Charismatic Chicago MC and singer the GTW could help the city's avant-garde pop scene blow up.
by Miles Raymer
In a divey bar in Williamsburg, 24-year-old Chicago vocalist James King, aka the GTW ("Greater Than Wealth"), folds himself carefully into a booth across from me. He looks exhausted—he's on a whirlwind tour of New York, hoping for a break—and he's already regretting the effect that the $5 fries he ordered for lunch will have on his budget for the trip. Two nights ago he played to a small but enthusiastic crowd at the Glasslands Gallery, a nearby launching pad for up-and-coming underground talent.…[ Read more ]