Synth Pop Saturday…Sort of
By Alex Danger Stewart What: OMD @ the Park West, Lincoln Park, Chicago, ILWhen: Saturday, March 12, 2011Did you go to this Show? AlmostOrchestralOMD stands for Orchestral Manoeuvres in The Dark (Get...
View ArticleA Hard Jim to Crack: The Artwork of Jim Nutt and Other Legume Related Puns
By Alex Danger Stewart Dear Beloved Readers,I recently wrote this for a Critical Art Review assignment in my Art in Chicago Now class. Enjoy. "Wee On January 29th of this year, The Museum of...
View ArticleDanger’s Quick Friday Lecture
by Alex Danger Stewart ApparentlyI finally broke down and listened to that Rebecca Black song. I had been boycotting it because, Who cares about some girl’s dumb song? Then I realized that by actively...
View ArticleIt’s Rebecca Black Friday at Funny Or Die
Last Friday, staff globetrotter Alex Danger Stewart commented on the internets recent obsession with the bad pop masterpiece sung by teenager Rebecca Black in an editorial comparing the awful song to...
View ArticleBack to (Film) School
Welcome to the first installment of Danger’s Film Cliches 101FileEvery few weeks or so I’ll advise the burgeoning indie filmmaker on using music in your films that will trick your art school peers into...
View ArticleCallers – Life of Love
By Alex Danger StewartDanger reviews Callers Life of Love.Callers are a trio from Brooklyn, NY by way of Providence and New Orleans. Their songs largely consist of voice, guitar, and drums. This much...
View ArticleWarren Franklin – Your Heart Belongs to the Midwest
By Alex Danger StewartI made a list of the reasons I will never call you again.”Who: Warren FranklinWhat: Mr. F’s 2nd long play release Your Heart Belongs to the MidwestDoes it come out soon? It does!...
View ArticleSinglelicious: The Cashmere Cartel – Valerie
Junior Prom AspirationsBy Alex Danger Stewart Who: Cashmere CartelWhat: ValerieScwha? That was my reaction too. Let me clear up a matter of slight conjecture. Listening to the song, Valerie, is not...
View ArticleBoys Like Jason – I Hope It Never Stops Raining
Byron via Chicago’s Boys Like Jason has been knocking around the internets for a short while now, giving away originals and choice covers. This year and last has been very fertile for BLJ’s Alex Danger...
View ArticleYo La Tengo at Subterranean June 26, 2011
By Alex Danger StewartCan’t you see baby I’m just crazy for you. Love wheel spinin’round, round, round, round” WheelWhat: Yo La Tengo Spinning Wheel TourWhere: Subterranean in Wicker Park, Chicago,...
View ArticleRomantic Advice for Zookeepers and Other Lovelorn Folks
By Alex Danger Stewart *Disclaimer: I have not seen Zookeeper so all of my conclusions and insights regarding the plot are based on the trailer/television spots, a handful of reviews, and the...
View ArticlePitchfork Music Festival 2011
[wide][/wide]Like last year, our intrepid music adventurer and writer Alex Danger Stewart is calling in and live Tweeting from the Pitchfork Music Festival 2011 all weekend long! Check back here for...
View ArticleDanger Does Pitchfork Music Festival 2011: Friday [Update]
*For technical reasons, we decided to split these daily updates into separate posts so the live video stream is smoother on the other page. Thanks for listening- Chip* [wpaudio...
View ArticleDanger Does Pitchfork Music Festival 2011: Saturday [Update]
Saturday voice mails from Danger from the Pitchfork Music Festival 2011. [wpaudio url=http://sockmonkeysound.com/danger-pitchfork/2011/Danger-Pitchfork-2011_Sat_1.mp3 text=Danger @ Pitchfork Music...
View ArticleDanger Does Pitchfork Music Festival 2011: Sunday
Danger’s audio updates from Sunday at the Pitchfork Music Festival 2011. [wpaudio url=http://sockmonkeysound.com/danger-pitchfork/2011/Danger-Pitchfork-2011_Sun_1.mp3 text=Danger @ Pitchfork Music...
View ArticleWild Flag at Wicker Park Fest 7/23/11
By Alex Danger Stewart What: Wild FlagWhere: Wicker Park Fest North StageDouble Where? North Milwaukee Ave, Wicker Park, Chicago, IL Wicker Park Fest is an annual neighborhood street festival with 3...
View ArticleDum Dum Girls- Only In Dreams
Dum Dum Girls are nothing if not prolific. Since the release of their debut EP in late 2009, Dee Dee and the gang have hardly gone six months without an album, singles compilation, or EP release....
View ArticleGirls at Reckless Records 9/29/11
What: Girls in store performance at the Reckless Records on BroadwayWhere: 3126 North Broadway Street, Chicago, IL.When: Thursday September 29, 2011Do you shop at that store? I do. I once bought a...
View ArticleSinglelicious: Roll The Tanks-Goodnight Jimmy Lee 7″
Roll The Tanks are a rock and roll group from Los Angeles, California. Their music is kind of punky. That is all I know about them. My good friend Patrick (we’re not really good friends. Just okay...
View ArticleDum Dum Girls Live at the Empty Bottle 10/14/11
By Alex Danger Stewart The camera on my phone doesn’t have adjustable f-stops. What: Dum Dum Girls, Crocodiles, and Colleen GreenWhere: The Empty Bottle in West Town, Chicago, ILWhen: Friday, October,...
View ArticleThe Danger Zone, Sour Grapes, and Patton Oswalt
Not Cool, You Guys: Beloved Internet Betrayal EditionLast week I entered a contest sponsored by the Onion AV Club’s local Chicago chapter. The basic premise was that Patton Oswalt would come to the...
View ArticleDowsing, Like Bats, Coping, Castevet at Subterranean 11/14/11
What: Dowsing, Like Bats, Coping, and CastevetWhere: Subterranean in Chicago, ILHow many people were there on a Monday night? A surprisingly large amount I have reviewed lots of shows at Subterranean...
View ArticleJeff Goldsmith-Man at Helm EP
Jeff Goldsmith is a singer-songwriter currently playing and recording in Naperville, Illinois. We’ll get to that part in a moment. First we need to turn back time a bit. Long before his current...
View ArticleJim & Jen, Parker, Conrad Plymouth, and Gaberdine at Subterranean 1/22/12
What: Jim & Jen, Parker, Conrad Plymouth, and GaberdineWhen: Sunday, January 22, 2012Where: Subterranean in Chicago, ILWill this review be filled with familiar faces? Yes it will. Here’s the deal...
View ArticlePinebocks – Flee/My Unfunny Valentine
Lo-fi pop can be a tricky balancing act. In the past it was exclusively employed by those who had no access to more sophisticated means of production. Since the full takeover of digital recording,...
View ArticleDowsing/Parker Split 7″
Let’s get this part out of the way: Dowsing and Parker are two bands that I have given pretty hearty praise to in the recent past. That trend will continue in this review because I think the EP is...
View ArticleWarren Franklin, Coping, Direct Effect, You Blew It, and Dowsing in a...
The What: Warren Franklin, Coping, Direct Effect, You Blew It, and DowsingWhere: The Clint Eastwood House, Uptown, ChicagoWhen: A week and 3 days agoWere you excited to go to a show in Uptown? Very! I...
View ArticleThe Danger Zone Taste Test-Dr. Snap Soda
What is this? A quick review of a store brand sodaWhy? Because I’m bored and I thought it would taste like Dr. Pepper. Also thisYour name is, Fuck you,? I thought it was Alex. Not really. I’m just...
View ArticleJoie De Vivre 2.0 in Chicago 4/6/12
What? Joie De Vivre, Into it. Over it. The Please and Thank Yous, DroughtsWhen? April 6, 2012Where? Subterranean in ChicagoDidn’t that band break up recently? Yes Joie De Vivre were an emo band from...
View ArticleBeing There – Breaking Away
“I’ll make you a mix!”Being There are a rock and roll band from London, UK who presumably enjoy the films of Hal Ashby . They used to be from Manchester, UK where they formed. The NME likes them quite...
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