I’ll be honest, I’m predisposed towards liking anything Andrew Bird comes up with, but he makes it so easy by being so darn amazing all of the time. I first heard his cover of this song during the shows he did at Fourth Presbyterian here in Chicago in December, and it rapidly became a favorite of mine. . . . → Read More: Hooray for Covers! Andrew Bird, “Meet Me Here at Dawn”
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This week is a little low-key. That’s because every band in the universe is making its way out of Austin after SXSW. Don’t worry, kids, April and May are exploding with music. . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 3/22 – 3/28  Leave a comment  Upcoming Events  allstate arena, automatic loveletter, black rebel motorcycle club, brighton ma, cowboy junkies, double door, evanston space, gringo star, holly miranda, house of blues, jc brooks & the uptown sound, lincoln hall, matthew good, metro, michael buble, rickie lee jones, rose cousins, rose polenzani, saul williams, steel train, stone temple pilots, subterranean, tegan and sara, the aragon, the kinetic playground, the riviera, tonic room, tripping billies, uncommon ground, vampire weekend, wells-next-the-sea After I watched the original ChatRoulette improv bit, I was reminded of Ben Folds, for the piano geekery and the improv. Well, apparently Ben Folds was reminded of Ben Folds, too, because, well… just check it out. . . . → Read More: Chatroulette Hilarity Strikes Again England sure seems to be producing a lot of young folk singers with very big voices, older than their years. Johnny Flynn is one of them. . . . → Read More: Wow, That’s a Good Song: Johnny Flynn, “The Box” The last time I saw Hockey, they were tossing out free beer at Lollapalooza, a consolation prize after their set was cut short due to a significant lack of power to the stage. This time, there were no such energy crises, and also no free beer. . . . → Read More: Concert Review: Hockey at Lincoln Hall, 3/12 A note to the city of Chicago: I don’t care what kind of ridiculous budget cuts you have to make in the future. Please never, ever let go of Michael Orlove. This guy has done a whole lot to energize downtown Chicago with music of all genres. And best of all, it’s free. . . . → Read More: Downtown Sound Summer Series Line-Up Leave a comment Upcoming Events bomba estereo, budos band, caribou, disappears, great lake swimmers, hollows, hum, huntsville, kid sister, konono no. 1, millennium park, naomi shelton, nels cline, on fillmore, she & him, the besnard lakes, the books, the ponys, the thermals, tony allen, via tania, volcano! |
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