This week’s featured gig posters were created by Chicago designer, artist, and screenprinter Josh Davis.
Tag: John Dwyer
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A memorial to Alejandro Morales
Alejandro Morales’s death doesn’t just leave a hole in Chicago’s DIY music scene—it’s a loss to community activists, to affordable housing advocates, and to countless friendships.
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Oakland’s Once & Future Band stage a battle between obnoxious prog and massive hooks
Virtuosic trio Once & Future Band play Thalia Hall on Tuesday, opening for As the Crow Flies.
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Oh Sees have changed their name again, but their ferocious psych-rock is as reliable as ever
It’s hard to believe John Dwyer has been leading different incarnations of his band Oh Sees (the name has undergone numerous tweaks) for two decades now, churning out top-notch psych-rock that’s giddy, sinister, and hooky by turns but always ferocious. For the group’s latest album, Orc (Castle Face), Dwyer adopts a nasal, whining vocal style […]
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12 O’Clock Track: “You Gonna Get It” is classic, unruly Bay-area garage rock
A classic cut of unhinged garage rock from the recently reunited trio.
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12 O’Clock Track: “Penetrating Eye” is a Sabbathy good-bye from Thee Oh Sees
Thee Oh Sees are leaving us with one more record.
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12 O’Clock Track: John Dwyer is back already with “Eggs at Night” by Damaged Bug
Thee Oh Sees frontman John Dwyer is back with a new project, just a few weeks after they called it a day.
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Wire’s gooey-sweet Change Becomes Us and 15 more record reviews
Reviews of 16 fresh releases from all over the map: Wire, Aosoth, Julia Kent, DJ Koze, Pedrito Martinez, Sax G, and lots more
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The List, September 24-30, 2009
Critics’ Choices and other notable concerts: David Daniell & Douglas McCombs, Sunny Day Real Estate, the Urinals, Otis Clay, Death, Thee Oh Sees, and more