For some indie rockers, the closest they’ve come to examining the life of former Rolling Stone Brian Jones is attending a show by the band that cleverly nicked his name. This is a shame. As exciting as BJM’s experimentation and wigginess are, Mr. Jones had it all over them almost three decades before Anton Newcombe first wrestled someone to the ground onstage. more ›

Well, the Lollapalooza line-up is out, and we have to admit we're a little confused. Sure, we're excited that groups like the Flaming Lips and Sybris are on the bill. Sure we can't wait to see if Ryan Adams provides us with the meltdown that Anton Newcombe cheated us out of last year. And, yes even we can admit, we can't wait to see Kanye's halo appear as he drifts upward into the heavens at... more ›

It's a fine line between genius and insanity and that is precisely where Anton Newcombe of the Brian Jonestown Massacre lives and plays. Last night at the Metro the first words out of Anton's mouth were that he had a new tattoo and wasn't going to talk a lot. That promise was clearly broken as the rants flowed freely throughout the evening. more ›

contemporaries are John Mayer and Ben Harper, the Danish Teitur (nee Teitur Lassen) has more in common with old-schoolers Donovan or Cat Stevens. Chicagoist first became aware of Teitur (say it loud and there's music playing say it soft and it's almost like praying) when we were randomly accosted by some girl in the Borders on State who claimed the album Poetry and Aeroplanes to be fantastic before she selfishly scooped up the last copy they had. And comparisons aside, she was right. more ›