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 April 23, 2012
Lots of good shows this week! Â I’m going to be covering Horse Feathers and Brown Bird at Lincoln Hall on Thursday, and possibly the Infamous Stringdusters on Saturday. Â You should check that one out, too. Monday, April 23 Robbie Fulks, Robbie Gjersoe; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Dolly Varden, Ellen Cherry; Schubas. 8 pm, […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged andrea dawn, anya marina, band of heathens, beat kitchen, blah blah blah, blane fonda, brown bird, canasta, chamberlin, cloudbirds, cowboy junkies, dar williams, derek nelson & the musicians, dolly varden, double door, ellen cherry, emily hurd, empty bottle, eric hutchinson, ernie halter, evanston space, ezra furman, gold motel, graham lindsey, green river ordinance, half baked goods, head for the hills, hemmingbirds, hideout, horse feathers, hotel lights, jc brooks & the uptown sound, jd mcpherson, jill barber, joel henderson, kellen & me, kim richey, kodiak farm boys, lera lynn, lincoln hall, mar caribe, mark rose, martyrs', metro, mice parade, midnight moxie, milano, mutts, old shoe, old town school of folk music, panoramic & true, reggie's music joint, robbie fulks, robbie gjersoe, sarah holtschlag & the crosscuts, saul hernandez, schubas, shelley miller, the canoes, the infamous stringdusters, ugly valley boys, woodrow hart & the haymaker, zmick
By Sarah on March 5, 2012
At first, I thought this was going to be the start of the mass exodus of good shows in Chicago, as everyone heads down to Austin for SXSW. Â And then I looked at the listings and was like, oh, there’s a lot of good stuff going on, most of which I can’t make it to. […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged 1 2 3, alabama shakes, andy davis, cains & abels, canasta, drew grow & the pastors' wives, empty bottle, evanston space, football, great life, hideout, hollywood holt, honey & buffalo, honey island swamp band, in tall buildings, jason myles goss, jennifer castle, john oates, judson claiborne, julia nunes, julian velard, katie herzig, kids these days, korallreven, laura gibson, leah druzinsky, lincoln hall, lower dens, many places, mar caribe, maritime, mark rose, martyrs', michael lux and the bad sons, musikanto, mutts, outer minds, panoramic & true, paper thick walls, psychic twin, redgrave, robbie fulks, robert sarazin blake, rose cousins, sam vicari, santah, scattered trees, schubas, subterranean, teitur, the bears of blue river, the head and the heart, the heligoats, the hoyle brothers, the kickback, the minor leagues, the oak creek band, the stay smooth, the vic, the waco brothers, tin tin can, unicycle loves you, van ghots, vic & gab, yellow ostrich, young magic
By Sarah on August 1, 2011
There’s this little thing called Lollapalooza that’s going on this weekend. I won’t be there this year (unless I happen to find someone selling a very cheap ticket), but I’ll admit that I’m looking forward to not being outside in the heat all day. Monday, August 1 Robbie Fulks, Robbie Gjersoe; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged canasta, carbon tigers, chicago theatre, christina perri, cold war kids, conductive alliance, dale earnhardt jr. jr., delta spirit, double door, evanston space, fitz and the tantrums, frontier rucks, gold motel, haley bonar, hideout, house of blues back porch stage, jon drake and the shakes, jonny rogers, katz company, lincoln hall, lissie, little hurricane, lord huron, marco benevento, martyrs', mayne stage, metro, nightmare and the cat, portugal. the man, rachel mcclusky, reptar, robbie fulks, robbie gjersoe, sarah jarosz, schubas, steve miller band, the head and the heart, the hue, the joy formidable, tim robbins and the rogue galley band, wye oak
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, […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged abbey pub, allstate arena, beat kitchen, buke and gass, canasta, cave, chaperone, chris buehrle band, coyote grace, dastardly, dj demchuck, dj intel, ellis, empty bottle, evanston space, fall down, ferraby lionheart, girlyman, hideout, holly golightly and the broke-offs, ian wilson, jeffrey altergott, jessica lea mayfield, jon drake and the shakes, kevin mileski, kickbush, kid koala, levan d. hawkins, lincoln hall, metro, nathaniel rateliff, nicole reynolds, old town school of folk music, prussia, pussycat trio, rachele eve, rammstein, robbie fulks, save the clocktower, schubas, secret colours, sister speak, soft speaker, the fiery furnaces, the goondas, the kickback, the loyal divide, the singleman affair, the streets on fire, tune-yards, vancaveer
By Sarah on March 14, 2011
It’s that time again: where concert-going for the rest of the country slows down because every band ever is down in Austin for SXSW. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t worthwhile shows to check out here, though: tons of shows this week feature stellar local acts who are just as deserving of your love and […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged anna vogelzang, ashley brooke toussant, bone and bell, brett eldredge, bright eyes, canasta, chely wright, cheryl wheeler, chicago theatre, common swift, detholz!, donnie biggins, double door, elbo room, eraserhead, evanston space, hideout, jane and the steadfast acrobats, jc brooks & the uptown sound, jeff breakey, jessica robbins, jungle of cities, kelly hogan, last mono station, lincoln hall, lincoln square lanes, megan crain, old town school of folk music, rachel ries, rachele eve, robbie fulks, ryan anderson, sam wahl, schubas, scott ligon, steve leaf, the ditty bops, the mynabirds, the polkaholics, the riviera, trashcan sinatras, tyler james beach, willie nelson