The Fluid

Despite the fervent wishes of some pundits to move us right out of the physical-media age, CDs, records and even cassette tapes are still the only places a lot of music can be found. Read More

City Times brings you another round-up of what's hot and what's not from the world of music LEONA LEWIS -- ECHO Leona Lewis is one of those celebrities I struggle to find fault with. Read More

A PIONEERING acoustic piano with adjustable notes has been launched at the University of Surrey. Read More

STERLING – The Rock River Valley Barbershop Chorus' sixth annual Christmas show is 2 p.m. Read More

Since Lego Rock Band doesn't need any attachments like the Guitar Hero sleeve, I can finally play a music game on my DSi. It's not the fluid motion of Guitar Hero On Tour , but Lego Rock Band is a solid portable version of the complete band experience. Read More

Ex Libras ' debut album Suite(s) gives you plenty to marvel at; the fact it was mostly written and recorded in a self-made shed, the fact it somehow manages to live up to their shudderingly intense live show, and most importantly how bloody good it is. Read More

What if there was an award given out for being the British post-jazz musician of the year, or the decade, or come to think of it the century, seeing as how whatever we think is the best thing of the past few years, since 2000, is of course the best thing of the century, although in the case of Amy Winehouse I would suggest you check back in a few years, much the same way you should check back about the position of Oasis in the greater scheme of things, and the idea is that this jazz musician is not necessarily a jazz musician who plays the sax, trumpet or drums, but a jazz musician who has taken the fluid, liberating, genre cracking spirit of, say, Spontaneous Music Ensemble, Derek Bailey, John Surman, Dave Holland, Evan Parker and Ovary Lodge, and transfers that spirit so that it fits into a 21st century world that is post the pop of Aphex Twin, Lemon Jelly, Prodigy, Tortoise, 808 State, Orbital, Leftfield and the Chemical Brothers, post the experimentation of Fennesz, Broadcast, Burial, Panda Bear, Notwist, Madvillain, post the jazz of Matthew Shipp, Jon Hassell, Anthony Braxton, John Zorn, then this award, for being the British post-jazz musician of the decade, who operates with an awareness of electronica, hip hop, serialism, psych folk, minimalism and Sonic Youth, so a jazz musician who functions as an improvisor and an experimenter and a pleasure seeker and a theorist who also functions as a disc jockey and curator and post modern technician, then the award goes to... Read More

Peter Bjorn and John headline; El Perro del Mar and Yourself and the Air open. 9 PM, Metro, 3730 N. Clark, 773-549-0203, $22, $20 in advance, 18+. Read More

For a non-pianist, the idea of a microtonally fluid piano might seem either no big deal or baffling. Read More

There are as many types of jazz as there are regional styles of pizzas. Read More