Aug 3, 2015
Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge- Twelve Reasons To Die II [7/10]Combining a fictitious action storyline, a spaghetti-western sound and Ghostfaces notoriously gruff delivery, Twelve Reasons To Die II exceeds the boundaries of modern hip-hop. Organs, bass and live drum sounds make up the majority of the beats with guitar, bells and other instruments coming in...
Jul 28, 2015
Farm Aids 30th-Anniversary concert will take place at First Merit Bank Pavilion on Northerly Island on September 19. As always, the concert will feature board members Neil Young, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews (the latter performing with Tim Reynolds).Other guests performing include Jack Johnson, Kacey Musgraves, Old Crow Medicine Show, Mavis Staples, and...
Jul 27, 2015
Roger Waters may seem like an unlikely headliner choice for the iconic Newport Folk Festival, but the Pink Floyd bassist certainly did it right.Performing a set of Pink Floyd songs, covers and originals, the songwriter was backed by My Morning Jacket for the entirety of the performance, as well as the singers of Lucius....
Jul 24, 2015
After releasing two studio albums in 2014, Prince shows no signs of slowing down. Today, the rock star announced another album with his band 3rd Eye Girl titled The Hit & Run Album.The album will be Princes 38th studio record and will be out soon according to the band,BBC reports.Super hardcore Prince fans...
Jul 18, 2015
I can only think of one other instance of a band debuting an entire album's worth of material in one show. On Halloween 2013, Phish ran down a dozen new songs as a part of the Wingsuit set, a musical costume playing "an album from the future."Of course, that was similar but not...
Jul 18, 2015
Chicago's Field Museum really took advantage of its proximity to Soldier Field during the Fare Thee Well shows, hosting terrace parties, an awesome jazz event and, most intriguing of all, an exhibit populated with all sorts of artifacts from the Dead's long, strange trip.Thanks to YouTuber user Kimock7, we can get a pretty...
Jul 16, 2015
Words / Photo: Alex WoodThose familiar with Bonnie Prince Billys live shows know that no two are ever the same. Not only does the prolific singer-songwriter shuffle constantly and unpredictably through his massive catalog of songs, but his stage set-up also changes with each tour.After performing a solo acoustic set at Thalia Hall nearly a...
Jul 16, 2015
Wilco released an unannounced album today titled Star Wars. The album features 11 previously unreleased compositions, and is available for free at www.WilcoWorld.net for a limited time.As the silly name and feline album-art might make one suspect, the record isnt a proper follow-up to The Whole Love, but sounds self-recorded and produced.However,...
Jul 16, 2015
I love Neil Young, but he really made a mess of things yesterday by taking to Facebook to complain about, of all things, streaming music. "Old Man", indeed. This is coming from the guy who recorded an album in a early 20th century phone booth.I don't deny artists the ability to take a...
Jul 16, 2015
Chicago wins the lottery as one of the four North American cities that will get a rare visit from Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour on his short Spring Tour. April 8th, 2016 will be the date, and tickets will be on sale Friday, July 17th at noon.Both "General" and VIP tickets will be available via...