F Newsmagazine - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Art, Culture, and Politics

Christopher Kareska

Riding Their Coattails: Bands with Stolen Names

Call it homage or plagiarism but these bands arrived at their names with outside help.

Get Well Soon, Animal Collective

Animal Collective have cancelled their upcoming tour dates due to illness.

Audiophiles: Language Barriers

Language barriers in vocal music can draw a listener’s focus elsewhere.

Musicians Who Look Exactly Like You’d Expect

The perfect match of sound and vision.

Charanguista!

A Charango is an Andean stringed instrument of the lute family.

Line Up Changes: Good and Bad

When a band's lineup changes the entity and its music inevitably change with it.

Live at the Hideout Inn — Christopher Owens

The lives of Owens' songs are inherently quiet and private, best heard unadorned.

A Guide to Upcoming Shows in Chicago

A selection of shows this summer (and the musicians' past coverage in F).

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