THEFT LIABLE TO PROSECUTION

Hey All, Look For Me Over At Tumblr !

I've had this blog going since 2004 with Typepad and it's time for a change.  You can look me up on Tumblr for the actual blog posts (and Facebook) under Theft Liable To Prosecution.  I'm also at "bilcool" on Twitter.  Hope to see you soon!

Austin Psych Fest & Levitation Chicago

I'll be at SXSW while this is happening, and it looks pretty great!  Thalia Hall March 13 & 14.

Friday, 3/13
* THE POP GROUP
* DESTRUCTION UNIT
* VIET CONG
* NOVELLER
* MIND OVER MIRRORS
* HEATERS
* MARY LATTIMORE & JEFF ZEIGLER

Saturday, 3/14
* SWERVEDRIVER
* ATLAS SOUND
* LUMERIANS
* OREN AMBARCHI
* HEAT LEISURE
* VISION FORTUNE
* CHRISTINES
* GATEWAY DRUGS

 

Music Frozen Dancing at Empty Bottle

So this is coming up on Saturday February 28th.  Just outside of the Empty Bottle and it's Free!  

PERFECT PUSSY
PROTOMARTYR
OOZING WOUND
NE-HI 

Food For Thought - New Music for 2015

Paste Magazine has put together a list of 30 albums they are looking forward to this year.  I'm debating how I'd like to buy my music this year:  try Emusic again, or try the combination of Amazon and iTunes.  Or finding some for free!

Twin Peaks

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqeL6gCZfQo This is the band from "up the street".  They played at Metro last night.  Pretty popular here so let's see how far this last album can take them on a national level.

 

 

TNK Fest

Tomorrow Never Knows runs this week at a few Chicago venues.  Acts include The Both, Cloud Nothings, Strand of Oaks, Hamilton Leithauser, Protomartyr and more.  It's a good chance to warm up with a wide variety of musical styles.

2015 Changes & Bloodshot

Happy New Year everyone!  This will probably be the last couple of months I'll be using Typepad as my platform.  Moving to a no-frills layout but hope to post a bit more often. 

The big event for me this week is the Bloodshot 20th Anniversary show at Metro on Saturday the 10th.  It is sure to be a hoot and then some!

Favorites of the Year # 5 to 1

I would not say 2014 was a "great" year for music.  I enjoyed quite a bit though and these last five blew me away.  

5. Spoon "They Want My Soul"

4. Strand Of Oaks "Heal"

3. Twin Peaks "Wild Onion"

2. Ex Hex "Rips"

1. Parquet Courts "Sunbathing Animal"

Here's another full performance, Parquet Courts at the KEXP studio. 

Favorites of the Year # 10 to 6

The balance of my list got an awful lot of plays this year.  War On Drugs with a great follow-up, Sylvan Esso with a great debut and Twilight Sad with a great comeback.

10. The War On Drugs "Lost In The Dream"

9. Sylvan Esso "Sylvan Esso"

8. Protomartyr "Under Color of Official Right"

7. King Tuff "Black Moon Spell"

6. The Twilight Sad "No One Wants To Be Here And No One Wants To Leave"

The Twilight Sad

Favorites of the Year # 15 to 11

15. The Orwells "Disgraceland"

14. Cloud Nothings "Here and Nowhere Else"

13. Cymbals Eat Guitars "Lose"

12. Lydia Loveless "Somewhere Else"

11. TV On The Radio "Seeds" 

Once again from a KEXP full performance here's Cymbals Eat Guitars.

Favorites of the Year # 20 to 16

I started seeing year-end lists around mid-November and that seemed weird.  Now it's December 18th and I'm sure I won't be buying any new albums, safe to say it's time to release my list.  I'm sure I'll be adding some great 2014 music that I missed in January, but I'm OK with that.

20. Old 97's "Most Messed Up"

19. Caribou "Our Love"

18. Haerts "Haerts"

17. The Horrors "Luminous"

16. Temples "Sun Structures"

Here's a full performance of Temples live on KEXP.

 

Best Music of 2014, well sort of....

Like many music fans I've been working on my "best of" list of 2014, which really is a "most listened to" list.  Just about ready to release it for the two or three people that care.  Also just about done with my DJBV 2014 CD, 21 songs form Alt-Country to Garage & Indie Rock to Electronic.  Whew!

The Ballad of Shovels & Rope Screening

You can now buy a DVD or stream the movie.  Your best bet is to get to the Tonic Room this Saturday for a screening.

Year-end Lists

Step right up, get your Year-end Lists right here.  Here are a few big sites that have released lists so far:  NME, Mojo, Rolling Stone and Paste.  I'm not sure how Rolling Stone is still around, they gave U2 the top spot and Bruce Springsteen number two.

There are some common choices here too, St. Vincent, War On Drugs, Caribou.  At least it's a good way to get some listening ideas but to each his/her own.

Bloodshot Blowout

Let's help Bloodshot Records celebrate 20 years.  Get your tix for this show at Metro on January 10th.

Austin Psych Fest 2015

Looks like they'll be changing things up a bit at next year's Psych Fest.  I'm told nearly everthing about this weekend is pretty great from the size and location and artists.  Let's hope the new folks running things keep that in mind.

2014

Wow it's been quite a year.  I guess it's time to work on my favorites list of 2014.  This is the first year since I've run this site that posted so little.  Part of that is due to not having full internet access during the day.  Probably the rest is because I'm getting older!

Here's to catching up on some music I've missed this year!

Tomorrow Never Knows 2015

Schubas / Lincoln Hall have been doing this little Winter "festival" for several years now.  They have released the line-up for Janurary 2015 with ticket info sure to follow.  Pretty good stuff with Cloud Nothings, The Both, Strand of Oaks, Hamilton Leithauser, Protomartyr and more.  If you would like the 5-day pass you can get that here

The Ballad of Shovels and Rope

Shovels and Rope play the Vic this Thursday, their largest Chicago venue to date I believe.  If you really want to get to know the band this film looks like a good place.

Joe Strummer's London Calling

Here's where to go to catch all 8 of Joe Strummer's radio show.  It's some Joe and some guests all packed into 8 hours back from the late 90's and early 00's.