Bizarre and bizarrerer: Tera Melos’s “Weird Circles” video
Tera Melos scores an extended peak into the collective subconscious with the new video for “Weird Circles.”
Bacardi cocktails to stop bitching about summer (and the White Sox)
In Chicago, we have a proud tradition of bitching about the cold winters only to bitch about the muggy summers. We also have a proud tradition of terrible baseball teams. Combine those last two items, and bam — you could use a nice, cold cocktail.
Buy QOTSA’s USB…with a postmodernism pitch
Queens of the Stone Age and master pitch-man Ricky Chism want to tell you about a combination USB drive and bottle opener.
Summer shades: Dom Vetro’s 17th Century craft and 21st Century style
Need new sunglasses? Help Italian eyewear company Dom Vetro fight the good fight against mass production (in style).
Must-see sets at Pitchfork 2013
Need to plan your itinerary for three days of tunes at Chicago’s Union Park? We’ve done it for you, you lazy bastich.
See the crazy iPhone-powered instrument by Artiphon
Gear is big, gear is heavy, and gear sucks to transport. How about a device that lets you “virtually” play an assortment of instruments, all powered by your iPhone or iPod Touch?
Manic surf rock + monster movies: Daikaiju unleashes “Double Fist Attack”!!!
Daikaiju offers up a dose of manic surf rock, draped in vintage tones and vintage monster movies.
Best Albums: Fever, fear, exorcism, purging, and midnight mass
The Octopus Project: Fever Forms
Unkind: Pelon Juuret
Demon Queen: Exorcise Tape
Cloudeater: Purge
Louise Burns: The Midnight Mass
Fulfill your iPhone’s embossed-leather fantasy
Fool’s Gold Records and HEX team up to create limited-edition embossed-leather iPhone cases.
When Amon Tobin and Kronos Quartet collaborate, stars explode
Crossover chamber group Kronos Quartet will debut a new commissioned work by IDM innovator Amon Tobin for its 40th-anniversary season.
Q&A: Coliseum on melody vs. melancholy, modern music videos, and occult imagery
Coliseum has spent a decade of existence wedged within a punk-rock Venn diagram, falling in the overlap of punk, hardcore, rock and roll, and all sorts of “post” subgenres. Here ringleader Ryan Patterson talks about its punishing new record and much more.
Rock-‘n’-roll sightseeing in San Francisco
With specialty coffee shops, artisanal cocktail bars, and the highest number of restaurants per capita in the USA — not to mention a great music scene — San Francisco practices a refined hedonism for fun-loving foodies. Make sure to hit these places by the Bay.