Chicago

This is Either the Most Awesome Lamb Ever Served, or the Most Pretentious

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First Personal

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SMoCA's Latest Exhibit Gives Glimpse Into the Lives of Its Artists

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JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound Keep Chicago Soul Modern

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Raisin Arizona

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Province Restaurant Debuts at New Downtown Westin Hotel

​ ​The Downtown dining scene gets a bump with a new upscale contemporary American eatery specializing in seasonal, farm-to-table cuisine: Province, the Phoenix outpost of chef Randy Zweiban's popular Chicago restaurant. It opens today in the spanking-new Westin Phoenix Downtown ho ... More >>

New in CenPho: The DawgFather Grill

​How many ways can you dress up a hot dog? At The DawgFather Grill, a new CenPho spot that grew out of a food cart business, there are eight variations inspired by different regional specialties. There's a Chicago Dawg on a poppy seed bun topped with relish, onion, tomato, pickle, pep ... More >>

Skybox

​How many ways can you dress up a hot dog? At The DawgFather Grill, a new CenPho spot that grew out of a food cart business, there are eight variations inspired by different regional specialties. There's a Chicago Dawg on a poppy seed bun topped with relish, onion, tomato, pickle, pep ... More >>

Skybox @ Yucca Tap Room

​How many ways can you dress up a hot dog? At The DawgFather Grill, a new CenPho spot that grew out of a food cart business, there are eight variations inspired by different regional specialties. There's a Chicago Dawg on a poppy seed bun topped with relish, onion, tomato, pickle, pep ... More >>

PB-R U Gonna Drink That?

Suck down budget beer at the Rogue

Pelican, Black Cobra set to rock The Clubhouse

Chicago instrumental rockers Pelican are gearing up for their newest album with a stop at The Clubhouse this October​Chicago-based four piece Pelican are busy readying their new LP, What We All Come to Need, and tuning up for their upcoming tour, including a date in Tempe. The instrumental post-me ... More >>

Pretty Things Peepshow

Chicago instrumental rockers Pelican are gearing up for their newest album with a stop at The Clubhouse this October​Chicago-based four piece Pelican are busy readying their new LP, What We All Come to Need, and tuning up for their upcoming tour, including a date in Tempe. The instrumental post-me ... More >>

Down in the Underground

Hip-hopper comes up for air at Blunt Club

Vicarious thrills via YouTube

Hip-hopper comes up for air at Blunt Club

Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble

Black Unstoppable
(Delmark Records)

Felix Da Housecat

Virgo Blacktro & the Movie Disco
(www.nettwerk.com)

Dave Riley and Bob Corritore

Travelin' the Dirt Road
(Blue Witch)

Various Artists
House Rockin' and Blues Shoutin'
(Blue Witch)

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, August 9, 2007

Travelin' the Dirt Road
(Blue Witch)

Various Artists
House Rockin' and Blues Shoutin'
(Blue Witch)

Street Dogs, and The Tossers

Getting the Irish up

Tom Baker Quartet

Look What I Found
(Present Sounds Recordings)

Kill Hannah, and Pink Spiders

Move yourself. Or they will

M's the Word

Four guys with a ravishing new album are emissaries of rock 'n' roll's Future Women

The M's

Future Women
(Polyvinyl)

The Swishy City

Chicago party has Pumphouse II up in flames

Mahjongg

Art rock for a new millennium

Djeremy at Counter Culture

Catch the final Chicago Session

Radiotakeover Tour

Catch the final Chicago Session

BEST BARBECUE

A & J Chicago-Style Bar-B-Q

The Ms

A tasty psuedo-Brit pop indie concotion

Various Artists

Chicago Soul
(Soul Jazz)

Scopin' Shorties

The Kreme Machine parachutes into Jamaican Blue Lounge, an oasis of anti-Snottsdale in the belly of the beast

Tortoise

It's All Around You (Thrill Jockey)

Letters

Letters from the week of October 9, 2003

All That Jazz

Phoenix Theatre's Chicago is a pleasant -- if familiar -- entertainment

Tango and Cash

Chicago dances its way through the origins of the celebrity crook

Best Hot Dog

Chicago Hamburger Co.

Best Chicago Beef

Luke's

Best Hot Dog

Luke's Chicago Beef

Chews in the News

"Salmon pipes" are just as unappetizing as their name would suggest

A Tale of Two Chicagos

Restaurants share name but not standards

Best Italian Beef Sandwich

Luke's
1602 East Indian School
602-264-4022
(and 2240 North Scottsdale Road, Tempe, 480-970-5693)

Various artists

Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records (Bloodshot)

Shades of Gray

Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records (Bloodshot)

Genre Divide

Chicago's post-progressive-math-punk-rock-jazz quartet Sweep the Leg Johnny is a sonic non sequitur

Stone Blues

After a lifetime backing musical legends, drummer Sam Lay has become one himself

Back in the Game

Chicago soul singer Syl Johnson is reborn with a little help from the homeboys

Letters

Chicago soul singer Syl Johnson is reborn with a little help from the homeboys

SEVEN EVIL CLOWNSTHE BLUE MEANIES' G-FORCE CARNIVAL IS A WILD RIDE THAT'S NOT FOR SKA PURISTS

Chicago soul singer Syl Johnson is reborn with a little help from the homeboys

CHICAGO, ROSTY'S KIND OF TOWN

Chicago soul singer Syl Johnson is reborn with a little help from the homeboys

A LESSON IN HOW POWER CORRUPTS

Chicago soul singer Syl Johnson is reborn with a little help from the homeboys