I saw the band Silkworm live in Chicago, Illinois. Three times, in fact. The first three shows of the group’s mini-tour from The Windy City to Tolono, Illinois (that’s Champaign-Urbana, effectively), and then Gonerfest in Memphis. Originally, they’d only announced one Chicago show, and my plan had been to hit Sleeping Village and then driveContinue reading “Whenever You Might Think It’s Over: Silkworm in Chicago 9/23/25 to 9/25/25”
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Lay It Down in Full View: Collected Writings on Silkworm and Their Music (plus some words on Bottomless Pit)
Hello there, readers! Some of you may already know this, but yesterday, a book was announced called Lay It Down in Full View: Collected Writings on Silkworm and Their Music. It was edited by Paul Duffus and features a bunch of very good writers attempting to interpret, in some way or another, the work ofContinue reading “Lay It Down in Full View: Collected Writings on Silkworm and Their Music (plus some words on Bottomless Pit)”
Pressing Concerns: Silkworm, ‘Developer’ (Reissue)
Release date: February 21stRecord label: Comedy Minus OneGenre: 90s indie rock, SilkwormFormats: Vinyl, CD (included with LP) I’ve written about Silkworm more than I’ve written about any other band, but it’s not every day that Developer gets reissued, so here we go again. I have, in fact, written at least a paragraph about every Silkworm-relatedContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Silkworm, ‘Developer’ (Reissue)”
Pressing Concerns: Deep Tunnel Project, ‘Deep Tunnel Project’
Release date: April 5thRecord label: Comedy Minus OneGenre: 90s indie rock, punk, garage rock, noise rockFormats: Vinyl, CD, digital I’ve been aware of Chicago indie rock supergroup Deep Tunnel Project since they quietly released their first two singles in 2022 due to the involvement of Tim Midyett (Silkworm, Bottomless Pit, Mint Mile), one of myContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Deep Tunnel Project, ‘Deep Tunnel Project’”
Pressing Concerns: Mint Mile, ‘Roughrider’
(Note: an edited and shortened version of this blog post was used as the press bio for this album. To mark the release of Roughrider, I’m presenting its original, long-winded form below.) Release date: February 23rdRecord label: Comedy Minus OneGenre: Alt-country, 90s indie rock, folk rock, Crazy Horse stuffFormats: Vinyl, digital It’s hard to believeContinue reading “Pressing Concerns: Mint Mile, ‘Roughrider’”
All Out of Malice: Every Silkworm and Silkworm-Related Record, Ranked
If you chose to read this, you probably know who Silkworm were, but I’ll try to briefly go over it for anyone who doesn’t. Silkworm formed in the late 1980s in Missoula, featuring singer/guitarists Andrew Cohen and Joel Phelps and singer/bassist Tim Midyett, and then moved to Seattle and added Michael Dahlquist, the greatest drummerContinue reading “All Out of Malice: Every Silkworm and Silkworm-Related Record, Ranked”
Rosy Overdrive 