By Sarah on November 28, 2011
How is it almost December? Â This is uncalled for. If anyone can hook a girl up with tickets to the Brandi Carlile show at Park West, or the M. Ward show at Schubas, you’d be my hero. Â Just sayin’. Monday, November 28 Meh Tuesday, November 29 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged blane fonda, brandi carlile, brian setzer's rockabilly riot, carlos forster, chicago theatre, christina perri, clap your hands say yeah, dave sills, edie carey, evanston space, florence & the machine, hawley shoffner, house of blues, jake armerding, jay-z, kanye west, kelly clarkson, laura marling, lincoln hall, lydia loveless, m. ward, metro, mike coykendall, old town school of folk music, park west, poi dog pondering, s. carey, schubas, shawn colvin, the fray, the kickback, the secret sisters, the steepwater band, tim larson & the owner operators, united center, warm safe & sound
By Sarah on November 27, 2011
I filled in for my friend Bobby on the radio yesterday afternoon. It was fun. These are the songs I played. 3:55 PM Neil Young Hitchhiker from Le Noise (Reprise) 3:51 PM Monument Monument Full of Life from Call Off the Roses EP (self-released) 3:48 PM Deer Tick Main Street from Divine Providence (Partisan) 3:42 […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged a.a. bondy, deer tick, dessa, dosh, gotye, great lake swimmers, heavy times, kathleen edwards, mirah, monument monument, murder by death, neil young, netherfriends, owen, peggy sue, radiohead, shearwater, sierra swan, teddy thompson, thao with the get down stay down, the beach boys, the decemberists, the gentle guest, the head and the heart, the promise ring, tycho, vandaveer, voltaire, wilco
By Sarah on November 26, 2011
Another Friday night in the studio. If you missed me last night, you can catch me on CHIRP this afternoon from 2 to 4 pm, as an extra special bonus show. I’m off next week, as my band’s got a gig that night. Â (Occupy This! at Multikulti, music starts at 9 pm, proceeds benefit Occupy […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged acid house kings, andrew bird, ben sollee, black tusk, braids, broken records, butterfly boucher, coheed and cambria, daniel martin moore, dethlehem, drc music, fruit bats, girl in a coma, jc brooks & the uptown sound, jeff buckley, jennifer warnes, jj, joan as police woman, jorge calderon, kurt vile, lamb, laximikant pyarelal, mumford & sons, netherfriends, over the rhine, retribution gospel choir, rob crow, sharon van etten, someone still loves you boris yeltsin, the traveling wilburys, tom waits
By Sarah on November 21, 2011
A bit of a lull this week, with the holiday and all. Â Have a great Thanksgiving, to those of you who celebrate it. Monday, November 21 Architecture in Helsinki; Metro. 9 pm, $17-19 Tuesday, November 22 Fitz and the Tantrums, Walk the Moon; Metro. 9 pm, $23-26 Wednesday, November 23 Van Ghost, Blah Blah Blah, […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged a lull, architecture in helsinki, blah blah blah, empty bottle, fitz and the tantrums, kellen & me, lincoln hall, marketa irglova, metro, my gold mask, scattered trees, schubas, sean rowe, sophie hunter, tinariwen, urbanites, van ghost, walk the moon
By Sarah on November 19, 2011
I’ll be occupying the Friday 8-10 pm Central slot through the end of the year, so you can hear me on a regular basis on CHIRP Radio. It’ll be great. 9:58 PM Rainer Maria Long Knives from Long Knives Drawn (Polyvinyl) 9:54 PM The Unsettlers Red to Black from The Unsettlers (self-released) 9:50 PM Los […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged a.a. bondy, andrew bird, angie aparo, ani difranco, aterciopelados, bon iver, brandi carlile, breakers broken, cass mccombs, crooked fingers, darren johnston's gone to chicago, kathleen edwards, los campesinos!, m. ward, mayer hawthorne, okkervil river, owen, rainer maria, sarah jarosz, sensation junkies, the decemberists, the hold steady, the lijadu sisters, the new pornographers, the unsettlers, thomas comerford
By Sarah on November 16, 2011
I keep intending to highlight worthy Kickstarter projects here, but always get distracted. Â Now’s a good enough time to start! One of my favorite artists, Rocky Votolato, is stepping away from the whole released-on-a-label thing and is looking to self-release his newest album, Television of Saints. He’s aiming to raise $20,000 in the next month. […]
Posted in News & Links | Tagged kickstarter, rocky votolato |