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Posted inMusic

Thirty-five moments that brought Chicago music to the world

by the Arts & Business Council of Chicago July 23, 2020August 18, 2021

The Year of Chicago Music has had less music in it than anybody anticipated, but we still have plenty to celebrate.

Posted inMusic

Chicago garage stalwart James Swanberg enriches his carefree pop sound

by Leor Galil July 15, 2020August 18, 2021

Over the past decade or so, whenever a garage band has played a Chicago show, you’ll have likely found James Swanberg somewhere on the premises, in the crowd or hawking merch or even onstage. For most of that time he’s operated under the name Today’s Hits, which began as a vehicle for the perfectly sloppy, […]

Posted inMusic

Cadien Lake James’s greatest moment in Chicago music history

by Cadien Lake James and Ayana Contreras July 3, 2020August 18, 2021

Twin Peaks guitarist Cadien Lake James honors the lessons that the city’s early house scene taught today’s DIY garage rockers.

Posted inBlogs

Twin Peaks take a victory lap at Riot Fest

by Leor Galil September 16, 2018August 18, 2021

Twin Peaks have grown in the five years since they first played Riot Fest, and with Saturday’s set they showed off their lived-in material and the comfortable community they’ve helped build in the local rock scene.

Posted inMusic

Luke Trimble of Uh Bones celebrates his debut single leading Charlie Reed

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil January 3, 2018August 18, 2021

Luke Trimble of Uh Bones celebrates his debut single leading Charlie Reed, Cinema 53 hosts a free screening of Lemonade with Julie Dash and Jamila Woods, and more.

Posted inMusic

Completely serious advice for returning Pitchfork artists

by J.R. Nelson July 1, 2016August 18, 2021

If there’s one thing Pitchfork’s repeat offenders shouldn’t do, it’s stick with what got them there.

Twin Peaks, from left to right: Jack Dolan, Cadien Lake James, Clay Frankel, and Connor Brodner
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Twin Peaks listen to ten mystery songs from 1994—the year three of them were born

by Leor Galil October 28, 2014August 18, 2021

Chicago garage-pop whiz kids Twin Peaks listen to ten mystery songs from 1994—the year three of them were born.

Sky Ferreira, not at the Pitchfork Music Festival
Posted inMusic

Gossip Wolf: Fame spotting at the Pitchfork Music Festival

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil July 23, 2014August 18, 2021

The famous folks mingling at Pitchfork last weekend included Taylor Bennett, who’s playing an antiviolence fund-raiser for Kids Off the Block.

Young Chicago garage rockers Twin Peaks prove that old-fashioned music-biz wheeling and dealing still happens at SXSW.
Posted inMusic

Why South By?

by Miles Raymer March 20, 2013August 19, 2021

Given that South by Southwest’s influence is on the wane, should upstart bands still bother playing the festival?

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