As Chicago combats a mounting heap of problems—if somehow you’re unaware of them, just read the rest of our blog—many eyes are glued to a war that raged a long time ago in a galaxy . . . well, you get the point. The seventh chapter of the Star Wars saga hits theaters next week, more than a generation after the original trilogy wrapped up. The omnipresence of Star Wars: The Force Awakens already rivals that of Christmas paraphernalia—it feels like it’s everywhere, even in the cereal aisle of the grocery store. I blame my recent purchase of Star Wars cereal on a sense of journalistic duty—I had to know if it was real. After eating the whole box, I can confirm that the marshmallow lightsabers do not taste like lightsabers.
The mid-aughts era of indie-rock is spawning its first wave of nostalgia already, and this past summer Clap Your Hands Say Yeah played a ten-year anniversary tour behind their self-titled album. Hindsight hasn’t treated Clap Your Hands Say Yeah all that kindly, but the record is still remembered as emblematic of an important shift in the methods of distributing, sharing, and writing about music. The same good fortune hasn’t befallen the armies of acts that populated rock-centric music blogs back then, including Oh No Oh My. Their moment feels like it took place a long time ago. Perhaps listening to “Oh Be One,” which is today’s 12 O’Clock Track, will bring those memories back.
