Chicago five-piece the Walters started self-releasing their delightfully light throwback rock in the mid-2010s, and once I heard it, I assumed they wouldn’t take long to break out of the city’s indie scene. They wove plenty of pop hooks and doo-wop melodies into their effervescent, self-aware spin on classic rock, and 2015’s Young Men went […]
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Chicago art rockers Noir Disco complicate everyday experiences on NOW! 2073
Noir Disco’s new debut album, Now! 2073, belongs to a proud tradition of art-rock. Siblings Nolan and Carter Dickson lead the Chicago group, and their music draws on specific reference points from a lifetime of shared music nerdery. On Now! 2073, the band take inspiration from 70s classic rock, 80s European new-wave pop, and 00s […]
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Vintage video of an out-of-place Royal Trux
Smacked-out postgrunge classic rockers meet Euro ravers
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Fourteen years later, R.E.M. does the right thing
R.E.M. calls it quits after 31 years.
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Alejandro Escovedo and the Shrinking Gap Between Classic Rock and Punk
Veteran Austin rocker Alejandro Escovedo plays in support of “Street Songs of Love” at Lincoln Hall on Tuesday night.
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Creedence Clearwater Reissued
The CCR playing the Venue at Horseshoe Casino Friday night is little more than a lame cover band; the real thing lives on in some recent reissues.
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The only 70s reunion I can really get behind
The reuniting Rutles are at least up-front about the cash situation.
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The strange bedfellows Clapton bashing can make
Bob Lefsetz says something I agree with.
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Nas is back, and he’s brought Iron Butterfly with him
Nas’s new track, “Hip Hop Is Dead,” makes kick-ass use of “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.”
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Lindsey Buckingham somehow tops “Holiday Road”
Lindsey Buckingham, on the rebound, comes to Chicago.