For those of you who didn't get your Irish out yesterday, the Tossers are playing their annual St. Patrick's Day show Metro tonight. It seems fitting that Tony Duggins and company play the venerable Wrigleyville concert venue the day after St. Patrick's Day. The Tossers' sound is firmly rooted in that fusion of Irish folk and punk. Playing an actual St. Patrick's day gig on the day itself would seem like a concession. more ›

Here's a classic from Tony Duggins and the Tossers. We'll probably be singing this on December 26. more ›

Our spring rush has netted a fresh new class of pledges for our interview beat: Keidra Chaney, a self-described pop-culture nut, joins us from Lincoln Square, by way of Englewood, West Pullman, and Wisconsin. When she's not interviewing people like the folks at the A+D Gallery for Chicagoist, she works at DePaul, and she freelances for magazines like Venus Zine, Bitch, Friction, and Colorlines. Karl Klockars is also a Chicagoland native, growing up in the... more ›

South Side Irish rocker Tony Duggins more ›