For almost two decades now indie-popsters The Dandy Warhols have been making genre-bending music for the masses. They've gone from a big music label [Capitol], over-produced music videos directed by slick and controversial directors like David LaChapelle and then back to their indie Portland roots releasing material on their own record label, Beat the World Records. In the process they've transformed from all-night partying, carousing with the celebrities, playing shows in the buff to mom's and dad's that have a mortgage to pay. In the process the Dandy's have become a staple of indie-pop-dom. We took some time to talk to their jack of all trades musician Zia McCabe about life during their rise to fame and what has led them to join the legions of the DIY music scene. more ›

The addition of soul crushing songwriter Bon Iver makes tomorrow's TNK show a must see for Chicagoist. more ›

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The voice that breathed velvet soul is now silent. Smooth voiced Grammy-winning singer and Chicago native Lou Rawls passed away this morning after being hospitalized in Los Angeles for treatment of lung and brain cancer. Mr. Rawls was introduced to music by his grandmother and the gospel strains of church. He started singing professionally in the mid-'50's with the L.A.-based gospel group the Pilgrim Travelers, whose contemporaries the Soul Stirrers featured at that time the... more ›