By Sarah on October 11, 2010
This is basically the worst week in the world for concerts. And by worst, I mean full of too many choices. I’ll be at the Brandi Carlile show at SPACE on Wednesday, and at DeVotchKa at Lincoln Hall on Saturday. The rest of the week is up in the air. I’ll probably be sobbing under my desk rather than making any real decisions.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged aa bondy, adam haworth stephens, alejandro escovedo, andre williams, angus and julia stone, beat kitchen, bell x1, belle and sebastian, bottom lounge, brandi carlile, califone, catie curtis, chicago theatre, dave gonzalez and the stone river boys, devotchka, double door, dylan leblanc, edie carey, eli paperboy reed, elizabeth and the catapult, empty bottle, evanston space, fitzgeralds, four tet, gorillaz, guided by voices, ha ha tonka, helen money, hideout, james vincent mcmorrow, japandroids, jason isbell and the 400 unit, jennifer knapp, jesse sykes, joe pug, jon drake, jon hopkins, jon langford's skull orchard, jukebox the ghost, k'naan, katie herzig, kevin andrew prchal, kevin o'donnell, langhorne slim, lincoln hall, lissie, marc cohn, martina topley bird, martyrs', massive attack, matthew dear, meshell ndegeocello, metro, miike snow, mimicking birds, miniature tigers, neon indian, old town school of folk music, park west, patty loveless, phil wandscher, robbie fulks, rocky votolato, rose cousins, ruby coast, sally timms, schubas, scotland yard gospel choir, smith westerns, sufjan stevens, terri hendrix, the black atlantic, the changes, the felice brothers, the lighthouse and the whaler, the new pornographers, the riviera, the vic, the walkmen, the wildbirds, times new viking, tokyo police club, uic pavillion, uncommon ground, vandaveer |
By Sarah on September 13, 2010
Sometimes, I feel like I’m the only person on the internet who doesn’t care about Pavement.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged aimee mann, april verch, best coast, cameron mcgill and what army, chris buehrle band, cole degenova and the people's republic, cory chisel, crooked still, cubby bear wrigleyville, daniel knox, dave matthews band, david bazan, empty bottle, fatbook, fitzgeralds, free energy, hideout, jason mraz, jenny and johnny, jessica lea mayfield, judson claiborne, justin townes earle, lincoln hall, magic gloves, male bonding, margot and the nuclear so and so's, mark olson, matt and kim, metro, millennium park, mittens on strings, mt. st. helens vietnam band, no age, old town school of folk music, owen savoir adore, pavement, reckless records, robbie fulks, schubas, streets on fire, the field auxiliary, the hoyle brothers, the lonely forest, the mynabirds, the shams band, titus andronicus, wrigley field |
By Sarah on May 10, 2010
This Week in Great Music: 5/10 – 5/16
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged brian wright, circa survive, coheed and cambria, colin hay, condo fucks, congress theater, donnie biggins, doug gillard, eleventh dream day, elliot brood, empty bottle, evanston space, ferraby lionheart, fitzgeralds, greg laswell, ha ha tonka, hideout, jc brooks & the uptown sound, jill hennessy, jimmy gnecco, joe pug, josh ritter, kevin andrew prchal, kim taylor, leslie and the badgers, lincoln hall, lindsey wilson, linfinity, murder by death, plants and animals, quenchers saloon, rachele eve, raul midon, rebirth brass band, reggie's rock club, robbie fulks, sarah holtschlag, schuas, the championship, the heligoats, the vic, torche, uncommon ground, verbow, will hoge, will phalen and the stereo addicts
By Sarah on March 1, 2010
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.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged alicia keys, allstate arena, angelique kidjo, antje duvekot, black joe lewis and the honeybears, chris thile, evanston space, fitzgeralds, harris theater, house of blues, john prine, lincoln hall, old town school of folk music, punch brothers, rhett miller, rialto square theatre, richard shindell, robyn hitchcock, sara watkins, schubas, the avett brothers, the blacks, the ike reilly assassination, the low anthem, the magnetic fields
By Sarah on January 4, 2010
“This Week in Great Music” might as well just be renamed “This Week in Chicago Residencies That I Couldn’t Get Tickets To”, with series of shows by Butch Walker and Lady Gaga both selling out before I could even get around to clicking the purchase button. (Bet you never thought you’d see those two names in a […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged alejandro escovedo, buddy guy, buddy guy's legends, butch walker, double door, empty bottle, fitzgeralds, kevin o'donnell, lady gaga, martyrs', mucca pazza, old town school of folk music, rosemont theatre, schubas, the damnwells, the four treys, vampire weekend