Still Corners are not trying to re-create the wheel - they’re just trying to spin the pre-established wheel in a different direction. more ›

As the lights slowly sank into the walls and a haunting mass of fog rose gently from the stage at Lincoln Hall we began to feel like we were in the middle of some '80s horror B-movie than awaiting a band to take the stage. When the Danish rock duo The Raveonettes shuffled onto the stage amidst a wash of pink and yellow light and two glowing amps with the words "rave on" scribed on them in big bold letters, we knew we were in for more than just a raucous sound, this would be more of a total experience. more ›

Over the past ten years much has changed in the music scene. Garage came in and then went out, music goers started dancing and stopped shoe gazing, Vinyl came back in a big way and large scale chains like Tower Records closed their doors because people stopped buying CDs and and started downloading. The bands of the decade ushered in a return to guitars and simple hooks like The Strokes and The White Stripes. Sadly these and other popular rock acts that defined the decade had little to no longevity and either blew their load with one great recording or disbanded altogether. Really, there are few groups from the beginning of the decade that are still together and making recordings. In our opinion the '00s may be remembered as a time when bands came in and out of vogue as quickly as Bush went to war. more ›

The Reeling Film Festival is in its last days, but there's still time to catch what's sure to be one of the most fascinating movies in the program. Quearborn & Perversion, a new documentary by Columbia College alum Ron Pajak, tells stories of lesbian/gay Chicago life spanning the years 1924-1974. It's surely a beautiful irony of history: what is today the epicenter of the Viagra Triangle was, in the 50's, the epicenter of gay life;... more ›