Aside from having the coolest name of any punk-leaning Chicago-area band since Big Black, Smoking Popes have been blessed with core fan base that refused to quit on the outfit. When leader Josh Caterer pulled the plug on the Popes in 1998, it came little more than a year after releasing what might have been [...]
On June 7, Oscilloscope Laboratories is releasing Who Took The Bomp? Le Tigre On Tour on DVD. The film, which just premiered at SXSW, documents the tour Le Tigre did in support of 2004′s This Island, which took the band across four continents. Who Took The Bomp? was directed by Kerthy Fix (Strange Powers: Stephin [...]
Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight’s notable performers: The Tonight Show With Jay Leno (NBC): Los Lonely Boys The Texan rockers are supporting forthcoming album Rockpango, due March 29. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC): The Sounds Swedish indies the Sounds are plugging the upcoming [...]
Aside from having the coolest name of any punk-leaning Chicago-area band since Big Black, Smoking Popes have been blessed with core fan base that refused to quit on the outfit. When leader Josh Caterer pulled the plug on the Popes in 1998, it came little more than a year after releasing what might have been [...]
John Doe and Jill Sobule have been playing and touring together for more than a decade and a half, so it’s not surprising the two have finally made a record together. A Day At The Pass is a fan-funded album Doe and Sobule cut with an ace band featuring Don Was, Doug Pettibone and Victor Indrizzo at The [...]
Aside from having the coolest name of any punk-leaning Chicago-area band since Big Black, Smoking Popes have been blessed with core fan base that refused to quit on the outfit. When leader Josh Caterer pulled the plug on the Popes in 1998, it came little more than a year after releasing what might have been [...]
Aside from having the coolest name of any punk-leaning Chicago-area band since Big Black, Smoking Popes have been blessed with core fan base that refused to quit on the outfit. When leader Josh Caterer pulled the plug on the Popes in 1998, it came little more than a year after releasing what might have been [...]
Thanks to the legendary Bruce Cockburn for guest editing our website all week. Be sure to check out his new record, Small Source Of Comfort. Here’s a video for 2003′s “Open.”
Small Source Of Comfort (True North) is the latest LP from legendary Canadian singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn. It’s also his 31st studio album in a career that dates back all the way to the mid-’60s. Over the years, Cockburn has become one of his country’s most successful and honored musicians, winning more than his share of [...]
NYC collective Anti-Social Music is celebrating its 10th anniversary with the April 19 release of Is The Future Of Everything. The non-profit group was founded by Franz Nicolay (formerly of the Hold Steady) in 2000 to play a one-off concert dubbed “An Afternoon Of Anti-Social Chamber Music.” The performance went so well that ASM now plays regularly scheduled concerts [...]
