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What’s the hottest Halloween costume this year? NPR’s Michele Norris asks Andy Dallas, owner of Dallas and Company in Champaign, Ill. He’ll tell us about Jersey Shore costumes, Tea Party member get-ups and more. Click …

Due to a series of unfortunate events (including a sick sister and confused music editors) this piece didn’t make it into our various festival wrap-ups. But it’s a nice review and many people around town …

Elsinore is offering nine remixes of songs from their album Yes Yes Yes at their bandcamp page. And they’re following the In Rainbows model by leaving the cost up to you. Here’s their explanation: Because …

From the band’s FB: [We] have been kindly nominated for The Deli Chicago’s Artist of the Month poll. What this means is that you should go to their site and throw your voice/cast you vote, …

Smile Politely and The Dirty Feathers want you (and a friend) to attend the Dirty Feathers/Santah show Friday for free! We are giving away two tickets to the concert — which will be followed by …

Local mainstay Angie Heaton has quietly released a new EP called Time Takes Time. It seems to have flown a little under the radar, but you can (SHOULD!) listen and/or pick it up right now …

It’s been many many months since The Fantastic Plastics have released anything new and this one is a HUMDINGER! The song is “Overtime!” and it’s for all of you paper pushing slaves working in your …

A message from our friend DJ Bozak: I got a new mix for you to check out – One of my favorite labels, BBE (Barely Breaking Even), is holding a mixtape contest and I thought …

Merge.fm took their web application live this week. The goal of the app is to let fans and musicians share the creative songwriting experience. Comprised of former and current U of I students, merge.fm‘s team is focusing …