Fanfarlo in action. Photo by kata rokkar on Flickr, licensed under Creative Commons.

Read our Q&A with frontman Simon Balthazar.
Fanfarlo sounds familiar. With all the press the band has received for its unassuming orchestral indie pop, the London-based quintet has permeated blogs and radio with its well-crafted songs ornate enough to catch your ear, but laid [...]

Tricks of the trade for music sharing with Mojo.

As if you needed proof that cell phones are cooler in Europe, Vodafone has recreated the 1812 Overture with 1000 text messages. Check the related videos page to see how it was made.

Sunday afternoon, WNUR brought local Chicago artists Owen and Joan of Arc to Northwestern for a kickoff concert. We sat down with both acts to discuss music and brotherly love.

To begin our countdown to the new musical year, I will be exploring ten 2009 releases by looking in-depth into their background, influences and personal evolution. The next album in this series is Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix.

Official video for “Lisztomania” by Phoenix.
You may have heard of them if:

You watch Entourage. (“Lisztomania” plays at the [...]

Memories of studying music during the summer at Tanglewood Institute are nostalgic for one student.

Nearing 6 p.m. Saturday night, a mass of flannel, tight jeans and neon-tipped mohawks swarms around the metal barrier in Chicago’s Congress Theater. Screams of “Fuck You” and “I Hate My Life” echo throughout the massive room, suggesting that the stereotypical angry attitude of punk kids is a reality, but in fact they’re simply shouting [...]

After his jam-packed concert at Welsh-Ryan Arena, North by Northwestern sat down with John Legend to talk about the evolution of his music and his time at Penn.

Chipped purple walls and a golden chandelier greet concertgoers as they enter the Riviera Theatre in uptown Chicago. The antiquated décor complements the old-fashioned splendor that is found in the music of Oregon natives, The Decemberists. Before the main act performs, Laura Veirs and the Hall of Flames, also based out of Portland, Oregon, board [...]

R&B singer Anthony, who is Legend’s brother, will take the stage at Welsh-Ryan Arena. The show has sold the most tickets for a student-produced event since Bob Dylan visited campus in 2000, but tickets are still available for purchase.

You may have heard of them if:

You watch David Letterman and Conan O’Brien. (They performed “Ready, Able” on Letterman and “While You Wait for the Others” on Conan.)
You, for some reason, still watched Gilmore Girls during its season finale. (Some character mentions them in passing.)
You are looking forward to The Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack. [...]

One student catches the latest pandemic with no cure in sight: JoBro fever.

I like to play music, just like Grandpa. When I grew out of my baby chair I turned it on its back side and made a drum.

James Brooks opened for artists like Lil Wayne, Ludacris, Ne-Yo and T.I. when he was only 16. Now he’s a junior in McCormick. See him perform before you can’t afford his shows anymore.

Legend has a universal appeal, which makes him an excellent choice as the main performer for the A&O Productions fall concert.