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In the last year White Mystery, the red headed sister brother team of Miss Alex White and Francis Scott Key White, have been ubiquitous on the Chicago music scene bashing out their explosive brand of low-fi garage rock. Now they can list XRT to their ever expanding resume. Last night they were guest DJ’s on The Eclectic Company along with host Jon Langford. Here’s the show’s playlist, all played off vinyl!
Many of us have a strange fascination with holiday music that veers off the sleigh trail. Weird, inappropriate, or horrifying Christmas songs have their place in the Christmas music pantheon. This is one of the reasons we look forward to our annual Eclectic Company Christmas Show with guest curators Andy Cirzan and John Soss.More Holiday Music
Candy Golde
Photos: Candy GoldeOften times a live music review only tells you what you missed, but Candy Golde, who just played FitzGerald’s is about to do a 93XRT show at S.P.A.C.E., so we’re also telling you what to expect. Expect to be knocked out!
Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival 2009 - Day 2 (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images)
Nicholas Tremulis welcomes Bob Mould.
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Candy Golde (Photo: Chuck Cherney)
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You get an idea of what's coming the instant you hear this armageddon dance crazed opener.
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Given this lineage of top drawer artists, Candy Golde could be described as the best and baddest of musical collaborations Chicago has to offer. The lineup boasts Cheap Trick‘s Bun E. Carlos on the skins, Nicholas Tremulis (Nicholas Tremulis Orchestra, host of XRT’s The Eclectic Company), John Stiratt (a founding member of Wilco) and Rick Rizzo (Eleventh Dream Day). Together they deliver a seamless fusion of the best of what they bring to their bands.
Nick was kind enough to share the lead-off track from this great new 5-song EP. Download the FREE MP3, see Bun E. Carlos and Nick Tremulis this Saturday for Record Store Day and check out the Candy Golde album release party!Download The FREE MP3
Tonight on The Eclectic Company, you’ll find out what U2′s “Joshua Tree”, Peter Gabriel’s “So”, The Neville Brothers’ “Yellow Moon” and Neil Young’s recent Grammy Winner, “Le Noise” all have in common: Daniel Lanois.
Host Nicholas Tremulis welcomes the legendary producer and artist for a wide ranging discussion of Daniel’s work on some of the most important albums of the past 25 years with behind the scenes stories from the sessions. Were you aware Neil Young only records when there’s a full moon? Tune in for the stories and music of Daniel Lanois, tonight at 10pm.Read More & Watch Video
Join XRT for our annual Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras celebration as we showcase the music of New Orleans all day long. It all begins with the XRT morning show, and we’ll wrap it up with a special live edition of The Eclectic Company co-hosted by Nicholas Tremulis and Jon Langford 10pm-Midnight.Read More
Nicholas Tremulis welcomes the John Stirratt and Patrick Sansone of the Autumn Defense.
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Illinois lawmakers pulled an all-nighter in Springfield, voting to end the death penalty and to raise income taxes. Now the question is, which bills will Governor Pat Quinn sign into law?
Many of us have a strange fascination with holiday music that veers off the sleigh trail. Weird, inappropriate, or horrifying Christmas songs have their place in the Christmas music pantheon. This is one of the reasons we look forward to our annual Eclectic Company Christmas Show with guest curators Andy Cirzan and John Soss. Their research into Christmas oddities is exhaustive but not exhausting. Every year they introduce me to a variety of obscure 45′s I should never have found. So tune in tomorrow night at 10pm. In the meantime, I can promise you that I will play the worst Christmas song ever recorded this Thursday at 8:40am. Nothing else comes close. The other in my top five.Read More From Lin Brehmer
What better way to fill out a busy Thanksgiving holiday weekend than to catch Mavis Staples at the Park West last Saturday? It was a 93 XRT Holiday Concert for the Kids, and that meant equal measures of fine music and good feeling.Continue Reading With Mary Dixon
Black Prairie
Jon Langford welcomes Black Prairie, a Portland based band that features members of The Decemberists, including Chris Funk.
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