Timothy A. Schuler

Guest Spots: Georgia Anne Muldrow challenges the food system’s status quo

Global food politics didn’t crop up on many albums last year, but it featured prominently on one: Georgia Anne Muldrow’s…

Interview: Dan Deacon on the importance (or lack thereof) of formal music education

Dan Deacon, electronic music auteur and one-man dance party who has a degree in being a one-man dance party, thinks…

Review: Matmos’s The Ganzfeld EP

As a collection of songs, The Ganzfeld EP requires a unique brand of curiosity. Hear a sample of how experimental…

Review: David Byrne & St. Vincent’s Love This Giant

David Byrne has one of the most recognizable voices in music, and his collaboration with St. Vincent -- a woman…

Review: Dan Deacon’s America

Split into halves, Dan Deacon’s America is part adventurous noise pop and part string-infused electro masterpiece. Its four-part closer is…

Review: Serengeti’s CAR

With the help of Anticon producers Jel and Odd Nosdam, indie rapper Serengeti has released the latest in his double-digit…

Review: Mucca Pazza’s Safety Fifth

If Chicago’s tourism committee was serious about a new theme song—one that made people want to come to Chicago rather…

Review: Liars’ WIXIW

To anyone who saw the video for Liars’ “No. 1 Against the Rush,” WIXIW always will be associated with the…

Review: Jherek Bischoff’s Composed

The latest from Parenthetical Girls member Jherek Bischoff is a piece of immaculately arranged orchestral pop, one whose level of…

Review: Idyl’s Elements of the Field

Filed under the name Idyl, singer-songwriter Alex Dupree’s latest creation trades in an austere Americana sound for something whose origins…

Review: Father John Misty’s Fear Fun

It’s opening day for former Fleet Foxes drummer Joshua Tillman’s new act, and he promises some violence as part of…

Review: Loop 2.4.3’s American Dreamland

Loop 2.4.3 is not, for the record, a typical band. Instead, it’s a “percussion duo” that uses a lot more…