Chromeo + Crystal Castles + Boys Noize + FREE TICKETS

That’s right mutha flippas… we got a big storm coming thru this halloween weekend in the second city. Those of us Chicagoians (ages 17 and up) will be able to check out not 1 headliner (Chromeo), not 2 headliners (Crystal Castles), but 3 effin’ ace acts (Boys Noize) on the stage in one night. I’ve […]

Loyal Divide – Labrador EP

Psychedelica might be the new posh thing to emerge in 2009. Only reason why I say that is because of the mass amount of hype surrounding Animal Collective, and the recent 9.6 rating they got on Pitchfork (nobody has scored that high since The Arcade Fire back in 2004). And when a band creates sounds […]

Do Something This Weekend…

Bitches… there are waaaay too many good shows this weekend. Tonight you have Flossy playing at Sonotheque, Designer effin’ Drugs at Congress Theater, and Zebo at the Evil Olive, etc. Then tomorrow Sinden comes to Sonotheque thanks to Dark Wave, and then Potty Mouth resident Bushido hits Smartbar alongside Bald Eagle. All that and I […]

Bloop. Bleep. Bleep.

8-bit, chiptune, nintendocore… whatever you want to classify it as (for the record, I call it 8-bit) the electronic subgenre of our generation hits home in a way no other genre can. Whether its the Commodore 64, Atari 2600, NES, or that big grey brick we all had, the GameBoy… 8-bit artists are able to […]

LAZR Day

While watching the German team mount an incredible win over a fearless and formidable Turkey team (as well as enduring ESPN’s horrid broadcasting signal [sure sure, its not technically their fault, but someone as huge as ESPN should have weather controlling devices amiright?])… I’ve been enjoying some tracks from LA based LAZRtag. Their Crystal Castles […]