Brokeback

Music, Music Feature Jun 27, 2017
Video
Consummate sideman James Elkington takes the reins—but loosely

These days the former Zincs leader plays with Joan Shelley, Tweedy, Brokeback, Eleventh Dream Day, and more—and the new Wintres Woma, his first album under his own name, won’t change that.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, James Elkington, Jim Elkington, Wintres Woma, Paradise of Bachelors, Zincs, Horse’s Ha, Janet Bean, Nick Macri, Nathan Salsburg, Eleventh Dream Day, Mark Greenberg, Brokeback, DADGAD, Davey Graham, Ohmme, Macie Stewart, Tim Daisy, Tomeka Reid, Christopher Smith, Brendan Greaves, Joan Shelley, Steve Gunn, Tweedy, Jeff Tweedy, Darin Gray, Wilco, the Loft, Waterdrawn, Black Pompadour, Kelly Hogan, Michael Chapman, Laetitia Sadier, Wooden Wand, Daughn Gibson, Tara Jane O’Neil, Richard Thompson, Silencio, Bert Jansch, Video

Music, Concert Preview Feb 23, 2017
Recommended
On Illinois River Valley Blues instrumental guitar band Brokeback summon the spirit of vintage Television
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Concert Preview, Brokeback, Illinois River Valley Blues, Recommended

Music, In Rotation Oct 5, 2016
Video
Eternals drummer Areif Sless-Kitain on Hieroglyphic Being’s futuristic house

Plus: I Kong Kult bassist Fred Wells on the song of Jupiter’s auroras, Reader critic Peter Margasak on a rare recording of music by neglected genius Julius Eastman, and more
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: In Rotation, Julius Eastman, composer, Femenine, Unjust Malaise, S.E.M. Ensemble, Frozen Reeds, Game Theory, The Big Shot Chronicles, reissue, Scott Miller, Mitch Easter, Negro Leo, Agua Batizada, Leonardo Campelo Goncalves, Areif Sless-Kitain, I Kong Kult, Eternals, Brokeback, Paul Bowles, Morocco, Library of Congress, Dust-to-Digital, Hieroglyphic Being, The Disco’s of Imhotep, Africans With Mainframes, K.M.T., Ben Ratliff, Every Song Ever, Popcast, Fred Wells, Equiknoxx, Bird Sound Power, Demdike Stare, DDS, Juno, Jupiter, auroras, radio, Soundscaper, app, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 19, 2014
Geoff Farina from Karate busts some new moves in the power trio Exit Verse

Plus: The Hood Internet throw a cookie party at the Hideout, and Forgotten Species play a recordless release show.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Karate, Geoff Farina, Secret Stars, Gossip Wolf, Last Kind Word, Whistler, DePaul, Exit Verse Record Co., Empty Bottle, Hood Internet, Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, Pete Croke, Brokeback, Tight Phantomz, John Dugan, Chisel, Chicago Stone Lightning Band, Nick Ward, Lindsay Hunter, Molly Each, Jonathan Messinger, Hades Fades, Long Nights Impossible Odds, Cookies: Stories About, Music for, and the Eating of Everyone's Most Favorite Treat, Chicago's Forgotten Species, Fish Dig, Caviar, Psychedelic Furs

Blogs, Bleader Aug 28, 2014
Celebrate the life of Christopher Saathoff tonight at the Empty Bottle

The Christopher Saathoff Foundation hosts a celebration of the local musician ten years after his tragic passing.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Do This, Music, Christopher Saathoff, the Christopher Saathoff Foundation, Empty Bottle, Miss Alex White, Alex White, Chris Playboy, Chin Up Chin Up, the Sweeps, Brokeback, Mount Saint Helens, DJ STV SLV, benefit

Music, Artist on Artist Nov 19, 2013
Video
Artist on Artist: Fingerstyle guitarist William Tyler talks to Douglas McCombs of Brokeback and Tortoise

"There's definitely a way to be lyrical without lyrics."
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Artist on Artist, William Tyler, guitarists, fingerstyle guitar, Lambchop, session musicians, Merge records, albums, guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, Douglas McCombs, Tortoise, Eleventh Dream Day, Brokeback, The Hideout, Constellation, Thrill Jockey, Chicago Reader, Milwaukee, Alverno College, Nick Sanborn, Lend Me Your Voice, Megafaun, bands, Duke University, lyrics, instrumental music, Fflashlights, Chris Brokaw, Elliot Dicks, songwriting, singers, Kurt Wagner, Nashville, cover versions, vocals, Daughn Gibson, All Tomorrow's Parties, touring, Europe, The Sea and Cake, Seattle, Los Angeles, west coast, driving, caffeine, coffee, anxiety, jobs, money, Peoria, Illinois, John Fahey, Glenn Jones, Jack Rose, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 16, 2013
Gig poster of the week: Brokeback's mountain landscape

This week's poster was designed and printed by Daniel MacAdam of Crosshair Silkscreen Design.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Gig Posters, Arts, Music, Visual Art, gig posters, gig poster, gig poster of the week, Daniel MacAdam, Crosshair, Crosshair Silkscreen Design, Hideout, Brokeback, Jim Becker & Joe Adamik

Music, In Rotation Aug 27, 2013
In Rotation: Janet Bean of Eleventh Dream Day on Nick Drake's mom

Plus: Jim Elkington of the Horse's Ha on Bollywood Bloodbath, the Reader's Peter Margasak on one-of-a-kind mongrel folkie Michael Hurley, and more
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: In Rotation, Janet Bean, Jim Elkington, The Horse's Ha, Eleventh Dream Day, Freakwater, Brokeback, Skull Orchard, Timo Andres, Home Stretch album, Paraphrase on Themes of Brian Eno, Orlandivo, Orlann Divo, Ed Lincoln, Michael Hurley, Armchair Boogie, Hi Fi Snock, Cat Power, Holy Modal Rounders, Have Moicy!, Lonnie Holley, Just Before Music, Molly Drake, Nick Drake, Old Baby, The Focus Group, Elektrik Karousel, Ghost Box, Julian House, Mike Auldridge, Dobro, Seldom Scene, Bollywood Bloodbath, Finders Keepers

Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 19, 2013
Critics' Picks
Best Record by a Tortoise Spin-Off

Brokeback, Brokeback & the Black Rock (Thrill Jockey)
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best of Chicago 2013, record by a Tortoise spin-off, Brokeback, Brokeback & the Black Rock, Thrill Jockey, Douglas McCombs, Critics' Picks

Blogs, Bleader May 23, 2013
Video
Pink Avalanche celebrate the release of their first record, Wraiths, with a free listening party

The local postpunk band's debut can be streamed or downloaded for purchase in a digital version.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Do This, Music, Pink Avalanche, Wraiths, Past/Futures Records, Che Arthur, Pete Croke, Adam Reach, Kortland Chase, Atombombpocketknife, Tight Phantomz, Brokeback, Reds and Blue, the Burlington, free, listening party, Video

Blogs, Bleader Apr 2, 2013
City announces 2013 lineups for Downtown Sound, Loops & Variations, and Made in Chicago

What's scheduled for some of this summer's best free concert series.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Downtown Sound, Loops & Variations, Made in Chicago: World Class Jazz, Jack McLarnan, Carlos Tortolero, Lee Ranaldo, Marc Ribot, Sharon Van Etten, Speck Mountain, Glen Hansard, Daniel Lanois, Brokeback, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Angela James, Lee Fields, Theo Huff, Dawes, Cairo Gang, Fatoumata Diawara, Alasdair Roberts, Handsome Family, Azita, Dessa, Psalm One, Falty DL, Bill Kouligas, Matmos, Fonema Consort, ICE, Nosaj Thing, Dan Deacon, Eighth Blackbird, Glenn Kotche, Lesley Flanigan, Olaf Arnalds, Sarah Neufeld, Jeff Parker, Dee Alexander, Nels Cline, Dana Hall, Pat Mallinger, Cameron Pfiffner, Jack DeJohnette, Victor Garcia, Henry Threadgill, Muhal Richard Abrams, Roscoe Mitchell

Blogs, Bleader Feb 1, 2013
Video
Premiere: Brokeback's new video for "The Wire, the Rag, and the Payoff"

The world premiere of the new Brokeback video
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Brokeback, The Wire the Rag and the Payoff, Ben Geier, Glen Campbell, Wichita Lineman, Smothers Brothers, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 9, 2013
12 O'Clock Track: Brokeback, "The Wire, the Rag, and the Payoff"

Brokeback, the long-running side project of Douglas McCombs (Tortoise, Eleventh Dream Day), is back with its first new recording in a decade
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, Post No Bills, Brokeback, Douglas McCombs, 12 O'Clock Track, Chicago rock, Brokeback and the Black Rock, The Wire the Rag and the Payoff

Blogs, Bleader Jul 11, 2012
Gig poster of the week

A collaboration between Crosshair and Sonnenzimmer for the recent Codeine reunion show
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Gig Posters, Music, Gig poster, Codeine, Brokeback, Crosshair, Sonnenzimmer, collaboration, Lincoln Hall

Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 20, 2012
Critics' Picks
Best Musician in Danger of Forgetting What Gig He's Playing

Jim Elkington
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best of Chicago 2012, Jim Elkington, London, the Zincs, Janet Bean, Horse's Ha, Nathan Salsburg, Avos, Jon Langford, Skull Orchard, Douglas McCombs, Brokeback, Kelly Hogan, Laetitia Sadier, Critics' Picks

Blogs, Bleader Jun 11, 2012
Shows to see: The Eternals, Man Forever, Paul Cary

Two never-to-be-repeated Chicago supercollaborations and jazzy roots rock
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Do This, Music, the Eternals, Oneida, Man Forever, Tortoise, Brokeback, Doug McCombs, Steve Krakow, Michael Zerang, Paul Cary & the Small Scaries

Blogs, Bleader Apr 27, 2012
Video
The return of Pinebender and more at this year's Do-Division Street Fest

Pinebender plays its first show in two years at Do-Division—and a big chunk of the rest of the lineup has been announced too.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Do This, Music, Pinebender, Chris Hansen, Do-Division, Tight Phantomz, Redgrave, Brokeback, Head of Skulls, JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, Todd Hembrook & the Hemispheres, O'My's, Le Butcherettes, O'Death, White Mystery, Brown Bird, Murder by Death, Black Belles, BBU, Moon Furies, Peanut Butter Wolf, Besnard Lakes, Craig Finn, Mannequin Men, Peter O'Connell, In Tall Buildings, Chris Connelly, Antlers, Cory Chisel & the Wandering Sons, Teengirl Fantasy, People's Temple, Eiren Caffall, street fest, summer, video, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 25, 2011
A local musician gets into leather

Doug McCombs, designer?
- By Heather Kenny
- Tags: Style, Music, Doug McCombs, Chicago fashion designers, Eleventh Dream Day, Brokeback, Brokeleather, Tortoise

Blogs, Bleader Jan 9, 2007
This Brokeback is not a mountain

Douglas McCombs revives Brokeback.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Tortoise, Brokeback, Douglas McCombs, Thrill Jockey, Eleventh Dream Day, All Tomorrow's Parties

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These days the former Zincs leader plays with Joan Shelley, Tweedy, Brokeback, Eleventh Dream Day, and more—and the new Wintres Woma, his first album under his own name, won’t change that.

Plus: I Kong Kult bassist Fred Wells on the song of Jupiter’s auroras, Reader critic Peter Margasak on a rare recording of music by neglected genius Julius Eastman, and more

Plus: The Hood Internet throw a cookie party at the Hideout, and Forgotten Species play a recordless release show.

The Christopher Saathoff Foundation hosts a celebration of the local musician ten years after his tragic passing.

"There's definitely a way to be lyrical without lyrics."

This week's poster was designed and printed by Daniel MacAdam of Crosshair Silkscreen Design.

Plus: Jim Elkington of the Horse's Ha on Bollywood Bloodbath, the Reader's Peter Margasak on one-of-a-kind mongrel folkie Michael Hurley, and more

Brokeback, Brokeback & the Black Rock (Thrill Jockey)

The local postpunk band's debut can be streamed or downloaded for purchase in a digital version.

What's scheduled for some of this summer's best free concert series.

The world premiere of the new Brokeback video

Brokeback, the long-running side project of Douglas McCombs (Tortoise, Eleventh Dream Day), is back with its first new recording in a decade

A collaboration between Crosshair and Sonnenzimmer for the recent Codeine reunion show

Jim Elkington

Two never-to-be-repeated Chicago supercollaborations and jazzy roots rock

Pinebender plays its first show in two years at Do-Division—and a big chunk of the rest of the lineup has been announced too.

Doug McCombs, designer?

Douglas McCombs revives Brokeback.

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