Categories
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Big Light Shines Bright on Wicker Park Fest
Interview By Ted Seifried
Big Light is a San Francisco based rock band that has been gaining national attention since their 2010 release of Animals In Bloom. Their gutsy rock experimentation and outstanding live shows have generated much buzz in the music industry. Big light formed in 2007 as a way to get frontman Fred Torphy’s [...]
Posted in News Leave a comment
Curtain Lifter: Previewing Torche, Big Business, and Helms Alee at the Bottom Lounge July 28th
By: John Matthew Simon
Whether you call it sludge-rock, stoner-metal, or any other combination of geologically befitting titles, the razzmatazz is real. In an era dominated by decimal pointless nomenclature it is relieving to speak of genre(s) and have the moniker reign true. To often we are clouded by the supposed clairvoyance of bloggers and led astray by the myopia [...]
Posted in News Leave a comment
Here is this week’s dose from Chicago’s Tastemakers! Each week we check in with our 50+ Chicago movers and shakers to see what’s going on. Stay tuned each week to get each week’s wrap, and next week’s view!
Our weekly Tastemaker Spotlight is going to help you lovely people get to know our [...]
Posted in News Leave a comment
Everest Is Approaching! An Everest Interview
Interview By Ted Seifried
L.A. band Everest has taken up a July residency in Chicago with the help of Corona and XRT in support of their latest effort On Approach. I caught up with them at Uncommon Ground just days before their Sunday set at Wicker Park Fest. Everest has recently toured with the likes [...]
Posted in News Leave a comment
Here is this week’s dose from Chicago’s Tastemakers! Each week we check in with our 50+ Chicago movers and shakers to see what’s going on. Stay tuned each week to get each week’s wrap, and next week’s view!
Our weekly Tastemaker Spotlight is going to help you lovely people get to know our [...]
Posted in News Leave a comment
Here is this week’s dose from Chicago’s Tastemakers! Each week we check in with our 40+ Chicago movers and shakers, to see what’s going on, stay tuned each week to get each week’s wrap, and next week’s view!
Starting this week, we’re going to help you lovely people get to know our Tastemakers a [...]
Posted in News Leave a comment




THE GREAT GRANNYISM CAP OFF CONTEST!