Best Albums: Beck, Shabazz Palaces, Mark Lanegan Band, Jenny Lewis
Beck: Song Reader
Shabazz Palaces: Lese Majesty
Mark Lanegan Band: No Bells on Sunday
Jenny Lewis: The Voyager
Four Loko Social Club Featuring Danny Brown and Special Guest DJs
Keep your Lollapalooza going long after the park closes at 10 with back-to-back after parties at Chicago’s Debonair.
Photos: Pitchfork Music Festival 2014
More than 40 bands took to three stages at Chicago’s Pitchfork Music Festival last weekend. Check out some of the highlights.
Photos: Veruca Salt @ Lincoln Hall (Chicago), 7/12/14
On Saturday, the reunited Veruca Salt played the first of two Chicago shows in three nights, celebrating the 20th anniversary of American Thighs with the dueling harmonies and dirty riffs of singer-guitarists Nina Gordon and Louise Post.
Best Albums: United Nations, Anna Calvi, Zackey Force Funk, Rise Against
United Nations: The Next Four Years
Anna Calvi: Strange Weather
Zackey Force Funk: Money Green Viper
Rise Against: The Black Market
Shepard Fairey curates street-art exhibit to coincide with Lollapalooza
Running from July 31 to August 4 at Chicago’s Block 37, Art Alliance: The Provocateurs will feature 40 of the art world’s biggest names.
Best Albums: DJ QBert, Rabbit Rabbit, Wolves in the Throne Room, Braid
DJ QBert: Extraterrestria / GalaXXXian
Rabbit Rabbit: Swallow Me Whole
Wolves in the Throne Room: Celestite
Braid: No Coast
Best Albums: Every Time I Die, Death Blues, Eno & Hyde
Every Time I Die: From Parts Unknown
Death Blues: Non-Fiction
Eno & Hyde: High Life
Best Albums: Septicflesh, Godflesh, Mastodon, Brownout Presents Brown Sabbath
Septicflesh: Titan
Godflesh: Decline and Fall
Mastodon: Once More ‘Round the Sun
Brownout: Brown Sabbath
Video Premiere: Ralfe Band’s “Cold Chicago Morning”
With its newest music video, the UK’s Ralfe Band reveals haunting maturity in an empty house.
