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The Hives came through Chicago last night and without fail, once again rocked my ass off. The Hives put on the best live show of any band touring today. Period. The albums, while full of good rock just do not quite capture the live show. When was the last time you spent an entire show […]

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

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 […]

Compared to the Schuba’s show on Valentine’s Day 2007, this one was mediocre at best. Compared to nothing at all, it was great.
Steve from May Or May Not (Schuba’s residency this month, btw) got us nice chairs in the balcony, which made all the difference in the world.
Rev was there along with his buddy Joe […]

The Onion’s knack for packaging sarcasm with a healthy dose of utter hilarity is a gift I can’t even dream of aspiring to, so the least I can do is share the love with an audience I’m sure will appreciate it.
Pitchfork Gives Music 6.8
September 10, 2007 | Issue 43•37
CHICAGO—Music, a mode of creative expression […]

Paul McCartney showed up in the headlines again this week, and his ex-wife was all over the news this past week due to the paparrazi that was found guilty of harassing her. Some ‘expert’ talks about Paul’s shame in this article, but I have to imagine Paul is a bit PO’d about his new record […]

I’m so obsessed with this record that I shouldn’t be the one reviewing it. So I won’t. I’ll just say this instead: track four, “She’s the One,” is one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard, and track eight’s (”Irene”) panning and fading just about put me in a permanent state of acidic flashbackery.
These […]

I hate to keep mentioning Pitchfork in every RTP review, but after seeing this pre-cursor to their review of Stars’ latest offering, I couldn’t resist:
“Not out in record stores until late September, the Canadian indie pop band and its label Arts & Crafts wisely made its theatrical new album available for digital sales before it […]

Here in the pedestrian ‘burbs, my wife tends to freak out any time I want to stretch the speakers (The Black Keys are a speaker stretching fave lately), but I can always chill her out and get the kiddies bopping around with some early Robert Palmer.
Yes, that’s right, the guy most remember for Addicted to […]

It’s no secret that RTP are huge fans of St. Vincent. We’ve been informally reviewing (praising) Marry Me for the past couple months, so no need for a formal critique here. I say we review another review instead.

For once I agree with Pitchfork, and my review of their review of St. Vincent’s Marry Me is […]