Tag: @amelia.moseman
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this house is creaking @ sleeping village
@amelia.moseman This House is Creaking took the stage last Thursday night at Sleeping Village, ahead of performances by Her New Knife and NYC-based Water From Your Eyes. The Chicago-based duo of Micah Miller and Ehmed Nauman pulled out all the stops for the hometown show, crowding the stage with six additional band members or maybe,…
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she’s green @ empty bottle
@amelia.moseman (words)@ecrley (photos) It was a special night for she’s green (friends of WIIT) and crowd at the Empty Bottle last Wednesday, and not just because it was the last stop on a September tour that found them headlining venues across the United States and opening for Midwest legends Slowpulp (also friends of WIIT). And…
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Jessica Pratt @ The Salt Shed
@amelia.moseman (words)@colekincart (photos) As I did my customary Wikipedia skim of the artist on the stage in front of me, she morphed before my eyes from a nebulous figure in the wind to a three dimensional creature of stature and voice. I’m speaking of course, of the singular Jessica Pratt. Pratt is one of those…
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a weekend @ evanston folk fest
@amelia.moseman (words)@colekincart (photos) If I were a painter, I’d take out my brush and get to work on a John Lewis Krimmel style genre painting of Evanston Folk Festival, complete with sunny skies and rejoicing amongst the people. I’d capture the grandeur of the simplicity, exhibited in the liveliness of the crowds and the beauty…
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jake minch @ schubas
@amelia.moseman (words)@colekincart (photos) Hey Cole, what was that show we went to the other night? Oh, oh, it was that guy with the bird! No, that’s Jake Finch. Wasn’t it that guy who had just made it to the play-offs? No, no, that’s Jake Clinch. You’re thinking of that guy who squeezes just a little…
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The Truman Sinclair Show
@amelia.moseman (questioneer, words) @cole.kincart (photography, interjections) @trumansinclairr @a.jesperson_ (talent) If you ever find yourself in Gill, Massachusetts, looking for a place that provides the perfect backdrop for easy conversation and maybe also a photoshoot, might I suggest the Wagon Wheel Country Drive-In. The diner has the vibe of the classics—melts, burgers, soups, an ice cream…
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she’s green @ cobra lounge
@amelia.moseman photo courtesy of @nickwantstoniconico Minneapolis’ she’s green makes music that feels like watching light spill across your bedroom. It’s slow, immersive and a bit phantasmic. Somewhere between slowcore, shoegaze and noise-pop (what even are words at this point), the band filters big emotions through hazy shredding and daydream vocals. Zofia Smith leads the quintet…
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Hippo Campus @ The Salt Shed
@amelia.mosemanPhotos courtesy of Anson Tong via Jam Productions The first time I saw Hippo Campus perform they were merely boys, bouncing around on stage with awkwardly long limbs and haircuts that could only be described as “twee”. My friends and I, at the ripe age of 13, had convinced my dad to drive us 45…
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Black Country, New Road @ the Salt Shed
By @amelia.moseman Photos by @colekincart Seeing a band like UK rock group Black Country, New Road is the perfect example of the limits of music critics. The rise of the “Pitchfork review” has made music criticism often too biased and too singular—writers see themselves as more artist than the artists they review. Maybe it’s the…
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Sharon Van Etten @ the Salt Shed
By @amelia.moseman Photos by @colekincart The Sharon Van Etten I was first introduced to was just a girl and her guitar, warbling melodies backed by an acoustic playing the part of four instruments (see: Pickathon and Tiny Desk) singing still of love and hopes and dreams. The Sharon that took the stage Friday night at…
