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By Sarah on December 14, 2010
Hey, it’s Mike again, you know the friend of Sarah’s from way back who occaisionally fulfills her need for a list of albums because she spends 90,000 hours agonizing over her own. (Do I really like this Andrew Bird album more than this other Andew Bird album?) Ha. I keed. So I did this thing last year, and since I mentioned Paper Route, and Gavin (Paper Route’s drummer) tweeted a link to the site, I gave Sarah a bunch of traffic, so she owes me, and that’s why you get the:
Posted in Album Reviews, Best Of | Tagged balkan beat box, butch walker, chromeo, devo, frank turner, gogol bordello, gorillaz, guest post, katy perry, maroon 5, the national, the soft pack
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
By Sarah on February 28, 2010
While I fuss about, trying to upload photos and write reviews of the past two nights’ worth of concerts, have a little mixtape of some of my favorite songs/artists from this past month.
Posted in Monthly Mixes | Tagged amos the transparent, april smith, butch walker, elizabeth and the catapult, ellie goulding, greg laswell, joe pug, justin townes earle, mumford & sons, nneka, rilo kiley, rocky votolato, the black atlantic |
By Sarah on February 25, 2010
News & Links – February 25
Posted in News & Links | Tagged antony & the johnsons, ben folds, ben sollee, butch walker, coltrane motion, daniel martin moore, dawn landes, josh rouse, justin townes earle, lincoln hall, metro, movits!, mumford & sons, old town school of folk music, preservation hall jazz band, renee fleming, rocky votolato, schubas, st. vincent, tinariwen
By Sarah on January 12, 2010
In conjunction with the Tomorrow Never Knows festival, kicking off this week at Schubas and Lincoln Hall,  Reckless Records has four fantastic (and free) in-store performance coming up: Thursday, January 14, 5:00 pm – Bear in Heaven – Lakeview store (3126 N Broadway) Friday, January 15, 5:00 pm – Icy Demons – Lakeview store Saturday, January 16, 4:30 pm […]
Posted in News & Links | Tagged alela diane, bailiff, basia bulat, bear in heaven, bowerbirds, butch walker, elvis perkins in dearland, hideout, icy demons, my gold mask, owen pallett, pomengranates, puerto muerto, reckless records, shara worden, sharon van etten, spoon, sufjan stevens, tegan and sara, the antlers, the bitter tears, the decemberists, the mountain goats, violetness, wilco
By Sarah on January 10, 2010
Butch Walker can sleep well at night, knowing that if he were ever to become suddenly and inexplicably incapacitated during a concert and could no longer sing, that his incredibly exuberant fans would pick up the slack and sing every last word. Even to songs which he would much rather forget, apparently.
Posted in Concert Reviews | Tagged butch walker, gold motel, schubas