Breakups

Islands

Bellflower serves up sweet muscle cars with a mushy heart

Unchecked male fantasies galore

Mike Vecchione

Unchecked male fantasies galore

Top 10 Country Breakups

​On this day in country music history, Bob Dylan brought about the dissolution of one of the most influential bluegrass bands of all time. Well, that might be an overstatement. Read on.

Téa Obreht

​On this day in country music history, Bob Dylan brought about the dissolution of one of the most influential bluegrass bands of all time. Well, that might be an overstatement. Read on.

Blue Sky Blackout release 'John Hughes' EP tonight at Cause

Photos courtesy Christian Erickson​The inside of the Zeus Jones office in Uptown is a sleek, ultramodern-looking space. Its marble walls and high ceilings show off treated wood and aged brick that contrast smartly with the dark, shining floor below. A long table stretches the length of the main ro ... More >>

Last-minute Valentine's Day ideas

The way to your sweetie's heart = through the stomach. ​Whaddaya mean last minute? Valentine's Day is still almost a week away. In the Hallmark holiday universe, if you haven't planned anything yet, you're already late to the party. Tables at V-Day favorites like La Belle Vie, Manny's, and Res ... More >>

Shred the Love: An Un-Valentine's Day

The way to your sweetie's heart = through the stomach. ​Whaddaya mean last minute? Valentine's Day is still almost a week away. In the Hallmark holiday universe, if you haven't planned anything yet, you're already late to the party. Tables at V-Day favorites like La Belle Vie, Manny's, and Res ... More >>

Guided By Voices

The way to your sweetie's heart = through the stomach. ​Whaddaya mean last minute? Valentine's Day is still almost a week away. In the Hallmark holiday universe, if you haven't planned anything yet, you're already late to the party. Tables at V-Day favorites like La Belle Vie, Manny's, and Res ... More >>

Lookbook parting ways

Photo by Nick Vlcek​Wild hearts can be broken. Ours certainly are in reporting that rising electro-pop duo Lookbook, a band that was featured on the cover of City Pages a few short months ago, is going on what guitarist and producer Grant Cutler calls an "indefinite break."

Stanley Ritter torched 15 garages because Jack Daniels makes him crazy and stupid

Charles Ritter says the Jack made him do it​Looks like Stanley Ritter set off quite the conflagration in Shorewood on Wednesday night. Police say he torched 15 garages at an apartment complex. And when he was arrested, he said the booze was talking: "He stated that the reason he started the ... More >>

Where can I cheer up a friend who just got dumped?

Jana FreibandThe Pumphouse: Great for kids or jilted lovers​Now that it's June, the spring flings that launched a few months ago have started to bust up. The question has popped up a few times lately among those whose friends just got dumped: Where can I take him/her out to cheer up? Your fir ... More >>

Shred the Love

Jana FreibandThe Pumphouse: Great for kids or jilted lovers​Now that it's June, the spring flings that launched a few months ago have started to bust up. The question has popped up a few times lately among those whose friends just got dumped: Where can I take him/her out to cheer up? Your fir ... More >>

Soul Asylum

Jana FreibandThe Pumphouse: Great for kids or jilted lovers​Now that it's June, the spring flings that launched a few months ago have started to bust up. The question has popped up a few times lately among those whose friends just got dumped: Where can I take him/her out to cheer up? Your fir ... More >>

Some Girl(s) hones in on lonesome men

Playwright Neil LaBute orchestrates methodical takedown of his own gender

Living Colour

Playwright Neil LaBute orchestrates methodical takedown of his own gender

Bad meat and country crossovers got me down

News of country crossovers has me down, as does the food poisoning which has beset me since I ate some venison from a November '06 hunt (bad idea, folks).

Future of the Left to hammer eardrums at the Turf Club

It's like Rock 'n Roll Lazarus, back from the dead, carrying a handle of whiskey and an amp buzzing with feedback.

999

It's like Rock 'n Roll Lazarus, back from the dead, carrying a handle of whiskey and an amp buzzing with feedback.

M. Ward

It's like Rock 'n Roll Lazarus, back from the dead, carrying a handle of whiskey and an amp buzzing with feedback.

Aviette: The Way We Met

It's like Rock 'n Roll Lazarus, back from the dead, carrying a handle of whiskey and an amp buzzing with feedback.

Kate Nash

It's like Rock 'n Roll Lazarus, back from the dead, carrying a handle of whiskey and an amp buzzing with feedback.

Bon Jovi

It's like Rock 'n Roll Lazarus, back from the dead, carrying a handle of whiskey and an amp buzzing with feedback.

Mercies May

Crooked Valentine, Broken Heart

Mark Olson

Crooked Valentine, Broken Heart

Eyedea and Abilities

Crooked Valentine, Broken Heart

The Mountain Goats; Bowerbirds

Crooked Valentine, Broken Heart

Ana Popvic

Crooked Valentine, Broken Heart

Savage Love

Crooked Valentine, Broken Heart

Crowded House

Crooked Valentine, Broken Heart

Spotlight: Closer

Crooked Valentine, Broken Heart

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

The very voluptuous world of comics artist Gilbert Hernandez

Just The Two Of Me

On a new album, the Postal Service dream of their dreamier selves

Easter Buffeted

Ham for one, and other celebratory ways to get rid of a pig

My So-Called Band

Tiki Obmar compose the IDM soundtrack to your high school experience

One Foot in the Grave

A melancholic Beck waxes fatalistic on 'Sea Change'

I'm Still Standing

S.U.S.P.E.C.T.S.: R.I.P.

Let's Get Divorced

S.U.S.P.E.C.T.S.: R.I.P.

Consonant: Consonant

S.U.S.P.E.C.T.S.: R.I.P.

Babes In Conflict

S.U.S.P.E.C.T.S.: R.I.P.

Dog Day Afternoon

S.U.S.P.E.C.T.S.: R.I.P.

Road to Rejection

Tom Schroeder's animated "Bike Ride" pedals toward heartbreak--and back again

Crimes and Misdemeanors

With The Red Thread, Arab Strap commits atrocities against romance

On the Rebound

This year's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Film Festival finds new queer cinema yearning to forget its affair with Hollywood

General Mills

Country-punk's newest poster boy uproots his music from Americana on the multifaceted Kiss It Goodbye

Long Division

At the same time as 12Rods parts with its longtime friend and drummer, the band also releases the ultimate breakup album

Adoption After Remarriage

One family's story

Greazy does it

One family's story

Garth Brooks Sevens

One family's story