“I was a bit uncertain this summer when I went to see the Microphones. As I climbed the steps to the Wicker Park art studio where the band was to perform, I couldn't help but wonder how the multi-layered grandiose of songs like "Between Your Ear and the Other Ear" could possibly translate live. Confounding things even more was the knowledge that the Microphones isn't really a band at all, but the r”
