Results tagged “jimo”

In the blog age of the hyper (and overhyped) search for the Next Big Thing, an artist’s shelf life as a “big deal “in the independent music world is dwindling to little more than one sold out tour and a trackback in year-end review posts. Gone are the days when one band set the bar for a genre and then completely redefined it, all to the great satisfaction of its fans and its critics alike....

One of the most revealing things Wilco's leader Jeff Tweedy says on this week's Sound Opinions (airing on WBEZ 8 p.m. tonight, 11 a.m. tomorrow, and available as a podcast after that) is his answer to Greg Kot's question of what stood in the way of Wilco being truly collaborative in the past. Tweedy answers, "Well, I probably stood in the way of that a lot of times, to be completely honest." We've been following...

We realize we’re a bit late to the game on this one, but Illinois Entertainer recently published a list of the top 25 local albums of the last ten years. And we’re a bit surprised that it hasn’t inspired more discussion on their site. The usual suspects made the list with Wilco, Sea and Cake, Jim O'Rourke, Kanye and Smashing Pumpkins all making appearances. Local H seems to be the most glaring omission here, as...

Not to toot our own horn, but Chicagoist might have been the first to break the news about Bell's leaving Illinois. Now that other media outlets are finding the story newsworthy, it's time for us to play a bit behind the eightball.

New York's finest (that's Sonic Youth, not the NYPD) make a stop in town tonight at the Vic. As anyone who went to their performance at the Goose Island Fest last summer knows, these guys (plus Kim Gordon, one of rock's sexiest goddesses) have still got it. Ever since adding Chicagoan/ Wilco producer/ musician extraordinaire Jim O’Rourke as the fifth man to their line-up, the group has seen remarkable restraint with noise and a welcome rediscovery of melody. Their latest release, Sonic Nurse, is one of the best records of the year and one of the strongest in the group's storied career. Also check out their recently released collection of videos, Corporate Ghost, including work by Spike Jonze, Todd Haynes, and a pair of videos in Pixelvision. Fuck yeah.