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News Thu Sep 04 2008

Hearing Things

• Jim DeRogatis runs down a fall concert preview, as does Greg Kot.

Gowhere Hip Hop drop some new Cool Kids tracks.

The Sun-Times interviews Andrew Bird about his blogging for NYTimes.com and his new album.

• Chicago Rock Examiner interviews local musician Mark Minelli.

Liz Revision interviews Modeskeletor, who played at Sonotheque on Wednesday.

The Sea and Cake are touring this fall; Live Music Blog has the schedule. (Two shows Nov. 15 at the Empty Bottle, if you're wondering.)

Jeff Tweedy now has a signature guitar, from Breedlove. Only 25 were made, and they run about $6,000.

Peter Margasak on post-Jazz Fest concerts last weekend.

Metromix picks the 23 most annoying frontmen in rock. [via]

• Can You See the Sunset from the South Side finally picks back up on its incomplete history of Chicago punk.

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Feature Thu Nov 12 2009

She's Money

By Kara Luger

When talking musical influences with Helen Money, it's easy to forget her instrument of choice: cello. She references Bob Mould's Beaster, with its wall of sound and intense, thought-obliterating guitar work. She speaks of The Who and all the crazy rock bands she was exposed to in the '80s. "The stuff I like sounds like life or death," she reasons. And this coming from a woman with a picture of Jimi Hendrix taped to her cello case like he's a saint.

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