NEWS OF THE WEEK

• Oh My Rockness Chicago names M. Ward as their latest “Band We Like"

• Pitchfork announces the launch of The Hold Steady's social networking site, Boys And Girls In America

• Spin.com debuts new song, "House Of Style," from Chicago's The Changes, off of their forthcoming full length, Today Is Tonight

• Thax Douglas says goodbye to Chicago with a farewell show at The Hideout. Good luck in New York, Thax!

• Michael Ian Black talks about the relaunch of Cracked magazine and how he's not all that impressed with himself

• The DFA DJ tour, coming to Smart Bar on Friday, October 6, is going to be hot, as The Tripwire reports

• New York comedian and obsessive M.I.A. fan Aziz Ansari is... Clell Tickle: Indie Marketing Guru

• Show your love for Metro and Smart Bar – vote for us in the Illinois Entertainer 2006 Club Guide Readers Poll

• WOXY, Cincinnati becomes the bearer of its own bad news