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Art Institute of Chicago opens The Modern Wing

The Art Institute of Chicago opened its Modern Wing on Saturday, May 16, housing world-renowned collections of European painting and…

Photographer Brian Willette to exhibit at Portland’s BIAS

Chicago native Brian Willette is this month's featured artist at BIAS, Brooklyn Industries Art Space, in Portland.  The exhibit opens…

Feature: Odd Nosdam Modifies Signature Sound for Skateboarding Video

Element Skateboards and Odd Nosdam strayed from the norm with the skateboarding video This is My Element, featuring instrumental hip…

Mouth of the Architect: Quietly

Quietly, the newest album from post-metal quartet Mouth of the Architect, doesn't just rest on its volume-knob laurels, opting instead…

NASA Fails to Liftoff in Live Setting

Last month, DJ duo NASA performed at Chicago's Abbey Pub, leaving the crowd in disarray and with a lack of…

Roedelius/Story: Inlandish

With the ambient piano and keyboards of Hans-Joachim Roedelius and the production and electronic manipulation of Tim Story, Roedelius/Story creates…

The Fiery Furnaces: Remember

Last summer, The Fiery Furnaces, an oft-difficult sibling duo, released Remember, a live album mixed so well that it brings…

Interview: Built on Respect Uses DIY Punk Passion to Aid Tibetan Refugees

Heidiminx, the founder of online forum Punk Rock Domestics and fashion line Franky & Minx, has recently founded a nonprofit…

Into Televison: Mad Men

Columnist Tom Hoban discusses the AMC series Mad Men, comparing the stats-be-damned intuition of Madison Avenue advertising in the 1960s…

Audion: Billy Says So EP

Matthew Dear spent the end of 2007 basking in universal praise for his poppy vocal full-length album Asa Breed. In…

Garotas Suecas Plays Chicago Tonight

Brazil's soul- and R&B-infused rock outfit Garotas Suecas is playing tonight, April 1, at the Empty Bottle in Chicago with local…

Goddammit, Austin: SXSW Recap

A recap of the most exciting, and not so exciting, events of this year's SXSW including some of their favorite…