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
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I guess by virtue of reading these words, you’ll know that this thing is in fact on. Hi. I’m Mel. My official introduction came to you last week, and I’m pretty thrilled to be here. Right now I’m hard at work on what I hope will be the writing sample that will get me . . . → Read More: Appetizers For Your Week I’ve always loved Norah Jones, though her latest album didn’t quite do it for me. Maybe that’s because I was listening to a webrip of truly terrible quality. She’s got a truly beautiful voice, though, and manages to make this cover her own, despite how simple the arrangement is. . . . → Read More: Hooray for Covers! Norah Jones, “Jesus Etc.” Bowerbirds; photo by Alissa Anderson In conjunction with the Tomorrow Never Knows festival, kicking off this week at Schubas and Lincoln Hall, Reckless Records has four fantastic (and free) in-store performance coming up: Thursday, January 14, 5:00 pm - Bear in Heaven – Lakeview store (3126 N Broadway) Friday, January 15, 5:00 pm . . . → Read More: News & Links – January 12  Leave a comment  News & Links  alela diane, bailiff, basia bulat, bear in heaven, bowerbirds, butch walker, elvis perkins in dearland, hideout, icy demons, my gold mask, owen pallett, pomengranates, puerto muerto, reckless records, shara worden, sharon van etten, spoon, sufjan stevens, tegan and sara, the antlers, the bitter tears, the decemberists, the mountain goats, violetness, wilco Good morning, internet! I may still be recovering from my Andrew Bird-filled weekend (a review and photos of his second show will be up later), but there is, of course, no rest for the weary. There are several great shows going on this week, including a whole bunch at the newly opened Lincoln Hall; . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music – 10/19 – 10/25 Leave a comment Upcoming Events antje duvekot, bettye lavette, bottom lounge, cadillac palace theatre, centre east, chicago licorice sticks, dominican university performing arts center, double door, eisley, emmylou harris, evanston space, hawksley workman, la roux, langhorne slim, lincoln hall, los lonely boys, lucero, lucy kaplansky, ludo, marc broussard, marcia ball, maria muldaur, mcaninch arts center, metro, mika, old town school of folk music, people's church, say anything, schubas, shawn colvin, skokie public library, steve martin, ted leo and the pharmacists, the dodos, the get up kids, the riviera, the vic, uic pavillion, wilco, will hoge |
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Jeff Tweedy, Rahm Emanuel, Live Nation, Etc.
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.