By Sarah on July 9, 2012
There are a lot of great music-things going on in Chicago this week! Â In addition to street festivals and the Taste of Chicago, we’ve also got Pitchfork rolling through, which should keep people busy for a while. I’ll be absconding off to Louisville, Kentucky, for the Forecastle Festival, so I’ll miss out on all of […]
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By Sarah on June 25, 2012
June’s almost over. Â Can you believe that? Monday, June 25 Occidental Brothers Dance Band International, Chico Trujilo; Millennium Park. 6:30 pm, free Robbie Fulks; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Esperanza Spalding; Ravinia. 8 pm, $27-55 Kate Miller-Heidke, Derek Fawcett; Schubas. 8 pm, $10-12 Tuesday, June 26 Cory Branan, Audra Mae, Briar Rabbit; Schubas. 8 […]
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By Sarah on June 18, 2012
In addition to all of the below shows going on this weekend, Make Music Chicago takes place all day on Thursday, involving over 700 musicians at 75 sites across the city. More detailed information can be found on their website, but I am mostly excited about SOUSAPALOOZA on Thusday, where dedicated music nerds will gather […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged al scorch's country soul ensemble, bailiff, barefoot elephants, blind boys of alabama, booker t. jones, brendan losch, brigitte demeyer, chicago gospel music festival, cloud cult, dinosaur jr, don stiernberg, ellis park, empty bottle, evanston space, green music festival, hey rosetta!, hideout, innkeepers, jc brooks & the uptown sound, jessica robbins, johnny young, jonas friddle & the majority, judson claiborne, julie marie byrne, laura marling, like pioneers, michele mcguire, millennium park, mines, nature show, pearls, robbie fulks, sam vicari, santah, schubas, scony mack, secret colours, simple machines, sister crystals, songs for gods, steve poltz, subterranean, t'bone, the athenaeum theatre, the brothers goforth, the lawrence peters outfit, the ragtones, the raveonettes, theresa andersson, volcano!, willy mason, wilshire
By Sarah on June 11, 2012
Monday, June 11 The Duke Spirit, Hacienda; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $17-20 Gospel Music, Wintersleep; Schubas. 8 pm, $8-10 Tuesday, June 12 Mucca Pazza; Hideout. 9 pm, sold out Wednesday, June 13 Harper Blynn, Madi Diaz; Schubas. 9 pm, $10 Thursday, June 14 The Deer Tracks, Nouela, Shuteye; Schubas. 9 pm, $10 Octopus Nebula, Save […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged caroline smith & the good night sleeps, cloud cult, david vandervelde, double door, ezra furman, gospel music, hacienda, harper blynn, hideout, john roderick, jonathon coulton, lincoln hall, los campesinos!, madi diaz, mayne stage, mucca pazza, nouela, octopus nebula, sanctified grumblers, santah, save the clocktower, schubas, sean bones, shuteye, stolen silver, taste of randolph, the deer tracks, the duke spirit, the hold steady, the mynabirds, the right now, those darlins, unicycle loves you, wintersleep
By Sarah on June 4, 2012
If you’re not doing anything on Saturday, what you should really do is head down to see my band, Jungle of Cities, playing at the Elbo Room. Â We go on around 10 pm and cover is $10. Monday, June 4 Robbie Fulks; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Tuesday, June 5 Jodee Lewis; Schubas. 8 […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged al scorch, anna fermin, band called catch, beat kitchen, chicago blues fest, count this penny, cubby bear wrigleyville, deer tick, elizabeth and the catapult, empty bottle, evanston space, gold motel, grant park, greg laswell, heartless bastards, hideout, inspector owl, jared grabb, jodee lewis, joe henry, kelly hogan, lisa hannigan, lydia loveless, mar caribe, mavis staples, megafaun, megan reilly, metro, old town school of folk music, park west, poor elvis, punch brothers, ramona falls, ribfest, rickie lee jones, robbie fulks, sarah & the tall boys, schubas, scott h. biram, scott lucas & the married men, speck mountain, the darcys, the field auxiliary, the lawrence peters outfit, turbo fruits
By Sarah on May 28, 2012
It’s summer street festival season! Â Do-Division is going on this weekend, with a pretty stellar lineup of artists all weekend. Â Head on down to check it out. Monday, May 28 Kelly Hogan, Scott Lucas and the Married Men; Millennium Park. 6:30 pm, free Robbie Fulks, Kathleen Keane; Hideout. Â 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Netherfriends, House […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged anne mccue, audiences, beat kitchen, bigcolour, brain idea, brown bird, california wives, canasta, cat martino, cory chisel & the wandering sons, craig finn, derek nelson & the musicians, dinosaur feathers, do-division, e brown, empty bottle, evanston space, fluffy, gypsyblood, hideout, honey & buffalo, house of wolves, i break horses, in tall buildings, jc brooks & the uptown sound, jeff harms, jon drake & the shakes, judson claiborne, kathleen keane, kelly hogan, lake shore vibe, langhorne slim, le butcherettes, leadfoot, light foils, lincoln hall, longshot, love and radiation, margot & the nuclear so and so's, martyrs', millennium park, minor characters, moon furies, murder by death, mutts, my gold mask, natureboy, netherfriends, o'death, old shoe, pat mckillen, patrick watson, pillow talk, prob cause, psalm one, robbie fulks, schubas, scott lucas and the married men, the antlers, the besnard lakes, the hood internet, the paige dechausse band, the pillowhamer, the ragtones, the reels, the revivalists, the soft pack, theo katzman and communist daughter, thomas comerford, tim larson & the owner/operators, todd rundgren, whispertown, wooden rings