Welcome to ‘Septemburger’ (Episode 653)
Three chefs, one show! Chicago Gourmet’s “Hamburger Hop” event is happening right now, and joining me to talk about it are Chef Daniel Pineda (Whiskey Business), Chef Yani Sanchez (Takito) and Chef Michael Hernandez (Azul). We’re talking burgers. We’re talking…
Beverly Art Walk strolls into 8th year (Episode 652)
The Beverly Art Walk strolls into its 8th year with another fantastic event on Saturday, 9/18. Spanning from 95th to 111th Streets, Walden to Western Avenue, this year’s walk includes 100 artists, pop-ups, gallery exhibitions, home studio visits and more!…
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Chicago Philharmonic’s new Composer in Residence Marcus Norris (episode 651)
Musician and composer (and former Chicagoan) Marcus Norris is the Chicago Philharmonic’s new composer in residence. You can see his epic piece, “Glory,” performed in the Philharmonic’s season opening production OUT OF THE SILENCE this Sunday (9/12) at the North…
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,…
