Archives

If you are here to browse through these old posts, I hope you find what you’re looking for. As you’ll notice, I’ve got all posts in a single list, but if you scroll all the way to the bottom, you’ll find the standard monthly archives.

Every post in one big list

03/06/13: Allister @ Reggie’s, Chicago
02/13/13: New Sounds: Kinder Words
01/03/13: Our Favorite Albums of 2002
12/15/12: The Best Live Shows I Saw In 2012
12/14/12: My Favorite Records of 2012 (10-1)
12/13/12: My Favorite Records of 2012 (20-11)
12/12/12: My Favorite Records of 2012 (30-21)
12/11/12: My Favorite Records of 2012 (40-31)
12/10/12: My Favorite Records of 2012 (50-41)
10/18/12: Updates
09/09/12: Best Practices – The EP LP
07/20/12: Favorite Albums of 2012 (so far)
07/18/12: Favorite Albums of 2011 Redux
07/15/12: Hot Water Music – Exister
07/10/12: OFF! – OFF!
06/23/12: Can you hear the podcast from the Southside 08
06/20/12: Red Collar – Welcome Home
06/19/12: Mixtapes – Even On The Worst Nights
06/17/12: The Bouncing Souls – Comet
06/16/12: Say Hello To Derek
06/07/12: Inspector Owl – Inspector Owl
04/21/12: Into It. Over It. – Proper
04/18/12: Joyce Manor – Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired
03/26/12: The Illini coaching search
02/28/12: Frank Turner – Live 2/24/12 @ The Castle Theatre
02/19/12: Mike Park – Smile
02/13/12: Shambles – Shambles EP
02/07/12: Gunner’s Daughter – Trust Us When We Tell You EP
02/07/12: The Gooningtons
02/06/12: August Premier – Happy Miserable
02/02/12: Bro. Stephen – Baptist Girls
01/26/12: First post of the young year
12/24/11: 2011 Band Of The Year: Mixtapes
12/23/11: Listmania: Favorite Albums of 2011 (25-01)
12/20/11: Listmania: Favorite Albums of 2011 (50-26)
12/19/11: 6 Great Albums From 2010 That I Missed Last Year
12/16/11: Our Favorite Albums of 2001
12/16/11: There’s More Where This Came From
10/05/11: What are you doing Friday?
09/16/11: The Summer’s Almost Over
08/22/11: In Transition
06/09/11: So I’ve Got A Demo
05/29/11: Multiple Takes of Mixtapes
04/27/11: Shows, Shows, and More Shows
04/14/11: A Little Perspective
04/05/11: The Boogers – Let’s Go! Review & Giveaway
04/04/11: Record Store Day, Kid, You’ll Move Mountains, & Me
03/30/11: Jeff Caudill – Always On 10th Anniversary Trailer
03/23/11: Pop Punk Junk Vol. 16
03/23/11: A little band called Boxer
03/22/11: Kristia Moya & Dead Ringer
03/13/11: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 28)
03/13/11: Robyn – Body Talk
03/06/11: Pop Punk Junk Vol. 15
03/05/11: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 27)
03/01/11: Mayflower – Second Best Sunsets
02/28/11: A Legacy Almost Lost: The Moped Band
02/28/11: Carpenter – Sea To Sky
02/24/11: A little band called Plow United
02/20/11: What’s the point of it all?
01/06/11: Sundowner – We Chase The Waves
12/26/10: Campaign – It Likes To Party EP
12/23/10: Merry Christmas
12/22/10: 12 Days of Christmas MP3′s for 2010: Day 15
12/20/10: The Atom Age – Kill Surf City
12/20/10: 12 Days of Christmas MP3′s for 2010: Day 14
12/19/10: Glory Bound – Glory Bound EP
12/19/10: Our Favorite Albums of 2000
12/19/10: Sounds You Should Hear: Digger Barnes
12/18/10: 12 Days of Christmas MP3′s for 2010: Day 13
12/17/10: Listmania: Favorite Albums of 2010 (25-01)
12/17/10: The Riot Before – Rebellion
12/17/10: 12 Days of Christmas MP3′s for 2010: Day 12
12/16/10: Listmania: Favorite Albums of 2010 (50-26)
12/16/10: Glossary – Feral Fire
12/16/10: Carl Hauck – Windjammer
12/16/10: Rumspringer – Empty Towers
12/15/10: 12 Days of Christmas MP3′s for 2010: Day 11
12/15/10: Castevet – The Echo & The Light
12/14/10: Helen Earth Band – Our Own Ghost City
12/14/10: .357 String Band – Lightning From The North
12/14/10: LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
12/14/10: Jack Rose – Luck In The Valley
12/14/10: Smoke Or Fire – The Speakeasy
12/13/10: Two Cow Garage – Sweet Saint Me
12/13/10: 12 Days of Christmas MP3′s for 2010: Day 10
12/13/10: Grown Ups – More Songs
12/12/10: 10 Albums I’m Eagerly Anticipating In 2011
12/12/10: 12 Days of Christmas MP3′s for 2010: Day 9
12/12/10: Good Old War – Good Old War
12/12/10: Justin Townes Earle – Harlem River Blues
12/12/10: The Gamits – Parts
12/12/10: Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – The Brutalist Bricks
12/12/10: Superchunk – Majesty Shredding
12/11/10: 12 Days of Christmas MP3′s for 2010: Day 8
12/09/10: Titus Andronicus – The Monitor
12/09/10: VRGNS – Manimals
12/09/10: Matt Pond PA – The Dark Leaves
12/09/10: Hostage Calm – Hostage Calm
12/08/10: Riverdales – Tarantula
12/08/10: 12 Days of Christmas MP3′s for 2010: Day 7
12/07/10: Go Rydell – The Golden Age
12/07/10: The Sword – Warp Riders
12/07/10: Matt & Kim – Sidewalks
12/07/10: Laura Veirs – July Flame
12/06/10: 12 Days of Christmas MP3′s for 2010: Day 6
12/06/10: Dirty Tactics – It Is What It Is
12/06/10: Phosphorescent – Here’s To Taking It Easy
12/05/10: 12 Days of Christmas MP3′s for 2010: Day 5
12/04/10: Iron Chic – Not Like This
12/04/10: Jonsi – Go
12/03/10: Joie De Vivre – The North End
12/03/10: 12 Days of Christmas MP3′s for 2010: Day 4
12/02/10: Junior Battles – Junior Battles 7″
12/02/10: Los Lobos – Tin Can Trust
12/02/10: Hanalei – One Big Night
12/01/10: 12 Days of Christmas MP3′s for 2010: Day 3
12/01/10: None More Black – Icons
12/01/10: RVIVR – LP
11/30/10: Allister / August Premier – Live 10/3/10 @ Subterranean
11/30/10: 12 Days of Christmas MP3′s for 2010: Day 2
11/30/10: Maritime / Kid, You’ll Move Mountains – 11/13/10 @ House Cafe
11/28/10: 12 Days of Christmas MP3′s for 2010: Day 1
11/27/10: Nomo – Invisible Cities
11/26/10: The Reveling – 3D Radio EP
11/23/10: !Attention! – Four Or Five Ways To Play These Chords
11/23/10: Young Livers – Of Misery And Toil
11/22/10: JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound – Beat Of Our Own Drum
11/20/10: Thanksgiving Songs, Blueberry Cream Pie, & Pumpkin Pie
11/18/10: The National – High Violet
11/17/10: Fest 9 Preview: Interview w/ Captain, We’re Sinking
11/17/10: Fest 9 Preview: Interview w/ Cheap Girls
11/16/10: We’re Back!
11/02/10: 100 Desert Island Songs
10/28/10: Fest 9 Preview: Interview w/ Banner Pilot
10/27/10: Fest 9 Preview: Interview w/ Shook Ones
10/27/10: Fest 9 Preview: Interview w/ Mixtapes
10/07/10: Vinyl For Sale
09/13/10: Q Brothers – Live @ Kidzapalooza
09/13/10: The Thermals – Personal Life
09/11/10: Off With Their Heads – In Desolation
09/07/10: The Holy Mess – Benefit Sesh 7″
09/06/10: The Cold Beat / Movers & Shakers – Split 7″
09/06/10: Sounds You Should Hear: Truth Is…
09/04/10: Spanish Gamble – It’s All Coming Down
09/01/10: Fest 9 Preview: Interview w/ How Dare You
08/28/10: Ben Davis & The Jetts – Charge It Up
08/27/10: Fest 9 Preview: Interview w/ Gatorface
08/26/10: Andrew W.K. – 55 Cadillac
08/25/10: Esprit De Corps – Under Constant Influence EP
08/24/10: Sounds You Should Hear: Frogball
08/22/10: Six of My Favorite Albums of 2010
08/18/10: Mixtapes – Maps
08/17/10: Frankel – Anonymity Is The New Fame
08/15/10: Lucero / Ha Ha Tonka – Live 8/2/10 @ Otto’s
08/10/10: Lollapalooza & Kidzapalooza Recap: Day 3
08/09/10: Lollapalooza & Kidzapalooza Recap: Day 2
08/09/10: Lollapalooza & Kidzapalooza Recap: Day 1
08/07/10: The Fucking Cops – You Have The Right To Shut The Fuck Up EP
08/06/10: Higher Giant – Al’s Moustache 7″
08/05/10: Recess Monkey – The Final Funktier
08/04/10: Rocket Fuel & Monumental Tracks: New Episodes Out Now
08/01/10: Pop Punk Junk Vol. 14
07/31/10: Sounds You Should Hear: American War – Rhetoric
07/30/10: Minus The Bear – OMNI
07/29/10: The Menzingers – Chamberlain Waits
07/28/10: Happy Belated Birthday… CYSTSFTS turns 5
07/12/10: Against Me! – White Crosses
07/10/10: Sounds You Should Hear: Have Gun, Will Travel
07/09/10: Adam Steffey – One More For The Road
07/08/10: Sounds You Should Hear: The Pillowfights
07/07/10: Gatorface – Wasted Monuments
07/06/10: Tumbledown – Tumbledown
07/05/10: Sounds You Should Hear: Stegosaur
07/01/10: Sleep Bellum Sonno – Judge Us By How We Lived Our Lives, Not By How We Made Our Living
06/30/10: Daylight – Sinking EP
06/20/10: Juniper Tar – 6/5/10 @ Schubas
06/19/10: An (almost) Summer Saturday mix
06/13/10: The Forecast – The Forecast
06/12/10: No Friends – No Friends / Traditional Failues EP
06/11/10: Sounds You Should Hear: Tim Barry – 28th & Stonewall
06/10/10: Chewing On Tinfoil – Get Rich Or Try Dyin’
06/09/10: Sounds You Should Hear: Gunner’s Daughter – New Skeletons EP
06/08/10: Geronimo! – Fuzzy Dreams
06/07/10: CYSTSFTS presents: Geronimo! at Mad Maggies 5/10/10
06/02/10: Allister – Countdown To Nowhere
05/22/10: Przepraszam
05/21/10: Failures’ Union – In What Way
05/20/10: Arliss Nancy – Truckstop Roses EP
05/18/10: Some random stuff
05/18/10: Smoking Popes – It’s Been A Long Day
05/06/10: Passenger Action – Passenger Action
05/05/10: Broadway Calls / Dear Landlord / Cobra Skulls – 5/1/10 @ Beat Kitchen
04/26/10: Friends Of Friends – Deep Search
04/25/10: CYSTSFTS has a Facebook page
04/24/10: Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) – What It Takes To Move Forward
04/22/10: Rocky Votolato – True Devotion
04/20/10: Everyone Everwhere MP3 Blog Tour
04/19/10: Can you hear the podcast from the Southside 07: a few good songs (or) what does your dream home look like
04/18/10: Nakatomi Plaza – Ghosts
04/18/10: Aloha – Home Acres
04/15/10: Pianos Become The Teeth – Old Pride
04/14/10: The Wonder Years – The Upsides
04/13/10: Tubers – Anachronous
04/12/10: Juniper Tar – The Howl Street EP
03/31/10: Pop Punk Junk Vol. 13
03/30/10: Crucial Dudes – EP
03/29/10: Can you hear the podcast from the Southside 06: back in the saddle (or) perhaps I need another drink
03/18/10: Richmond Fontaine – We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River
03/14/10: Alkaline Trio – This Addiction
03/13/10: 500 Miles To Memphis – We’ve Built Up To Nothing
03/09/10: Rocky Votolato / Josh Caterer – 2/26/10 @ Schubas
03/01/10: Just a few things
02/28/10: Pop Punk Junk Vol. 12
02/24/10: Pop Punk Junk Vol. 11
02/19/10: Tom Stormy Trio – Respect For The ’50s
02/18/10: How Do We Jump This High? – Deep Stationary EP
02/17/10: Native – We Delete; Erase EP
02/16/10: Syracuse Me – Out With The Old, In With The Dudes
02/15/10: RVIVR – Life Moves 7″
02/12/10: Rumspringer – Rumspringer EP
02/11/10: Hill Country Revue – Hill Country Revue
02/10/10: Everyone Everywhere – A Lot Of Weird People Standing Around
02/09/10: Letting Up Despite Great Faults – Letting Up Despite Great Faults
02/08/10: No Harm Done – Escape
02/07/10: Kid, You’ll Move Mountains / Unicycle Loves You / Bishop Allen – Live 2/5/10 @ Lincoln Hall
02/07/10: Gasoline Heart – Nostalgia Ain’t What It Used To Be
02/06/10: Paint It Black – Surrender 7″
02/04/10: The Many Faces of My Baby
02/04/10: Little Lungs – Hoist Me Up! EP
01/24/10: The Please & Thank Yous – Mind Your P’s & Q’s
01/23/10: Arliss Nancy – Dance To Forget
01/22/10: Your Favorite Trainwreck – Demonstration 2009
01/19/10: Fireworks – All I Have To Offer Is My Own Confusion
01/06/10: Listmania: Favorite EP’s of 2009
12/29/09: Away We Go – Lights! Camera! Attraction! EP
12/26/09: Caleb Lionheart – Think Hardcore, Play Pop Punk
12/25/09: Title Fight – The Last Thing You Forget
12/24/09: Backseat Virgins – Carl
12/23/09: Arms Aloft – Comfort At Any Cost 7″
12/22/09: Barrel Roll – It’s A Gold Mine Down There
12/22/09: Heartsounds – Until We Surrender
12/21/09: Latin For Truth – Eleven Eleven
12/21/09: Four Year Strong – Explains It All
12/20/09: Pop Punk Junk Vol. 10
12/19/09: Greatest Show Ever
12/19/09: 12 Days of Christmas MP3′s: Day 12 (rockin’ songs)
12/18/09: Jeff Caudill – Had To Be There EP
12/18/09: Teenage Bottlerocket – They Came From The Shadows
12/17/09: 12 Days of Christmas MP3′s: Day 11 (a mixed bag)
12/16/09: The Explanation Of A Simple Request
12/16/09: Listmania: Favorite Albums of 2009 (25-01)
12/15/09: Listmania: Favorite Albums of 2009 (50-26)
12/15/09: The Low Anthem – Oh My God, Charlie Darwin
12/14/09: The Mercury Program – Chez Viking
12/14/09: 12 Days of Christmas MP3′s: Day 10 (even more indie songs)
12/13/09: Tegan and Sara – Sainthood
12/13/09: The Swellers – Ups And Downsizing
12/12/09: Noise By Numbers – Yeah, Whatever…
12/12/09: 12 Days of Christmas MP3′s: Day 9 (funny/creepy songs)
12/11/09: Micah Schnabel – When The Stage Lights Go Dim
12/11/09: Chuck Ragan – Gold Country
12/10/09: Our Favorite Albums of 1999
12/10/09: 12 Days of Christmas MP3′s: Day 8 (ska/reggae songs)
12/09/09: Early Day Miners – The Treatment
12/09/09: Castevet – Summer Fences
12/08/09: 12 Days of Christmas MP3′s: Day 7 (more punk songs)
12/08/09: The Evening Rig – Is Doin’ Stuff
12/07/09: The 30 Greatest Rock Bands of the Past 30 Years
12/07/09: Baroness – Blue Record
12/06/09: 12 Days of Christmas MP3′s: Day 6 (punk/indie songs)
12/05/09: Pop Punk Junk Vol. 9
12/05/09: Truckstop Coffee – For Dear Life
12/04/09: CYSTSFTS loves Jeff Caudill: CD Giveaway
12/04/09: 12 Days of Christmas MP3′s: Day 5 (more indie songs)
12/03/09: Mariachi El Bronx – Mariachi El Bronx
12/02/09: Red Collar – Pilgrim
12/02/09: 12 Days of Christmas MP3′s: Day 4 (jazz songs)
12/01/09: Foundation – Chimborazo
11/30/09: 12 Days of Christmas MP3′s: Day 3 (annoying songs)
11/29/09: Cabinet Of Natural Curiousities – Searchlight Needles
11/29/09: Strike Anywhere – Iron Front
11/28/09: Ryan Mallot & Kelly Thomas – EP
11/28/09: 12 Days of Christmas MP3′s: Day 2 (indie songs)
11/27/09: Polar Bear Club – Chasing Hamburg
11/26/09: 12 Days of Christmas MP3′s: Day 1 (punk songs)
11/26/09: Such Gold – Stand Tall EP
11/25/09: Coalesce – Ox
11/24/09: Listmania: Our 50 Favorite Albums of 2008 (redux)
11/24/09: The Bomb – Speed Is Everything
11/23/09: Age Sixteen – Open Up Finders, Please
11/22/09: Pop Punk Junk Vol. 8
11/21/09: A bit of a whimper and a few tears
11/21/09: Rehasher – High Speed Access To My Brain
11/20/09: Agent – Awake In Their World 7″
11/19/09: Cheap Girls – My Roaring 20′s
11/18/09: The Sidekicks – Weight Of Air
11/17/09: Left Lane Cruiser – All You Can Eat
11/16/09: Freshman 15 – Throw Up Your Hands For One Night Stands
11/16/09: Billy Wallace – The Road Spit Me Out
11/15/09: Thanksgiving Songs & A Roast Turkey Recipe
11/14/09: Nothington – Roads, Bridges And Ruins
11/11/09: Pop Punk Junk Vol. 7
11/10/09: The Nicest Guy in the World?
11/10/09: Like Bats – Demo EP
11/10/09: Police & Thieves – Amor Y Guerra
11/09/09: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 26)
11/06/09: Lucero – 1372 Overton Park
11/06/09: Dummy Room – Demo
11/05/09: Pop Punk Junk Vol. 6
11/05/09: Snowing – Fuck Your Emotional Bullshit EP
11/04/09: Venna – Even A Little EP
11/04/09: My Daughter Hailey vs. Scott Murphy
11/03/09: The Gateway District – Some Days You Get The Thunder
11/03/09: Transit – Stay Home EP
11/03/09: The Cretins – More Stoopider
11/02/09: Just a little update
11/01/09: Oliver
10/22/09: My Favorite Albums Of The 2000′s
10/19/09: The “NEW” Can You See the Sunset?
10/05/09: The Rocket Fuel Podcast Insane P+P Contest
10/04/09: Is it time to start doin’ the shuffle?
09/29/09: Indie
09/22/09: My Two Girls
09/13/09: Victor Villarreal – Alive
09/12/09: American Steel – Dear Friends And Gentle Hearts
09/10/09: Jeff Caudill – Every Last Song
09/09/09: Banner Pilot – Collapser
09/09/09: Pop Punk Junk Vol. 5
09/08/09: Banner Pilot – Live 9/5/09 @ Ronny’s
09/05/09: Dinosaur Jr. – Farm
09/03/09: Mike Hale – Lives Like Mine
09/03/09: After The Fall – Fort Orange
08/27/09: Over Stars And Gutters – Consider This Your Curse
08/26/09: 10 Essential iPhone Apps
08/26/09: Rancid – Let The Dominoes Fall
08/25/09: Roadside Graves – My Son’s Home
08/25/09: Pop Punk Junk Vol. 4
08/25/09: North Lincoln – Midwestern Blood
08/25/09: Sarah Jarosz – Song Up In Her Head
08/22/09: Pop Punk Junk Vol. 3
08/22/09: Lucero – Live 8/15/09 @ Subterranean
08/22/09: Shark Speed – Sea Sick Music
08/18/09: No playoffs for the Cubs in 2009
08/17/09: Broadway Calls – Good Views, Bad News
08/17/09: Sisters
08/16/09: Gray Young – Firmament
08/10/09: Seven Years And Counting…
08/08/09: Five Quick Ones
08/05/09: Dead To Me – Little Brother EP
08/02/09: Steve Earle – Townes
08/02/09: The Cold Beat – Dumbwaiter EP
07/30/09: Killswitch Engage – Killswitch Engage
07/29/09: Dear Landlord – Dream Homes
07/28/09: The Swaggerin’ Growlers – Keep Your Head Held High
07/23/09: Leathermouth – XO
07/22/09: The Reptilian – Boy’s Life EP
07/20/09: Reverse The Curse – Paths EP
07/20/09: Annabel – Each And Everyone
07/18/09: Pop Punk Junk Vol. 2
07/18/09: Drag The River – Bad At Breaking Up
07/17/09: Computer vs. Banjo – Computer vs. Banjo
07/17/09: La Dispute – Somewhere At The Bottom Of The River…
07/15/09: Pop Punk Junk Vol. 1
07/15/09: Only Thieves – Greetings From Levy Park, T.L.H.
07/13/09: Teagan Reese is home
07/10/09: A Brand New CYSTSFTS Baby
07/07/09: Learning to ride a Unicycle: Part 13 (and other stuff)
07/04/09: Vacations – I Was Bikini/But Rain Afraid
07/04/09: Modern Skirts – All Of Us In Our Night
07/03/09: The Only Sons – Steel Hearts
07/03/09: Abe Vigoda – Reviver EP
07/03/09: Young Hearts – Nowhere Kids EP
06/30/09: Certain People I Know: 4 Songs
06/30/09: The Curtain Calls – No Action EP
06/30/09: Learning to ride a Unicycle: Part 12
06/28/09: It came from the nineties (Vol. 53)
06/27/09: Jeremy Garrett – I Am A Stranger
06/26/09: It came from the nineties (Vol. 52)
06/26/09: MXPX – On The Cover II
06/26/09: Matt & Kim – Grand
06/25/09: Maximo Park vs. Cajun Dance Party
06/25/09: Learning to ride a Unicycle: Part 11
06/25/09: Shook Ones – The Unquotable A.M.H.
06/25/09: Bombadil – Tarpits And Canyonlands
06/25/09: The Maine – Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop
06/19/09: Learning to ride a Unicycle: Days 18 – 22
06/19/09: A whole bunch of short reviews
06/19/09: The Sidekicks – Sam 7″
06/16/09: Austin Lucas – Somebody Loves You
06/14/09: Learning to ride a Unicycle: Day 15, 16, & 17
06/14/09: Good Old War – Only Way To Be Alone
06/14/09: Joie De Vivre – Summer Months
06/11/09: Learning to ride a Unicycle: Day 14
06/10/09: Some stuff that’s come across my desk lately (a mix)
06/10/09: Learning to ride a Unicycle: Day 12 & 13
06/10/09: O Pioneers!!! – Neon Creeps
06/09/09: Chris Pandolfi – Looking Glass
06/09/09: Black Dice – Repo
06/08/09: Damion Suomi – Damion Suomi
06/08/09: Learning to ride a Unicycle: Day 8, 9, 10, & 11
06/05/09: A Legacy Almost Lost: The Carraways
06/04/09: Superchunk – Leaves In The Gutter EP
06/04/09: Learning to ride a Unicycle: Day 7
06/03/09: Propagandhi – Supporting Caste
06/03/09: Two sides of the same kiddo
06/03/09: Outclassed – This Might Be Coincidence…
06/03/09: Learning to ride a Unicycle: Day 5 & 6
06/02/09: Attack In Black – Marriage
06/01/09: Bomb The Music Industry! – Scrambles
06/01/09: Learning to ride a Unicycle: Day 3 & 4
06/01/09: Kid, You’ll Move Mountains – Live 05/30/09 @ Doug’s Rockhouse
06/01/09: Learning to ride a Unicycle: Day 2
05/30/09: Kid, You’ll Move Mountains – Loomings
05/30/09: Justin Townes Earle – Midnight At The Movies
05/30/09: Kids Books: Here’s The Punk Alphabet & M Is For Metal
05/29/09: 12 More Music Bloggers Worth Following On Twitter
05/29/09: Learning to ride a Unicycle: Day 1
05/29/09: The Wooden Birds – Magnolia
05/29/09: Stuff I should have written about months ago (vol. 3)
05/29/09: Anchor Arms – Cold Blooded
05/28/09: Movers & Shakers – Larrabee
05/26/09: R.I.P – Jay Bennett
05/22/09: Julie Doiron – I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day
05/21/09: Good Stuff You Should Listen To
05/15/09: Review: NOFX – Coaster
05/15/09: My initial 270 word reaction to Wilco (The Album)
05/15/09: Review: Sara Watkins – Sara Watkins
05/13/09: Review: Lipona – Pigeonholed EP
05/08/09: Review: The Thermals – Now We Can See
05/08/09: Review: Oceans – Nothing Collapses
05/07/09: Review: Brian Bond – Fire & Gold
05/05/09: Review: Chris Wollard & The Ship Thieves – Chris Wollard & The Ship Thieves
05/04/09: Review: The Pica Beats – Beating Back The Claws Of The Cold
05/04/09: Old & New News
05/03/09: Blast From The Past: The Conways
04/30/09: Review: Scream Hello – Everything Is Always Still Happening
04/28/09: Review: The Loved Ones – Distractions EP
04/25/09: Tonight’s Shows
04/24/09: Review: The Sound Of Animals Fighting – The Ocean And The Sun
04/22/09: Josh Small / Austin Lucas / Sundowner / Tim Barry – Live 4/16/09 @ Reggie’s
04/20/09: Review: Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Beware
04/19/09: Review: Cursive – Mama, I’m Swollen
04/18/09: Feeling a little overwhelmed
04/18/09: Review: Twin Sister – Vampires With Dreaming Kids EP
04/18/09: Catfish Haven / Titus Andronicus / Lucero – Live 4/10/09 @ Metro
04/15/09: Review: City Of Ships – Live Free Or Don’t Tour
04/14/09: Review: Reggie And The Full Effect – Last Stop: Crappy Town
04/14/09: Review: The Mae Shi – HLLLYH
04/14/09: Review: Riverboat Gamblers – Underneath The Owl
04/09/09: Red Cortez / The War On Drugs / The Tallest Man On Earth – Live 4/5/09 @ Schubas
04/07/09: Review: Marco Benevento – Me Not Me
04/05/09: Review: Virgins – Miscarriage
04/05/09: Review: Red Clay River – 4 Song EP
04/04/09: The Heartless Bastards / The Gaslight Anthem / Good Old War – Live 4/3/09 @ The Bottom Lounge
04/04/09: 11 News Items You Might Be Interested In
04/02/09: Review: Monikers – Wake Up
04/02/09: Review: Rodney Parker & The 50 Peso Reward – The Lonesome Dirge
04/02/09: Review: One Win Choice – Define/Redefine EP
03/31/09: It came from the nineties (Vol. 51)
03/30/09: Review: Heartless Bastards – The Mountain
03/29/09: Review: Shorebirds – It’s Gonna Get Ugly
03/29/09: Review: Travel By Sea – …Days Of My Escape
03/29/09: Stuff I should have written about months ago (vol. 2)
03/28/09: Band You Should Know: The Get Go
03/28/09: Review: Merit – Arson Is For Lovers
03/26/09: Review: Living With Lions – Dude Manor EP
03/26/09: It came from the nineties (Vol. 50)
03/26/09: Review: Marked Men – Ghosts
03/26/09: Review: Only Thunder – Lower Bounds
03/25/09: Win tickets to see Bloc Party & Longwave this Saturday (3/28)
03/24/09: Review: Pretty & Nice – Get Young
03/24/09: Review: Pomegranates – Everything Is Alive
03/22/09: Review: Benard / Worn In Red – Split 7″
03/21/09: Review: Boris Smile – Beartooth EP
03/20/09: Review: Modern Rifles – I Was Young, It Was Dark
03/20/09: Review: The Wonder Years / All Or Nothing – Distances Split 7″
03/18/09: #notatsxsw and some other shit
03/18/09: Review: William Elliott Whitmore – Animals In The Dark
03/16/09: Review: Ben Lee – Rebirth Of Venus
03/15/09: Band You Should Know: The Collapsed
03/15/09: Stuff I should have written about months ago (vol. 1)
03/14/09: Review: Pale Young Gentlemen – Black Forest (Tra La La)
03/10/09: Random bits of new news
03/09/09: Review: New Found Glory – Not Without A Fight
03/08/09: Review: A.C. Newman – Get Guilty
03/07/09: Review: How Dare You – Comfort Road
03/07/09: Review: The Whipsaws – 60 Watt Avenue
03/04/09: Review: Gatorface – Sick And Stupid EP
03/03/09: Review: Sharks And Sailors – Builds Brand New
03/02/09: Review: The War On Drugs – Wagonwheel Blues
03/01/09: Review: Jackson United – Harmony And Dissidence
02/26/09: Review: Kittens Ablaze – The Monstrous Vanguard
02/25/09: It’s A(nother) Girl
02/24/09: Review: Liquid Limbs – Orquid
02/23/09: Review: The Sea And Cake – Car Alarm
02/22/09: Review: Joan Of Arc – Boo! Human
02/18/09: A month or two in the life of…
02/18/09: Review: The Shaking Hands – The Shaking Hands
02/18/09: Review: Little Joy – Little Joy
02/15/09: Certain People I Know – Live in Urbana 2/13/09
02/15/09: Review: Smartbomb – Diamond Heist
02/12/09: Review: Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis – Two Men With The Blues
02/11/09: Review: Abe Vigoda – Skeleton
02/10/09: Review: The Color Wheels – The Color Wheels
02/09/09: Review: Iron Chic – Demo
02/09/09: Review: Lanterns – Apocalypse Youth EP
02/07/09: Random things from around the web
02/07/09: Review: Tom Gabel – Heart Burns
02/05/09: Review: Tigers Jaw – Tigers Jaw
02/03/09: Review: Grand Archives – Grand Archives
02/03/09: Review: Shot Baker – Take Control
02/02/09: Who is Bella Morte?
02/02/09: Review: The Henry Clay People – For Cheap Or For Free
01/31/09: It came from the nineties (Vol. 49)
01/30/09: Review: Look Mexico – Gasp Asp 7″
01/29/09: Review: Get Bent – Demo
01/29/09: Review: Shuteye Unison – Shuteye Unison EP
01/27/09: Review: Denison Witmer – Carry The Weight
01/25/09: It came from the nineties (vol. 48)
01/24/09: Review: Torche – Meanderthal
01/22/09: POST: A Book about the Influence of Post-Hardcore 1985-2007
01/21/09: Review: Jai Agnish – Awake When You Dream
01/16/09: Review: Bayside – Shudder
01/15/09: Review: Jeff Caudill – Try To Be Here
01/12/09: Review: The Bronx – The Bronx (III)
01/12/09: Review: Erik Mongrain – Equilibrium
01/11/09: Naked Raygun & Hot Water Music @ HOB Chicago 1/3/2009
01/10/09: Review: Bon Iver – Blood Bank EP
01/10/09: Review: My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges
01/05/09: Things I found on Twitter today
01/04/09: Yet Another Round of Goodies From the Record Pile
01/02/09: Review: The Black Keys – Attack And Release
01/01/09: An Alkaline Trio interview from 1998
01/01/09: It came from the nineties (Vol. 47)
12/30/08: Review: The Tim Version – Decline Of The Southern Gentleman
12/28/08: Another Round of Goodies From the Record Pile
12/24/08: And all through the house…
12/21/08: Listmania: Our Favorite Albums of 2008 (25-01)
12/20/08: Review: Two Cow Garage – Speaking In Cursive
12/20/08: What elves do in their down time
12/20/08: Review: Tim Barry – Manchester
12/19/08: Listmania: Our Favorite Albums of 2008 (50-26)
12/18/08: Another Wordless Thursday
12/17/08: Can You See Santa From The Southside? (Annoying/Creepy Christmas Songs)
12/17/08: The CYSTSFTS readers have spoken
12/16/08: Review: Holy Fuck – Holy Fuck
12/15/08: Review: Goldmund – The Malady Of Elegance
12/15/08: Can You See Santa From The Southside? (Christmas Songs #8)
12/14/08: Review: Ben Nichols – Last Pale Light In The West
12/14/08: All Our Holiday Goodness
12/13/08: Listmania: Our Favorite EP’s of 2008
12/12/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 46)
12/11/08: Review: The Tallest Man On Earth – Shallow Grave
12/10/08: Can You See Santa From The Southside? (Christmas Songs #6)
12/09/08: Review: Ribbonpigeon – Young Lungs
12/09/08: Still More Goodies From the Record Pile
12/08/08: Can You Believe It?
12/07/08: Listmania: Our 50 Favorite Albums of 2007 (redux)
12/07/08: Review: The Riot Before – Fists Buried In Pockets
12/06/08: Review: Matt Pryor – Confidence Man
12/06/08: Review: Lock And Key – Lock And Key
12/05/08: Review: The Ergs – Hindsight Is 20/20, My Friend
12/05/08: Holiday Giveaway: Omnitech MP3 Player
12/05/08: Can You See Santa From The Southside? (Jazz Christmas Songs)
12/04/08: Review: The State Lottery – Cities We’re Not From
12/04/08: Holiday Gift Guide #2: For Music Lovers
12/03/08: Can You See Santa From The Southside? (Ska & Reggae Christmas Songs)
12/03/08: Our Favorite Albums of 1998
12/03/08: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 25)
12/02/08: Review: Ra Ra Riot – The Rhumb Line
12/02/08: Review: Bridge & Tunnel – East/West
12/01/08: Can You See Santa From The Southside? (Christmas Songs #3)
11/30/08: Review: El Perro Del Mar – From The Valley To The Stars
11/30/08: R U Ready?
11/28/08: Can You See Santa From The Southside? (Christmas Songs #2)
11/28/08: Review: Minus The Bear – Acoustics EP
11/27/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 45)
11/26/08: Can You See Santa From The Southside? (Punk Christmas Songs)
11/26/08: Review: Cloudland Canyon – Lie In Light
11/25/08: Review: William Fitzsimmons – The Sparrow And The Crow
11/25/08: Recently ’round here
11/24/08: Minimal Electronic Goodies From the Record Pile
11/23/08: Review: Static Radio NJ – An Evening Of Bad Decisions
11/22/08: Review: Birdmonster – From The Mountain To The Sea
11/22/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 44)
11/20/08: Even More Goodies From the Record Pile
11/20/08: Review: M83 – Saturdays=Youth
11/20/08: Thorns Of Life (or) Blake’s got a new face, err… band
11/19/08: Review: Dillinger Four – CIVILWAR
11/18/08: Review: Chuck Ragan & Austin Lucas – Bristle Ridge
11/18/08: Holiday Gift Guide #1: Tee Shirts
11/17/08: The Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival
11/16/08: Review: We Versus The Shark – Dirty Versions
11/15/08: Review: White Devil – How To Kill A Lion With A Slingshot EP
11/15/08: A recipe for brined & roasted turkey with musical accompaniment
11/13/08: Review: JJ Grey & Mofro – Orange Blossoms
11/12/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 43)
11/11/08: More Goodies From the Record Pile
11/10/08: Jimmy Eat World’s Clarity x 10 Tour
11/09/08: Purging the Record Pile Again
11/09/08: Review: Paper The Operator – Solemn Boyz EP
11/09/08: Review: The Slackers – Self Medication
11/08/08: Review: Parts And Labor – Receivers
11/07/08: A whole bunch of nothing
11/07/08: Review: Landmines – Landmines
11/07/08: Review: Belong – Colorloss Record
11/06/08: P Is For Panda Mixtape Vol. 1
11/04/08: Vote
11/03/08: Can you hear the podcast from the Southside 05: don’t call it a comeback (or) comin’ down the revival road
11/02/08: Review: Catfish Haven – Devastator
11/02/08: Review: Women – Women
11/02/08: Review: Retribution Gospel Choir – Retribution Gospel Choir
11/01/08: Review: Murder By Death – Red Of Tooth And Claw
11/01/08: Review: LaSalle – Pretty World
11/01/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 42)
11/01/08: Review: Sera Cahoone – Only As The Day Is Long
11/01/08: Review: Drunken Boat – Drunken Boat
10/31/08: Review: The Copyrights – Learn The Hard Way
10/30/08: Review: Le Switch – And Now… Le Switch
10/30/08: Review: Beat Radio – Sunday Matinee EP
10/28/08: Review: Ninja Gun – Restless Rubes
10/27/08: Review: Know Think – Clean Closet EP
10/26/08: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 24)
10/25/08: Review: Graham Lindsey – We Are All Alone In This Together / The Mine EP
10/23/08: Review: .357 String Band – Fire & Hail
10/22/08: Happy Birthday Hailey
10/22/08: Review: Good Luck – Into Lake Griffy
10/21/08: Review: Forest Fire – Survival
10/20/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 41)
10/20/08: Review: Pattern Is Movement – All Together
10/19/08: Review: Joe Pug – Nation Of Heat EP
10/19/08: Wordless Sunday
10/19/08: Revival Tour Recap
10/18/08: Review: Floormodel – Random Access Memories
10/16/08: Revival Road
10/15/08: Review: Wolf Parade – At Mount Zoomer
10/12/08: Review: Shorebirds – Shorebirds 7″
10/10/08: Little Birds Say Tweet
10/10/08: Purging the Record Pile
10/09/08: Review: 31 Knots – Worried Well
10/09/08: Review: The Duhks – Fast Paced World
10/08/08: Review: Cheap Girls – Find Me A Drink Home
10/08/08: Review: Jumpercable – Jumpercable EP
10/07/08: Music Skins
10/07/08: Review: King Tuff – King Tuff Was Dead
10/07/08: Review: Riddle Of Steel – 1985
10/06/08: Threadless Giveaway
10/05/08: Review: Dosh – Wolves And Wishes
10/05/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 40)
10/05/08: Review: Free Diamonds – By The Sword
10/04/08: Who is Earrsponsible this week? (Vol. 1)
10/04/08: Review: The Get Go – Hello Again
10/04/08: Review: Four Tet – Ringer EP
10/03/08: Review: Ida – My Fair, My Dark EP
10/02/08: Review: Living With Lions – Make Your Mark
09/30/08: A disappointing first day with iPhone
09/28/08: Review: Deny Everything – Fire This Time
09/26/08: Win Black Kids’ Partie Traumatic
09/26/08: Review: The Details – Draw A Distance. Draw A Border.
09/26/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 39)
09/25/08: Review: Jaguar Love – Take Me To The Sea
09/25/08: Riot Fest – October 10-12 in Chicago
09/24/08: Review: Sun Kil Moon – April
09/21/08: Hey Chicago what do you say?
09/20/08: From dusty grooves to ones and zeroes: Wolfie
09/20/08: Review: Tin Armor – Tin Armor 7″
09/20/08: Review: Ghostland Observatory – Robotique Majestique
09/20/08: Review: The New Dress – Where Our Failures Are
09/19/08: Review: Banner Pilot – Resignation Day
09/18/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 38)
09/17/08: A cat and a cone and a new blog
09/17/08: Review: Trever Keith – Melancholics Anonymous
09/17/08: Review: The Briggs – Come All you Madmen
09/16/08: Review: Black Diamond Heavies – A Touch Of Someone Else’s Class
09/15/08: Review: The Heavenly States – Delayer
09/14/08: Review: The Goddamn Rattlesnake – Get Comfortable
09/13/08: A puddle splashing rainy day mix
09/13/08: Wordless Saturday
09/12/08: Review: The Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound
09/10/08: Review: Incommunicado – Losing Daylight
09/09/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 37)
09/09/08: Review: Sleepercar – West Texas
09/08/08: Review: Mates of State – Re-Arrange Us
09/08/08: Review: Bombadil – A Buzz, A Buzz
09/07/08: What the other blogs are saying
09/07/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 36)
09/06/08: From dusty grooves to ones and zeroes: The Risers
09/06/08: The Fest 7: Gainesville or bust
09/06/08: Review: Antillectual – Testimony
09/05/08: Review: Alberta Cross – The Thief & The Heartbreaker
09/04/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 35)
09/03/08: Review: Desoto Jones – Aurora
09/03/08: Win tickets for Backyard Tire Fire @ Metro this Friday
09/03/08: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 23)
09/02/08: Review: New Found Glory – Tip Of The Iceberg EP
09/02/08: Beard today or gone tomorrow
09/02/08: Review: Braindead – No Consequences
09/01/08: Review: Mothlite – The Flax Of Reverie
09/01/08: Alkaline Trio cover Tegan & Sara
08/31/08: Review: Pepper – Pink Crustaceans & Good Vibrations
08/31/08: Review: The Kills – Midnight Boom
08/31/08: Review: Weezer – Weezer (The Red Album)
08/30/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 34)
08/29/08: Review: Scream Hello – Smart & Stupid EP
08/29/08: Review: Jamie Lidell – Jim
08/28/08: Review: Racebannon – Acid Or Blood
08/27/08: Review: Jr. Juggernaut – Ghost Poison
08/26/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 33)
08/25/08: Review: Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head – Glistening Pleasure
08/25/08: The dog days of summer
08/24/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 32)
08/22/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 31)
08/22/08: Almost Wordless Friday
08/21/08: Wordless Thursday
08/21/08: Review: Young Hearts – The Fight EP
08/19/08: Review: Left Lane Cruiser – Bring Yo’ Ass To The Table
08/19/08: Sonic Drive-In has invaded Chicagoland
08/18/08: Review: Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
08/17/08: Ida – Live @ Schubas
08/16/08: Review: Off With Their Heads – From The Bottom
08/16/08: Review: Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love – Seven
08/16/08: Review: Brass – Set & Drift
08/16/08: Review: Lykke Li – Youth Novels
08/15/08: Review: Dan Friel – Ghost Town
08/15/08: Headaches and heroics
08/12/08: Review: Backyard Tire Fire – The Places We Lived
08/10/08: Review: Beat Union – Disconnected
08/10/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 30)
08/09/08: One night of freedom
08/07/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 29)
08/06/08: Review: Centro-matic & South San Gabriel – Dual Hawks
08/05/08: Review: The Jones Street Boys – Overcome
08/05/08: Pictures from Warped Tour Chicago ’08
08/04/08: Review: Carpenter – Law Of The Land
08/04/08: Tattoos, Skulls, & Little Girls
08/03/08: Review: The Dead Jettsons – What Future? EP
08/03/08: Review: LaGrecia – On Parallels
08/02/08: What I did at the Vans Warped Tour (Part 2)
08/02/08: What I did at the Vans Warped Tour (Part 1)
08/01/08: Lolla-pa-losing
07/31/08: Review: The Hold Steady – Stay Positive
07/30/08: New music from Catfish Haven
07/28/08: Reviews: Fuck Buttons – Street Horrrsing
07/27/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 28)
07/26/08: Review: The Infamous Stringdusters – The Infamous Stringdusters
07/25/08: Review: The Night Marchers – See You In Magic
07/25/08: Day Nine Without Mommy (the last one)
07/24/08: Day Eight Without Mommy (A Mix)
07/24/08: Review: The Weepies – Hideaway
07/22/08: Review: Black Kids – Partie Traumatic
07/22/08: Day Six Without Mommy
07/22/08: Review: Vietnam Werewolf – Ohio’s City
07/21/08: Review: Smoking Popes – Stay Down
07/21/08: Day Five Without Mommy (the big three oh)
07/20/08: What the other blogs are saying
07/20/08: Day Four Without Mommy (A Mix)
07/19/08: Review: Coldplay – Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
07/19/08: Review: Austin Lucas – Putting The Hammer Down
07/19/08: Day Three Without Mommy
07/16/08: Review: Girl Talk – Feed The Animals
07/16/08: Review: Alkaline Trio – Agony & Irony
07/15/08: Review: The Weight – Are Men
07/15/08: Review: Hit The Lights – Skip School, Start Fights
07/13/08: Review: Old 97′s – Blame It On Gravity
07/13/08: Just Another New Layout
07/10/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 27)
07/09/08: Back from the Northwoods
07/08/08: Review: 500 Miles To Memphis – Sunshine In A Shot Glass
07/03/08: Review: Shai Hulud – Misanthropy Pure
07/03/08: Review: Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) – Year Of The Rabbit
07/02/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 26)
07/01/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 25)
06/30/08: Review: Less Than Jake – GNV FLA
06/29/08: Bayside at the Fox Valley Mall
06/28/08: Review: The Red Romance – The Red Romance EP
06/26/08: Review: Annabel – Now That We’re Alive
06/23/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 24)
06/21/08: Review: Wild Sweet Orange – Whale EP
06/21/08: Because it is…
06/18/08: Review: Pantha Du Prince – This Bliss
06/18/08: Review: Poi Dog Pondering – 7
06/17/08: Review: Love In October – Pontus, The Devil, And Me
06/17/08: Review: Big Buildings – Wampum
06/17/08: Review: Algernon Cadwallader – Some Kind Of Cadwallader
06/16/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 23)
06/11/08: Review: HiFi Handgrenades – Carry On
06/09/08: Review: Daniel Ahearn – Pray For Me By Name
06/09/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 22)
06/08/08: A recap of the Smoking Popes show last night
06/07/08: Smoking Popes @ Metro Tonight
06/07/08: Review: The Gaslight Anthem – Senor and the Queen EP
06/06/08: Review: Sia – Some People Have Real Problems
06/06/08: Review: Peter Moren – The Last Tycoon
06/04/08: Review: Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey – Lil Tae Rides Again
06/03/08: Review: Russian Circles – Station
06/03/08: Review: Ghost Buffalo – The Magician
06/02/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 21)
06/01/08: Review: Lemuria – Get Better
05/30/08: Review: These Are Powers – Taro Tarot
05/28/08: Review: Mercy Choir – Goodbye Letters EP
05/27/08: Review: Triclops! – Out Of Africa
05/27/08: Ben Weasel @ Reggie’s
05/27/08: Review: Mochipet – Microphonepet
05/26/08: Review: Cartel – Cartel
05/24/08: Review: Polar Bear Club – Sometimes Things Just Disappear
05/23/08: Review: Be Your Own Pet – Get Awkward
05/23/08: Review: Death Cab For Cutie – Narrow Stairs
05/22/08: Review: Make Believe – Going To The Bone Church
05/22/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 20)
05/21/08: Review: David Ford – Songs For The Road
05/18/08: Review: Blackstrap – Steal My Horses And Run
05/16/08: Review: Kathleen Edwards – Asking For Flowers
05/15/08: Review: Head Of Femur – Great Plains
05/13/08: Review: The Out Circuit – Pierce The Empire With A Sound
05/11/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 19)
05/10/08: Ghost In My House vs. Phone Dance
05/10/08: Review: Grand Analog – Calligraffiti
05/10/08: Just say no to Chicago’s proposed Promoter Ordinance
05/08/08: Review: All Time Low – So Wrong, It’s Right
05/07/08: Review: Victor Berman – Arriving At Night
05/07/08: Review: Earth – The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull
05/06/08: Review: Small Towns Burn A Little Slower – So Begins The Test Of A Man
05/06/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 18)
05/05/08: Review: Clear Tigers – Brutal
05/05/08: Review: Summer Darling – Health Of Others EP
05/04/08: Review: Jack Johnson – Sleep Through The Static
05/04/08: Review: Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate) – When The Sea Became A Giant
05/03/08: Review: Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
05/02/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 17)
05/02/08: Review: Two Hours Traffic – Little Jabs
05/01/08: Bleeding Cubbie Blue
04/29/08: Review: Ladyslipper – The Time, Not The Weather
04/28/08: Review: Fell Far Behind – Reaching The Red Line
04/28/08: Review: Polydream – Send Me To The Sun
04/28/08: Buckets Full of Emo (or) I Might Be Wrong (Part 4)
04/27/08: Review: Paint It Black – New Lexicon
04/26/08: Review: Longview – Deep In The Mountains
04/26/08: Review: The Maine – The Way We Talk EP
04/26/08: Review: The Expendables – The Expendables
04/26/08: Live: The Forms & Cloud Cult @ Schubas
04/25/08: Tonight! The Forms & Cloud Cult @ Schubas
04/24/08: Review: Harris Newman – Decorated
04/24/08: Review: Hail Hornet – Hail Hornet
04/24/08: Review: Bayard Russell – Selftitled
04/23/08: Review: Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
04/22/08: Buckets Full of Emo (or) I Might Be Wrong (Part 3)
04/21/08: Review: Burial – Untrue
04/21/08: Review: Cloak/Dagger – No Age
04/21/08: Buckets Full of Emo (or) I Might Be Wrong (Part 2)
04/20/08: Review: High On Fire – Death Is This Communion
04/19/08: Bloggy McBloggerson (or) A Florida Mix
04/19/08: Review: Crime In Stereo – Is Dead
04/19/08: Review: Danger Radio – Punch Your Lights Out EP
04/19/08: Review: Title Fight – Kingston 7″
04/18/08: Buckets Full of Emo (or) I Might Be Wrong (Part 1)
04/17/08: Review: The Interiors – The Interiors
04/16/08: Review: Saw Wheel – The Next Train
04/13/08: Review: The Federalists – The Federalists
04/12/08: Go f&%k yourself Baidu!
04/11/08: Three months and a little effort
04/11/08: Review: The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse
04/11/08: Review: What Makes Milwaukee Famous – What Doesn’t Kill Us
04/10/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 16)
04/10/08: Review: Ben Lee – Ripe
04/10/08: Review: Glossary – The Better Angels Of Our Nature
04/10/08: Review: Chinese Telephones – Chinese Telephones
04/08/08: Official Lollapalooza 2008 Lineup
04/08/08: The Shortest Hiatus in History
04/07/08: Hiatus
04/06/08: Review: Monitor and the Merrimac – Grandma’s Old Couch
04/06/08: Review: Ivoryline – There Came A Lion
04/05/08: Review: Architecture In Helsinki – Places Like This
04/05/08: Review: Karmella’s Game – The Art Of Distraction
04/04/08: Review: The Lemonheads – It’s A Shame About Ray (Reissue)
04/04/08: Me in Chicago, Her in New York City
04/03/08: Review: Rapid Cities – 3 song demo
04/03/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 15)
04/02/08: Review: The Sound Of Animals Fighting – Lover, The Lord Has Left Us
04/02/08: I Want My Mommy (A Mix)
04/01/08: Ta-Ra-Ra Boom De-Ray
04/01/08: Review: The Sword – Gods Of The Earth
03/31/08: Review: Drag The River – You Can’t Live This Way
03/30/08: Review: Hot Water Music – Till The Wheels Fall Off
03/30/08: We Don’t Care About the Young Folks
03/29/08: Whatcha doin’ there?
03/29/08: Review: Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Medium Rare
03/29/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 14)
03/28/08: Review: Bruno Pronsato – Why Can’t We Be Like Us
03/27/08: Review: The Felice Brothers – Tonight At The Arizona
03/26/08: Review: Slingshot Dakota – Their Dreams Are Dead, But Ours Is The Golden Ghost
03/25/08: Review: Goes Cube – Not What We Thought EP
03/24/08: Review: Tift Merritt – Another Country
03/24/08: Review: Aloha – Light Works
03/23/08: Review: Murder Mystery – Are You Ready For The Heartache…
03/23/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 13)
03/22/08: Review: Dartz! – This Is My Ship
03/21/08: Review: Collapsar – Integers
03/20/08: Review: The Sidekicks – So Long, Soggy Dog
03/19/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 12)
03/18/08: What’s all this up in here?
03/15/08: Review: Every Avenue – Shh. Just Go With It
03/13/08: Review: One Win Choice – Never Suspend Disbelief
03/12/08: Review: The Sugar Oaks – Red Grapes In The City EP
03/11/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 11)
03/10/08: Review: Defiance, Ohio – The Fear, The Fear, The Fear
03/08/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 10)
03/07/08: Review: Bob Mould – District Line
03/06/08: Review: Drive-By Truckers – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark
03/05/08: Review: The Measure (SA) – Historical Fiction
03/04/08: Review: Andy Swan’s Ottawa
03/03/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 9)
03/03/08: Review: Dragons Of Zynth – Coronation Thieves
02/28/08: Review: Teenage Bottlerocket – Warning Device
02/27/08: Hailey is a punk rocker
02/27/08: Review: The Hands – The Hands
02/26/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 8)
02/25/08: Say Hi – Live @ Beat Kitchen
02/25/08: Review: Kittens Ablaze – Hot Litter EP
02/24/08: Review: Nada Surf – Lucky
02/23/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 7)
02/22/08: Review: Say Hi – The Wishes And The Glitch
02/21/08: Review: The Frantic – Audio And Murder
02/20/08: Review: Finn Riggins – A Soldier, A Saint, An Ocean Explorer
02/19/08: Review: Hot Chip – Made In The Dark
02/18/08: Review: Sir Salvatore – Continental Breakfast EP
02/18/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 6)
02/17/08: Changes changes
02/17/08: Review: As Tall As Lions – Into The Flood EP
02/16/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 5)
02/15/08: Review: Zolof The Rock & Roll Destroyer – Schematics
02/14/08: Valentine’s Day Candy Heart Mix
02/12/08: Review: Baroness – Red Album
02/11/08: My daughter is sick but Kanye and Daft Punk are too
02/10/08: Review: Finian McKean – Monsters Of The Deep Woods
02/10/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 4)
02/09/08: Sickly Saturday Songs Mix
02/09/08: Review: The Everybodyfields – Nothing Is Okay
02/08/08: Review: Guns Up! – Outlive
02/07/08: Review: Celebration – The Modern Tribe
02/06/08: Review: The Loved Ones – Build And Burn
02/05/08: Lucero/Hot Water Music – 2/1 @ Metro
02/05/08: Barack & Roll
02/05/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 3)
02/04/08: Josh English/Ben Nichols/Chuck Ragan – 1/31 @ Schubas
02/03/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 2)
02/03/08: Review: Southeast Engine – A Wheel Within A Wheel
02/02/08: Review: Able Baker Fox – Voices
01/30/08: Review: Backseat Virgins – Born Again
01/30/08: Review: Attack In Black – Marriage
01/29/08: Review: Ida – Lovers Prayers
01/29/08: It came from the nineties (Vol. 1)
01/28/08: Review: Chris Walla – Field Manual
01/26/08: A garage cleaning mix
01/26/08: Winepress vs. The Mushuganas vs. Parasites
01/25/08: Review: Gallows – Orchestra Of Wolves
01/24/08: Review: 20 Belows – Headaches & Moodswings
01/24/08: Review: Fear Of Lipstick – Indie Band EP
01/22/08: Street Smart Cyclist – Emo’s New Golden Age? (Vol. 4)
01/21/08: Review: The Unlovables – Heartsickle
01/20/08: Jacob & I – Emo’s New Golden Age? (Vol. 3)
01/19/08: A cold cold cold morning mix
01/17/08: Review: The Zydepunks – Exile Waltz
01/17/08: Review: Dashboard Confessional – The Shade Of Poison Trees
01/16/08: Bridge And Tunnel – Emo’s New Golden Age? (Vol. 2)
01/15/08: Algernon Cadwallader – Emo’s New Golden Age? (Vol. 1)
01/14/08: Review: The Hot Toddies – Smell The Mitten
01/14/08: A Cure For The Monday Morning Blues Mix
01/12/08: Review: Statehood – Lies And Rhetoric
01/11/08: Review: Let’s Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop – Listening
01/07/08: The last one for last year again again
01/06/08: The last one for last year again
01/06/08: The last one for last year
01/05/08: Review: Small Arms Dealer – Patron Saint Of Disappointment
01/03/08: Fire Bruce Weber Now!
12/31/07: Favorite albums of 2007 redux
12/30/07: The Main Drag covers All My Friends
12/29/07: Review: Swaggerin’ Growlers – The Bottle And The Bow
12/28/07: Review: Saves The Day – Under The Boards
12/27/07: Review: Miranda Lambert – Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
12/24/07: Can You See Santa From the Southside? (Vol. 5)
12/23/07: Review: American Steel – Destroy Their Future
12/22/07: Can You See Santa From the Southside? (Vol. 4.5)
12/22/07: Can You See Santa From the Southside? (Vol. 4)
12/20/07: Favorite albums of 2007 part five (10-1)
12/19/07: Favorite albums of 2007 part four (20-11)
12/18/07: Favorite albums of 2007 part three (30-21)
12/18/07: Favorite albums of 2007 part two (40-31)
12/17/07: Favorite albums of 2007 part one (50-41)
12/16/07: Listmania 2007 revisited
12/16/07: Review: Black Tie Bombers – Eternal Happiness And Good Health
12/15/07: Favorite albums of 2007 (honorable mentions)
12/14/07: Review: Fight Pretty – Rewiring The Human Body
12/13/07: Review: The Dillinger Escape Plan – Ire Works
12/12/07: A Jazzy Xmas From the Southside
12/11/07: Listmania 2007 is here
12/11/07: Can You See Santa From the Southside? (Vol. 3)
12/11/07: Review: Bomb The Music Industry! – Get Warmer
12/10/07: Can You See Santa From the Southside? (Vol. 2)
12/10/07: Review: The Copyrights – Make Sound
12/09/07: Can You See Santa From the Southside? (Vol. 1)
12/08/07: Review: El Jezel – Elements Of Being Put Together
12/07/07: Review: Parkas – Put Your Head In The Lion’s Mouth
12/05/07: Review: Cake – B-Sides And Rarities
12/04/07: Two for Tuesday
12/04/07: Review: Sarah Blasko – What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have
12/03/07: Review: The Forms – S/T
12/02/07: A cold, icy, and rainy day mix part two
12/02/07: A cold, icy, and rainy day mix part one
12/02/07: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 22)
11/30/07: Review: Cobra Skulls – Sitting Army
11/29/07: Review: Dust Jacket – EP
11/28/07: Review: White Shoes & The Couples Company
11/27/07: Review: A Wilhelm Scream – Career Suicide
11/24/07: Review: Paper Rival – EP
11/22/07: Songs for a Black Friday shopping spree
11/21/07: Review: That’s Mister To You – And Another Thing!
11/21/07: Review: Travels – S/T
11/20/07: Review: Moving Units – Hexes for Exes
11/18/07: The first in a long time (a weekend mix)
11/17/07: Review: Latterman – We Are Still Alive
11/16/07: Looking for a good Christmas gift?
11/16/07: Random slices of goodness
11/16/07: Lucero & Bobby Bare Jr. show review
11/15/07: Review: The Go! Team – Proof Of Youth
11/14/07: Review: Rogue Wave – Asleep At Heaven’s Gate
11/13/07: Jeff Tweedy – Live at the Vic 3.05.05
11/13/07: Review: Centro-matic – Operation Motorcide
11/10/07: Backyard Tire Fire at Double Door
11/09/07: Jeff Tweedy – Live at the Abbey Pub 1.25.06
11/07/07: Review: Black Dice – Load Blown
11/06/07: Back in business
11/03/07: Classics: A.Y.A. – Gets Phat and Stoopid 7″
11/03/07: Review: The Weakerthans – Reunion Tour
10/31/07: A Halloween Birthday Mix for Amy (or) Thirty Songs for Thirty Years
10/29/07: Help keep Can You See the Sunset alive!
10/29/07: The Anti-Matter Anthology
10/28/07: I need a new laptop
10/27/07: A coloring and crying mix
10/26/07: An Unexpected Bloody Mess
10/25/07: Review: Mt. St. Helens – Of Others
10/25/07: Review: As Tall As Lions – S/T
10/22/07: Fuel For The Hate (Game On)
10/22/07: Goodbye Lance Hahn
10/21/07: Two whole years (A Birthday Mix)
10/21/07: Review: Maritime – Heresy And The Hotel Choir
10/20/07: If it ain’t punk it’s junk (vol. 13)
10/18/07: If it ain’t punk it’s junk (vol. 12)
10/16/07: Review: Andrew Jackson Jihad – People Who Can Eat People…
10/15/07: Review: The Flatliners – The Great Awake
10/14/07: If it ain’t punk it’s junk (vol. 11)
10/13/07: A slight chill in the air (a mix)
10/11/07: Review: Band Of Horses – Cease To Begin
10/11/07: Review: Atreyu – Lead Sails Paper Anchor
10/10/07: Review: Team Stray – Popular Mechanics
10/10/07: Review: Professor Murder – Rides The Subway EP
10/09/07: Review: Holy Roman Empire – The Longue Duree
10/09/07: John Bustine – Waltzes & Pleas
10/07/07: Hot Chicago Marathon Mix
10/06/07: Review: No River City – Wolves And Fishes
10/05/07: Review: Fight Pretty – Ghosts Along The Brazos
10/04/07: Ben Lee Sings Against Me’s New Wave
10/03/07: Review: Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
10/03/07: Todd and Wank
10/02/07: If it ain’t punk it’s junk (vol. 10)
10/01/07: Review: Pale Young Gentlemen – Pale Young Gentlemen
09/29/07: Review: Okkervil River – The Stage Names
09/28/07: Go Cubs Go!
09/28/07: Review: Fjord Rowboat – Saved The Compliments For Morning
09/27/07: Review: Minus Story – My Ion Truss
09/26/07: Review: The Parade – Answer Me EP
09/22/07: If it ain’t punk it’s junk (vol. 9)
09/21/07: Review: Modern Life Is War – Midnight In America
09/21/07: If it ain’t punk it’s junk (vol. 8)
09/20/07: Review: The Ackleys – Forget Forget, Derive Derive
09/19/07: I can sleep
09/19/07: If it ain’t punk it’s junk (vol. 7)
09/18/07: If it ain’t punk it’s junk (vol. 6)
09/17/07: Not as easy as it seems
09/17/07: If it ain’t punk it’s junk (vol. 5)
09/17/07: If it ain’t punk it’s junk (vol. 4)
09/16/07: If it ain’t punk it’s junk (vol. 3)
09/16/07: If it ain’t punk it’s junk (vol. 2)
09/15/07: If it ain’t punk it’s junk (vol. 1)
09/14/07: Review: Nothington – All In
09/13/07: Review: Mustard Plug – In Black And White
09/12/07: Review: Black Before Red – Belgrave To Kings Circle
09/10/07: A Bears lament
09/08/07: Saturday in the park mix
09/07/07: Review: Pinback – Autumn Of The Seraphs
09/06/07: Review: Foreign Born – On The Wing Now
09/06/07: Review: Mass Shivers – Ecstatic Eyes Glow Glossy
09/05/07: Review: Broadway Calls – Broadway Calls
09/03/07: Review: Minus The Bear – Planet Of Ice
09/01/07: The CHI to STL mix
08/31/07: Review: The One AM Radio – This Too Will Pass
08/30/07: Review: Caribou – Andorra
08/29/07: Review: Iron & Wine – The Shepherd’s Dog
08/28/07: Review: Yellowcard – Paper Walls
08/28/07: Review: The Gunshy – There’s No Love In This War
08/28/07: Banner Pilot rocks our world
08/27/07: Review: Travis Morrison Hellfighters – All Y’all
08/27/07: Elizabeth Mitchell and family
08/27/07: A week of stormy weather
08/26/07: The girls and boys mix (part 2)
08/25/07: The girls and boys mix
08/24/07: Review: Tegan and Sara – The Con
08/23/07: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 21)
08/23/07: Holy Cow!
08/22/07: Classics: Smoking Popes/Groovy Love Vibes – Split 7″ (or) put a little smoke in your heart
08/22/07: Review: Gui Boratto – Chromophobia
08/21/07: The songs of the Chicago Cubs
08/19/07: Another Rainy Sunday Morning Mix
08/18/07: Review: John Vanderslice – Emerald City
08/18/07: Review: Comadre – Burn Your Bones
08/17/07: Review: Amber Pacific – Truth In Sincerity
08/16/07: Review: Golden City – 1 EP
08/16/07: Review: The Secret Handshake – Summer Of 98 EP
08/15/07: Killswitch Engage Warped Tour Pix
08/15/07: Review: Matt Pond PA – If You Want Blood EP
08/15/07: Red Jumpsuit Apparatus CD Giveaway
08/14/07: Review: The Main Drag – Yours As Fast As Mine
08/13/07: Win an acoustic guitar from Eisley
08/13/07: Review: Ben Weasel – These Ones Are Bitter
08/13/07: Review: Calvin Harris – I Created Disco
08/12/07: My New Favorite Blog
08/12/07: Weekend Chill Out Mix Part 2
08/11/07: Big Warped Tour Giveaway Update
08/11/07: Weekend Chill Out Mix Part 1
08/11/07: Review: Bayside – The Walking Wounded
08/10/07: Review: The National – Boxer
08/09/07: Review: MXPX – Secret Weapon
08/08/07: Review: Circa Survive – On Letting Go
08/07/07: Review: St. Vincent – Marry Me
08/07/07: Review: Sonny Harlan – High Hell Reckoning
08/05/07: Bad Religion Warped Tour pix
08/05/07: Alkaline Trio Warped Tour pix
08/05/07: Bayside Warped Tour pix
08/05/07: Review: St. James Inc. – 8 Hours EP
08/04/07: Coffee, eggs, & toast mix
08/03/07: Bear Down
08/02/07: Review: Revolution Mother – Glory Bound
08/02/07: Review: Paramore – Riot!
08/02/07: Paramore Warped Tour pix
08/01/07: Review: Hot Rod Circuit – The Underground Is A Dying Breed
07/31/07: Hot Rod Circuit Warped Tour pix
07/31/07: FFAF & Pepper Warped Tour pix
07/30/07: A few Warped Tour pictures
07/29/07: Sleepy Sunday Afternoon Mix
07/28/07: Lollapalooza 2007 mp3 preview (part 10)
07/28/07: Review: Chasing Victory – Fiends
07/27/07: Lollapalooza 2007 mp3 preview (part 9)
07/27/07: Big Warped Tour Giveaway
07/26/07: Review: Beat Radio – The Great Big Sea/Miracle Flag
07/26/07: House and parish in the house
07/25/07: Steroids in baseball (a rant of sorts)
07/25/07: Review: Against Me! – New Wave
07/24/07: Lollapalooza 2007 mp3 preview (part 8)
07/23/07: Review: One Black Tooth – Demo
07/22/07: Simpsonize yourself
07/22/07: Review: Matt Nathanson – Some Mad Hope
07/21/07: Lollapalooza 2007 mp3 preview (part 7)
07/20/07: Lollapalooza 2007 mp3 preview (part 6)
07/19/07: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 20)
07/18/07: Lollapalooza 2007 mp3 preview (part 5)
07/16/07: Review: Girl Talk – Night Ripper
07/16/07: Review: Your Black Star – Beasts
07/15/07: Getting the Band Back Together
07/15/07: Review: Bishop Allen & The Broken String
07/14/07: Review: Tim Barry – Rivanna Junction
07/13/07: Review: John P. Strohm – Everyday Life
07/13/07: P4K
07/12/07: Lollapalooza 2007 mp3 preview (part 4)
07/11/07: Classics: Ann Beretta – Nobody’s Heroes
07/10/07: Can You See the Sunset Turns 2
07/09/07: Review: Bad Religion – New Maps Of Hell
07/06/07: Uncle’s Primordial Soup (vol. 5)
07/05/07: Lollapalooza 2007 mp3 preview (part 3)
07/04/07: Uncle’s Primordial Soup (vol. 4)
07/03/07: Uncle’s Primordial Soup (vol. 3)
07/02/07: Uncle’s Primordial Soup (vol. 2)
06/30/07: Uncle’s Primordial Soup (vol.1)
06/30/07: Review: Nees and Vos – EP
06/29/07: Chicago Blogapalooza
06/29/07: Three bands + Cheap beer + Bloggers
06/28/07: Our official vodka
06/28/07: Lollapalooza 2007 mp3 preview (part 2)
06/27/07: Review: New Bruises – Transmit! Transmit! (or) Florida punk rock
06/26/07: Lollapalooza 2007 mp3 preview (part 1)
06/25/07: Review: Mocean Worker – Cinco de Mowo (or) five is a magic number
06/23/07: Pitchfork on Saturday Night Live
06/23/07: Rainy Saturday indie rock mix
06/22/07: A new template just in time for summer
06/20/07: Note to self
06/19/07: Review: Only Crime – Virulence
06/18/07: Review: Matthew Dear – Asa Breed
06/15/07: This is a redemption song (Clash covers)
06/14/07: Regina Spektor is da bomb
06/12/07: Review: Kinetic Stereokids – Basement Kids (or) around the river
06/09/07: Someday somebody’s gonna ask you
06/08/07: Review: The Panda Band – This Vital Chapter (or) pandas in the wilderness
06/08/07: Do you feel like we feel
06/06/07: Review: Para One – Epiphanie (or) transfer cables and data mining
06/05/07: The songs of the cicada
06/04/07: The garage is not a dugout mix
06/04/07: Terrible Twos cd giveaway
06/03/07: Review: Erik Mongrain – Fates (or) French is a language I don’t understand
06/03/07: The classics never go out of style
05/31/07: Review: The Twilight Sad – Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters (or) talking with fireworks exploding
05/31/07: Review: Maximo Park – Our Earthly Pleasures (or) hold my head up while I’m falling down
05/30/07: Song context result repost
05/29/07: Review: Of Montreal – Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? (or) heimdalsgate like a promethean curse
05/28/07: Meat and Potatoes for dinner tonight
05/27/07: Review: Ryan Adams – Easy Tiger (or) picture of Jesus on the dashboard
05/26/07: C’mon get moving (a mixtape)
05/25/07: Review: Mary Timony – The Shapes We Make (or) small red lights shining in the blackness
05/25/07: The Dismemberment Plan escapes (again)
05/25/07: Review: Cary Brothers – Who You Are (or) robot projectors are storming down
05/24/07: The Dismemberment Plan escapes
05/23/07: Jordin Sparks versus Blake Lewis
05/23/07: Review: Augie March – Moo, You Bloody Choir (or) passing through the honey month
05/23/07: Review: The Beach Boys – Sounds Of Summer (or) scorching summer sun on my face
05/22/07: Review: Dear And The Headlights – Small Steps, Heavy Hooves (or) it’s not just who you know
05/21/07: Review: Axton Kincaid – Songs From The Pine Room (or) who is gonna pour my whiskey
05/21/07: Review: Seymore Saves The World – Seymore Saves The World (or) she lived in a trailer near the river
05/19/07: Backwards facing front porch swing
05/18/07: Review: Sundowner – Four One Five Two (or) boatless booze cruise tonight
05/18/07: Review: The Avett Brothers – Emotionalism (or) these sheets are made of fire
05/17/07: Roll me under New Madrid
05/16/07: Review: Cracklin Moth – Redbird EP (or) like a moth to a citronella flame
05/16/07: Review: Rocky Votolato – The Brag & Cuss (or) keep your eyes on the road
05/15/07: Review: Fields – Everything Last Winter (or) clearing the proverbial bases
05/15/07: Review: Scissors For Lefty – Underhanded Romance (or) another southpaw takes the mound
05/14/07: Review: Wilco – Sky Blue Sky (or) mama your boys will find a home
05/14/07: O sweet child of mine
05/13/07: Wind in the trees and sunshine on my face
05/12/07: Morning mixtape for waiting rooms
05/11/07: Review: Matzak – Life Beginnings (or) riddles full of syllables
05/10/07: Review: The Gaslight Anthem – Sink Or Swim (or) three thousand steps and glory bound
05/10/07: Review: Feist – The Reminder (or) white corn chips in amsterdam
05/09/07: Review: Palomar – All Things, Forests (or) islands in the stream
05/08/07: Review: Smoke Or Fire – This Sinking Ship (or) fighting to make it over the james
05/08/07: Sennheiser CX300 earphones
05/07/07: Review: The Muggabears – Night Choreography (or) running all over the bulls
05/06/07: Staring at white lines on the road
05/05/07: A mixtape for mommy
05/05/07: Review: Novi Split – Pink In The Sink (or) if at first you don’t succeed
05/04/07: Wheel in the sky keeps on turning
05/04/07: Review: Yacht – I Believe In You, Your Magic Is Real (or) please beware the quiet front yard
05/03/07: Climb aboard the tracks of a train
05/02/07: Dry your eyes you poor devil
05/02/07: Review: The Jai-Alai Savant – Fight Of The Bass Delegate (or) Scarlett Johansson why don’t you love me
05/01/07: Review: Normandy – Time I’ve Wasted EP (or) watch me floating inches above
05/01/07: Review: Great Lake Swimmers – Ongiara (or) freeze to spread skeleton wings
04/30/07: Review: Blair – Pluto EP (or) orange skies and purple flowers
04/30/07: Featured in the Chicago Tribune
04/29/07: Let go of your throat sweet throttle
04/29/07: Page fourteen of the Sunday paper
04/28/07: Black coffee in bed mixtape
04/27/07: Review: The Field – From Here We Go Sublime (or) from the shores of stockholm
04/27/07: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 19)
04/26/07: Review: Street Smart Cyclist – 7″ (or) look at the sky without looking through it
04/26/07: Review: The Eames Era – Heroes And Sheroes (or) kicking chairs and the family cat
04/25/07: Review: DragonFOrce – Inhuman Rampage (or) high on the wings of eternity
04/25/07: Pretending to be something else
04/24/07: Review: Moxie Motive – EP (or) in a primo part of town
04/24/07: When the going gets tough the get go
04/24/07: Review: Patrick Wolf – The Magic Position (or) everything in this room is edible
04/23/07: Review: Titles – Titles (or) being the odd man out never hurt
04/23/07: Review: Laura Veirs – Saltbreakers (or) late for work by nobody cares
04/22/07: Review: Battles – Mirrored (or) the tape remains very exciting
04/21/07: Pull back the covers its Saturday
04/20/07: Review: The Race – Ice Station (or) digging a hole all the way to china
04/20/07: Review: Dntel – Dumb Luck (or) commotion in the ocean of fools
04/20/07: Review: Lewis & Clarke – Blasts Of Holy Birth (or) on a mountain I can never climb down
04/19/07: Review: Blackpool Lights – This Town’s Disaster (or) I was raised on rock and roll
04/19/07: Review: Utah Carol – Rodeo Queen (or) sunsets and rolling hills
04/18/07: Review: Dinosaur Jr – Beyond (or) where you been for all those years
04/17/07: Review: David Fischoff – The Crawl (or) fishing for compliments and trout
04/17/07: Review: The Narrator – All That To The Wall (or) looking up your old address dude
04/16/07: Yackety Vakaadoo yack
04/16/07: Review: The Eternals – Heavy International (or) rawar style out of proportion
04/16/07: Away for a few days on business
04/15/07: Seeing people you don’t expect to
04/13/07: Review: Amiina – Kurr (or) goodbye Kurt Vonnegut
04/13/07: Dan Zanes contest at Mums the Wurd
04/12/07: Lollapalooza 2007 lineup
04/12/07: Review: Miguel Migs – Those Things (or) maybe I should take dance lessons
04/12/07: Ultimate Ears earphone giveaway
04/11/07: Review: Brandon Butler – Lucky Thumbs (or) crying in my ice cold beer
04/11/07: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 18)
04/10/07: Review: The Bird And The Bee – The Bird And The Bee (or) continually and never ending
04/10/07: A spoonful of emo revisited (one last time)
04/09/07: Review: Parts And Labor – Stay Afraid (or) on the couch writhing in pain
04/08/07: Review: LCD Soundsystem – Sound Of Silver (or) yellow mustangs on a dusty road
04/06/07: You should be wearing Housewrecker
04/06/07: Review: The Goddamn Shame – Dispatches From The Grey City
04/06/07: Review: Shining – Grindstone (or) faraway lands and dangerous journeys
04/05/07: Review: Andrew Bird – Armchair Apocrypha (or) soothing sounds of rushing water
04/04/07: Wand two three (clap clap)
04/04/07: Review: Julie Doiron – Woke Myself Up (or) North of the Saint Lawrence River
04/03/07: Review: Wynton Marsalis – From The Plantation To The Penitentiary (or) way short of a comfortable situation
04/03/07: A spoonful of emo revisited
04/02/07: My baby ain’t a baby no more
04/02/07: Review: Shook Ones – Facetious Folly Feat (or) I need some new new balances
03/31/07: Review: Laura Gibson – If You Come To Meet Me (or) where the deer and the antelope play
03/31/07: Review: Illinois – What The Hell Do I Know? (or) crossing state lines and moving on
03/30/07: A review of the Altec Lansing iM7
03/30/07: Review: Penthouse Sweets – See You In Bed (or) sweet child of mine
03/30/07: Review: Loch Lomond – Lament For Children (or) indie pop music for pine trees
03/29/07: Review: Ozark Cousins – Ozark Cousins (or) ma and pa can we go to branson
03/29/07: Review: Richmond Fontaine – Thirteen Cities (or) cities are buring and turing into dust
03/28/07: Review: Hialeah – Where You’re Standing (or) have you ever had too much fun
03/28/07: Review: Low – Drums And Guns (or) blog is the new black
03/27/07: My those are some tiny test icicles
03/26/07: Review: Arwin – Bright Outside EP (or) it’s getting bright outside
03/26/07: Review: Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – Shake The Sheets (or) waking up to the daily news today
03/25/07: Review: Amy Winehouse – Back to Black (or) apom the little blue pill box
03/24/07: Review: !!! – Myth Takes (or) the smell of napalm in the morning
03/23/07: Review: Nicole Atkins – Neptune City (or) upside down on a blue car
03/23/07: Review: The Shins – Wincing The Night Away (or) friends and dandelion greens
03/22/07: Review: Phelan Sheppard – Harps Old Master (or) collapsing cat and the tatum way
03/22/07: Review: Alta Voz – City Of Echo (or) sucker punched in the ribcage
03/21/07: We heart us some Beat Radio
03/21/07: Review: Let’s Get Out Of This Terrible Sandwich Shop – EP
03/20/07: A little design assistance needed
03/20/07: Barriers and Spanish dancers
03/19/07: Review: Hotpipes – Hotpipes (or) floating in a wayward canoe
03/18/07: Review: Set Your Goals – Mutiny! (or) we could have tea for two
03/17/07: Review: Kenny Garret – Beyond The Wall (or) just take care of the rock
03/16/07: Fire Bruce Weber now
03/16/07: Review: New Young Pony Club – EP (or) a twelve upsets a five
03/13/07: I was your sorry ever after
03/12/07: The ice of Boston is muddy
03/12/07: Pigs are made of ham and bacon
03/11/07: Oceans full of black coffee
03/09/07: Review: Fever Sleeves – Demo (or) arson on the inside wall
03/08/07: Review: The Autumn Defense – The Autumn Defense (or) the sun sets on my summer career
03/07/07: Never if you’re out there
03/07/07: Review: Oreskaband – EP (or) Antonella Barba ain’t got nothing
03/06/07: Review: The Softlightes – Say No To Being Cool, Say Yes To Being Happy
03/06/07: The singular Cingular music
03/05/07: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 17)
03/04/07: Jim gaffigan and hot pockets
03/03/07: Review: Modern Rifles – Demo (or) broken wings make broken things
02/28/07: Review: Julius Airwave – The City The Forest (or) every little bit helps
02/27/07: Eat to the beat #1: May or May not
02/26/07: Pour some splenda on me
02/25/07: Playlists and fridge magnets
02/24/07: Staying under the covers today
02/23/07: Review: Cale Parks – Illuminated Manuscript (or) strike down with furious restraint
02/22/07: A vague stab in the direction of
02/22/07: Review: The Infamous Stringdusters – Fork In The road (or) dance with me Molly
02/20/07: Review: Kill Gordon – Kill Gordon (or) Guinevere and the albatross soar
02/20/07: Review: Five Foot Nine – Five Foot Nine (or) exactly how tall are your dreams
02/14/07: Saying goodbye
02/13/07: Review: The Broken West – I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On (or) one drink will set you straight
02/11/07: I’m gonna crawl all over you
02/10/07: Win a kenpo iPod jacket
02/10/07: Saturday morning cartoons
02/08/07: Review: Backyard Tire Fire – Vagabonds And Hooligans
02/07/07: Review: Lifetime – Lifetime (or) Jersey’s best are dancing again
02/04/07: Just adding fuel to the fire
02/02/07: Da bears and hurricane Ditka
01/31/07: Post grindin’ on the NPR
01/27/07: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 16)
01/25/07: Review: Dustin Kensrue – Please Come Home (or) third time is a charm
01/24/07: Brian Urlacher vs. my daughter
01/23/07: Gonna buy a car and learn to drive
01/21/07: We are the bears shufflin’ crew
01/20/07: There is a light that never goes out
01/20/07: Review: Martha Scanlan – The West Was Burning (or) way up high on the divide
01/19/07: Review: Mission Of Burma – This Is Not A Photograph DVD
01/17/07: Review: The Spares – Beautiful And Trecherous Thing (or) spare tire on the back of truck
01/15/07: Review: The Woods – At Rear House (or) throw the toilet out the window
01/13/07: The super bowl shuffle is back
01/12/07: Stories from the first war
01/10/07: Review: William Elliott Whitmore – Song Of The Blackbird (or) dirt underneath my fingernails
01/10/07: Technical assistance please
01/09/07: Never seen anything quite like it
01/07/07: Warning of the early dawn
01/06/07: Review: Genghis Tron – Dead Mountain Mouth (or) I eat punks like you for breakfast
01/05/07: Pay to c’mon into the world of jah
01/04/07: Review: Joy – Sailing Days EP (or) picking up the broken pieces
01/03/07: Review: The Colour – Between Earth & Sky (or) we are not Bruce Weber fans
01/02/07: Review: Grabba Grabba Tape – Kurt Kobaya… (or) blank cassettes and old shoes
12/28/06: Review: Bullets To Broadway – Drink Positive (or) a size or two too small
12/27/06: Review: The Hard Lessons – Wise Up! EP (or) some are harder than others
12/23/06: Review: Canpamento Nec Nec – Presenta Alimana (or) nec nec in a tom tom bang
12/22/06: Burning airlines for a good cause
12/22/06: A gift for you my tannenbaum
12/21/06: Review: Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury (or) introducing the magic of knowing
12/20/06: Christmas time is here again
12/19/06: Review: The Hope Conspiracy – Hang Your Cross (or) let the animals out of their cages
12/18/06: A very timberlake christmas on snl
12/16/06: Kurt you see the sunset’s top ten of 2006
12/16/06: Da da dit (we’re in trouble now)
12/15/06: Top fifty of 2006 part five (10-01) the top ten
12/14/06: Top fifty of 2006 part four (20-11)
12/13/06: Top fifty of 2006 part three (30-21)
12/12/06: Top fifty of 2006 part two (40-31)
12/11/06: Top fifty of 2006 part one (50-41)
12/10/06: The beginning of listmania 2006
12/09/06: Review: Aloha – Some Echoes (or) brace your face for the ice storm
12/08/06: Mediocrity has redeeming value
12/07/06: State of love and trust
12/06/06: Revew: Cricket Spin – Grains Of Salt, Grains Of Sand (or) we love it when you call home
12/05/06: Review: Strike Anywhere – Dead FM (or) dead in the water
12/01/06: The incredible heart made of sound
11/27/06: Times are a changing
11/25/06: When the two hearted ale don’t flow
11/24/06: Review: Your Black Star – Sound From The Ground (or) maybe you just ate too much
11/21/06: Review: Lake Of Falcons – The Panic Solution (or) pounding the proverbial pavement
11/18/06: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 15)
11/17/06: Review: Helios – Eingya (or) houses filled with dark black smoke
11/17/06: My little needle full of rubella
11/15/06: Democracy behind the red brick wall
11/14/06: I don’t feel like dancin today
11/12/06: Win a cd from the rewinds (contest)
11/10/06: Review: Casey Driessen – 3D (or) magic in the strangest places
11/10/06: Review: The Pernice Brothers – Live A Little (or) excellence means being in control
11/08/06: Far from the Western shore
11/07/06: Review: Converge – No Heroes (or) failing in the unending race
11/06/06: Review: Headland – Un Monde Imaginaire (or) going to the sun
11/05/06: Lucero and friends
11/05/06: Review: Brazil – The Philosophy Of Velocity (or) underhanded wagons of resources
11/03/06: Looking for an answer
11/02/06: Review: The Hold Steady – Boys And Girls In America (or) in new england during the autumn
10/31/06: Review: Beirut – Gulag Orkestar (or) postcards from across the atlantic
10/29/06: Kicking some niner tailfeather
10/28/06: Review: Trail Of Dead – So Divided (or) spin your little head around
10/26/06: Review: The Transit War – Miss Your Face (or) we might never see you again
10/25/06: The periodic table of elements
10/24/06: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 14)
10/22/06: Happy first birthday Hailey
10/20/06: Workin’ for the weekend
10/18/06: Win the new Ben Folds album (contest)
10/17/06: Review: Scissors For Lefty – American EP (or) from the far reaches of left field
10/16/06: Review: TV On The Radio – Return To Cookie Mountain (or) calling to the front range
10/15/06: Review: Aberdeen City – The Freezing Atlantic (or) ten ton consolation prizefighter
10/14/06: A chill in the air tonight
10/13/06: Review: Backyard Tire Fire – Skin & Bones EP (or) blood and sweat on the strings
10/13/06: Review: The Draft – In A Million Pieces (or) save as draft
10/10/06: Review: Annuals – Be He Me (or) breaking barriers and losing control
10/09/06: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 13)
10/06/06: Review: The Blood Brothers – Young Machetes (or) set fire to anything else on fire
10/05/06: How to survive a broken heart
10/04/06: Review: My Morning Jacket – Okonokos (or) fifteen miles down the road
10/03/06: Review: Augustana – All The Stars and Boulevards (or) leave the lights on for awhile
10/03/06: Review: Goran Ivanovic Group – Balkan Songs (or) the most vicious crime around
09/30/06: Trucks and trains and waste
09/29/06: The drummer for poison has two arms
09/29/06: When the clouds fill in by the lake
09/28/06: Taking it to the streets
09/26/06: I can make a really big mess
09/26/06: Review: Nomo – Nu Tones (or) picking up what i’m putting down
09/25/06: Review: Crooked Still – Shaken By A Low Sound (or) giraffes do not look like birds
09/24/06: Review: Drag The River – It’s Crazy (or) but we need more power
09/21/06: I repeat this is only a test
09/20/06: Review: Bound Stems – Appreciation Night (or) nite owls in a high red cavern
09/19/06: Review: Rainer Maria – Catastrophe Keeps Us Together (or) not your average mopey teenager
09/18/06: Review: Rodrigo y Gabriela – Rodrigo y Gabriela (or) decadent and deprived
09/17/06: Funnies in the Sunday paper
09/16/06: Call it like you see it
09/16/06: Can you see the sunset’s Chicago mixtape
09/14/06: Here comes the Nozzman
09/14/06: Review: The North Atlantic – Wires In The Walls (or) red wire right temple black wire left
09/13/06: Review: Oh No! Oh My! – Oh No! Oh My! (or) clap your hands and say oh no
09/11/06: Review: The Mars Volta – Amputechture (or) hush the wind the music died
09/10/06: Champions will rise again
09/08/06: Review: Park – Building A Better______ (or) the coast via the cornfields
09/07/06: Worry about cloning away the roof
09/06/06: Review: Lucero – Rebels, Rogues, & Sworn Brothers (or) I can get us out of here tonight
09/05/06: Ooh baby baby ooh baby baby
09/05/06: Congratulations Andy and Julia
09/03/06: Everyone loves a winner
09/02/06: Review: Early Day Miners – Offshore (or) land of pale saints and grey skies
09/01/06: All you can eat fried chicken
08/31/06: Review: Ima Robot – Monument To The Masses (or) goin’ to a ska show tonight
08/30/06: Review: The Hourly Radio – History Will Never Hold Me (or) when seeing isn’t always believing
08/29/06: Review: Ray LaMontagne – Till The Sun Turns Black (or) a mouth full of hollow threats
08/28/06: Review: Unearth – III: In The Eyes Of Fire (or) big bear and the hour of chaos
08/26/06: Time crunch
08/25/06: Review: Dogme 95 – Arcadian Hymns (or) hey dog me dog you dog everyone
08/24/06: Review: The Lemonheads – The Lemonheads (or) hopelessly bogged down in red tape
08/23/06: Review: The Changes – Today Is Tonight (or) the times they are a changin’
08/21/06: Can you hear the podcast from the Southside 04: someone in chicago loves you (or) ain’t no tourist attraction
08/20/06: Review: Calexico – Garden Ruin (or) where the lights are turned off
08/18/06: Review: Cursive – Happy Hollow (or) so naively we peeked inside
08/18/06: Review: Over It – Silverstrand (or) this is the sound in my headphones
08/17/06: Review: Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris – All The Roadrunning
08/16/06: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 12)
08/15/06: Review: Catfish Haven – Tell Me (or) you can have me in the evening
08/14/06: I need a camera to my eye
08/14/06: When the fit hits the shan
08/13/06: Review: Van She – EP (or) overpowered by the funk
08/12/06: Writing back a local music roundup
08/11/06: Review: All That Remains – The Fall Of Ideals (or) like totally awesome dude man
08/10/06: Four years and counting
08/09/06: Show me a little bit of gratitude
08/09/06: Lollapalooza day three recap
08/08/06: Lollapalooza day two recap
08/07/06: A much needed rest for the feet
08/05/06: Lollapalooza day one recap
08/04/06: An august weekend in grant park (10)
08/03/06: An august weekend in grant park (9)
08/02/06: Review: The Velvet Teen – Cum Laude (or) two lazy cats on a hot tin couch
08/01/06: An august weekend in grant park (8)
07/30/06: No music but lots of beer
07/30/06: Dance dance dance
07/29/06: An august weekend in grant park (7)
07/28/06: Sunset trees and shimmering waves
07/27/06: Review: Shane Bartell – Too Soon To Say (or) somewhere up North of Tomahawk
07/26/06: An august weekend in grant park (6)
07/25/06: Review: The Antiques – Nicknames And Natives (or) Mendota and Monona
07/21/06: Brownies and balloons today
07/21/06: An august weekend in grant park (5)
07/19/06: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 11)
07/18/06: An august weekend in grant park (4)
07/17/06: Review: Murder By Death – In Bocca Al Lupo (or) in the mouth of the wolf
07/16/06: Another saturday night at the Metro
07/15/06: Set this whole world ablaze
07/13/06: Review: Rosemont Family Reunion – Forever Ruth (or) cartoons with jackie kennedy
07/13/06: Midweek odds and ends
07/12/06: An august weekend in grant park (3)
07/10/06: Review: Birdmonster – No Midnight (or) all the holes in the walls
07/08/06: The first year of this here blog
07/07/06: Dance better than i’ve ever seen
07/06/06: Review: Rachael Cantu – Run All Night (or) the signs of the deviations
07/05/06: Review: Francine – Airshow (or) pidgeonholed and out by the pier
07/02/06: An august weekend in grant park (2)
07/01/06: Review: Mission Of Burma – The Obliterati (or) signals calls and marching penguins
06/30/06: A wreck like that one
06/28/06: How fast can we clear the room
06/28/06: Review: Belong – October Language (or) seeking introverted quiet type
06/26/06: International pop overthrow
06/24/06: Review: The Clock Work Army – Catalyst For Change EP (or) statistically insignificant sample
06/23/06: Review: Spider – The Way To Bitter Lake (or) everything you ever wanted to know
06/22/06: An august weekend in grant park (1)
06/18/06: Can you hear the podcast from the Southside 03: summer nights and city lights (or) something different
06/16/06: Review: Banner Pilot – Pass The Poison (or)trimming pictures and eating pizza
06/15/06: Huge Vans Warped Tour contest
06/14/06: Review: The Goldstars – Purple Girlfriend (or) walking down the middle of the road
06/13/06: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 10)
06/12/06: Review: Defiance, Ohio – The Great Depression (or) if it ain’t cheap, it ain’t punk
06/11/06: Review: Harpswell Sound – Let’s Go Anyway (or) more than rain and sometimes fog
06/09/06: What’s up with that?
06/07/06: Review: Pants Yell! – Recent Drama (or) fist fights and late nights wearing on
06/06/06: Review: Katahdin’s Edge – The Ridge (or) hiking quietly along the ridge
06/05/06: Writing a letter to someone you know
06/03/06: In with the down and out crowd
06/02/06: Review: The Forecast – In The Shadow Of Two Gunmen (or) smokestacks and cornfields
06/01/06: A bath in the kitchen sink
05/31/06: Summer songs all summer long
05/30/06: Back and badder than ever
05/25/06: Halftime (the best of 2006 so far)
05/25/06: Review: Bebek – Open Eyes (or) caution bebek on board
05/23/06: Lincoln logs will one day rise again
05/22/06: Review: Cartel – Chroma (or) burn this city to the ground
05/21/06: My life in the forests of ghosts
05/21/06: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 9)
05/20/06: Can you hear the podcast from the Southside 02: summertime is in the air (or) travelling songs
05/19/06: Review: Be Your Own Pet – Be Your Own Pet (or) you will be my parasol
05/19/06: When stuff ain’t working right
05/18/06: Review: Big Buildings – Water Everywhere (or) rock and roll pub trash
05/17/06: Review: Joy – Devil’s Blues (or) late at night up in the treehouse
05/16/06: Forever and counting and done
05/15/06: Review: The Brokedown – The Dutchman’s Gold (or) down in the valley tonight
05/13/06: Review: Hockey Night – Keep Guessin’ (or) it came from way up north
05/12/06: Review: Don Caballero – World Class Listening Problem (or) savage theme from bricktop clowns
05/11/06: Suggestions
05/11/06: Review: Merit – EP (or) yardsticks and longest miles
05/09/06: Review: Rager – Demo (or) sugar and spice and everything nice
05/08/06: Review: Field Music – Field Music (or) not the only way to feel happy
05/07/06: Review: Centro-matic – Fort Recovery (or) take the maps a rake and run
05/06/06: Will they ever score another run?
05/06/06: The first ten songs (random)
05/04/06: She’d shake it up and work hard
05/03/06: And miles of great disdain
05/02/06: Songs stuck inside my head
05/02/06: Review: Flook -Haven (or) my wife will hate this
05/01/06: Review: The Sword – Age Of Winters (or) slaying the evil serpent
04/30/06: Saturdays are jazz days
04/28/06: Review: Saves The Day – Sound The Alarm (or) we don’t need to whisper
04/27/06: Review: Capitol Radio – Demo (or) from the steps of the white house
04/26/06: Review: Islands – Return To The Sea (or) living alone in the Galapagos
04/26/06: Review: Hello Nurse – Chorusaurus (or) New York slang is fading fast
04/25/06: Review: Heavenly States – Black Comet (or) keeping time with the kick drum
04/24/06: Sweet potatoes are delicious
04/23/06: Can you hear the podcast from the Southside 01: from punk to parenthood (or) ten years ago today
04/21/06: Cogs in the great machine
04/20/06: Review: Atreyu – A Death-Grip On Yesterday (or) never ending dog and pony show
04/19/06: Cover songs for hump day
04/19/06: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 8)
04/18/06: Review: Beat Radio – Ecstatic EP (or) only the moonlight knows
04/17/06: Review: Panda & Angel – EP (or) apples to echoes and more
04/16/06: Review: Wilderness – Vessel States (or) a home on the range
04/13/06: Review: Greg Davis & Sebastien Roux – Paquet Surprise (or) hiding from the noise
04/13/06: Daddy please turn that music down
04/11/06: Not out of the woods yet
04/10/06: Review: Southeast Engine – Coming To Terms With Gravity (or) little lamb with a can of ham
04/09/06: A beautiful day for a ballgame
04/08/06: Review: Gang Gang Dance – God’s Money (or) little blue plastic elephants
04/07/06: Review: Davenport – Free Country (or) starry connection of dim returns
04/07/06: Getting back to normal
04/06/06: Things are looking up
04/05/06: Carpe diem
04/03/06: Review: Band Of Horses – Everything All The Time (or) horses are the new wolves
04/02/06: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 7)
04/01/06: Review: Shearwater – Palo Santo (or) the next big thing in rock
04/01/06: Down for the count
03/31/06: Review: LaSalle – Expedition Songs (or) down the mississippi in a canoe
03/29/06: May I please take a picture with you
03/27/06: Review: Gnarls Barkley St. Elsewhere (or) your mom goes to college
03/25/06: I got tapeworms in my belly
03/24/06: Review: Dirty Little Secret – Cabin Fever
03/23/06: Review: Bonobo – Dial M For Monkey (or) please wait system is initializing
03/22/06: Review: Parts And Labor – Stay Afraid (or) sleeping under the subway tracks
03/21/06: Review: Built To Spill – You In Reverse (or) who is Mike Jones?
03/20/06: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 6)
03/20/06: Thank you Hype Machine
03/19/06: Review: Omar Rodriguez – Omar Rodriguez (or) and how they disappoint
03/19/06: Dogs at where my
03/18/06: Bracket busters
03/17/06: Review: Plastic Constellations – Crusades (or) with straight staccato we’ll shake it
03/16/06: Chicago summer music festivals
03/15/06: Tournament time is here again
03/15/06: Review: TV On The Radio – Return To Cookie Mountain (or) unleash the cookie monster
03/14/06: Jump shot fade away
03/13/06: Review: The Greenhornes – Sewed Soles (or) I went to Austin but not to sxsw
03/12/06: Bracketology
03/12/06: And now i’m losing you
03/10/06: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 5)
03/08/06: Dancing in the deepest oceans
03/07/06: Review: Man Man – Six Demon Bag (or) push the eagles fishstick goggles
03/06/06: Review: Catfish Haven – Please Come Back EP (or) and this is what we do
03/05/06: It gets cold in winnipeg
03/04/06: Review: The Bad Plus – The Empire Strikes Backwards (or) ladies and gentlemen of the opposite
03/03/06: In the blogs this week
03/02/06: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 4)
03/01/06: Review: Voltage – Building The Bass Castle, Vol. 1 (or) not at all similar to back in black
03/01/06: Balladeering by clementine jones
02/28/06: Review: Russian Circles – EP (or) tortious interference abounds
02/27/06: Review: Editors – The Back Room (or) first and most common component
02/26/06: Pretty in pink
02/26/06: Review: Division Day – Beartrap Island (or) spit up shoestrings and insects
02/25/06: Review: Sounds Like Fall – The Wolf Is At The Door (or) the skyline breaking apart
02/22/06: Shrapnel in my back pocket
02/20/06: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 3)
02/19/06: Review: Wolfmother – Wolfmother (or) party time at the king’s castle
02/17/06: 50 cent meets freddie mercury
02/17/06: Review: Blueprint – 1988 (or) I can hear it now
02/16/06: Review: Ester Drang – Rocinate (or) does anyone else feel this way?
02/16/06: A little bit of gratitude
02/15/06: Review: Chris Mills – The Wall To Wall Sessions (or) I’m thinking of quitting drinking
02/15/06: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol. 2)
02/14/06: Just a quickie (hvd2u)
02/13/06: Review: Syd Matters – Someday We Will Foresee Obstacles (or) three high sleeping giant
02/11/06: Review: Rocky Votolato – Makers (or) light travels from the radiant sun
02/11/06: An incomplete history of Chicago punk rock (vol.1)
02/09/06: Review: This Is A Process Of A Still Life – Light
02/07/06: Free iPod (revisited)
02/07/06: How about a little jazz?
02/06/06: Review: The Loved Ones – Keep Your Heart (or) tonight tonight alright alright
02/04/06: Review: Loose Fur – Born Again In The USA (or) whistling train on the tracks
02/03/06: Review: Point Juncture, WA – Mama Auto Boss (or) geographically incorrect
02/02/06: Telling anecdotes with skill and wit
02/01/06: Review: Firescape – Rearden’s Conscience (or) gains on the sale of plant assets
01/31/06: Review: Psapp – Tiger, My Friend (or) a stained glass window
01/30/06: Review: Horse The Band – The Mechanical Hand (or) shimmy shimmy shake
01/29/06: Jeff Tweedy live 1-25-06 (Abbey Pub)
01/28/06: Review: Obadia – Where Does Dust Come From
01/27/06: Review: Smoke Or Fire – Above The City (or) safety in prime numbers
01/26/06: Review: Paavoharju – Yh� h�mm�r�� (or) our lady of the worthless miracle
01/25/06: The great cystsfts mixtape project
01/24/06: Review: Part Chimp – I Am Come (or) born in a witches cauldron
01/24/06: He really cannot be trusted
01/23/06: Review: Anderegg – Falling Air (or) no image available
01/22/06: Review: Konono No. 1 – Congotronics (or) the icing on the branches
01/20/06: Funny you should mention that
01/19/06: Review: Maximo Park – A Certain Trigger (or) sickly grey paving stones
01/18/06: Review: Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am… (or) gimmie gimmie indie rock
01/17/06: Make me a mixtape
01/17/06: How’d you pin that one on me
01/16/06: Review: Tristeza – A Colores (or) a memphis emphasis
01/15/06: Review: Voxtrot – Raised By Wolves EP (or) the end is just the end
01/14/06: Review: Small Towns Burn A Little Slower – Morality As Home Entertainment
01/13/06: Muzzle Of Bees interview
01/13/06: Miscellaneous stuff
01/12/06: Review: The Books – Lost And Safe (or) analog boy in a digital world
01/11/06: Review: Beth Orton – Comfort Of Strangers (or) this one’s gonna bruise
01/10/06: Review: Tapes ‘n Tapes – The Loon (or) way up in the northwoods
01/10/06: Jack, Diane, and Beau Beau
01/09/06: Review: Yesterday’s New Quintet – The Funky Side Of Life (or) lay down sally
01/08/06: Review: Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins – Rabbit Fur Coat (or) falafel with hot sauce
01/06/06: Review: New Sense – Flowers Before Hours (or) what milwaukee isn’t famous for
01/06/06: Review: Bound Stems – The Logic Of Building The Body Plan (or) my kingdom for a trundle bed
01/05/06: Hey you with the sun in your eyes
01/05/06: Review: Finian McKean – Shades Are Drawn (or) never trust the postal service
01/04/06: Review: Love Of Everything – Handjob Community (or) Iceland on my mind
01/04/06: The lion sleeps tonight
01/03/06: Review: Salt The Earth – Salt The Earth (or) tomorrow will be the death of us all
01/02/06: Inventions and dimensions
12/30/05: Review: Hot Chip – Coming On Strong (or) i’m a nomad for love
12/30/05: Review: Fear Before The March Of Flames – Art Damage (or) whiskey is alright in its place
12/30/05: Review: Maritime – We, The Vehicles (or) to make room for you and i
12/29/05: iTunes, iPod, & baby help needed
12/29/05: Review: Goes Cube – Goes Cube EP (or) solving rubik’s
12/29/05: Please take me home
12/28/05: Review: Forget Cassettes – Instruments Of Action (or) this conversation is wearing thin
12/26/05: Review: Lake Of Falcons – Lake Of Falcons (or) transitioning the neutral
12/23/05: Merry christmas everyone
12/23/05: Review: Tom Vek – We Have Sound (or) summer and fall now not at all
12/22/05: All wrapped up with a little bow
12/19/05: Review: DZUSA – DZUSA (or) party people in the house
12/18/05: Smoking Popes to tour this spring
12/16/05: Top fifty of 2005 part two (25-01)
12/15/05: Top fifty of 2005 part one (50-26)
12/14/05: Sharper than the serpent’s tooth
12/12/05: Review: The Joggers – With A Cape And A Cane (or) From the other side of the world
12/11/05: I’m not going anywhere
12/08/05: Is this the end my friends?
12/06/05: One little left arm out
12/05/05: Songs of the season
12/02/05: A spoonful of emo (vol. 7)
12/01/05: Having issues
11/30/05: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah on NPR
11/29/05: Big time big ten
11/28/05: My 100th post
11/26/05: Seven things
11/25/05: Buckets or barrels of hope
11/23/05: Turkey and trimmings
11/22/05: It’s that time of year again
11/21/05: The night gives no applause
11/19/05: Four weeks old today
11/19/05: Fortunato’s friday flashback
11/17/05: Bloodletting or economies of scale
11/15/05: Riot inside my battered skull
11/14/05: Who wants a free iPod?
11/13/05: Reflecting in the angles
11/11/05: What the family is listening to
11/10/05: Kurtrteaux is an old man now
11/09/05: Up all night long with the baby
11/08/05: Severe thunderstorm warning
11/07/05: Sweetness and samurai mike
11/05/05: Ours! mine and his’n both!
11/04/05: Descended like clean draws
11/03/05: Endless summer nights
10/31/05: Happy birthday with candy corn
10/30/05: All new music just this time
10/28/05: Short and sweet
10/27/05: Billy Reubens played third
10/26/05: A white sox winner
10/25/05: A heaping spoonful of emo (vol. 6)
10/23/05: Hailey Elyse is here
10/22/05: Jeff Tweedy live at the Vic
10/21/05: Looking down and to the left
10/20/05: Send me to mount melleray
10/18/05: The beat must go on
10/17/05: Mustang Sally
10/14/05: Friday film flashback one
10/13/05: Fine young cannibals
10/12/05: Ceteris paribus
10/11/05: Remember the mountain bed
10/10/05: A spoonful of emo (vol. 5)
10/07/05: The dream meme
10/07/05: A little premature
10/04/05: White and red and sox all over
10/03/05: I’ll see you at the finish line
10/01/05: The untying of the knot
09/29/05: The fifth from the twenty third
09/28/05: Bloggers are people too
09/27/05: Trouble in the hubble huddle
09/26/05: Consistency
09/24/05: As slow as rapid city
09/22/05: Photos and beliefs
09/21/05: A spoonful of emo (vol. 4)
09/20/05: Giving in is like giving up
09/19/05: Parents-to-be just don’t understand
09/17/05: Giving you half a biscuit
09/16/05: Irony is for suckers
09/14/05: You can make a difference
09/13/05: A spoonful of emo (vol. 3)
09/11/05: Let’s meet on the lawn
09/10/05: Last night a DJ saved my life
09/07/05: Racing the train to the tracks
09/06/05: Nature is smarter than you are
09/02/05: Pennsylvania here we come
09/01/05: Walking on sunshine
08/31/05: A spoonful of emo (vol. 2)
08/30/05: We look out across the sea
08/29/05: It’s (is it) all in my head
08/26/05: Serve this in a tulip glass
08/25/05: Autumn rhymes with hideous crimes
08/24/05: A spoonful of emo (vol. 1)
08/23/05: If you’re looking for (new music)
08/22/05: Just wait until I have a baby
08/19/05: If it’s here when we get back it’s ours
08/18/05: I will be the worst parent ever
08/17/05: Damn those dirty punks
08/16/05: I never knew they had it in them
08/15/05: Just another manic Monday
08/12/05: A little rest and relaxation
08/11/05: Two and a half hours of my life
08/10/05: Happy anniversary
08/09/05: Stop writin’ raps and go play volleyball
08/08/05: Based on a true story
08/05/05: Daft Punk is playing at my house
08/04/05: From the back of the clearance bin
08/03/05: Earth and sky
08/02/05: All fired up about nothing at all
08/01/05: The shape of blogs to come
07/29/05: Oh beautiful one
07/28/05: My stash would make them laugh
07/27/05: Two cats and two songs
07/26/05: I’m only (un)happy when it rains
07/25/05: Flash photography allowed
07/22/05: Congratulate my brother or big ups to straightedge
07/21/05: Happy birthday to me
07/20/05: Additional subtraction skills
07/19/05: The (not so) great debate
07/18/05: A million more miles to run
07/15/05: Umm…what was the question?
07/14/05: Just one is never enough
07/13/05: Bring on the mountain stages
07/12/05: Post #3
07/11/05: What’s in a name?
07/08/05: Running fast yet finishing last

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gone July 9, 2005 at 12:07 PM | Permalink

You little html bitch! Wow, this site look REALLY great. And what a great idea…keeping the cool kids (and the not so cool kids) up to date with where the indie community is heading via MP3′s. I’ll make sure to link your site.

Glad to see you hear, and again…great design.
gone July 9, 2005 at 12:08 PM | Permalink

That grammatical “pun” was not intended…I’m just dumb.

hear vs. here
gone July 9, 2005 at 6:28 PM | Permalink

It looks awesome my friend! I’m stoked to listen to the music you put up. Good for you!
gone July 11, 2005 at 12:47 PM | Permalink

Like the tracks (Clap yer hands more so that Lifetime). Oh, and thanks for burning me Demon Dayz, apparently I like it a hell of a lot more than you do, so…yeah.
Ayn Marie July 12, 2005 at 12:49 AM | Permalink

I love the music…I am very jealous right now. I hate idaho…actually i was in southern idaho last year and they had an indie radio station..I felt like I was in heaven.

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