The Hideout Block Party returned this year after a two-year hiatus. Taking over the stretch of Wabansia outside of the Hideout, as well as a large parking lot — Jon Langford joked that Mayor Emanuel came down and personally moved each and every Streets & Sanitation truck out of the lot, just . . . → Read More: Concert Review: Hideout Block Party, 9/24/11
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Everything about this week is just a lead-up to the Hideout Block Party. I’ve missed you, Andrew Bird. Monday, September 19 Robbie Fulks; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Tuesday, September 20 Cut Copy, Washed Out, Midnight Magic, Only Children; the Riviera. 8 pm, $27 Abigail Washburn, Mar Caribe, Alana Amran; Martyrs. 8 pm, . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 9/19 – 9/25  2 comments  Upcoming Events  abigail washburn, alana amran, alessi's ark, an horse, anais mitchell, andrew bird, ani difranco, aunt martha, bad bad meow, baliff, beat kitchen, bomba estereo, cut copy, dosh, evanston space, hemmingbirds, hideout, jill andrews, jon langford, jonathan coulton, kaki king, kevin andrew prchal, las guitarras de espana, laura marling, liam finn, lincoln hall, luisa malta, mar caribe, marques toliver, martyrs', mavis staples, mayne stage, midnight magic, movits!, okkervil river, only children, peter wolf crier, pinto and the bean, robbie fulks, schubas, the felice brothers, the riviera, the vic, the watson twins, they might be giants, washed out, white mystery Twitter is for many things, including following some of your favorite musicians. Two of mine, Rosanne Cash and Kelly Hogan, have both expressed a similar sentiment in the last several weeks, which is that if Mavis Staples doesn’t win a Grammy today for You Are Not Alone, it will be a downright shame. I . . . → Read More: Some Mavis Staples on Grammy Sunday All because it’s Thanksgiving doesn’t mean that the music stops. I’ll be at the Frames show on Tuesday, along with probably most of the Chicago people I know on Twitter. Irish rock tweet-up! . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 11/22 – 11/28 Leave a comment Upcoming Events brandon flowers, brendan losch, brighton ma, brooke fraser, elephant gun, empty bottle, fran healy, franz nicolay and major general, gold motel, good old war, hideout, jake clemons, joshua radin, jubal fulks, junior brown, kelley james, kelly hogan, kevin andrew prchal, lincoln hall, little light, mavis staples, moneypenny, old town school of folk music, park west, red line tap, robbie fulks, sam bradley, schubas, scott and chris ligon, stornoway, subterranean, symphony center, the belleville outfit, the frames, the polkaholics, the riviera, the sea and cake, the vic, the wheeling birds, united federation of planets, vienna boy's choir The first review I wrote of Mavis Staples’s new album, You Are Not Alone, wasn’t wholly positive. The problems I see with the album are still there on the seventh or eighth listen, but they’re not bothering me as much as they did last week. . . . → Read More: Album Review: Mavis Staples, “You Are Not Alone” I guess by virtue of reading these words, you’ll know that this thing is in fact on. Hi. I’m Mel. My official introduction came to you last week, and I’m pretty thrilled to be here. Right now I’m hard at work on what I hope will be the writing sample that will get me . . . → Read More: Appetizers For Your Week |
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