This Week in Great Music – 9/20 – 9/27

This Week in Great Music – 9/21 – 9/27. Some great shows in Chicago for the upcoming week which have caught my eye. . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music – 9/20 – 9/27

In Today’s Round of Awesome Surprise Emails…

Also known as: why it pays to sneakily check your email at work.

What’s that? Oh, my obsessive entering into WXRT’s giveaway for tickets to the Andrew Bird’s Night of Awesomeness at the Museum actually paid off?

Um. Yes. I may have made some very undignified happy noises at work when . . . → Read More: In Today’s Round of Awesome Surprise Emails…

This Week in Great Music – 9/14 – 9/20

This Week in Great Music – 9/14 – 9/20. Some great shows in Chicago for the upcoming week which have caught my eye. . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music – 9/14 – 9/20

Album Review: Marié Digby, Breathing Underwater

Digby, perhaps best known for her acoustic cover of Umbrella, delivers a collection of thirteen pop songs here on her second domestic album. Breathing Underwater is, when you get down to it, a refreshing listen in the face of the rest of what garners attention in the pop world. Her lyrics have a level of depth and creativity that is usually missing in the whole mass-produced pop-music scene. . . . → Read More: Album Review: Marié Digby, Breathing Underwater

Andrew Bird + Modern Art + XRT = Heck Yes.

Andrew Bird will help break in the new modern wing of the Art Institute in his own, special style with a small, intimate little show on Monday, September 21st. . . . → Read More: Andrew Bird + Modern Art + XRT = Heck Yes.