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By Sarah on June 24, 2012
It’s been a little quiet here this week; I blame the heat, which has sapped my will to move. I played a bit longer of a set this time around, but I’ll be back to my usual two-hour bonanza of fun next week. Â As always, you can hear my delightful music selections every Friday night […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged a tribe called red, adanowsky, aimee mann, an horse, bic runga, black kids, bone & bell, chris pureka, christine fellows, damien rice, david bowie, david gray, devotchka, edmund ii, edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros, elvis perkins, friends, glasser, glen hansard, greta gertler, hot chip, jherek bischoff, josephine foster & the supposed, kaki king, ladyhawke, langhorne slim & the law, many places, mike reed's people places & things, miles kurosky, mount eerie, neko case, niki and the dove, ok go, peter wolf crier, priscilla ahn, saint etienne, shooter jennings, thao with the get down stay down, the antlers, the decemberists, the tallest man on earth, thea gilmore, these united states, wilco
By Sarah on June 9, 2012
This week’s playlist looks significantly less pretty, as there were some tech issues with the playlist tracker.  I’m sure you won’t be too devastated. As always, you can hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. 8:00 hour Quiet Company/Everything Louder Than Everything Else/We […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged alexander tucker, alpha consumer, astronautalis, ben lee, bon iver, boozoo bajou, brandi carlile, butch walker & the black widows, butterfly boucher, califone, cold specks, edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros, eluvium, felix, fred williams & the jewels band, grass widow, gregory and the hawk, ha ha tonka, hard-fi, idewild, indigo girls, japandroids, jbm, jennifer o'connor, jesca hoop, kelly hogan, killer mike, langhorne slim & the law, louis prima, low, many places, maritime, matthew dear, mike reed's people places & things, minus the bear, nathan mathes, neon indian, nice face, nick waterhouse, noe venable, outkast, quiet company, sallie ford & the sound outside, sarah slean, sex life, smoking popes, sufjan stevens, teddy thompson, the blacks, the hold steady, the mekons, the platters, the right now, the tallest man on earth, the wooden birds, these united states, violens, yeah yeah yeahs, yellow ostrich, young man
By Sarah on April 9, 2012
Monday, April 9 Chuck Ragan, Dan Andriano, Cory Branan, Nathaniel Rateliff; Bottom Lounge. 6 pm, $17 Robbie Fulks; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Tuesday, April 10 Preservation Hall Jazz Band; SPACE. 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm, $26-46 The Dog Patch Ramblers; Hideout. 9 pm, $5 suggested donation Rasputina, Daniel Knox; Double Door. 9 pm, […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged air this side of caution, bbu, beat kitchen, big freedia, bobby bare jr., bottom lounge, c.u.b.a., canadian brass, chicago theatre, chuck ragan, cory branan, dan andriano, daniel knox, deserters, double dorr, driftless pony club, empty bottle, evanston space, family of the year, farraday, fun, go long mule, good old war, hemmingbirds, hideout, ingrid michaelson, jeffrey david, lincoln hall, metro, mutts, nathaniel rateliff, pearl and the beard, preservation hall jazz band, rasputina, red tail ring, robbie fulks, rodrigo y gabriela, schubas, secret colours, sharpless, subterranean, the assembly, the belle brigade, the cave singers, the dog patch ramblers, the hoyle brothers, the lawrence peters outfit, the vic, these united states, trampled by turtles, wentz concert hall
By Sarah on October 24, 2011
I haven’t been to a show all month. Â Maybe I’ll change that this weekend. Monday, October 24 Robbie Fulks; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Tuesday, October 25 The Damned, Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers, The Pirate Twins; Metro. 8 pm, $26 honeyhoney, Joshua James, Levi Lowrey; Schubas. 8 pm, $10-12 Wednesday, October 26 meh Thursday, […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged brown bird, caitlin rose, chicago theatre, dom flemons, eleanor friedberger, go long mule, hayes carll, hideout, honeyhoney, joan baez, joshua james, levi lowrey, lincoln hall, martyrs', metro, old town school of folk music, ollabelle, paleo, rebirth brass band, robbie fulks, schubas, shelby lynne, stolen silver, subterranean, symphony center, th' legendary shack shakers, the damned, the pirate twins, these united states, tin tin can, widespread panic |
By Sarah on June 28, 2010
I suppose the holiday weekend makes for a slow concert week. The most exciting stuff is happening over at the Taste of Chicago, really. On Saturday, I’ll be heading to a super-secret location for a teeny-tiny show by Rocky Votolato, who is doing a series of living room concerts over the summer.  There are only […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged a band called catch, a rocket to the moon, black joe lewis and the honeybears, brett dennen, brooke waggoner, christie dupree, derek nelson and the musicians, dignan, eisley, empty bottle, grant park, hacienda, hard rock cafe, hideout, huntsville, jc brooks & the uptown sound, lincoln hall, los lobos, los lonely boys, matt kearney, millennium park, mirah, nels cline, occidental brothers dance band international, on fillmore, park grill, passion pit, robbie fulks, rocky votolato, samba mapangala, sara bareilles, schubas, sons of the never wrong, taste of chicago, thao, the lion and the sail, the most of all, these united states, todd kessler |
By Sarah on April 6, 2010
In case you took an internet hiatus overnight, here’s some “news” for you: Lollapalooza’s lineup for the 2010 festival has been released in full, including all the letters and &s and *’s, because god forbid they write out Fuck Buttons on their website.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged afi, american bang, arcade fire, b.o.b, balkan beat box, blitzen trapper, blues traveler, chromeo, company of thieves, cut copy, cymbals eat guitars, cypress hill, dan black, dawes, deer tick, devo, dirty projectors, dragonette, drive by truckers, edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros, erykah badu, foxy shazam, freelance whales, frightened rabbit, fuck buttons, gogol bordello, green day, grizzly bear, harlem, health, hockey, hot chip, jamie lidell, javelin, jimmy cliff, jukebox the ghost, lady gaga, lollapalooza, los amigos invisibles, matt & kim, mavis staples, metric, mgmt, mimicking birds, miniature tigers, minus the bear, mumford & sons, mutemath, my dear disco, mynameisjohnmichael, neon hitch, neon trees, nneka, phoenix, raphael saadiq, rebelution, rogue wave, royal bangs, semi precious weapons, shawn fisher, skybox, slightly stoopid, social distortion, soundgarden, spoon, stars, switchfoot, the antlers, the band of heathens, the big pink, the black keys, the constellations, the cribs, the dodos, the ettes, the ike reilly assassination, the kissaway trail, the morning benders, the national, the new pornographers, the soft pack, the strokes, the temper trap, the walkmen, the xx, these united states, violent soho, warpaint, wavves, wild beasts, wolfmother, x japan, yeasayer