Studio Visit: Key Club Recording Company
Benton Harbor, Michigan, isn’t the first town that comes to mind for music recording. Yet the small community is home…
10 years ago
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Q&A: Wild Belle on familial dynamics, schmoozing, and using loss as inspiration
Though eight years apart in age, siblings Natalie and Elliot Bergman have a long musical history, and their debut as…
11 years ago
ALARM’s 50 (+5) Favorite Songs of 2012
Last month ALARM presented its 50 favorite albums of 2012, an eclectic, rock-heavy selection of discs that were in steady…
11 years ago
“Mad about youth” in Wild Belle’s “Keep You”
The video for Wild Belle’s "Keep You," a dose of sultry, funky dub pop, is a snapshot of unrequited love,…
11 years ago
Sibling revelry: Chicago’s Wild Belle signs to Columbia
Chicago's Wild Belle -- led by siblings Elliot (Nomo) and Natalie Bergman -- has signed a deal with Columbia Records,…
12 years ago
Concert Photos: In Tall Buildings @ Metro (Chicago, IL)
The solo project of NOMO multi-instrumentalist Erik Hall, pop-folk band In Tall Buildings played a hometown show recently at Metro…
13 years ago
This Week’s Best Single: NOMO & Shawn Lee’s Upside Down
NOMO & Shawn Lee: Upside Down tour seven-inch (Ubiquity, 1/18/11) Instrumental collective NOMO combines funk, Afrobeat, electronica, jazz, and more…
13 years ago
Concert Photos: NOMO, In Tall Buildings @ Schubas
NOMO: "Invisible Cities" (Invisible Cities, Ubiquity, 5/5/10) NOMO: "Invisible Cities" Contributing photographer David Sampson shot these photos at the recent…
13 years ago
50 Unheralded Albums from 2009
ALARM leaves no genre unloved in our round-up of 50 albums that didn't receive enough attention in 2009.
14 years ago
What We’re Seeing Saturday: The Quin Kirchner Group
Featuring members of NOMO, Silences (Sumire), Zing! and Eastern Blok, this newly formed improvisational outfit features four young standouts in…
15 years ago
What We’re Doing This Weekend: Friday
Thirsty Ear recording artists Blink. are a beacon in the already-bright future of Chicago's avant-jazz scene. Between holiday parties, some…
15 years ago
Weekly Music News Roundup
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez announces a new solo album for Stones Throw; Saul Williams speaks about the aftermath of The Inevitable Rise…
15 years ago