No one is quite as aware of Chicago’s hypersegregation as a Chicagoan. It’s something that outsiders talk about but never fully grasp. Chicagoans, regardless of cultural, political, social or economic ...

For the release of his debut album, Barry and Sherry, Shawn Rosenblatt of Chicago band Netherfriends cooked up a novel promotional campaign. He’d leave his home and day job behind, and travel the ...

Ask Shawn Rosenblatt where he’s living these days and the sole creative voice behind shape-shifting indie-pop crew Netherfriends might simply say, “Nowhere.” He’s not exaggerating either. The ...

Netherfriends is the solo project of Chicago musician Shawn Rosenblatt. Sometimes Shawn is joined by other musicians but most of the time he’s alone roaming the country on a perpetual tour. Last April ...

After his "farewell Chicago" show Thursday at Empty Bottle, Netherfriends mastermind Shawn Rosenblatt will forfeit his apartment and day job to embark on a one-year, cross-country tour. The goal: ...

More over Sufjan Stevens, there’s a new indie-pop maven in town. Chicagoan Shawn Rosenblatt is the prime mover of the psychedelically inclined band, Netherfriends. This year, he decided to write 50 ...

Shawn Rosenblatt is a recent Columbia College graduate who records prodigiously as Netherfriends. It seems he enjoyed college enough to continue giving himself assignments- his most ambitious being to ...

Musicians can play at the Circle Bar only so many times before the bar gives them their own night. Shawn Rosenblatt, aka Chicago's Netherfriends, gigs in New Orleans more frequently than some local ...