Multi-platinum Grammy nominated rapper/producer Vic Mensa has released “$WISH,” his second major song of the year, via Roc Nation. The single, which reunites Vic with long time friends and collaborators Chance The Rapper and G-Eazy, is a braggadocious banger in which the three MCs trade increasingly elaborate boasts about their respective successes. “$WISH came from a writing camp me & Chance did in …
Chicago-based Latin family band A Flor de Piel is back with their latest single ,“La Bamba,” featuring Mexico City-based artist and producer Iván Rosa. A hit song in the past for both Richie Valens and Los Lobos, this version of “La Bamba” explores different musical genres in a single song as soft and sensual electronic sounds are …
Listening to Blonde on Blonde tonight. I’ve always loved “Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands” (assuming being in the right mood). Do any of you remember the Townes Van Zant song “Sad Cinderella?” Totally different song, but very similar structure. I’d always wondered about that. For what it’s worth, Dylan’s was released 2 years earlier. …
Societys Demon was born in Meriden, CT, Raised in Atlanta, GA, Societys Demon started writing music at age 7. He’s did a song with 6lack when he was 15 before 6lack blew up. societys Demon music is therapy for him. He hopes that’s he can help others like hisself. Societys Demon took a trip to …
TWENTY years ago this month imperialistic America started the War in Iraq. After failing to obtain authorization for war from the UN Security Council, #43 resorted to a PR move by declaring the (illegal) impending invasion a “Coalition of the Willing.” Twas just black information, i.e., lies. In this case of specious multilateralism, only Great …
This “Let’s meet under the Marshall Fields clock, 1947” photo is from the “Pictures of Chicago” Facebook group. What a lovely couple! The woman in this photo looks somewhat familiar, but I just can’t place her…
Check ou R&B/Hip Hop duo YSO X AAKASH, who recently released their hypnotically melancholic single, ‘QUIT CALLING.’ The track is accompanied by a cinematic music video set in sometimes beautiful, oftentimes, evil Chicago. Blending lush synth soundscapes and sweeping vocals, ‘QUIT CALLING’ explores the feeling of letting go of someone you still care about. Having an extensive background in classical …
Autogramm, the synth-driven, power-pop trio from Chicago and Vancouver have released a new video for their latest single. Too Loud is the seventh official Autogramm music video and the fourth from their sophomore album No Rules. More of a short film than music video, Too Loud was shot, acted, edited, composed, and scored by the …
On the frigid Sunday evening of December 4 I ventured out to Seattle’s foremost punk club El Corazon. This time it was for Chicago Celtic punkers Flatfoot fifty Six. Though I’ve seen this band multiple times, they never cease to amaze me. They hit the stage already on fire churning out tunes complete with mandolin …
NEW YORK, NY (December 05, 2022) – Speaking straight from the heart and delivering a must-hear statement, buzzing Chicago phenom KB Mike writes an open letter to his city with a new single and music video entitled “Chiraq” today via Republic Records. Listen to “Chiraq”: HEREWatch the “Chiraq” video: HERE On the track, emotionally charged piano and strings set the scene as KB Mike promises, “I’ll paint you a picture.” He proceeds …
Photo by Paul R. Burley – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94250424 Five centuries before Columbus made his journey to the New World, a party of Viking explorers led by Leif Eiriksson set sail from Greenland westward to the North American continent on a voyage of discovery. After the successful journey, word traveled back via …
Today, Meditations on Crime has announced the eponymous collaborative new album and art book, due out September 23. The multimedia project includes a Harper Simon produced & co-written album of musical collaborations with a sweeping range of contributors including Julia Holter, Cole Alexander of Black Lips, Jennifer Herrema of Royal Trux, King Khan, Animal Collective’s Geologist + Sun Ra Arkestra. Adding Cindy Sherman, Nate Lowman, Julian Schnabel and Laurie Anderson and more to the range …
90s Chicago house artist Lidell Townsell shares new single 1988 Lidell Townsell & M.T.F. 1992 hit Get With U (here)sampled by Beyoncé on COZY (here) listen to new track 1988 exclusively on Marine Snow here ”Take me somewhere far away from here,” the through-line of Lidell Townsell’s smooth house gem, 1988, and also the exact thought many of us had while reading the …
Photo: Kelley Curran Wolf Rd (“wolf road”) is a rock band from Chicago, Illinois that combines an eclectic mix of influences to create a sound that is catchy and accessible, yet refreshingly unique. The group’s diverse sonic spectrum ranges from pop-punk party bangers with anthemic emo hooks to electronic dance synths, monstrous guitar riffs, and breakdowns …
Texas concertgoers were treated to a special surprise when Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb took the stage to perform the mega-hit “Keep On Loving You” with REO Speedwagon at the band’s “Live & UnZoomed” summer tour at Dos Equis Pavilion in Dallas on Sat., July 23. This isn’t the first-time the Loeb has performed the song, however. She has …
During the Fourth of July weekend violence, 71 people were shot and 8 killed in Chicago, Illinois. Those combined numbers easily exceeded the horrific and tragic shooting that happened in Highland Park, Illinois. While all major local networks fixated on Highland Park for several days, national outlets also devoted considerable resources to the suburban massacre. …
Here’s some amazing new ambient music from Mark Andrushko. He is very, very cool! This music just tickles your frontal lobe and wakes up your brain! There’s more at delicatenoise.com. He’s from Chicago, a city with a 24 hour ambient noise soundtrack, but he lives in Austin, Texas now!
Photo Credit: Justin Buschardt LISTEN/WATCH & SHARE: Work Wife + Mary Hood – “Drown Me Out”Stream / YouTube LISTEN & SHARE: Work Wife – “Creases”Soundcloud / Spotify / YouTube LISTEN & SHARE: Work Wife – “Plastic Windows”SoundCloud / Spotify LISTEN & SHARE: Mary Hood – “Lake Sebago” Stream LISTEN/WATCH & SHARE: Mary Hood – “Come Back Earth”Stream / YouTubeThe first in Brooklyn-by-way-of-Seattle indie pop artist Work Wife’s series of collaboratively-written tracks with other …
The last two years have been tough on everyone. In fact, there are very few of us whose lives haven’t been altered in some way or another as a result of this recent change of events. For many artists, including musicians, Rolling Stone notes that this unexpected change of life events has affected their livelihoods …
Simply titled, “Don’t Stop Believin’ (Marching Band) – SNL” this recent satire featuring Bowen Yang, Zoe Kravitz, Ego Nwodim, Chris Redd and Heidi Gardner is the undeniable greatest SOAT (skit of all time). Mr. Yang’s illuminating commentary gives furtive dramatic life to the manic hopes, troglodyte fears and impermissible ambitions of partially informed music bloggers …
The above photo has been floating around Facebook the last few days, to much chortling hilarity. Anyone familiar with the northwest side of Chicago will recognize not just the public Catholicism of this picture, but also the style of boxy, brick-only, housing built in the far north end of Chi-town where tradition holds that homeowners …
Between 1851 and 1910, approximately 1.6 million Swedish people – 86% of whom were under 35 y/o, left the fatherland to establish themselves in the United States. Swedes established the Swedish Lutheran Mission Institute in Keokuk, Iowa, in 1873. A banker in Knoxville (near Galesburg, IL) persuaded the Institute to relocate and it was renamed …
Last weekend I headed to a small Chicago venue called the Beat Kitchen to see Yakuza headline the Forever Deaf Fest. Yakuza has been my favorite Windy City band for quite a while…long before the frickin’ pandemic started. Over the years three musicians have remained constant: Bruce Lamont (vocals, saxophone, clarinet); Matt McClelland (guitar); and, …
I’ve been seeing the TV ad (above) with Matt Damon hawking Crypto currencies recently; the angle of the ad is that participating in cryptocurrency speculation is the (almost literal, per the ad) equivalent of the greatest adventures of discovery the world has ever known. Huzzah! So what does Average Joe Investor make of this? Is …
Not too long ago I wrote about North Park College’s 1985, senior-laden men’s basketball team’s journey to the school’s FOURTH national championship. Coach Bosko led that team in his first year after working as the top assistant coach for many years. Preparing for the 1985-86 season, Bosko now faced fielding his first recruiting class as …
My alma mater, North Park College (now University), completely dominated NCAA Division III Mens Basketball just prior to my arrival on campus. With a cumulative record of 86-10, in 1978, 1979, and 1980, NPC won the national championship three times in a row. Growing up in Minnesota, I never saw any of those early championship …
There are few spirits with more mythology and lore than absinthe. Loved by many, loathed by as many, and known in name only to the majority. Absinthe began as a medicine, became a popular drink, obtained a cult-like status, was made illegal, and has a new life thanks to the rebirth of the craft cocktail renaissance. Absinthe or …
It may be just what we need right now, and it may be a foolish endeavor to hold the games in the middle of a pandemic, but the Olympics have begun! Since fans are not allowed, you will have to sit back and watch the events on TV. If your team or country doesn’t win, you can …