This Week in Great Music: 4/5 – 4/11

Let’s hope that this week is better than last, where I had a moment of complete brilliance and proceeded to forget all about the show I was supposed to go to on Saturday night.  Sigh.

I’ll be at Lincoln Hall on Wednesday (Fanfarlo) and Thursday (The xx), provided that I don’t forget about those shows, too.

Monday, April . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 4/5 – 4/11

This Week in Great Music: 3/8 – 3/14

The entire world is gearing up for SXSW. I’m gearing up for reading tons of great blog posts about SXSW. . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 3/8 – 3/14

This Week in Great Music: 3/1 – 3/7

March is getting off to a bit of a slow start. I think the month of March knows that I will be spending most of April skulking about in various venues for an absurd number of shows. March is telling me that I need to get my sleep, I think. . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 3/1 – 3/7

This Week in Great Music: 1/25 – 1/31

Happy Monday, all!  I had great plans for getting some album reviews written up over the weekend, but instead I spent my time feeling miserable and sick and sleeping on the couch while watching Dirty Jobs reruns.  What a life.

It’s a pretty low-key week for music here.  If you’ve got the time . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 1/25 – 1/31

This Week in Great Music: 12/21 – 12/27

Not much going on this week, but hey, it’s the holidays, there’s some expectation to spend time with loved ones or something.  I don’t know.  There are still some interesting things going on, though.  There are two nights of the do-it-yourself Messiah, where the audience gets the music and gets to sing along, and . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 12/21 – 12/27

This Week in Great Music: 12/14 – 12-20

My musical week can be pretty easily summed up in two words: Andrew Bird.  For everyone else who isn’t as enthralled as I am at the prospect of watching Mr. Bird do his thing in a church, or who couldn’t get tickets, here’s the rest of what I find interesting this week in Chicago.  But I’ve . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 12/14 – 12-20