A selection of shows to get out of the house to see include Engines at the Green Mill, Flatlanders at Mayne Stage, Wovenhand at the Empty Bottle, and KEN Mode at the Empty Bottle
Tag: Sigur Ros
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The new Sigur Ros video by Chicago filmmaker Melika Bass
Chicago filmmaker Melika Bass unveils her contribution to Sigur Ros’s “Valtari Mystery Film Experiment”
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How to make it through Lollapalooza: Sunday
The acts that will get you through Sunday of Lollapalooza with a minimum of regrets
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Gossip Wolf: Lollapalooza forecast
Lollapalooza predictions, Locrian’s big deal, and Ben Clarke’s new Quarter Mile Thunder
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This Week in the Reader’s Music Section
Sleigh Bells, an electronic weirdo, early Chicago punk, an Albini burn, and more
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Fetal Machine Music
Sigur Ros Agaetis Byrjun (Fat Cat) If we accept Brian Eno’s definition of ambient music (and if not his, then whose?) as music that rewards but doesn’t demand close attention, then I guess Sigur Ros is ambient. Their lush, majestic textures conjure pop maestros of the distant past (Brian Wilson, Phil Spector, Joe Meek) while […]