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Lots happened over the weekend, but keeping in line with RTP’s historic eye toward environmental awareness, I’ve condensed three bits of news into one post, saving at least a few eTrees.
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Saturday night Quirken, Rev Dave and I all saw St. Vincent at Schuba’s. Rev was at the early show and Quirken and I were […]

Listen up! Another Radiohead webcast has been announced. This one’s an in-store performance at London’s Rough Trade record store, and it starts just about two hours from now (3pm Eastern/2pm Central/Noon Pacific/etc.).
Go to Radiohead.tv to watch, and get ready to be entertained radioheadweb-style. I’m personally excited to watch one of these live, as opposed to […]

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 […]

Better hurry. This sucker is most definitely going to sell out.

Vampire Weekend: the preppiest band I’ve ever seen. As fellow RTPers will tell you, this album has been in heavy rotation in a lot of our rock libraries. I like the album, but it’s not my favorite of the year (more on that later this week…) and after seeing them live I’m convinced they’ll make […]

While RTP traditionally focuses on the latest and greatest sounds that have already made their way through the US, every once in a great while we’re able to preview a band that will hopefully be making their way through our parts sooner rather than later, and deservedly so.
This past Sunday night I was able to […]

Man Man will be playing at Chicago underground art space AV aerie tomorrow night. If you don’t already know, Man Man are a group of hirsuite dudes from Philly who play gut grabbing music that’s heavy on the percussion & is as influenced by Tom Waits as it is by their reptilian brainz. […]

Amy Winehouse mumbling and stumbling through “Back to Black” at the MTV Europe Music Awards.

Look at what Quirken found. Kinda cool…

Sometimes it seems like there’s a shortage of really good all girl bands in Chicago, which is why it’s refreshing to stumble upon a troupe like Coupleskate. I’d try and describe them, but the description on their MySpace page really says it all:
Inspired by their shared affection for the indie rock canon (e.g. the Pixies, […]