Screen Queens For The Rain King: How Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz Shaped The Careers Of The Women Of The Songs Of Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz, A.V. Club Chicago, August 18, 2010 Interview: Bruce Lamont Of Yakuza, A.V. Club Chicago, June 15, 2010 Why The “Secret” Dead Weather Show Isn’t As Radical As It Seems, A.V. Club Chicago, May 20, 2010 666 Words For Ronnie James Dio, The Beachwood Reporter, May 18, 2010 For Those About To (Buy) Rock: 4 Record Stores Worth Remembering, A.V. Club Chicago, April 16, 2010 Hank’s Back Pages: On The Lesser Works of Henry Rollins, A.V. Club Chicago / A.V. Club Madison / A.V. Club Milwaukee / A.V. Club Twin Cities / A.V. Club Denver/Boulder, April 5, 2010 One (Sweet) Valentine’s Day, A.V. Club Chicago, February 11, 2010 Become a Heavy Metal Intellectual in Five Easy Steps, MadeLoud, January 8, 2010 The Forgotten Sons (and Daughter) of Chicago Music, MadeLoud, January 7, 2010 2009 In Review, MadeLoud, December 28, 2009 A New Hope: 8 Songs That Should Be Played At Star Wars: In Concert But Probably Won’t, A.V. Club Chicago, December 3, 2009 What Your Favorite Hank Williams III Song Says About What You’re Doing This Weekend, A.V. Club Chicago, November 13, 2009 Crosstalk: U2360 x 2, A.V. Club Chicago / A.V. Club Milwaukee, November 9, 2009 Forty Years of Irony, Rock, And Hard Choices in Seattle, MadeLoud, October 19, 2009 Recap: Dethklok and Mastodon at the Aragon Ballroom, A.V. Club Chicago, October 19, 2009 Battle of the Edible Bands, A.V. Club Chicago, October 16, 2009 Inventory: 4 Billy Corgan Songs That Hinted At His Impending Celestial Transcendence, A.V. Chicago, September 14, 2009 The Roadside Graves Head Down That Old Country Road, MadeLoud, September 11, 2009 Across the Desert with French Horn Rebellion, MadeLoud, September 10, 2009 Talking Whimsy with Wendy Darling, MadeLoud, September 9, 2009 How to: Build a Single Coil Pickup, MadeLoud, August 12, 2009 You’re Fired! Now What?, MadeLoud, July 6, 2009 Burlap to Cashmere, MadeLoud, June 22, 2009 Philadelphia, MadeLoud, June 12, 2009 Usurper, MadeLoud, June 11, 2009 Recap: Wolves in the Throne Room at Bottom Lounge, Decider, May 19, 2009 Interview: OSI, MadeLoud, May 18, 2009 Pegboy, MadeLoud, May 13, 2009 Three Bands that Survived by Changing Direction, MadeLoud, May 6, 2009 The Black Mages, MadeLoud, April 27, 2009 Piano, Out Loud!, MadeLoud, April 7, 2009 Four Case Studies in Self-Publishing Success, MadeLoud, March 11, 2009 “Foreplay” and the Guitar Effect Paradox, MadeLoud, February 27, 2009 The Heaviest Band Never, MadeLoud, February 23, 2009 The Steve Miller Effect, MadeLoud, February 16, 2009 So What: Lessons from Kind of Blue at 50, MadeLoud, February 10, 2009 Emerald Idle, MadeLoud, February 4, 2009 The Art of Nothing, MadeLoud, January 28, 2009 Home Recording Decadence in Four Easy, Somewhat Attainable Steps, MadeLoud, January 26, 2009 Five Surprisingly Adaptable Yet Expectedly Capable Soundtrack Composers, MadeLoud, January 23, 2009 Shred Guitar 101, MadeLoud, January 22, 2009 Diamond Licks and Solid Gold Riffs, MadeLoud,January 2, 2009 Five Secret Hotbeds of Modern Music, MadeLoud, December 26, 2008 In Search of the Baltimore Sound, MadeLoud, December 19, 2008 In Praise of Mock Rock, MadeLoud, December 12, 2008 Nashville Scar, MadeLoud, December 8, 2008 Five Music Movies That Are Great for All the Wrong Reasons, MadeLoud, December 8, 2008 Five Surprisingly Tasteful Solo Albums by Metal Guitarists, November 28, 2008 4816 North, MadeLoud, November 21, 2008 Seven Bands Who Overdid It With the Reissues and Anthologies, MadeLoud, November 14, 2008 Minor Thirds and Great Migration: How Chicago Got the Blues, MadeLoud, October 24, 2008 Boxed Sets that Got It All Wrong, MadeLoud, October 17, 2008 Interview: Smoking Popes, Decider, September 17, 2008 Interview: Alyse Black, MadeLoud, September 5, 2008 Interview: Lynsey Smith, MadeLoud, August 15, 2008 Interview: Paper Bird, MadeLoud, August 15, 2008 Five Secretly Legendary Sidemen, MadeLoud, August 8, 2008 A Brief History of Misunderstood Metal, MadeLoud, August 8, 2008 Misinformation (Radiohead), MadeLoud, July 25, 2008 The Musician’s Workout, MadeLoud, July 4, 2008 A Band Beside Itself, Hard Rock & Metal, May 29, 2008 The Springsteen Day Parade, Room Thirteen, March 21, 2008 Through the Earhole, Room Thirteen, March 1, 2008 Lucifer Over America, Room Thirteen, February 21, 2008 Burned in the U.S.A., Room Thirteen, January 26, 2008 Dead Winter Dead/Christmas Eve & Other Stories, Metal Heavy, December 7, 2007 Best and Worst of 2007, Metal Heavy, December 1, 2007 Interview: Phil Labonte of All That Remains, originally from Metal Heavy, November 30, 2007 Condition Hypothetical, Reservoir, November 28, 2007 Ire Works Are the Devil’s Playthings, Reservoir, November 28, 2007 Beauty vs. the Beast, Reservoir, November 14, 2007 Nil Rethinking, Reservoir, November 7, 2007 A Guitar God With No Believers, Reservoir, April 11, 2007
Music (features)
Screen Queens For The Rain King: How Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz Shaped The Careers Of The Women Of The Songs Of Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz, A.V. Club Chicago, August 18, 2010
Interview: Bruce Lamont Of Yakuza, A.V. Club Chicago, June 15, 2010
Why The “Secret” Dead Weather Show Isn’t As Radical As It Seems, A.V. Club Chicago, May 20, 2010
666 Words For Ronnie James Dio, The Beachwood Reporter, May 18, 2010
For Those About To (Buy) Rock: 4 Record Stores Worth Remembering, A.V. Club Chicago, April 16, 2010
Hank’s Back Pages: On The Lesser Works of Henry Rollins, A.V. Club Chicago / A.V. Club Madison / A.V. Club Milwaukee / A.V. Club Twin Cities / A.V. Club Denver/Boulder, April 5, 2010
One (Sweet) Valentine’s Day, A.V. Club Chicago, February 11, 2010
Become a Heavy Metal Intellectual in Five Easy Steps, MadeLoud, January 8, 2010
The Forgotten Sons (and Daughter) of Chicago Music, MadeLoud, January 7, 2010
2009 In Review, MadeLoud, December 28, 2009
A New Hope: 8 Songs That Should Be Played At Star Wars: In Concert But Probably Won’t, A.V. Club Chicago, December 3, 2009
What Your Favorite Hank Williams III Song Says About What You’re Doing This Weekend, A.V. Club Chicago, November 13, 2009
Crosstalk: U2360 x 2, A.V. Club Chicago / A.V. Club Milwaukee, November 9, 2009
Forty Years of Irony, Rock, And Hard Choices in Seattle, MadeLoud, October 19, 2009
Recap: Dethklok and Mastodon at the Aragon Ballroom, A.V. Club Chicago, October 19, 2009
Battle of the Edible Bands, A.V. Club Chicago, October 16, 2009
Inventory: 4 Billy Corgan Songs That Hinted At His Impending Celestial Transcendence, A.V. Chicago, September 14, 2009
The Roadside Graves Head Down That Old Country Road, MadeLoud, September 11, 2009
Across the Desert with French Horn Rebellion, MadeLoud, September 10, 2009
Talking Whimsy with Wendy Darling, MadeLoud, September 9, 2009
How to: Build a Single Coil Pickup, MadeLoud, August 12, 2009
You’re Fired! Now What?, MadeLoud, July 6, 2009
Burlap to Cashmere, MadeLoud, June 22, 2009
Philadelphia, MadeLoud, June 12, 2009
Usurper, MadeLoud, June 11, 2009
Recap: Wolves in the Throne Room at Bottom Lounge, Decider, May 19, 2009
Interview: OSI, MadeLoud, May 18, 2009
Pegboy, MadeLoud, May 13, 2009
Three Bands that Survived by Changing Direction, MadeLoud, May 6, 2009
The Black Mages, MadeLoud, April 27, 2009
Piano, Out Loud!, MadeLoud, April 7, 2009
Four Case Studies in Self-Publishing Success, MadeLoud, March 11, 2009
“Foreplay” and the Guitar Effect Paradox, MadeLoud, February 27, 2009
The Heaviest Band Never, MadeLoud, February 23, 2009
The Steve Miller Effect, MadeLoud, February 16, 2009
So What: Lessons from Kind of Blue at 50, MadeLoud, February 10, 2009
Emerald Idle, MadeLoud, February 4, 2009
The Art of Nothing, MadeLoud, January 28, 2009
Home Recording Decadence in Four Easy, Somewhat Attainable Steps, MadeLoud, January 26, 2009
Five Surprisingly Adaptable Yet Expectedly Capable Soundtrack Composers, MadeLoud, January 23, 2009
Shred Guitar 101, MadeLoud, January 22, 2009
Diamond Licks and Solid Gold Riffs, MadeLoud,January 2, 2009
Five Secret Hotbeds of Modern Music, MadeLoud, December 26, 2008
In Search of the Baltimore Sound, MadeLoud, December 19, 2008
In Praise of Mock Rock, MadeLoud, December 12, 2008
Nashville Scar, MadeLoud, December 8, 2008
Five Music Movies That Are Great for All the Wrong Reasons, MadeLoud, December 8, 2008
Five Surprisingly Tasteful Solo Albums by Metal Guitarists, November 28, 2008
4816 North, MadeLoud, November 21, 2008
Seven Bands Who Overdid It With the Reissues and Anthologies, MadeLoud, November 14, 2008
Minor Thirds and Great Migration: How Chicago Got the Blues, MadeLoud, October 24, 2008
Boxed Sets that Got It All Wrong, MadeLoud, October 17, 2008
Interview: Smoking Popes, Decider, September 17, 2008
Interview: Alyse Black, MadeLoud, September 5, 2008
Interview: Lynsey Smith, MadeLoud, August 15, 2008
Interview: Paper Bird, MadeLoud, August 15, 2008
Five Secretly Legendary Sidemen, MadeLoud, August 8, 2008
A Brief History of Misunderstood Metal, MadeLoud, August 8, 2008
Misinformation (Radiohead), MadeLoud, July 25, 2008
The Musician’s Workout, MadeLoud, July 4, 2008
A Band Beside Itself, Hard Rock & Metal, May 29, 2008
The Springsteen Day Parade, Room Thirteen, March 21, 2008
Through the Earhole, Room Thirteen, March 1, 2008
Lucifer Over America, Room Thirteen, February 21, 2008
Burned in the U.S.A., Room Thirteen, January 26, 2008
Dead Winter Dead/Christmas Eve & Other Stories, Metal Heavy, December 7, 2007
Best and Worst of 2007, Metal Heavy, December 1, 2007
Interview: Phil Labonte of All That Remains, originally from Metal Heavy, November 30, 2007
Condition Hypothetical, Reservoir, November 28, 2007
Ire Works Are the Devil’s Playthings, Reservoir, November 28, 2007
Beauty vs. the Beast, Reservoir, November 14, 2007
Nil Rethinking, Reservoir, November 7, 2007
A Guitar God With No Believers, Reservoir, April 11, 2007