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 May 9, 2010
There are few things that amuse me more than hilarious covers. A capella choirs, groups with strange instrumentation, whatever. Do a cover well and make me laugh and you’ve already won.
With that in mind, check out this thoroughly amusing Lady Gaga medley.
Posted in Sharing | Tagged lady gaga, the breaking winds
By Sarah on May 6, 2010
The tenth anniversary show for Shoeshine Boy Productions was an opportunity to get to see local music, featuring four local (or local-ish) acts on the stage of the Double Door.
Posted in Concert Reviews | Tagged chris buehrle band, danny chaimson, double door, jeffrey david, murley shertz
By Sarah on May 5, 2010
This song — and The Right Now in general — have so many things that I love: a local connection, a powerful female vocalist, catchy melodies, big sound, and a horn section. I’m in love, y’all.
Posted in Sharing | Tagged the right now |
By Sarah on May 3, 2010
If Peter Silberman had chosen to record Hospice in a studio, with all the technological wizardry and bells and whistles available to him, I think it would have come out sounding a lot like their show last month at Lincoln Hall.
Posted in Concert Reviews | Tagged lincoln hall, phantogram, the antlers
By Sarah on May 3, 2010
It looks like a quiet week, but I find myself strangely busy. I’ll be checking out the Laura Marling show tomorrow night, and Jerome Holloway’s show on Friday. I saw him open for Nneka in February and thought he was really good, so I’m looking forward to seeing what he does with a headlining spot. Saturday also has some strong line-ups of local bands, both at Bottom Lounge and at the Beat Kitchen.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged an horse, aqualung, beat kitchen, bottom lounge, brighton ma, butch walker, canasta, casiotone for the painfully alone, cassy baxter, ceiling stars, chicago theatre, cobalt and the hired guns, crooked still, derek nelson and the musicians, double door, empty bottle, evanston space, frightened rabbit, gary sinise, gerald dowd, green sugar, gregory and the hawk, hard rock cafe, hideout, house of blues, how far to austin, jerome holloway, joel mchale, josh and the empty pockets, kaki king, kc mcdonough, krista polvere, laura marling, lincoln hall, locksley, lt. dan band, mallory, maps and atlases, martyrs', mary gauthier, metro, mindy smith, my my my, old town school of folk music, our brother the native, ozomatli, park west, pete roe, prohibition orchestra of chicago, relaxation record, robbie fulks, schubas, shalloboi, shelby lynne, simplesinger, smoke fairies, soft speaker, tadoma