Just the other day, I was talking to someone who was asking about what’s next on my show calendar. I couldn’t remember anything pressing, and figured I had a good couple of weeks until something came up that I really wanted to see. And then I put together this week’s list, which has a . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 4/11 – 4/17
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 Leave a comment  Upcoming Events  amanda shires, anni rossi, beat kitchen, charlie parr, cornmeal, daniel knox, evanston space, ha ha tonka, harper blynn, hideout, house of blues, howard jennings, jeff libman, jeff tweedy, jerome holloway, john wesley harding, kim richey, kt tunstall, la scala, lincoln hall, loudon wainwright iii, martyrs', mayne stage, miggs, old town school of folk music, park west, robbie fulks, robert francis, rollin hunt, schubas, skybombers, subterranean, the bright white, the civil wars, the damnwells, the giving tree band, the greencards, the hot club of cowtown, the hoyle brothers, the revelations, the right now, the spring standards, the vic, trey williams, vertikal, white dress So Chicago’s got a new mayor — something that doesn’t exactly have a huge effect on my day to day, but I kept an eye on @MayorEmanuel (NSFW for mountains of profanity) like several thousand other people. I noted it with mild interest when I saw that Jeff Tweedy was doing a benefit for Rahm Emanuel, . . . → Read More: Jeff Tweedy, Rahm Emanuel, Live Nation, Etc. An announcement I’ve been waiting for hit today: Wilco is definitely starting their own record label. This news doesn’t come as a shock — last July brought the news that this was something they were looking at doing, because the band was not planning to renew their contract with Nonesuch Records. In a lot . . . → Read More: I’ve Got Reservations About Wilco’s New Record Label Some interesting things going on this week! If you’re out and about on Wednesday, stop by Schubas for CHIRP’s “The First Time” series, featuring readings by local notables including Robbie Fulks, Jim DeRogatis, and Josh Caterer on the theme of ‘first car’, as well as performances from a live house band. Tickets . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 1/24 – 1/30 2 comments Upcoming Events alison scott, art majors, california wives, cheyenne marie mize, cole degenova and the people's republic, derek nelson and the musicians, evanston space, good old war, guster, hideout, ian axel, jc brooks & the uptown sound, jeff tweedy, lee foss, lincoln hall, lost in the trees, loyal divide, matthew dear, natalie alford, nellie mckay, oberhofer, old town school of folk music, orchard lounge, park west, robbie fulks, robbie gjersoe, santah, subterranean, tapes 'n tapes, the kickback, the mid, the nadas, the riviera, the shams band The first review I wrote of Mavis Staples’s new album, You Are Not Alone, wasn’t wholly positive. The problems I see with the album are still there on the seventh or eighth listen, but they’re not bothering me as much as they did last week. . . . → Read More: Album Review: Mavis Staples, “You Are Not Alone” |
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Recommended Reading/(Not Really An) Album Review: NY Mag on Wilco’s The Whole Love
So. New Wilco album. I didn’t get it the day it came out — there aren’t any record stores in Oxford, so I waited until I could make it to Criminal Records in Atlanta. (They’re having money problems; I’d rather buy it from them than online. Sling some business their way if you can.) . . . → Read More: Recommended Reading/(Not Really An) Album Review: NY Mag on Wilco’s The Whole Love