• Pitchfork has a book coming out. The Pitchfork 500 hits stores Nov. 11.
• Pelican's van was robbed in Rome, with thieves getting away with thousands of dollars in equipment. [via]
• Like a musical Voltron, Chicago Noise Machine is made up of nine bands. The result plays Nov. 14 at the Cubby Bear. [via]
• J. Ivy is bringing a night of hip hop poetry to Flavor Restaurant in Flossmoor. [via]
• HearYa posts a live session with Bloomington's Backyard Tire Fire.
• Chicago Classical Music interviews cellist Abe Feder.
• Greg Kot picks the best five albums by Bob Dylan and Lou Reed.
• Jim DeRogatis rates James Bond theme songs, and gives Oasis fans their say in response to his negative review of the band's latest.
• Miles Raymer contemplates sissy bounce.
• Decider reports back on Tegan & Sara at the Riv.
• Glorious Noise catches Dressy Bessy.
• The TOC Blog has dueling reviews of Ben Folds at the Congress and the Apple Genius Bar.
• Stereogum notes that there's a good number of live versions of Andrew Bird's latest songs floating around.
• Lollapalooza will be back August 7-9 next year.
