Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed.

  • • Russian Circles, currently on an extensive tour of Europe, linked to some photos by Jana Van Nuffel of their performance last week at De Kreun Kortrijk in Belgium.
  • • In Bonnaroo news, Umphrey’s McGee was added to the line-up which will be their sixth appearance and Wilco is featured on the Music for Action “Best of Bonnaroo” free download sampler.
  • • Americana-alt-rockers Van Ghost in conjunction with Split Red Records released an iPhone app that they’ve made available for free download.
  • • Steve Albani will be the keynote speaker at the NX35 Music Conferette in Denton, Texas which starts this Thursday and runs through March 14.
  • • The first image was released of an animated Kanye West who in May will be featured on the Cleveland Show on Fox.