Riot Fest Chicago 2014 – Saturday (NSFW)
Saturday: The Buzzcocks, Television, The Afghan Whigs, (burlesque dancers), Wu-Tang Clan, The Flaming Lips, The National The Buzzcocks still have it. Old school Brit punk at its best. Talked with Steve Diggle (white shirt) about how Simon Cowell is ruining music, his love of rock ‘n’ roll, and the importance of music festivals. […]
First Encounters: Emily Haines
Unlike most, my first encounter with Emily Haines was not Metric, but her solo work as Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton. Mentioned somewhat absently as a record most anticipated by a friend whose opinion I admired, it was so deemed that I had to get this record, Knives Don’t Have Your Back. I searched […]
Watch and Listen
I love music outside of the studio—amongst the wilds of the world, where mistakes and chance are part of the DNA. For a while now, NPR Music has been releasing performances under the title Field Recordings via their YouTube page. Representative of what can be great about people expressing, this week presents a cultivation of some great […]
