By Sarah on May 9, 2011
I’m going to see Vandaveer on Wednesday. So should you. You may still even have time to RSVP to the Empty Bottle to get in for free. Monday, May 9 Robbie Fulks, Pussycat Trio; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Tuesday, May 10 Rammstein; Allstate Arena. 8 pm, $49.50-89.50 The Fiery Furnaces; Schubas. 8 pm, […]
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By Sarah on September 27, 2010
Excited to see the Retribution Gospel Choir on Friday. Still haven’t figured out how I’m getting to/from the Hideout in the middle of the night, but such is life.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged abbey pub, angela correa, basia bulat, beats antique, bonnie prince billy and the cairo gang, broken social scene, chicago theatre, chris bathgate, double door, eels, empty bottle, gayngs, hideout, holy sons, jenny scheinman, jesca hoop, laura veirs and the hall of flames, led to sea, les shelleys, lincoln hall, metro, mice parade, retribution gospel choir, robbie fulks, ronnys, roy jay, sara watkins, schubas, scout niblett, serena maneesh, stephen kellogg and the sixers, the acorn, the hold steady, the riviera, the sea and cake, the vic, the watson twins, the xx, tom brosseau, warpaint, wintersleep, wovenhand, zola jesus
By Sarah on July 12, 2010
The indie music world comes to a screeching halt this weekend as Pitchfork rolls into town. Three-day tickets have been sold out for ages, so try hitting up Craigslist or something to make your way in.
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By Sarah on November 30, 2009
How is it December already? I find this incredibly unfair. I’m not okay with this at all. If you’ve missed out on tickets to The xx on Tuesday, don’t go and pay double face value just to get in to the sold out show. Tickets are still available for their show in April 2010 with […]
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By Sarah on November 9, 2009
If I liked math enough, someday, I would sit down and do some sort of analysis to see if I can come up with a pattern for Shows I Want to See, because it seems like there’s always an off week, followed by a week so full of things that it makes my trigger finger […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged abbey pub, art brut, auditorium theatre, bottom lounge, chicago gay men's chorus, david wilcox, dent may and his magnificant ukulele, devo, dirty dozen brass band, el perro del mar, elizabeth and the catapult, ellery, evanston space, evanston township high school, fanfarlo, flyleaf, freelance whales, greg laswell, heartless bastards, house of blues, joe purdy, justin nozuka, kate voegele, keb' mo', kevin hammond, kevin o'donnell, lakeside pride symphonic band, lincoln hall, martyrs', metro, morseland, mucca pazza, old town school of folk music, park west, peter bjorn and john, ray lamontagne, sam bradley, schubas, sidetrack, sons of the never wrong, sweet honey in the rock, symphony center, the fab faux, the riviera, the sanctified grumblers, the vic, the walkmen, thenewno2, todd snider, wolfmother, yourself and the air