65Daysofstatic announce deluxe album release with bonus EP

Posted on 16 August 2011 by James Gentry

65Daysofstatic announce deluxe album release, We Were Exploding Anyway, with bonus EP, featuring Robert Smith of The Cure on guest vocals.  Smith lends his vocals to the album track, “Come To Me”.  The album is set to release on October 25th, 2011 via Monotreme Records.  Listen and download two of the tracks below, “PX3″ and “Crash [...] Continue Reading

Tags: 65Daysofstatic, free mp3, robert smith, the cure, We Were Exploding Anyway

Join Indie College on Turntable.fm

Posted on 13 July 2011 by Mylynda Guthrie

      Six hours ago, Bryan of Paper Garden Records sent me an invite to DJ on Turntable.fm. I happened to randomly pop into a room where Gun Lake’s Mark Fain was hanging out. He encouraged me to hop on the turntables, and – as if I needed another social network to hang out [...] Continue Reading

Two Cents Presents: Borrowed Idols

Posted on 30 June 2011 by Mylynda Guthrie

Borrowed Idols: Why My Generation Hasn’t Replaced Kurt Cobain And Doesn’t Deserve To -Clay Riedesel A strange thing happened yesterday. I woke up and proceeded to blare Nirvana’s Nevermind as I went through my morning rituals. After Nevermind ended I listened to In Utero, then I learned “Polly” on guitar. When my hands were too [...] Continue Reading

Tags: Clay Riedesel, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, Radio Free Chicago

The King Is Dead: Is Musical Immortality Possible?

Posted on 13 May 2011 by Mylynda Guthrie

More importantly, when my generation grows old and has children and they grow up to thumb through our record collections, which ones will they pick? Will they find Funeral and Is This It as exciting as we did in 2004? Will Tim Kasher be their indie messiah like he was to us? Or will they go straight for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and Who’s Next? Continue Reading

Tags: Clay Riedesel, Elvis, Elvis Presley, Elvis vs. the Beatles, Indie College, is Elvis dead?, Radio Free Chicago

Two Cents Presents: How 45 seconds with my radio forced me to face my music snobbery

Posted on 02 April 2011 by Mylynda Guthrie

"Imma disrobe you. Then Imma probe you." Continue Reading

Tags: E.T., Kanye West, Katy Perry, Mumford & Sons, Mylynda Nellermoe, Two Cents

Band of the Day 3/9/11: The Window Theatre self-release “Away,” and find a new fan

Posted on 09 March 2011 by Mylynda Guthrie

There are these guys. They're twins. They like tea. They like to cook. Oh, and they recently released a great EP. Continue Reading

Tags: Away, Band of the Day, Chicago bands, Erik Duemig, Joe Duemig, Music, Mylynda Nellermoe, Songs, The Window Theatre

Album Review: The Decemberists – “The King is Dead”

Posted on 21 February 2011 by Mylynda Guthrie

by Gray Bouchard I didn’t want to like one, I really didn’t. My reasoning, of course, flawed, through perhaps not in the way you might think: I actually like the Decemberists quite a bit. In fact, it’s my enjoyment of their last album, The Hazards of Love, which had me rooting against their latest work, [...] Continue Reading

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Two Cents Presents Evil Don’t Look Like Anything: An Examination Of Modern Murder Ballads

Posted on 27 January 2011 by Mylynda Guthrie

What is it that's so appealing about murder ballads? Amber Valentine isn't sure but she knows that songs that deal with taking a life are more compelling than your average tune of heartbreak. Continue Reading

Tags: Amber Valentine, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Frontier Ruckus, Indie College, John Vanderslice, murder ballads, Okkervil River, The Back-Lot World, The Decemberists, The Orion Songbook, Timber Timbre, Two Cents, Westfall, Will Sheff

James’ Favorite Songs, Big and Small, of 2010!

Posted on 03 January 2011 by James Gentry

I've never been very decisive. I can't even begin to think of choosing a favorite album from 2010. I did however pull myself together long enough to list some of my favorite songs from 2010. Continue Reading

Tags: 2010 lists, 2010 music, arcade fire, cloud cult, Frightened Rabbit, Go, Go Do, hoarse and roaring, home, I dont believe you, James Gentry, Jónsi, light chasers, mumford and sons, palomino, Parlor Hawk, permalight, personal life, ready to start, rogue wave, sigh no more, solitary gun, swim until you cant see land, the cave, the dreamer, the suburbs, The Tallest Man on Earth, the thermals, the winter of mixed drinks, there's so much energy in us, trampled by turtles, wait so long

Technology and the Past Decade In Music: Indie College Takes a Look Back

Posted on 27 December 2010 by Mylynda Guthrie

Clay Riedesel examines how technology and sites like BitTorrent and YouTube have changed the music industry over the last decade. Continue Reading

Tags: BitTorrent, Clay Riedesel, In Rainbows, music technology, Napster, torrents, YouTube