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Hey, it's the 30th anniversary of Steve Dahl's Disco Demolition -- wherein the hatred of disco fed into rabid (kinda) rioting at ye olde Comiskey Pary -- so obviously it's time to interview the man behind the madness! Thankfully, Dahl claims he's keeping it down to one print interview and... continue reading on Chicagoist

Photo by John Sturdy Mannequin Men write the soundtrack for a generation of broken teeth. A generation marked by twelve dudes squatting in a house, making bathtubs and closets into bedrooms, sitting on the front stoop sucking on 40s, dying their pets and giving them mohawks, and dancing to... continue reading on Chicagoist

Guns 'N' Bombs -- the collaboration between Filip Nikolic and one-time Wicker Park enfant terrible Johnny Love -- is calling it quits. The duo announced their split via MySpace, along with the "parting gift" of one last free track. [Guns 'N' Bombs MySpace blog]... continue reading on Chicagoist

The Fiery Furnaces may now hail from Brooklyn but they were born in Oak Park, sprouting from the fertile crowns of brother and sister team Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger. They've made their name creating markedly disjointed music, only recently cutting the artifice with steadier and more traditional drumming alongside... continue reading on Chicagoist

Trent Reznor announced there would be a final couple of dates forthcoming for Nine Inch Nails' farewell tour and Chicago was one of the lucky handful of cities to snag an appearance. Reznor said "the NIN/JA tour felt like we had to rush through sets due to a limited allotted... continue reading on Chicagoist

We raved about The Heavy last time they landed in Chicago, and our prediction was spot-on. Here's what we said. Coming on like Curtis Mayfield in a Mack truck, The Heavy are a UK-based fivesome that takes both their soul and their rock in equal doses. Frontman Swaby's vocals... continue reading on Chicagoist

Rachael Yamagata and Bumpus are playing a show next week at Logan Square Auditorium to raise money for Ryszard Basiura, the father of a friend close to both acts who has been incredibly ill and faces mounting hospital bills. Darren Spitzer of The Changes (ex- of The Changes? Are... continue reading on Chicagoist

James Elkington and Janet Beveridge Bean The Horse's Ha, centered around The Zincs Jim Elkington and Freakwater/Eleventh Dream Day's Janet Beveridge Bean, is one of those quiet affairs steeped in an intimate countrified folksiness. That's how we would describe it to an outsider at least. To everyone else familiar... continue reading on Chicagoist

In which we take a quick look at a few recent musical releases. Miike Snow Miike Snow Miike Snow's "Animal" off their self-titled debut is in the running for two prizes this year. Prize #1: It may beat Phoenix for "most remixed track of the year." Prize #2: It's in... continue reading on Chicagoist

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We raved about the last Dinosaur Jr album so it's pretty easy to see why we just can't get enough of this video. Dig it.... continue reading on Chicagoist

Michael Jackson has been rushed to a hospital, possibly due to a heart attack. Our sister site LAist has the details. UPDATE: TMZ is reporting Jackson has passed away. UPDATE: The Los Angeles Times is confirming Jackson has died.... continue reading on Chicagoist

Brad Peterson's The Ductape Album opens with a song that could have been ripped from the latter period catalog of The Monkees. We sincerely mean that as a compliment and anyone familiar with the prefab four's days of fighting for their musical independence will know exactly what we're talking... continue reading on Chicagoist

One of the best stories on the newspaper industry I ever read was in Thomas Frank's The Baffler, the Chicago based magazine for thinkers that leaned unapologetically to the far left without ever resorting to histrionics. It was also famous for stiring up the local and national arts scene... continue reading on Chicagoist

In which we take a quick look at a few recent musical releases. The Dandy Warhols The Dandy Warhols ARE Sound When The Dandy Warhols released Welcome To The Monkey House, the mix we all heard wasn't the one the band intended. Originally they had Russell Elavedo -- better known... continue reading on Chicagoist

Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup has released a statement attributing the cause of jay Bennett's death to an overdose of the pain killer Fentanyl. Bennett had blogged about suffering from chronic hip pain, so it's possible he was taking the medication to alleviate his symptoms. Northrup told The News-Gazette.com, "We're... continue reading on Chicagoist

The Beastie Boys For those of you have said "I'm done with the crowds, the after-shows are where it's at anyway," Lollapalooza's official after-shows have been announced. Of course it's great to see your favorite acts in a smaller venue, but you generally also have to shell out a... continue reading on Chicagoist

Sonic Youth is the picture of consistently. They're been releasing fine albums of music that could only be attributed to them for so long it's easy to lose sight of what an unfailingly excellent band they are. The group has spanned decades and continually releasing stuff that indicates their... continue reading on Chicagoist

We won't go into length about how much we enjoy local act Lasers And Fast And Shit. You can read our original post extolling their virtues wherein we said, among other things: In simple terms, Lasers And Fast And Shit are an engaging mixture of punk abandon with a... continue reading on Chicagoist

Photo by Sarah Cass The Dirty Projectors' new album Bitte Orca is already popping up on "album of the year" lists, and while we find such evaluation to be criminally premature, the disc is certainly one of the most arresting listens we've recently encountered. Usually when one bandies about... continue reading on Chicagoist