The Joy Thieves: Defying expectations on ‘American Parasite’ (Episode 650)
A loose collective of musicians delivered one of the year’s tightest sets of music. The Joy Thieves recently put out their first full-length (“American Parasite”), and gave us the cathartic, drive fast, live-without-consequences, kind of music that the end of…
Beloved Chicago band Pulsars return with “largely unheard lost tracks from your favorite weirdos” (Episode 649)
Mid-90s. Chicago. Bands across the city were swept up in a record company feeding frenzy the likes of which we’d never see again. You know the names of some of the bands, as a handful were able to establish a…
Local black metal project Annihilus is raw, primal and awesome (Episode 648)
Raw. Primal. Awesome. Black metal project Annihilus returns with the follow-up to last year’s celebrated “Ghanima” release with “Follow a Song From the Sky.” Luca Cimarusti joins me to talk about forging the album during sheltering-in-place, why the band name…
What is radio? (BLOG)
What is radio? Wikipedia says it’s “the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves,” and that definition was impossible to argue through the early 21st century. At this point in our digital and entertainment evolution, however, I believe that…
The Stranglers return with ‘Dark Matters’: An interview with J.J. Burnel (Episode 647)
“Committed for insanity and crimes against the soul The worst crime that I ever did was play some rock ‘n roll.” The Stranglers have been around for over four decades and have seen and done it all. In the early…
Blind Adam and the Federal League release new album on Anti-Flag’s A-F Records (Episode 646)
Anti-Flag is one of America’s most tireless activist voices in music, and they have a kindred spirit in Chicago’s Blind Adam and the Federal League. Blind Adam and the Federal League return with their new album, An Act of Desperation,…
The beer! The food! Crushed By Giants redefines what River North can be (Episode 645)
Oh, man. Crushed By Giants rules. I spent the afternoon with Marketing Director Joe Steigerwald, Head Brewer David Kerns and Head Chef Enrique Roman. I got to watch Crushed By Giants in motion, but more importantly, I got to sample…
BEHOLD… THE GIANT PORK TENDERLOIN SANDWICH from The Rambler Kitchen + Tap (Episode 644)
The Rambler Kitchen + Tap (4128 N. Lincoln) has become a fast favorite over the past two years. Owner Kyle Bagley is here to talk about his business, and to show off THE GIANT PORK TENDERLOIN SANDWICH. We also sampled…
The superheroic life and music of the man behind V is for Villains (Episode 643)
Live streaming is back on Car Con Carne! We’re live from Temperance Beer Co. (2000 Dempster) in Evanston! Joining me for today’s chat is the delightful Mr. Agitator of V is for Villains. Will he enjoy a Greenwood Beach Blonde…
The plight of concert photographers, “fair use” and entertainment law (Episode 642)
Concert photographers are facing increasingly more oppressive “rights grabs.” And that’s how tonight’s conversation with photographer Bobby Talamine and entertainment lawyer Ilya Zlatkin (of Zlatkin Wong) started. We covered the release forms photographers have to sign in order to shoot…
