more by Christopher John Treacy
[ROCK] The concept is that by forcing yourself not to think about something, you will think of little else.
[JAM] Call it livetronica, electro-funk or—my personal fave—grilled cheese funk, but the G-Nome Project is basically a jam-band from Tel Aviv.
[PUNK] Chicago’s Voice of Addiction straddles the old-world punk vibe of bands like Fugazi and Circle Jerks and noise-rock hybrid artists like Dinosaur Jr. The results are plenty edgy with progressive, math-y touches.
[PUNK] They call it Culture Punk, we call it wacky, but either way, it’s fun.
[COMEDY] Likely named (with tongue firmly planted in cheek) after Edward Zwick’s 2010 American comedy-drama film about Viagra (based on the book Hard Sell), this new comedy revue at Babeville’s 9th Ward offers another potentially great outlet
[PUNK] Buffalo punk cover band The Card Cheats, now re-imagined as the all-original-material-spawning Super Tugger (whose refreshingly under-produced single “Broken Bones” is getting spins on Alternative 101.7’s Localized show) will team up with hard-rocking faves the...
[ROCK] In the process of making Side Pony, Lake Street Dive’s third studio full-length and debut for Nonesuch, the conservatory-trained Brooklyn-by-way-of-Boston quartet learned to use the recording studio as its own instrument.