NEW RELEASES: Rockers love the Windy City. Today marks the release of Wilco's Kicking Television: Live in Chicago on CD (which scores an 8.3 on the Pitchfork), as well as U2's Vertigo…
Read MorePATE BIRTHPLACE HIT BY CYCLONES (REAL ONES, NOT ISU CLONES): Tornadoes ripped up farms and destroyed homes in several towns across central Iowa on Saturday, killing a woman in Stratford (25 mi…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:VETERANS' DAY: A military spouse reminds us to thank a veteran today and provides a history of the holiday.FRIDAY TIMEWASTER: Color Test. More of a mental test than a…
Read MoreTHE LEGEND LIVES ON from the Chippewa on down of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee. This is the 30th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, immortalized in song…
Read MoreLESLIE FEIST, sometime member of Broken Social Scene, talks to PopMatters about her solo album, Let It Die, and also promotes a solo album coming next month from fellow BSSer Jason Collett.SUPER…
Read MoreTHE SEX PISTOLS: Johnny Rotten wanted to bring the Pistols to Iraq and is upset that the US wanted to restrict the show to troops on base, rather than to the Iraqi…
Read MoreNEIL DIAMOND: A wise man once said, “There are two types of people in this world: those who like Neil Diamond and those who don't.” I liked the earlier stuff and not…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:GIANT DRINKING BIRDS: It's Friday… need I say more?FRIDAY TIMEWASTER: Stack The Cats. Like Tetris, but with, you know… cats.OKKERVIL RIVER: I have been remiss in failing to mention…
Read MoreTHE MOUNTAIN GOATS' Halloween show was attended by dressed as their favorite MG tune. The Village Voice had a backgrounder that also reviewed the band's prior gig at the Bowery Ballroom.LEGAL INDIE…
Read MoreSILVER JEWS: PopMatters interviews David Berman, who says he's “on a mission from G-d” and that “I am blown away to realize in my late 30s how wrong my old ideas about…
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