By Sarah on September 20, 2010
If you missed Andrew Bird’s residency of cozy concerts last year, either in Chicago or Minneapolis, don’t despair! You’ll have another chance this holiday season. Five more so-called Gezelligheid concerts have been announced, to keep you warm and cozy and creatively satisfied this year:
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged andrew bird, converse hall, fourth presbyterian church, sixth & i historic synagogue |
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 Mel on September 10, 2010
So traffic’s moving along and I’m thinking about the video for “Tightrope” and something occurs to me. Monáe’s collaborators include Big Boi (of Outkast). While I’d stop short of calling the “Tightrope” video derivative, it shares certain similarities with the video for Outkast’s “Hey Ya”.
Posted in Sharing | Tagged janelle monae, outkast
By Sarah on September 8, 2010
Things I enjoy about this:
A) Cover of a well-known pop song
B) Joseph Gordon-Levitt
C) Cover of a well-known pop song that now sounds a little bit creepier
D) Joseph Gordon-Levitt
E) A performer who is very clearly having fun with what he’s doing
F) Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Posted in Sharing | Tagged joseph gordon-levitt
By Sarah on September 7, 2010
Entertaining in an oh-god-why-can’t-people-control-themselves sort of way was the drunk girl who sprawled out on stage, and eventually got up to drunkenly dance on the stage. This is why we can’t have nice things, people.
Posted in Concert Reviews | Tagged ha ha tonka, langhorne slim, lincoln hall, this is why we can't have nice things
By Sarah on September 6, 2010
This Week in Great Music: 9/6 – 9/12
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged a light sleeper, alice peacock, anais mitchell, angel olsen, carbon leaf, casiotone for the painfully alone, chris smither, emily wells, evanston space, future laureates, giving tree, ha ha tonka, heypenny, house of blues, how far to austin, jc brooks & the uptown sound, kyle andrews, lincoln hall, little light, ludo, marina and the diamonds, matt ryd, mayne stage, metro, mike mentzer, old town school of folk music, reggie's rock club, sam amidon, schubas, seafarer, skybox, subterranean, treaty of paris, via tania, what laura says