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RECENT
ARTICLES, 2007
The following are handy links to my
recent pieces for the Chicago
Sun-Times, or
my version of a Blog (though I hate that
word). Happy reading!
CLICK
HERE FOR OLDER ARTICLES, 2001—2006
September 11
Album review: Kanye
West v. 50 cent
September 10
Review: The MTV Video Music
Awards
September 9
Feature: Fall Music
Preview
September 7
Feature: Hideout
Block Party preview
September 2
Sunday Column: Who
speaks for the local music scene?
August 31
Column: These kids today
August 26
Concert Review: Kanye West
Live Column: RZA
August 24
Live Column: Hilary Duff
August 19
Spin Control: The
New Pornographers, M.I.A., The Mekons
August 17
Live Column:
Professor Murder
August 12
Sunday Feature:
An open letter to Lollapalooza's Perry Farrell
Column: The Daily Swarm
August 10
Live Column: Ozzfest
News: Corporate
censorship at Lollapalooza
August 3-6; Lollapalooza
Feature: Lollapalooza
guide and after show parties
Lollapalooza Blog: Days 1,
2, 3
Review: Lollapalooza
Round-up
August 5
Album Reviews:
Dean & Britta, Lee Hazlewood, Githead, Ben Weasel and His Iron String Quartet,
Jarvis Cocker
July 29
Sunday Feature: Common
July 27
Preview: Crossroads
Festival
July 26
Concert Review:
Grinderman
July 22
Sunday Feature: Punk
Planet, R.I.P.
July 20
Live Column: Dweezil Zappa
July 19
Review:
Decemberists with the Grant Park Orchestra at Millennium Park
July 16
Concert Review:
Pitchfork round-up
July 15
Sunday
Feature: Pitchfork Festival artists interviews and diary
July 13
Feature: Pitchfork
Preview
July 9
Review: Live Earth
July 8
Sunday Feature:
Pitchfork Music Festival
Spin Control:
Spoon, T.I.
July 6
Live Column: Radio
Birdman
Concert Review: The
Police at Wrigley Field
July 1
Sunday Feature: The Police
Album Review:
Smashing Pumpkins
June 29
Live Column: Parts &
Labor
News: Taste of
Chicago lineup
June 25
Album Review: Kelly
Clarkson
June 24
Sunday Column:
Mid-year top albums
June 22
News: Summerbash lineup
June 17
Sunday Feature:
Ticketmaster
Spin Control:
White Stripes
June 15
Live Column: The Deftones
June 13
Concert Review: Nelly
Furtado
June 10
Concert Review: Gwen
Stefani
Sunday Feature:
Bryan Ferry, Patti Smith, and the tribute to Patti Smith
June 8
News: Tinley Park for
sale
June 7
Live Column: The Pipettes
June 5
Album Review: Paul
McCartney
June 3
Sunday Feature:
Elliot Smith, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley releases
Sunday Column:
Hillary Clinton's theme songs
Spin Control: Glenn
Mercer
June 1
Live Column: Porcupine
Tree
May 27
Sunday Feature: R. Kelly
May 25
Live Column: Joss Stone
May 20
Sunday Feature:
Chicago and Lollapalooza
Concert Review: Arcade
Fire
Spin Control: Rush,
Tori Amos
May 18
Live Column: Arcade Fire
May 13
Sunday Feature: Wilco
Live Column: Kristeen
Young
May 11
Live Column: Cursive
May 9
Concert Review: Nora Jones
May 6
Sunday Column: Reviews
of Bjork and Feist
Essay: Rap on
athletes
May 4
Live Column: Air
April 29
Sunday column: An
Appreciation for Lester Bangs
Spin Control:
Mavis Staples, Arctic Monkeys
April 27
Live Column: Ted Leo
April 24
Concert Review:
Modest Mouse
April 23
Concert Review:
Christina Aguilera
April 22
Sunday Column: Rock Reads
Spin Control:
Bright Eyes
April 20
Feature: Local
releases
April 19
Concert Review: The
Decemberists
April 15
Featured Review: Nine
Inch Nails
April 13
Feature: The Stooges
April 12
News:
Lollapalooza lineup
Feature: Diana Ross
April 10
News: Smashing Pumpkins
without Iha
April 8
Sunday feature:
Fall Out Boy
Feature: Tom Morello
Spin Control:
Kings of Leon; Amy Winehouse; Timbaland
April 6
Live Column: The Gossip
News:
Intonation falls victim to fest glut
April 1
Sunday Column: Web
Radio and royalties
March 30
Live Column: OK Go
March 23
Live Column: Amiina
March 19
Feature: SXSW 2007
retrospect
SXSW Day by Day Blog
March 18
Sunday Column: Spring
releases by Ted Leo, LCD Soundsystem, Low
March 16
Live Column: Field Music
SXSW: Austin is
Chicago South
SXSW: New hopes,
harsh realities
March 13
Concert Review:
Justin Timberlake
March 11
Sunday Column: Modest
Mouse
Spin Control: Air
March 9
Live Column: Scissor
Sisters
March 4
Sunday Column: Arcade
Fire
Live Column: Chris Daughtry
Spin Control: The
Stooges
March 2
Live Column: The Clipse
March 1
Concert Review:
Red Hot Chili Peppers
February 25
Sunday
Feature: My Chemical Romance
Spin Control:
Peter, Bjorn, and John; Tim Fite
February 23
Live Column: Apples
in Stereo
February 18
Sunday Column: Music in
Advertising
Spin Control:
Luscious Jackson, Jill Cunniff, Sneakers
February 16
Live Column:
Sparklehorse
February 12
Feature: Grammy Awards
February 11
Sunday Column: Grammy
history
Spin Control:
Lucinda Williams
February 9
Concert
Review: Lily Allen
Live Column: Plasticland
February 7
Concert
Review: Fall Out Boy
Feature: Grammy
preview
February 6
Record Review:
Fall Out Boy
February 4
Sunday Column: Rhys
Chatham
February 2
Live Column: 1900s
February 1
News: Super Bowl preview
January 30
Album Review: Norah
Jones
January 28
Sunday Column:
Mix-tape controversy
Spin Control: The
Good, the Bad & the Queen; Wild Carnation
January 26
Live Column: Chicago
bred releases
January 21
Spin Control: John
Mellencamp
January 19
Live Column: High
School Musical
January 17
Sunday Feature: I
was "From Rolling Stone"
January 5
Live Column: Jaimie
Foxx
December 24, 2006
Sunday Feature: Best
Albums of 2006
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