Now excuse us while we try to get the image of Morello shaking his little Nightwatchman to a roomful of bachelorettes out of our mind. more ›

Tom Morello is a pretty busy guy. He’s guitarist for both Rage Against the Machine and the lesser-known rap-rock group, Street Sweeper Social Club, and he’s also been performing solo since 2003 as the Nightwatchman, using the folk-playing alter-ego as an outlet for his liberal political views. Morello will make a visit to Chicago April 30, performing at the Bottom Lounge as the Nightwatchman to benefit the Industrial Workers of the World, an international union that promotes uniting all workers as one class and abolishing the wage system. more ›

We don’t want to be stuck inside today, but there are no baseball games to sneak off to this afternoon. Instead, we will ponder where we could spend that paycheck besides the usual beer gardens and brothels. We haven’t seen Bumpus play live since Rachel Yamagata left to forge her own path. From the sound of things we need to get back on the funkwagon. Contriband, a Chicago experimental hip hop group, and Doko Benjo,... more ›

This weekend the Chicagoist offices were in a tizzy, as The Nightwatchman Tom Morello announced his tour dates, including a stop on Chicago's Federal Plaza on April 14 to play the Immokalee Workers Rally. Part of the focus of this rally is to continue to shine a spotlight on the plight of migrant farmworkers that pick produce for some of the largest fast-food chains. One of those chains, McDonald's, calls Chicagoland (Oak Brook, to be... more ›