Next week, instead of reveling in drunken buffoonery and watching fireworks explode over Lake Michigan, MD is heading north to Lake Ontario in Toronto to collect some Harvey’s trays and also enjoy a great music festival now in its second year. The Toronto Urban Roots Festival takes place at Fort York Garrison Common, and founder Jeff Cohen has put together another great lineup this year. … Continue reading Toronto Urban Roots Festival 2014 Preview
The first time I heard Nightmares On Wax I had little to no knowledge of house music. I knew it was a genre, but not one that I had ever delved into myself. I picked up a copy of In A Space Outta Sound when it came out (2006) really for no other reason than I liked the name and found the cover interesting. … Continue reading Nightmares On Wax-N.O.W. Is The Time (Retrospective Album and Tour)
Supplies For Dreams and Moxie Rock Management are teaming up next Saturday night to throw a benefit rock show with all proceeds going toward Chicago Public Schools. Supplies For Dreams is a non-profit group that raises money to help keep kids in school and help them get all the items they need to earn a degree. A worthwhile cause in the third-largest school system in … Continue reading Dream Loud Benefit Concert at Cubby Bear May 24th
Last year the CIMMFest team was cool enough to let me check out a couple events and sent me some screeners so I could review other movies that I couldn’t see when they showed in theaters. It was a lot of fun, and they’re so passionate about bringing the worlds of cinema and music together it’s hard not to get excited along with them. This … Continue reading CIMMFest Film And Music Preview
I’m not much of a fan of Rihanna. Her music has somehow become the most omnipresent sound in the world, and I just don’t get it. However, I do like covers of her songs. It’s a strange thing, but Manic Street Preachers take on “Umbrella” is one of my favorite things ever. So when I heard the St. Lenox cover of “Stay,” released on an … Continue reading St. Lenox-“Stay” (from the covers EP Five Songs In The Style Of Fritz Kreisler)
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