The talk of the "indie rock diet" that's been tossed around the blogosphere this week is ripe with irony; any of us who have hung out with a band for even a night know that the stereotypical indie rocker replaces food with alcohol whenever given the chance. And when on tour, anything goes. A friend of ours, who happens to drum in a band coming to Chicago next week, once told us about how the... more ›

Tomorrow night's concerts offer a little something for everyone. At the Empty Bottle will be Camera Obscura, a Scottish band who is always lazily, but aptly compared to countrymen Belle & Sebastian. Not only is their sound strikingly similar, but Camera Obscura once featured current B&S drummer Richard Colburn and had a single produced by B&S front-man Stuart Murdoch. And both are most typically described by that elusive adjective "twee." For those of you mourning the loss of old-school Belle & Sebastian on the recent Dear Catastrophe Waitress - Chicagoist counts ourselves among you - check out Camera Obscura. more ›