the riviera
This Week in Great Music: 5/21 – 5/27
By Sarah on May 21, 2012
Monday, May 21 Robbie Fulks, the Pussycat Trio; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Lee “Scratch” Perry, SubAtomic Soundsystem, Illuminati Congo, Impala Sound Champions; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $20-25 Tuesday, May 22 M. Ward, Lee Ranaldo Band; the Vic. 7:30 pm, $24 Ane Brun, Gemma Ray, Elin Ruth Sigvardsson; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $14 Alicia […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged adam faucett and the tall grass, alejandro escovedo, alicia witt, ane brun, beat kitchen, ben sollee, bobby conn, bone & bell, cave, dark dark dark, double door, dry the river, edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros, eef barzelay, elin ruth sigvardsson, empty bottle, gemma ray, he's my brother she's my sister, heligoats, hideout, illuminati congo, impala sound champions, jess godwin, jesse malin, justin lewis, lee ranaldo band, lee scratch perry, lincoln hall, lying delilah, m. ward, otter petter, paper thick walls, pillars & tongues, poi dog pondering, robbie fulks, sallie ford and the sound outside, schubas, shannon stephens, starring, subatomic soundsystem, subterranean, the columbines, the damn choir, the pussycat trio, the riptones, the riviera, the vic, the waco brothers
This Week in Great Music: 5/7 – 5/13
By Sarah on May 7, 2012
Hey! It’s Andrew Bird week again. No big deal. Â Plenty of other things going on, too, for your listening pleasure. Monday, May 7 Robbie Fulks, Greg Cahill; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation The Spring Standards, Volcanoes Make Islands, Shelby Pollard; Schubas. 8 pm, $10 Tuesday, May 8 Tim Barry, Jenny Owen Youngs; Beat Kitchen. […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged andrew bird, auditorium theatre, ballroom boxer, beat kitchen, brighton ma, champions, childish gambino, cobalt & the hired guns, dan bern, dastardly, deorbert & the half truths, derek nelson & the musicians, djrc, double door, empty bottle, father john misty, flashing blue lights, frontier ruckus, go long mule, golden retriever, good grief, greg cahill, har mar superstar, hideout, jenny owen youngs, jet w. lee, jon drake & the shakes, justin townes earle, lincoln hall, lindsay fuller, lucy kaplansky, machine gun mojo, maps & atlases, metro, model n, mucca pazza, mutts, old town school of folk music, park west, patty larkin, rachele eve, rego, robbie fulks, saint anyway, sarah jarosz, schubas, shearwater, shelby pollard, sister crayon, so many dynamos, st. vincent, subterranean, suns, the burlington, the david mayfield parade, the dirty feathers, the ditty bops, the future laureates, the right now, the riviera, the sea and cake, the shams band, the spring standards, the vic, tim barry, tree, tristen, volcanoes make islands, wells-next-the-sea
This Week in Great Music: 12/12 – 12/18
By Sarah on December 12, 2011
Hey, everyone, it’s Wilco week! I’m not going to any of the shows, but I’m sure plenty of you are. I’ll be at Schubas on Saturday night for Noam Pikelny and friends. Banjo! If you’re not doing anything on Sunday night, my band, Jungle of Cities, is playing at the Abbey Pub. We go on […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged alabama shakes, apollo chorus of chicago, civic opera house, double door, empty bottle, graham colton, harper blynn, harris theater for music and dance, hideout, himalayan bear, josh caterer, kathryn calder, lincoln hall, metro, noam pikelny, rainbow rhythms, schubas, the joy formidable, the lawrence peters outfit, the riviera, the sea and cake, the vic, tim reynolds and tr3, wilco
This Week in Great Music: 10/31 – 11/6
By Sarah on October 31, 2011
I’ll be at SPACE tonight for Communion Music’s big US tour.  And I’m thinking about trying to figure out a way to make it out to Berwyn to see the Blind Boys of Alabama.  It’ll be a heck of a road trip-via-public transportation, that’s for sure. Monday, October 31 Matthew and the Atlas, The David […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged a winged victory for the sullen, bear hands, beat kitchen, big troubles, blind boys of alabama, blitzen trapper, bobby, cains & abels, carolina chocolate drops, catie curtis, dawes, empty bottle, evanston space, feist, fitzgeralds, howie day, in tall buildings, judson claiborne, julian lynch, lauren shera, lincoln hall, little scream, matthew and the atlas, metro, milagres, milo greene, nick zuber, old town school of folk music, real estate, reggio mclaughlin, reginald robinson, royal bangs, sara watkins, schubas, sean watkins, the belle brigade, the civil wars, the david mayfield parade, the riviera, the vic, we were promised jetpacks
This Week in Great Music: 10/10 – 10/16
By Sarah on October 10, 2011
Let’s keep it simple. Do yourself a favor and go see Dessa on Tuesday. She is pretty much totally amazing. Monday, October 10 Lisa Hannigan, John Smith; Double Door. 8 pm, $15 SIMS, Lazerbeak, Cecil Otter; Bottom Lounge. 9 pm, $10 Tuesday, October 11 Sara Bareilles, Ben Lee, Elizabeth and the Catapult; the Riviera. 7 […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged alberta cross, ben lee, ben rector, bottom lounge, butch walker and the black widows, cecil otter, com truise, dessa, double door, el payo, elizabeth and the catapult, graham colton, hindi zahra, john smith, las guitarras de espana, lazerbeak, lincoln hall, lisa hannigan, martyrs', mehran, metro, minus the bear, neon indian, portishead, portugal. the man, purity ring, sara bareilles, sims, the aragon, the riviera, the velvet teen, thought forms
This Week in Great Music: 10/3 – 10/9
By Sarah on October 3, 2011
Busy week of shows! Don’t forget, you can win tickets to see Those Darlins on Wednesday or Thursday! See this post for information on how to win. Monday, October 3 Jens Lekman, Geoffrey O’Connor; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $20 Tuesday, October 4 Zee Avi; Schubas. 8 pm, $12 The Mekons; SPACE. 8 pm, $18-30 The […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged bandallamas, brice woodall, brokeback, cameron mcgill, cults, empty bottle, esperanza spalding, evanston space, fitzgeralds, foster the people, geoffrey o'connor, go long mule, hideout, holy sons, house of blues, imelda may, jaron and the long road to love, jens lekman, joe firstman, joe's bar, keb' mo', liam davis, lincoln hall, malajube, mar caribe, martyrs', matt hopper, metro, nora o'connor, park west, peelander-z, pieta brown, priscilla ahn, reptar, schubas, st. vincent, stephen malkmus and the jicks, symphony center, thao with the get down stay down, the besnard lakes, the chain gaing of 1974, the devil whale, the head and the heart, the mekons, the naked and famous, the riviera, the shams band, those darlins, white arrows, wild flag, yellowfever, zee avi