Last Night: Diplo at Rio Room

DiploRio RoomSeptember 1, 2011Better than: watching the movie Rio, I assume. Still, it was a price many were willing to pay nonetheless to catch a two-hour DJ set from one Thomas Pentz, who performs and produces under the name of Diplo. In the electronic world, he’s a bona fide superstar, regular…

SeaLion

The young brats in Sealion certainly have a good thing going at the moment. On the one hand, they’ve a solid buzz surrounding their live show on the chit-chat circuit. On the other hand, an even bigger batch of good news — a devoted early fan base, one that filled…

Picture Show: Nekromantix at La Grange

Right around the same time that DMX was performing and blowing minds on the other side of downtown at the House of Blues, and just as Leagues was impressing a captivated crowd at Prophet Bar, iconic psychobilly act Nekromantix rocking out last night at La Grange. From the looks of…

Last Night: DMX at the House of Blues

DMX, Charlene Renee, IcebergHouse of BluesAugust 31, 2011Better than: another stint in jail, among other things. Earlier this year, DMX wrapped up an eight-month stint in prison for violating his probation (he refused a drug test). He was released back in June. Then, just this past weekend, he got arrested again…

Watch: Burning Hotels — “Beard”

Pardon us if we’ve been pushing the new Burning Hotels release a little too much. Consider it, if nothing else, a feeble attempt to get the band’s oh-so-catchy, recently new wave-influence material out of our heads. Really: “Beard,” the lead single off of the band’s new, self-titled, out-today affair just…