Fall Out Boy is returning to its roots somewhat tonight, by
doing a show at the Creepy Crawl. (The quartet certainly played at the old Creepy
location on Tucker when it was just another Chicago
band trying to get ahead.) Tickets are $20 and are only available at the door.
The venue's website says that doors are at 6
p.m.
The group's new album, Folie
a Deux is out December 16. The songs released from it so far have the
familiar FOB hallmarks: big, chugging guitars; vocalist Patrick Stump's v
The mere existence of this documentary should send post-punk fans, synth dorks and music historians into spasms of ectasy. The BBC's Synth Britannia examines the rise of the UK's early '80s synthpop movement. More specifically, it's a 90-minute, thorough examination of the genre's roots, major players and nascent bands -- all placed into historical, economic and pop-culture context. Musicians and labels featured are first-rate: OMD, Fad Gadget, Visage, Mute Records, Throbbing Gristle, Human Leag
