Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Concretes, Lia Ices, Matt Ulery’s Loom, Golem, Angel Olsen, Sick of It All, Toxic Holocaust, and more
Author Archives: Leor Galil
The List: January 6-12, 2011
Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Generationals, Weezer, Pieta Brown, the Vulgar Boatmen, Agogic, Houses, and more
The List: December 30 – January 5, 2010
Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Chuck Berry, Hot Machines, Eyegouger, Extraordinary Popular Delusions with Paal Nilssen-Love, and more
The List: December 23-29, 2010
Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Cyrus Chestnut, Paul Di’Anno, James Chance, the DKV Trio, and more
The List: December 16-22, 2010
Critics’ Choices and other notable shoes: Magda, the Bad Plus, the Snow Angels, Michael McDermott, Juiceboxxx, Hamid Drake & Michael Zerang, and more
The Buddy System
In a bad economy for musicians and everybody else, emo troubadour Evan Thomas Weiss finds salvation in collaboration.
Everything’s Coming Up Kittens
His duo Houses got signed on the strength of one song, and next week they’ll play their first show—at CMJ in New York. But things weren’t always this easy for Dexter Tortoriello.
Making Friends and Losing Money
Matt and John Harmon run the Logan Square DIY space Strangelight, which hosts a 40-vendor record fair this weekend.