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Local Q&A: Tom Schraeder on the month-long ‘Chicago, I Love You’ fest at Lilly’s

December 23, 2018 at 2:55 p.m.

When the Tom Schraeder & His Ego frontman started planning a release party for "Chicago, I Love You," the latest album from his namesake band, he forgot one important detail:...

Local Q&A: California Wives

December 23, 2018 at 3:01 p.m.

California Wives' full-length debut "Art History" is littered with song titles taken from cities both near ("Los Angeles") and far ("Tokyo").According to frontman Jayson Kramer, however, the guitar rockers, who...

Q&A: My Morning Jacket

December 23, 2018 at 3:08 p.m.

My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James likes to keep himself busy. In addition to his work with the Louisville, Ky., rockers, who released their sixth album, "Circuital," last year, James...

Local Q&A: Videotape

December 23, 2018 at 3:16 p.m.

It's appropriate that Videotape's debut full-length "This Is Disconnect" opens with a song called "Static"--the local quintet specializes in dreamy guitar-rock tunes bathed in layers of churning feedback.Singer and Noble...

Local Q&A: This Is Cinema

December 23, 2018 at 3:36 p.m.

This Is Cinema's debut EP "Cycles" sounds like it could be the work of a sprawling collective. Yet the album, which incorporates everything from sweeping string sections to squiggly electronic...

Local Q&A: Gold Motel

December 23, 2018 at 4:01 p.m.

The self-titled sophomore album from local pop-rockers Gold Motel oozes surf and sun, even though much of it was recorded as temperatures dipped and leaves fell from the trees. "There...

Local Q&A: Panoramic & True

December 23, 2018 at 4:15 p.m.

Panoramic & True's sophomore album "Wonderlust" aspires to the orchestral indie-pop of similarly minded acts like Canadian collective Broken Social Scene.There's vibrancy and immediacy to P&T's music that was inspired...

Local Q&A: Panoramic & True

August 22, 2021 at 8:59 p.m.

Panoramic & True's sophomore album "Wonderlust" aspires to the orchestral indie-pop of similarly minded acts like Canadian collective Broken Social Scene.There's vibrancy and immediacy to P&T;'s music that was inspired...

Local Q&A: Outer Minds

December 23, 2018 at 4:30 p.m.

The Pitchfork Music Festival frequently books forward-thinking acts, but at least one band on this weekend's bill has a sound firmly rooted in the past.Performing Friday, Chicago's Outer Minds come...

Local Q&A: Outer Minds

November 3, 2021 at 2:59 p.m.

The Pitchfork Music Festival frequently books forward-thinking acts, but at least one band on this weekend's bill has a sound firmly rooted in the past.Performing Friday, Chicago's Outer Minds come...

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