Earlier this fall, Chicago alt-rock heroes Wilco released The Whole Love, the band’s eighth proper LP and their first release since forming their own record label (though ANTI- is distributing it) and it’s already heralded as the band’s best album since 2002’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. The band also self-produced the album and there are certain flourishes - dense layers of organ and percussion - that separate the album from previous efforts even as the band continues, overall, to sound like, well, Wilco. more ›

Oh, Summer, you got here just in time to make us realize you'll soon be gone... more ›

One week from today we’ll be sitting in the sun (hopefully) listening to The Polyphonic Spree. We know everything doesn’t end and begin with Lollapalooza, so here are some concerts that are happening locally after the madness is over. Wilco in the Park – that should be the album they record when we, their fans, are past our prime and sit on park benches reminiscing about the good old days of mp3 players. Instead, Sky... more ›