Join us at Liar's Club on Saturday, Jan. 21, to watch the Lifetime movie Drew Peterson: Untouchable. more ›

If the year was 1991 instead of 2011 Gypsybood would be on Matador Records. Spin magazine would be creaming their pants extolling the band's praises. Stephen Malkmus and Bob Pollard would be at their shows bobbing their heads in the back of the room. Their debut, Cold In The Guestway, is immediately familiar but never tiring. The Chicago duo of Adam James and Kyle Victor are creating music from a different age that sounds better than ever today. Download the tracks below and then catch them at their album release show at Liar's Club tonight. more ›

Get on your Vespa, get out your slim cut suit, your best mini-dress, and be ready to twist, shimmy, and shake atop a dusting of talcum powder to groovy retro mod, soul, R&B, garage, punk, Freakbeat and Psychedelia all weekend long. MODchicago, America’s largest Mod weekender, is making its triumphant return to Chicago. more ›

What other name for an all girl KISS cover band could there be than Slutter? It's perfect! more ›

We've hung out at Liar's Club for over a decade and can attest to the fact that some weird shit goes down there. Keifer Sutherland doing the worm, Josh Homme being Josh Homme, Tommy Stinson stopping by sans Axl ... none of that fazes us. But the ghost that lives upstairs? THAT freaks us out. And it seems the ghoulie's fame is spreading! The Discovery Channel's Ghost Lab stopped by recently to probe the mysteries of Liar's Club... more ›

The Giraffes hail from Brooklyn, but their sound is total Midwestern crunch, strewn with debris and overloaded guitars. Add in a dash of desert stoner attitude and you get a decent impression of what the band is all about. Their new album, Prime Motivator, is a sprawling collection of riffs, electric guitar vibrato, and a gallon's worth of sneering swagger. It's been argued -- and we've agreed -- that the whole stoner rock genre is pretty oversaturated. But then a band like The Giraffes comes along and reminds you why so many other bands wanted to get into the same game in the first place. more ›

Happy First Day of Autumn! Fall makes us think of many things, with the most predominant being Halloween. We get easily excited about seasonal themes and events, so we made this list as much for our benefit as for yours, dear Readers. We might actually go to … all of these. more ›

We have fond memories of picking up cool Psychic TV albums at the old Wax Trax record store and then popping over to Demon Dogs for a hot dog afterwards while we lovingly pored over our purchases. more ›

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