News & Links – January 12

Bowerbirds; photo by Alissa Anderson

In conjunction with the Tomorrow Never Knows festival, kicking off this week at Schubas and Lincoln Hall,  Reckless Records has four fantastic (and free) in-store performance coming up:

Thursday, January 14, 5:00 pm - Bear in Heaven – Lakeview store (3126 N Broadway) Friday, January 15, 5:00 pm . . . → Read More: News & Links – January 12

2009 Favorites: Part Two

Here’s the second of four installments of what should really be called “stuff I listened to a bunch this year” but more concisely referred to as “favorites”.  In case you missed the first post, you can find it here.  I’ll be back next week with the last two installments.

Alec Ounsworth, Mo . . . → Read More: 2009 Favorites: Part Two

Concert Review: AA Bondy and Elvis Perkins in Dearland, Lincoln Hall, 11/21

AA Bondy and Elvis Perkins made for a perfect lineup, with both of their music fitting into a similar country-rock sort of feel.  I’m terrible with genres, so there’s probably something better than that, but I don’t know what it is.  Both of these men make everything sound so easy, with lyrics . . . → Read More: Concert Review: AA Bondy and Elvis Perkins in Dearland, Lincoln Hall, 11/21

This Week in Great Music – 11/16 – 11/22

A quiet week, but some solid shows nonetheless. I’ll be at the Elvis Perkins/AA Bondy show on Saturdy, finally able to catch the both of them in Chicago. It’ll be my first time at Lincoln Hall (although I walked past it the other night and it looks way swanky on the outside), but I’ve . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music – 11/16 – 11/22