By Sarah on June 18, 2012
In addition to all of the below shows going on this weekend, Make Music Chicago takes place all day on Thursday, involving over 700 musicians at 75 sites across the city. More detailed information can be found on their website, but I am mostly excited about SOUSAPALOOZA on Thusday, where dedicated music nerds will gather […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged al scorch's country soul ensemble, bailiff, barefoot elephants, blind boys of alabama, booker t. jones, brendan losch, brigitte demeyer, chicago gospel music festival, cloud cult, dinosaur jr, don stiernberg, ellis park, empty bottle, evanston space, green music festival, hey rosetta!, hideout, innkeepers, jc brooks & the uptown sound, jessica robbins, johnny young, jonas friddle & the majority, judson claiborne, julie marie byrne, laura marling, like pioneers, michele mcguire, millennium park, mines, nature show, pearls, robbie fulks, sam vicari, santah, schubas, scony mack, secret colours, simple machines, sister crystals, songs for gods, steve poltz, subterranean, t'bone, the athenaeum theatre, the brothers goforth, the lawrence peters outfit, the ragtones, the raveonettes, theresa andersson, volcano!, willy mason, wilshire
By Sarah on June 11, 2012
Monday, June 11 The Duke Spirit, Hacienda; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $17-20 Gospel Music, Wintersleep; Schubas. 8 pm, $8-10 Tuesday, June 12 Mucca Pazza; Hideout. 9 pm, sold out Wednesday, June 13 Harper Blynn, Madi Diaz; Schubas. 9 pm, $10 Thursday, June 14 The Deer Tracks, Nouela, Shuteye; Schubas. 9 pm, $10 Octopus Nebula, Save […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged caroline smith & the good night sleeps, cloud cult, david vandervelde, double door, ezra furman, gospel music, hacienda, harper blynn, hideout, john roderick, jonathon coulton, lincoln hall, los campesinos!, madi diaz, mayne stage, mucca pazza, nouela, octopus nebula, sanctified grumblers, santah, save the clocktower, schubas, sean bones, shuteye, stolen silver, taste of randolph, the deer tracks, the duke spirit, the hold steady, the mynabirds, the right now, those darlins, unicycle loves you, wintersleep
By Sarah on June 4, 2012
If you’re not doing anything on Saturday, what you should really do is head down to see my band, Jungle of Cities, playing at the Elbo Room. Â We go on around 10 pm and cover is $10. Monday, June 4 Robbie Fulks; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Tuesday, June 5 Jodee Lewis; Schubas. 8 […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged al scorch, anna fermin, band called catch, beat kitchen, chicago blues fest, count this penny, cubby bear wrigleyville, deer tick, elizabeth and the catapult, empty bottle, evanston space, gold motel, grant park, greg laswell, heartless bastards, hideout, inspector owl, jared grabb, jodee lewis, joe henry, kelly hogan, lisa hannigan, lydia loveless, mar caribe, mavis staples, megafaun, megan reilly, metro, old town school of folk music, park west, poor elvis, punch brothers, ramona falls, ribfest, rickie lee jones, robbie fulks, sarah & the tall boys, schubas, scott h. biram, scott lucas & the married men, speck mountain, the darcys, the field auxiliary, the lawrence peters outfit, turbo fruits
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 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 14, 2012
Monday, May 14 Robbie Fulks, Fountains of Wayne Hancock; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Tuesday, May 15 Amy Ray, Shadowboxers; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $15-18 Wednesday, May 16 Damien Jurado, JBM; Schubas. 8 pm, sold out Jenny Dragon, Nina Ferraro, Scuttlebuggs; Martyrs. 8 pm, $7 Thursday, May 17 Mayer Hawthorne & the County, the […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged alix dobkin, amy ray, angela james, apteka, bailiff, band practice, bonnie raitt, bucky halkner, cloudbirds, damien jurado, daphne willis, david wax museum, dolphins, double door, e nina jay, empty bottle, fountains of wayne hancock, here we go magic, hideout, holly near, hoots and hellmouth, hospitality, jbm, jc brooks, jenny dragon, joe pug, jon langford, kevin coval, kevin long, lincoln hall, marc cohn, mariachi el bronx, mark lanegan band, martyrs', mayer hawthorne and the county, metro, musikanto, nhojj, nina ferraro, old town school of folk music, park west, robbie fulks, rocky votolato, scuttlebuggs, sean wheeler, shadowboxers, son del viento, the b.s. brass band, the chicago theatre, the dirt daubers, the klezmatics, the lawrence peters outfit, the stepkids, tom morello, toshi reagan, truth & salvage co., two gallants, zander schloss