Giveaway: The Lawrence Arms Present: The 10th Annual War on Xmas
Whether you’ve been naughty or nice this year, you have a chance to win.To celebrate The Lawrence Arms’ The 10th Annual War on Xmas, we’re giving away one pair of tickets to night one and one pair of tickets to night two of the show. Send a letter to Santa (aka fill out the form below) for a chance to win. The Lawrence Arms Present: The 10th Annual War on Xmas…
Monsters of Ink: Jeremy Wheeler’s More-Is-More Approach Packs Quite the Bang
The Michigander has created wild posters for John Carpenter, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, and many moreJeremy Wheeler has been a fixture in both the rock ‘n’ roll and pop art scenes in Southeast Michigan since moving to Ann Arbor around the turn of the century. He first came to local prominence as co-founder and coordinator of THE BANG!, a series of wild dance parties (for which, FULL DISCLOSURE, this writer worked…
Eels Released a Fantastic Music Video (and New Album) Today
Eels, the mouthpiece for singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Mark Oliver Everett—better known as E.—released a new studio LP today. The last time we could honestly say that was 2014, with the release of The Cautionary Tale of Mark Oliver Everett. Staying true to his sadly beautiful formula, E.’s lyrics on The Deconstruction‘s primarily deal with “rebuilding one’s…
Johnny Marr Announces New Album, ‘Call the Comet,’ and Releases New Song
Johnny Marr’s new album Call the Comet is scheduled for release on June 15, and now you can listen to the first single, “The Tracers,” below. Call the Comet will be the former Smiths guitarist’s third solo album. “I wouldn’t call it a concept record,” Marr explained to NME, “but it’s got a unifying theme going…
Happy Release Day! Stream the Wonder Years’ New Album, ‘Sister Cities’
In case you missed it, the Wonder Years officially released its new album Sister Cities via Hopeless Records. You can stream it below, which will give you plenty of time to memorize all the lyrics so you can sing along with them at Concord Music Hall in Chicago on June 3. “Sister Cities came about in…
6 of the Best Bands on our Fictional Fantasy Riot Fest Lineup
While we all eagerly await the 2018 Riot Fest lineup announcement, speculation is already swirling around what bands will be on the bill. Whether through careful analysis of summer tour schedules or shuffling the first letters of tweets like they’re Scrabble tiles, it’s hard to resist participating in the guessing game of who will be…
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week: Garnet
Garnet came to us as a stray on New Years Day. What a sad way to start 2018. She’s looking for a better life and some warmth. Her journey of searching for that continues…. 94 days now. This little girl glows with gentleness! She’s really sweet and easy going. Garnet doesn’t mind the other dogs…
Zombie-Like Raccoons Are Terrorizing People In Ohio
Residents of Youngstown Ohio are on alert after police have responded to more than a dozen phone calls of suspicious raccoons. Local resident Robert Coggeshall told WKBN that he was outside his home with his dogs when,“I looked over there and got distracted because I saw a raccoon coming our way,” “He would stand up…
Chicago Creatives: Ariel Zetina is the Mother of the Windy City Club Scene
Even when her work explores the dark, abrasive, and traumatic, Ariel Zetina’s goal is to make you dance. The Chicago-based playwright, producer, and DJ’s aesthetic delights in the unexpected; she often uses a danceable four-on-the-floor beat structure as a Trojan horse to shepherd strange, glitchy, and transgressive sounds and themes onto the dancefloor. She emphasizes…
