Director Naomi Nagata made her video for “On And On,” a tune from Chicago sophisti-rock veterans the Sea And Cake, through a process called sand animation. I’m not really sure what that is, but it this case, it involves turning an endless sidewalk into a sinuous, weirdly hypnotic waveform. Watch it below. The Sea An...

Next month, longtime Chicago smart-music scenesters the Sea And Cake will release their new album Runner, the follow-up and companion piece to last year’s The Moonlight Butterfly. We’ve already posted first single “Harps,” and below, we’ve got a stream of “On And On,” a spindl...

Earlier this morning, Chicago indie rockers the Sea & Cake announced plans for a new album called Runner, the follow-up to last year’s The Moonlight Butterfly. They also offered the first taste of Runner, the floating, pleasant “Harps.” Download it below and scope tour dates while you’re there. Th...

Chicago veterans the Sea And Cake are following 2008’s Car Alarm with their ninth collection, a six-song “mini-album” called The Moonlight Butterfly. Vocalist/guitarist Sam Prekop, multi-tasking guitarist Archer Prewitt, bassist Eric Claridge, and drummer John McEntire have been doing this so long, so well, that whe...

We all have to spend, even in a recession, so why not bank with Citibank and spend smarter? That's the premise of a new commercial in which folks share everyday examples of fiscal prudence. Citigroup has seen better days (I'm a finance scientist, obviously): the company's splitting in two on the heels of accepting billion in federal bailout mon...