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Garage Rock

Four men pose in front of a door marked 20, two standing on either side, one standing in the center with hands on hips, and one crouching in front; the image is in black and white.

by Craig Bechtel | August 18, 2026

Dare Them To Vanish: Fig Dish Revisits “When Shove Goes Back To Push” Nearly thirty years after its release, the Chicago band's prescient sophomore album finally gets its due with a first vinyl pressing.

Two people with mustaches sit under a shelter made of intertwined branches. One looks upward, while the other gazes ahead with their chin resting on their hand. Sunlight filters through the branches around them.

by Craig Bechtel | January 13, 2026

This House Is Creaking Blows off the Doors of the House They Used To Live In Recently settled into an apartment in Albany Park, roommates (and bandmates) Micah Miller and Ehmed Nauman discuss new music, their approach to songwriting and an upcoming appearance at Tomorrow Never Knows.

by Anne K. Ream and R. Clifton Spargo | September 24, 2024

The Fine Art of Leaving: Fontaines D.C.’s Forward-Facing Sound

by Craig Bechtel | August 21, 2020

From Title to Track: A Review of James Swanberg’s “The One and Only”

by Anne K. Ream and R. Clifton Spargo | July 19, 2019

Shape-Shifting to Groove To: Cage the Elephant Finds Its Rhythm (Again)

by Gerald Brennan | February 12, 2018

Way Beyond Cool: A Preview of Music Frozen Dancing at Empty Bottle

by Bill Kopp | October 16, 2016

Chords of Near-Fame: A Preview of Teenage Fanclub at Bottom Lounge

by Bill Kopp | September 17, 2016

A Way-Out Trip In the Wayback Machine  Allah-Las Brings Its Vintage Contemporary Sound to Double Door

by Kathleen Caplis | August 13, 2016

Spinal Tap A Preview of Uh Bones at The Empty Bottle

by Robert Rodi | August 1, 2016

Lollapalooza 2016, Day Four From the Sacred to the Profane

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