of a proper preview of the new Band of Horses album… and here is a nice little track from Cease To Begin for your rocking pleasure. It’s got a nice little rocksplosion in it too. They do that dramatic shit real well.
Band of Horses - Is There A Ghost
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“We just had a meeting…today,” Greenwood told Paste.com on September 7. “We’re very relieved to have finished recording. Now we have to decide what we should do with it.”
I hope what they decide involves us hearing it.
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