Local capsule reviews: August 2011
Catching up on releases that slipped under our radar this summer, including Evil Tents, Horrible Things, Petunias and more.
Catching up on releases that slipped under our radar this summer, including Evil Tents, Horrible Things, Petunias and more.
Now is your chance to finally see Midnight in Paris at a better venue. You can also catch Steve Coogan in The Trip. Don't blow it.
With a new Kohl’s campaign that prominently features the band launching nationally, Elsinore releases a well-timed new EP.
The “echoey wasteland” of sound on this Pygmalion band’s first full-length doesn’t help Chris overcome his distaste for chillwave.
Danny immerses himself in the reactionary noise-fest that ran against Pitchfork, and comes out with some thoughts on the true nature of experimentalism.
Beyoncé’s new album contains nods to ’90s artists such as Toni Braxton and Gloria Estefan, and this makes a believer out of Chris.
Chris reviews debut albums from two bands that garnered a lot of internet buzz long before they had thirty minutes worth of music.
Beth discusses local(ish) author Clinton Boomer’s first novel, and gives the details for his book signing at Jane Addams.
It’s good to see bands still releasing cassettes.