By Sarah on May 30, 2012
Here, have a fun indie-tronica (I just made that up) take on U2’s “With or Without You”. Kye Kye is a Washington-state based quartet of siblings (and one in-law) who make some pretty fun indie/electronic rock music. Â Singer Olga has a beautiful, breezy voice which works perfectly in this particular arrangement of the song. Â Give […]
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By Sarah on May 28, 2012
It’s summer street festival season! Â Do-Division is going on this weekend, with a pretty stellar lineup of artists all weekend. Â Head on down to check it out. Monday, May 28 Kelly Hogan, Scott Lucas and the Married Men; Millennium Park. 6:30 pm, free Robbie Fulks, Kathleen Keane; Hideout. Â 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Netherfriends, House […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged anne mccue, audiences, beat kitchen, bigcolour, brain idea, brown bird, california wives, canasta, cat martino, cory chisel & the wandering sons, craig finn, derek nelson & the musicians, dinosaur feathers, do-division, e brown, empty bottle, evanston space, fluffy, gypsyblood, hideout, honey & buffalo, house of wolves, i break horses, in tall buildings, jc brooks & the uptown sound, jeff harms, jon drake & the shakes, judson claiborne, kathleen keane, kelly hogan, lake shore vibe, langhorne slim, le butcherettes, leadfoot, light foils, lincoln hall, longshot, love and radiation, margot & the nuclear so and so's, martyrs', millennium park, minor characters, moon furies, murder by death, mutts, my gold mask, natureboy, netherfriends, o'death, old shoe, pat mckillen, patrick watson, pillow talk, prob cause, psalm one, robbie fulks, schubas, scott lucas and the married men, the antlers, the besnard lakes, the hood internet, the paige dechausse band, the pillowhamer, the ragtones, the reels, the revivalists, the soft pack, theo katzman and communist daughter, thomas comerford, tim larson & the owner/operators, todd rundgren, whispertown, wooden rings
By Sarah on May 26, 2012
Here are some songs I played on the radio on Friday night. As always, you can hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. 9:54 PM Mike Reed’s People, Places & Things The Lady Has a Bomb from Clean on the Corner (482 Music) […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged birthmark, bond, bone & bell, brandi carlile, bright eyes, cheer-accident, emm gryner, florence & the machine, jens lekman, jesca hoop, joe henry, jon langford, jon porras, josiah leming, kathleen edwards, kelly hogan, lightships, lower dens, megafaun, mike reed's people places & things, poor moon, rhett miller, richard shindell, sally timms, st. vincent, thao & mirah, the louvin brothers, the watson twins, young man
By Sarah on May 23, 2012
Here’s another Tumblr find. Â A very minimal, yet faithful, cover of Damien Rice’s “Volcano”. I don’t know much about Folks other than that they are named Mandi and Paul and are adorable and both have very beautiful voices. Their cover of “Volcano” is available as a free download on Bandcamp. Â Go check it out.
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By Sarah on May 21, 2012
Monday, May 21 Robbie Fulks, the Pussycat Trio; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Lee “Scratch” Perry, SubAtomic Soundsystem, Illuminati Congo, Impala Sound Champions; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $20-25 Tuesday, May 22 M. Ward, Lee Ranaldo Band; the Vic. 7:30 pm, $24 Ane Brun, Gemma Ray, Elin Ruth Sigvardsson; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $14 Alicia […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged adam faucett and the tall grass, alejandro escovedo, alicia witt, ane brun, beat kitchen, ben sollee, bobby conn, bone & bell, cave, dark dark dark, double door, dry the river, edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros, eef barzelay, elin ruth sigvardsson, empty bottle, gemma ray, he's my brother she's my sister, heligoats, hideout, illuminati congo, impala sound champions, jess godwin, jesse malin, justin lewis, lee ranaldo band, lee scratch perry, lincoln hall, lying delilah, m. ward, otter petter, paper thick walls, pillars & tongues, poi dog pondering, robbie fulks, sallie ford and the sound outside, schubas, shannon stephens, starring, subatomic soundsystem, subterranean, the columbines, the damn choir, the pussycat trio, the riptones, the riviera, the vic, the waco brothers
By Sarah on May 19, 2012
Here are some songs I played on the radio on Friday night. As always, you can hear my delightful music selections every Friday night on Chicago’s own CHIRP Radio, from 8 – 10 pm Central time. 9:55 PM Tinariwen Chatma from Amassakoul (Wrasse) 9:50 PM Rob Make It Fast, Make It Slow from Make It Fast, […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged 16 horsepower, allo darlin', amanda mair, beach house, bonnie mckee, daniel martin moore, darling, eluvium, fanfarlo, heartless bastards, horse feathers, jimmy dawkins, joe pug, king of prussia, lissy trullie, modest mouse, monophonics, over the rhine, rachael sage, regina spektor, rob, robbie fulks, suckers, the frames, the new pornographers, the poets of rhythm, the twilight singers, tinariwen, toro y moi