Couldn’t You Wait?: The Story of Silkworm

It’s practically a sub-genre unto itself at this point: Don’t-Call-Them-Indie Rock Docs Featuring Artists Whose Body of Work Remains Virtually Unknown to Mainstream Audiences. (The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Scott Walker: 30th Century Man, Dig! are just a few recent entries.) Seth Pomeroy’s Couldn’t You Wait?: The Story of Silkworm is the newest offering sure to confuse Netflix’s categorizing algorithm....  read more

Silkworm: A look back

In the wake of drummer Michael Dahlquist's death, Paste writer Andrew Earles takes stock of the indie band's two-decade career...  read more

Chicago Musicians Killed in Accident by Suicidal Driver

(Above [L-R]: Dahlquist, Meis and Glick) Chicago musicians Michael Dahlquist (Silkworm), Douglas Meis (The Dials) and John Glick (The Returnables) were killed in a car accident July 14 in Skokie, Ill. The three friends were stopped at a light when they were hit from behind by Jeanette Sliwinski, a distraught 23-year-old model attempting suicide after a cell-phone argument with her mother. Dahlquist, Meis, and Glick, on their lunch break from their jobs at Shure Inc., were killed instantly, rammed at an estimated speed of 70 MPH. The wreck left Sliwinski without serious injury. Sliwinski was charged with three counts of...  read more