Preferring to let the music speak for itself, Koushik weaves choirs of strings and choruses in and out of down-tempo, old-school hip hop beats.
When Gene Ween announced his January 31 Schubas show in Chicago several weeks ago, tickets sold out within several hours.
Billed as an evening with Gene Ween, the night was one of two weekend performances in which the diminutive lead vocalist and co-founder of Ween graced Chicago with rare solo and acoustic sets, and they came roughly a month after he had a four-day stay in the hospital due to pneumonia.
Mark your calendars! Click onward for more info.
Political inspiration is great, but the world is tired of Will.I.Am‘s celeb-packed Obama tribute. In honor of the freshly passed stimulus package, here are five good songs about the United States’ 44th president.
Dysrhythmia begins recording its new album; Tinariwen announces UK dates with Tunng; Prefuse 73 has a new album and a project with Zach Hill; Lifetime reissues a pair of albums; Pelican signs to Southern Lord. Read about this and more in our weekly roundup.
Their event line-ups and themes have carried out their goal of a guaranteed good — and free — time for everyone who attends.
We’ll see plenty of rock this weekend as our destinations treat us to punk, post-punk, metal, avant-garde rock, quirk rock, and funk. Click onward to read our four-day itinerary.
Walking through a quiet neighborhood in Portland, my friend and I come across our destination, a nondescript house — seemingly empty. A few folks nearby on the sidewalk encourage us.
“Just go on in,” they offer. We accept. Approaching the porch, I see a sign on the door with two words: “David Bazan.” Bazan, the former frontman of Pedro the Lion, has arrived here as part of an intimate nationwide tour.
As the season’s wintry punishment eases (it cracked 50 in Chicago this weekend), more and more artists are getting back in their vans and braving the roads for packed and sparse crowds alike.
Here’s a list of tours on our radar, including dates from The Bad Plus, Fucked Up, Orange Tulip Conspiracy, P.O.S., Secret Chiefs 3, Young Widows, and more.
This week’s news recap includes pre-order info for the Secret Chiefs 3 live DVD, details for new albums from Cursive and Burnt by the Sun, info on Farmers Market‘s “Norwegian Grammy,” and more.
This weekend, our plans include catching Tortoise and its sneak preview of new material, attending a “going to press” party for the Thought You Knew pinup calendar, and seeing a pair of widely influenced, experimental groups (Mi Ami, onYou) at The Hideout.