Double Door evicted from longtime Wicker Park space
The Double Door club was evicted from its longtime Wicker Park space Monday after club management failed to post bond while appealing a judge's decision in their eviction case, according...
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Lady Gaga elevates Super Bowl halftime show
You could say Lady Gaga blew the roof off at the NRG Stadium in Houston at the Super Bowl. The roof, which was closed for the game itself, opened up...
Mark Eitzel on death, humor and being less of a bore on ‘Hey Mr Ferryman’
Though Mark Eitzel has always had a reputation for looking at things from a skeptical, if not downright cynical perspective, he also has a wicked sense of humor. On his...
Noname makes patience a virtue in her rise
Fatimah Warner, the Chicago MC who calls herself "Noname" (formerly Noname Gypsy), doesn't like to rush her music. From conception to completion, her 2016 debut mixtape, "Telefone," took three years....
Ty Segall puts the songs first on self-titled album
"Ty Segall" (Drag City) arrives as the second self-titled album in the California singer-guitarist's career, which prompts a question: Is he running out of titles because he's almost too prolific...
Drive-By Truckers’ Patterson Hood calls himself ‘cynical pragmatic optimist’
More than two decades into their career, the Drive-By Truckers released one of their best albums a few months ago, "American Band" (ATO). Not bad for a band that was...
FCC chairman nominee is bad news for musicians
After years in which the five-member Federal Communications Commission stood solidly if narrowly behind the concept of net neutrality, things could be changing for the worse as far as advocates...
Japandroids get away from what they do best on ‘Near’
Japandroids don't do irony, so when they sing about blowing off their hometown, hitting the road and giving it all up for the elusive illusion of true love, well, you...
Toronzo Cannon drives the blues bus
In between gigs at blues clubs and festivals around the world, Toronzo Cannon drives a Chicago Transit Authority bus for a living. Cannon gets props for bringing colorful, real-life detail...
The xx flirts with dance music but prefers the shadows on ‘I See You’
Just like the lower-case letters in the band's name, the xx never calls attention to itself. In a pop world dominated by bombast and beats, this is a band that...