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Some days I'm just going to have to sit here and type until something comes to me. I have felt the growing urge to return to daily posti...

Photo via Pinhead Gunpowder's Instagram Wow, I still remember when early  Pinhead Gunpowder stuff was coming out, and how wild it felt ...

Photo of The DIFF by me. I've told you about The DIFF before . Repeatedly . And while they released their long-awaited "lost" ...

In my 30+ years of working in music, there have only been two shows I really wanted to see that I simply couldn't gain access to. * Thi...

I have a draft of a really long post on a similar topic, but it keeps sitting there and staring at me as I ponder whether I reveal too much ...

Fig Dish plays the first of two sold-out shows at GMan tomorrow night, and just released this video earlier this week to whet appetites for...

Y’know, the cats in The DIFF  are looking awfully sprightly for a band whose debut album was recorded in 1979. This video was filmed last ye...

Weird to think that following the Republican convention in Milwaukee I had little hope for the political future of the U.S.A. Then, a month ...

How have I never, ever seen this amazing bit from the BBC of David Bowie discussing his alcoholism?! I think I would have found it really i...

Photo by: Sandlin Gaither What timing! I was literally listening to ht new album from musical duo The Cle Elum yesterday, and as a track ti...

Last weekend I turned another year older, and it was one of the best birthdays I've had in a very long time. It's not that prior bir...

Last April, I was catching a friend’s band play an early set at Montrose Saloon, and the second band on the bill, Bur , blew me away with th...

Funny. I used to be up in the early morning hours writing at my computer as soon as I woke up. These days I can’t seem to find that drive an...

  Continuing the recent trend of legendary Chicago groups getting back into the action, Fig Dish has announced the release of a bunch of mat...

Photo by Kirsten Miccoli After a looooooong hiatus Panther Style returns with their first new music since 2011's ¡Emergencia! . (Curiou...

A few quick suggestions for this Bandcamp Friday ! I had something different in mind, but some tech glitches are getting worked out ... henc...

Screengrab via Coachella's YouTube Despite attending around a bajillion festivals over the last couple decades, I’ve largely avoided liv...

More to come, but I do finally understand why people travel all over the planet to see a totality when it comes to eclipse-viewing. It's...

Photo by Tess Leslie Photography Ne'er-do-well came across my radar as the one-man band of Bryan Rolli, displaying stunning talent and ...

Photo by Cole Schmidt DJ On in the one-man-band Non La , and their new album Like Before will be a direct hit for those whose hearts are ta...