Chris DeSalvo

Break Yo' TV: Dead Man's Bones - "In The Room Where You Sleep"

There's something about great actors who long to be rock stars that sits about as three-day-old bread.

August 28, 2009

Grand Duchy fizzles out at Wicker Fest (7/24)

This is a quaint, ambitious new band that never reaches for the sonic heights The Pixies found, but still forces us to consider dancing amongst like-minded indie rockers. Sadly, this is only the case in subtle doses, and much of their haphazardly choreographed set left most in attendance either a.) wanting more, or b.) glad the band didn't bother trying.

July 26, 2009

Album Review: The Dead Weather - Horehound

An enigmatic, original album that sounds as weird as its cast members would look sitting court side at a Bull's game.

July 15, 2009

Album Review: Grand Duchy - Petits Fours

Hit or miss? Miss.

July 9, 2009

Listen: A Lull

You can’t fake sincerity when so many want to join your pledge. Chicago’s own A Lull deploy a serious serving of devout songs that beg for further examination. They’re simply so textured with luminous consecration to sonic beauty it’s a wonder one wouldn’t require numerous listens right out of the gate.

June 18, 2009

Album Review: Elvis Costello - Secret, Profane & Sugarcane

Let's just say, "...it would be in his best interest to not wander this far off the beaten path again."

June 12, 2009

Album Review: Eels - Hombre Lobo

Eels' frontman Mark Oliver Everett is self-aware. His intimate sentiments are heart-on-your-sleeve homage to how little he values self-worth, opting to render his listeners devastated by constantly reminding them it’s what he lacks that brings them in. He has one significant problem: Each album of his contains a gamete of solid songs, but the whole thing altogether sounds like a 45-minute identity crisis between an aging hipster and the youthful emo-minded angst monger within. His latest effort, Hombre Lobo, is no different.

June 8, 2009

Interview: Grant Rafter (of Kittens Ablaze)

March 18, 2009

Listen: The Fake Fictions

March 13, 2009