Also, tickets for the band's December Civic Opera shows will go on sale Saturday morning at 10 a.m. more ›

I got a group email yesterday from a music geek friend who needed to get something off his chest: He was afraid of the new Wilco album. Afraid of another collection of "New York-y art crap" from one of his favorite bands, devoid of all the angsty alt-country stomp 'n' roll that spoke to him 15 years ago. more ›

Honestly? Tuesday night we were totally stoked to see Titus Andronicus at Reggie's, but at the last minute we realized just how foolish we would be to pass up a chance to see what would probably be a one-time only event with Glenn Kotche joining forces with modern classicists eighth blackbird at The Harris theater. more ›

Glenn Kotche, drummer for Loose Fur and some other little local band named Wilco, plays percussion tonight with local avant-classical sextet eighth blackbird at The Harris Theater. Kotche's solo drumming is truly mind-blowing -- go on, watch one of his performances -- and we're told he will be debuting a brand new piece amongst some other familiar material. more ›

While most Pitchfork Music Festival coverage will undoubtedly focus on the headliners, we think it would be a shame to not mention our favorite part of the festival: the side stage. The Balance Stage, aka “the tent,” has been our escape at the past two Pitchfork-involved festivals. During the afternoon, much of the Union Park field is full of immobile patrons only half-interested in who’s on the stage, making walking around the festival a mile-long... more ›

On the seventh day, God rested. While day two of the Pitchfork Music Festival fell upon the (Christian) seventh day, we decided to ignore His advice and attend anyway. Heavy storm clouds gathered earlier in the day, registering His disapproval, but this did not dissuade us from our intent of an early arrival so we could check out this whole Tapes ‘n Tapes thing for ourselves. However, the quickly mounting omnipresent heat did keep us... more ›

Day two of the Pitchfork Music Festival is already sold out, and after perusing the line-up it’s easy to see why. (UPDATE: We just found out day one is sold out too. Yow!) The only downside to sharing this lovely occasion with a capacity crowd is that the day is predicted to be hot hot HOT. Seriously, we hope their aren’t too many hippies in the audience to see Devendra Banhart because we no fo’... more ›

Chicagoist awakened Sunday morning to grey skies and rain. Luckily, Day Two of the Intonation Music Festival was anything but dreary. Following are some recaps of the performances that we liked best (and, boy, narrowing that down was a hard decision). Before the clouds even had a chance to dissipate, we were blown away by the Tyrades. Finally, a pure and simple punk band. We loved Jenna Tyrade's screams and the whole band's assaultive attitude.... more ›