The Pitchfork Music Festival is starting to roll out the acts playing Chicago's Union Park July 17-19, with the slate for Friday night—where bands will play setlists chosen by ticket buyers—being announced. The lineup is loaded with indie's elders: Built to Spill, Yo La Tengo, Tortoise (...

Februari är den kortaste månaden på året och var de gamla romarnas sista månad på året. Men för oss väntar fortfarande nästan ett helt år av nya musikupplevelser. Här är några av dem som vi hunnit beta av. Bäst i februari? Det här. Brooklyn, Atlanta, New Orleans, Chicago och London. ...

  Riporto un post davvero illuminante apparso su Rockol . Troppo costoso, con i tempi che corrono, continuare a investire in nuovi dischi e nuovi talenti: e così la Touch & Go Records di Chicago fa sapere che dalla prossima primavera si dedicherà interamente alla gestione e al...

It hurts my heart to report this, but Touch and Go Records has announced that it will shut down its distribution and stop putting out new albums. In addition to being one of the best labels of the last 30 years and being responsible for furthering the careers of more than a few iconic indie rockers,...

Good news: The "fleeting reunion" of The Jesus Lizard is to be slightly less fleeting than we might have thought. The Culture Of Me reckons there's thirty dates around the world being lined up....

(photo by Kris Mestdag) It was really quite awesome when news broke in November that seminal noise-rock band The Jesus Lizard would be getting back together for a "fleeting reunion".  It's now every bit more exciting as the band's label, Touch & Go, had this put out in a MySpace bulletin: "The ...

Forget the fact that your Chinese calendar may inform you that 2009 is the year of the ox. The original lineup of The Jesus Lizard - David Yow, Duane Denison, David Wm. Sims, and Mac McNeilly - are reuniting for a brief string of performances in 2009 that will have fans of the group which disbanded ...

The Jesus Lizard, the provocative and unpredictable Chicago rock ’n’ roll band, has announced it is reuniting....

What a way to start out Thanksgiving! Today was supposed to be an “off day” reserved for eating too much and watching the Cowboys blast the Seahawks. But then I got a somewhat unbelievable email. I’ll let this snippet from Touch and Go’s press release do the talking: In what ...

All Tomorrow's Parties have a knack for resurrection: next year, The Jesus Lizard are doing a brief reunion centered round the Minehead event. There's also talk of a Chicago hometown round-up for the comeback....