Local psychpop troubadour Shawn Rosenblatt of Netherfriends mentioned back in June that he was planning to release an album comprised of Harry Nilsson samples. Earlier this month, he delivered. And he’s hit us with a few extra surprises since. more ›

Some of us here at Chicagoist (ahem, this Chicagoista), are old enough to remember the days before Lincoln Hall had concerts and music events back to when that space was host to those moving picture thingies called movies. We welcome the return of the original use of the space this Monday night when Lincoln Hall and CHIRP radio present, The Three Penny Was Here, featuring two music documentaries, "Look What the Light Did Now" and "Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talking About Him)?" more ›

It's the end of the line in our pre-coverage of the Tomorrow Never Knows festival, which can only mean one thing: you're well-prepared for the weekend rockness. more ›

Skidoo sounds like something we made up at 3 AM while at some party: Groucho Marx (in his last movie) plays a gangster named God, Jackie Gleason trips on acid while in jail, Carol Channing plays the most sane character in the whole thing, there's a musical number known as the Garbage Can Ballet, and every credit to the movie is sung. It's an actual movie from 1968 and it was directed by Otto... 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 ›