This Week in Great Music: 10/31 – 11/6

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 . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 10/31 – 11/6

This Week in Great Music: 9/19 – 9/25

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

This Week in Great Music: 7/18 – 7/24

I’ll be at Lincoln Hall to catch the Old 97′s tonight.  They’re one of those bands who I always seem to miss when they come into town.  No more!

And while I probably won’t be able to make it, everyone else should go to the Timber Timbre/Marissa Nadler show on Thursday.  I don’t know . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 7/18 – 7/24

This Week in Great Music: 5/30 – 6/5

Monday, May 30 Justin Townes Earle, Andre Williams and the Goldstars; Millennium Park. 6:30 pm, free Robbie Fulks, Kathleen Keane; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation

Tuesday, May 31 Friendly Fires, Wise Blood; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, sold out

Wednesday, June 1 Meh.

Thursday, June 2 Teddy Thompson, Melissa McClelland, Luke Doucet; Schubas. 9 . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 5/30 – 6/5

Concert Review: The Mountain Goats and Megafaun, The Vic, 4/5/11

Photo by D.L. Anderson

The list of artists whose music actually moves me – breath caught in my throat, caught up in the story the lyrics tell, maybe even a little teary-eyed over a song or two – is pretty short.  You can probably guess most of the members of this elite club, as they’re frequent . . . → Read More: Concert Review: The Mountain Goats and Megafaun, The Vic, 4/5/11

This Week in Great Music: 4/11 – 4/17

Just the other day, I was talking to someone who was asking about what’s next on my show calendar. I couldn’t remember anything pressing, and figured I had a good couple of weeks until something came up that I really wanted to see. And then I put together this week’s list, which has a . . . → Read More: This Week in Great Music: 4/11 – 4/17