Does It Offend You, Yeah? hates your clever band name

Leave it to the Brits to ask what we’ve all been wondering. Why is Vampire Weekend’s name so lame? Your answer to that and many more at the UK’s aptly named newspaper, The Independent
I think my favorite part is learning how to pronounce !!!. I never knew and I feel out of […]

Radiohead to play second Chicago show?

Pitchfork revealed dates and locations of the second leg of Radiohead’s North American tour this morning, and something jumped out at me that made me a bit excited, and more than a bit apprehensive about when to purchase Radiohead tickets, and to what shows.
It also made me a bit more hopeful than I was since […]

For proof on comedy concept, test on April 2

Oh Ben, how silly you are.

Fill in the Blank: Bono, Chris Martin, __________

The last person I would expect to fill that blank is Arcade Fire’s Win Butler. Via the Fork, Butler took to his blog recently to voice his choice re: the two lefty front-runners in this year’s poli-race:
I am watching Hillary Clinton in her victory speech in new Hampshire…they just threw a bunch of college kids […]

Radiohead is coming right at me

As expected, Radiohead will be touring the US this year and if you missed the last round of small venue shows you’re probably leaving right now to stand in line for tickets. I personally know many people who went down every avenue to score the entrance pass to the last shows here in Chicago […]