Kevin Williams

Mainliner Imaginative Plain (PSF) Mainliner's Asahito Nanjo, guitarist Kawabata and drummer Koji Shimura suggest what would happen if the Stooges were jamming with the MC5, with a guest appearance from...

I go through all this/Before you wake up/So I can feel happier/To be safe up here with you sings Bjork in her tune "Hyperballad," a sentiment echoed not only by...

It was Britney Spears with melanin, a human embodiment of the Dead Kennedys song, "Triumph of the Swill." Sitting through the thankfully brief Monday night concert by diva-in-waiting Alicia Keys...

Hey Mercedes might be one of the more intriguing fledgling bands extant. Built from the remnants of Braid, the Champaign bred emo band that dissolved in 1999, Hey Mercedes is...

"Van Gogh and Gauguin: Studio of the South" opens on Saturday to the public. Not only does the show delineate the link between Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin but...

Ex Orkest Een Rondje Holland (Ex Music) Rather than simply grafting cheesy strings to original songs, these Dutch noiseniks have bent a 20-piece orchestra to their own polyrhythmic, cacophonous needs....

MORNING Put away that namby-pamby fancy coffee, because today we're spending a day on the South Side. You're going to need a car or a few taxicabs for this one,...

In the annals of fabulous events with unfortunate names, World Music Festival Chicago will have a special place. The third edition of this year's festival, running from Thursday through Sept....

Around the Coyote, the sprawling Wicker Park/Bucktown arts festival, always makes you wish for astral projection skills or at least better walking shoes. There's a lot of ground to cover,...