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Lala Lala questions identity and isolation with I Want the Door to Open

by Shannon Nico Shreibak September 30, 2021September 29, 2021

Lala Lala’s ebullient new fourth album, I Want the Door to Open, feels like a musical antithesis of the isolation and insularity of the past 18 months. The project of Chicago songwriter Lillie West, Lala Lala rose to prominence with 2018’s The Lamb (Hardly Art), which was recorded live with a three-piece band. IWTDTO, by […]

Posted inMusic

Advance Base drops the Casiotone, is no longer painfully alone

by Leor Galil August 18, 2015August 18, 2021

Owen Ashworth named his latest indie-pop project after an isolated Antarctic weather station, but its MO takes his whole family into account.

Posted inBlogs

Learning to like Death Cab for Cutie, one song at a time

by Leor Galil April 29, 2015August 18, 2021

Turns out the group’s new Kintsugi is pretty decent—at least, at the beginning.

Shovels & Rope
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Saturday: Lollapalooza 2013 according to Reader writers

by Kevin Warwick, Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer and Leor Galil August 1, 2013August 19, 2021

What to see on Saturday at Lollapalooza 2013

Posted inBlogs

Kerouac documentary tonight only

by Ed M. Koziarski October 20, 2009August 19, 2021

The new documentary “One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur” screens Tuesday 10/20 at Webster Place.

Posted inBlogs

Jay Farrar: A Man and His Sound

by Peter Margasak September 24, 2009August 19, 2021

For better or worse, Son Volt’s Jay Farrar is a model of consistency.

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