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Home » Emmett Kelly

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Posted inMusic

Natural Information Society make the stage a home—and vice versa

by Bill Meyer April 17, 2019August 18, 2021

Joshua Abrams and Lisa Alvarado of Natural Information Society help give the Chicago collective’s transcendent minimalism a family feeling.

Posted inMusic

Pitchfork outflanks its festival competition with left-field bookings

by Peter Margasak July 16, 2018August 18, 2021

Circuit des Yeux, Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society, Irreversible Entanglements, and This Is Not This Heat don’t sell tickets like Fleet Foxes, but they help keep the Pitchfork Music Festival interesting.

Posted inMusic

International Anthem brings punk idealism to progressive jazz

by Peter Margasak May 9, 2017August 18, 2021

Chicago label International Anthem puts in the sweat to bring progressive jazz the audience it deserves.

Posted inBlogs

Check out the first single from the Cairo Gang’s forthcoming album

by Peter Margasak June 1, 2015August 18, 2021

Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is “Ice Fishing,” from the latest Emmett Kelly missive.

Posted inBlogs

Cairo Gang play a rare show at Rainbo Club this Sunday

by Luca Cimarusti March 6, 2014August 18, 2021

The Ukrainian Village bar hosts a welcome-home show for one of Chicago’s best rock bands.

Posted inBlogs

12 O’Clock Track: “Song My Love Can Sing,” a preview from Doug Paisley’s forthcoming album

by Peter Margasak December 25, 2013August 19, 2021

A tender gem from the singer-songwriter’s forthcoming album Strong Feelings

All Tiny Creatures
Posted inMusic

Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival 2013

by Shannon Nico Shreibak June 26, 2013August 19, 2021

The “arts” at this year’s Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival include music from Cave, the Cairo Gang, and William Cepeda.

Cairo Gang bandleader Emmett Kelly
Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Rock Band

by Peter Margasak June 19, 2013August 19, 2021

Onstage they crank up the energy and intensity of the gentle, soulful folk-rock from their album while preserving its gorgeous group harmony singing.

Posted inBlogs

An overlooked Cairo Gang recording gets another chance

by Peter Margasak February 14, 2013August 19, 2021

Twyxt Word, an obscure chapter in the story of Emmett Kelly’s group, is uncovered for wider consumption.

Posted inBlogs

My favorite albums of 2012, numbers 30 through 21

by Peter Margasak January 15, 2013August 18, 2021

The countdown of my favorite albums of 2012, part two

Posted inMusic

People Issue 2012: Angel Olsen, the singer

by Chicago Reader December 19, 2012August 19, 2021

Bonnie “Prince” Billy collaborator: “I just kind of had to find something that I could hold onto.”

Posted inBlogs

Norwegian singer Susanna Wallumrød reaches a new apex

by Peter Margasak June 25, 2012August 19, 2021

Wild Dog, the new album by Norwegian singer Susanna Wallumrød, may be her best yet

Braid, whose Closer to Closed EP is above, is updating its 20-year-old catalog
Posted inMusic

Gossip Wolf: The Braid reunion sticks

by Jessica Hopper and Leor Galil May 16, 2012August 19, 2021

Braid stays reunited for a tour and an album, love blooms in Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s band, and more

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