Chicago singer-songwriter Chris Connelly regularly releases an album of new material on his November birthday. For his latest record, Eulogy to Christa: A Tribute to the Music and Mystique of Nico, he hit that annual deadline with the digital version on Bandcamp, but the physical edition (a deluxe double CD) didn’t ship till early December. […]
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John Cale honors his late producer and mentor by helping close the Art Institute’s Warhol exhibit
Avant-rock elder statesman John Cale hasn’t played in Chicago in years, so this show is a hell of an occasion. One of two surviving members of the original Velvet Underground, the Welsh-born musician has had a career spanning more than five decades, and while he’s slowed down his recorded output since reaching his late 70s, […]
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Forty years on, the Feelies still cast the same irresistible spell
Veteran New Jersey rock combo the Feelies manipulated time and space at the Pitchfork Music Festival on Saturday.
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Forgotten session drummer Eddie Hoh recorded with the Monkees and toured with the Mamas & the Papas
Drum genius Eddie Hoh built a peerless rock resumé in the late 60s, but after dropping out of sight he died in poverty and obscurity in 2015.
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Metal maniac Carmelo Española debuts the fanzine Distort/Delay
Plus: Dumpster Tapes drops its first label comp, OnYou celebrate their best album yet, and more
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Follow Will Cullen Hart of Circulatory System as he shops for records at Pitchfork
Will Cullen Hart talks about Sun Ra and Velvet Underground in Pitchfork’s record fair.
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Patrick Haggerty carries on the spirit of Lavender Country
Forty years later, the man behind the first gay country record teams up with a former Chicagoan to reach out to another marginalized population.
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12 O’Clock Track: Talking Heads meet Arthur Russell on “Psycho Killer”
A previously unreleased collaboration sheds light on a classic cut.
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Artist on Artist: John Cale talks to cellist Alison Chesley, aka Helen Money
Artist on Artist: John Cale talks to cellist Alison Chesley, aka Helen Money
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Steve Cataldo of the Nervous Eaters speaks to Ross Fisher of the Brides
The rockers talk Boston in the 70s, smelling like fish, and independent record labels.
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V.U. up for bid
Got an extra hundred grand or so? An acetate version of the Velvets’ first record is for sale on eBay.