This Week in Great Music: 7/30 – 8/5
Hey, internet. Â It’s been a bit of a quiet week around here. Â I’ve got a bunch of posts drafted up but finding the time to finish them is another matter entirely. Instead, here’s my listing of great shows this week. Â Lollapalooza’s here this weekend, in case you didn’t notice, and with Lolla comes some great […]
This Week in Great Music: 7/23 – 7/29
Monday, July 23 The Shams Band, Daniel Ellsworth & the Great Lakes, Young Jesus; Schubas. 8 pm, $6 Neulore, The Canvas Waiting, Kevin Daniels; Martyrs. 8 pm, $8 Tuesday, July 24 ?! Wednesday, July 25 Old Shoe, John Kimock & Trevor Exter, The New Old Calvary; Martyrs. 9 pm, $7 Thursday, July 26 Gold Motel, […]
CHIRP Playlist: July 20, 2012
Well, friends, I took a week off for my great southbound journey, but I’m back.  This week’s show featured many of the artists who I saw and enjoyed at the Forecastle Festival. As always, you can hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. […]
This Week in Great Music: 7/17 – 7/22
IÂ inadvertently skipped Monday’s shows due to travel woes and tiredness. Â Sorry, Monday bands! Â There’s still a ton going on this week, including the Milwaukee Avenue Arts Fest and the Square Roots Festival in Lincoln Square. Tuesday, July 17 A Place to Bury Strangers, Hunters; Empty Bottle. 9:30 pm, $10-12 Wednesday, July 18 Mad Bread, Dan […]
Forecastle Festival, Day One
I’d sworn off outdoor festivals for a little while, once they stopped being fun, but the lineup for Louisville, Kentucky’s tenth annual Forecastle Fest swayed me. Â The lure of a good road trip was also a bit too good to resist, and so here I am, in a hotel on the Louisville waterfront (although my […]
Wow, That’s a Good Song: Bear Bones, “Oil & Lacquer”
My “To Be Sorted” folder on my computer is massive, full of music I’ve acquired through various PR people, free MP3s, label samplers, give-us-your-email-and-get-a-song, on and on. Â It is a huge, hulking list of stuff that has a lot of things I’m lukewarm about, some stuff I delete before I get to the thirty-second mark, […]