Goldies 2008 Winner SF Bay Guardian, “Best SF Band” (20th Annual Guardian Outstanding Local Discovery Awards)

European Tour Starts This Week / Announce Australian & New Zealand 2009 Tour

NYC December 16th Show With The Walkmen At The Masonic Temple

Visiter Out Now On Frenchkiss Records

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Click Here To View Recent “Take Away Shows”

Click Here To Download Recent NYC Spiegeltent Performance

NPR’s All Songs Considered Best Of 2008 List (So Far)

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Gets MTV “Band To Watch” CMJ Exclusive / Become CMJ 2008 Favorites / Perform On AOL Spinner Interface

Chunk Of Change EP Out Now On Frenchkiss Records

Play NYC’s Glasslands December 5th : Featuring No Big Deal #3 Remix Contest With Fingers On The Pulse (Details Below)
And Great Scott New Years Eve Blowout In Allston, Mass

Click Here To View Exclusive MTV CMJ Coverage

Click Here To View “Sleepyhead” Video

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Ok, so first off I should mention that I don’t watch music videos, I hate MTV, and I really don’t care for Fall Out Boy but, while channel surfing, I stumbled on Fall Out Boy’s video for “I Don’t Care.” Maybe it was the thieving nuns, maybe it was was the flasher, and it was definitely Pete Wentz getting knocked out for being a douche, but I did find the video mildly entertaining…the video people, not the song. Aside from the terrible song, the highlight to the video comes in the last 10 seconds with a guest appearance by Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Now I have no idea what they were trying to say by putting a look-alike to everyone’s favorite Alaskan soccer mom but I’m really not going to devote much time or energy to it; they lost my interest after Take This To Your Grave. After all, Chicago is so five years ago by now. You can watch the video here or click on the image above to view it.

I honestly don’t have a clue what they’re trying to get at but kudos on the Palin jab anyways, whatever it means.

If you have an idea about what it could mean, post it in the comments.

Not sure about you, but I think that if you get booked to perform at your city’s Apple Store, then you have pretty much made it in the music business. Chicago’s very own 1997 played a gig downtown a couple weekends ago and I was there to witness it and cheer them on. I think it’s safe to say that the show was a success and sold out. Almost every seat was taken upstairs and there were people standing all around, checking out the FREE acoustic concert by their hometown heroes. After the show, I got the chance to sit down with Alida Marroni (Keys, Vocals) and Alan Goffinski (Bass, BGV) where we discussed everything from Victory Records to Sex and the City (the movie!).

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Fly By Night Featuring DJ Willy Joy
Debonair Social Club - Chicago, IL
4/17/2008

“Hey Chicago! It wouldn’t be Fly By Night if we didn’t play this,” Willy Joy told the dancing crowd at the Debonair Social Club Thursday, April 17, before launching into another brilliant, improbable mash-up. Willy Joy is an elite Chicago DJ who can be seen scratching together pop singles, the hottest rap tracks, and famous a cappella choruses from rock classics into infectious club beats nearly every weekend. The DJ caliber of the 1-Year Anniversary of Fly By Night was strong throughout, although it took some time for a crowd to form, straying from repetitive and pretentious build-ups. MIA is the mashing component of choice for nearly all DJs post-2005; during the string of sets, sampling from “Boyz,” “XR2,” and “20 Dollar” made for powerful mixes. The exhausted “I’m A Flirt” was replaced with “Hook It Up,” from R-Kelly, another artist often subject of reworking. Highlights before Dude ‘N’ Nem took stage used hooks from Iggy Pop’s “I Wanna Be Your Dog,” a bizarre “Hit the Road, Jack” sampling, the “Ain’t No Mountain High” club version, and the almost undistinguishable use of the Pixies’ “Hey.”

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Music plays a huge roll in our everyday lives. From the music we buy to video games, bars, restaurants, television shows, shopping, it’s even improved the feel of sporting events. My personal favorite, however, is movie soundtracks.

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