Joshua Abrams and Lisa Alvarado of Natural Information Society help give the Chicago collective’s transcendent minimalism a family feeling.
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Pitchfork outflanks its festival competition with left-field bookings
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.
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International Anthem brings punk idealism to progressive jazz
Chicago label International Anthem puts in the sweat to bring progressive jazz the audience it deserves.
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Check out the first single from the Cairo Gang’s forthcoming album
Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is “Ice Fishing,” from the latest Emmett Kelly missive.
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Cairo Gang play a rare show at Rainbo Club this Sunday
The Ukrainian Village bar hosts a welcome-home show for one of Chicago’s best rock bands.
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12 O’Clock Track: “Song My Love Can Sing,” a preview from Doug Paisley’s forthcoming album
A tender gem from the singer-songwriter’s forthcoming album Strong Feelings
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Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival 2013
The “arts” at this year’s Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival include music from Cave, the Cairo Gang, and William Cepeda.
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Best Rock Band
Onstage they crank up the energy and intensity of the gentle, soulful folk-rock from their album while preserving its gorgeous group harmony singing.
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An overlooked Cairo Gang recording gets another chance
Twyxt Word, an obscure chapter in the story of Emmett Kelly’s group, is uncovered for wider consumption.
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My favorite albums of 2012, numbers 30 through 21
The countdown of my favorite albums of 2012, part two
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People Issue 2012: Angel Olsen, the singer
Bonnie “Prince” Billy collaborator: “I just kind of had to find something that I could hold onto.”
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Norwegian singer Susanna Wallumrød reaches a new apex
Wild Dog, the new album by Norwegian singer Susanna Wallumrød, may be her best yet
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Gossip Wolf: The Braid reunion sticks
Braid stays reunited for a tour and an album, love blooms in Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s band, and more