Sure, you may be hungry like the wolf for the Duran Duran show tonight (get it? Hungry like the wolf? Duran Duran? No? Nothing?), but the big show we're excited about this weekend is taking place at The Metro Saturday night. Hip-hop legends The Wu-Tang Clan hit the stage in support of their new record, The 8 Diagrams, their first record since 2001's Iron Flag and since the 2004 death of ubiquitous member Ol' Dirty Bastard (RIP). more ›

The first day of the Pitchfork Music Festival showcased three classic acts, performing their classic albums. Slint re-created their seminal Spiderland, and while watching their set we realized that they are definitely one of those bands everyone name-checks, but almost no one has actually heard. Kind of like how dudes in the '90s would talk about how awesome Patti Smith's Horses was because that was just the sort of thing you were supposed to say.... more ›

It seems sort of cruel to make everyone get up so early tomorrow after a night rockin’ out to Spiderland, but we’re gonna give some reasons why it may be advisable to set that alarm and crawl out of bed for a few minutes to spend money. The Cure has been one of our favorites since we picked up that Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me album at the mall with our allowance money. We... more ›

Things are definitely winding down, and our cash is disappearing at an alarming rate. That’s why we’re not heartbroken that there aren’t too many shows this week to distract us from all that shopping we still have left to do. A free show will help alleviate those wallet pains. Thursday night at the Metro check out GZA from Wu-Tang Clan for nothing but an R.S.V.P. to www.scion.com/livemetro. Fyre Department and DJ Klever round out the... more ›

Picture if you will a world without iPod or YouTube, a world where a superfast connection means 56K, and google is just another numeric term and not a verb. A world without Chicagoist. We know -- too terrible to imagine! That world was 1996, the year that RESFEST was inaugurated to celebrate the possibilities of film and digital media. In 1996 the first DV cameras and affordable desktop video-editing systems were just making their way... more ›

Yesterday, Intonation Fest organizers announced the final addition to the lineup for this summer’s two-day rock party in Union Park from June 24th through the 25th. And Chicagoist wants to give you tickets to see him. Former Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah will perform on Saturday in support of his new album Fishscale, which, like Wu-Tang, ain’t nothin’ to fuck wit. As reported here and elsewhere, Austin psych-rock legend Roky Erickson will also make a... more ›

If you’re unable to find your local music geek today, try checking their bedroom.  They’ll likely be there with a monster set of headphones and listening to an album that is spoken of in the most reverential tones this side of your local monastery: Brian Wilson’s Smile.  The former Beach Boy’s “lost masterwork” goes on sale today for the first time since it was conceived of more than 37 years ago.  more ›

The once mighty Wu-Tang Clan are, sadly, all starting to go their separate ways. RZA is now off scoring movies � like Tarantino�s Kill Bill � and, with cohort GZA, busy making cameo appearances with Bill Murray ("Bill Murray!") in Jim Jarmusch movies and on segments of Chappelle�s Show. Method Man can currently be seen on the silver screen - and alongside Tom Arnold - in Soul Plane and the small screen in Fox�s Method & Red. (The latter show will probably be canceled after a few episodes. Isn�t that Fox�s standard procedure with sitcoms these days?) Ol� Dirty Bastard is out of jail and on Jay-Z�s Roc-A-Fella label. Ghostface Killah, meanwhile � now just innocently known as Ghostface, probably to appeal to the kids � continues to forge on and actually make music. He�ll bring his powerful MC skillz � Chicagoist hereby promises to never write that word again � to the House of Blues tonight. Tickets are $22.
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