Jason Collett's Six-Strings Recall Chicago's Past

The Broken Social Scene member-gone-solo unveils alt-countrified album, and channels the Windy City's debauchery-ridden history in brand new song.
Jason Collett / Photo by Karen Chan

Standing true to the sonic trappings of his latest record, the axe-centric gem Here’s to Being Here, sometimes solo act, sometimes Broken Social Scenester Jason Collett toted his touring band Paso Mino onstage last night (March 30) and collectively wielded a bevy of six-strings during an hour-plus performance at Chicago's Schubas Tavern.

The Virgins Incite a Racy Ra Ra Riot

CHICAGO: The NYC-based foursome churn out new tunage from their forthcoming major label debut with tourmates Ra Ra Riot.
PHOTOS BY ALEXIS WILSON-CASTALDI

"All we ever think about is sex / Nothing really matters to me now," drawled the lips of a leather jacket-clad Donald Cumming and his crew of Virgins. The words came from a new Strokes-type feet-shuffler called "Fast Times," which lived up to its name in the pit of Chicago's Schubas

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