By Sarah on August 2, 2010
So, there’s this little festival called Lollapalooza rolling into Grant Park this weekend. Maybe you’ve heard of it? I’ll be there all weekend, Tweeting and taking bad photos bitching about the heat and the crowds, and hoping my phone doesn’t run out of battery.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged andrew francis, apple store, aslyn, avi buffalo, blitzen trapper, ceiling stars, congress theater, devo, dirty projectors, donnie biggins, double door, edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros, empty bottle, freelance whales, gogol bordello, hideout, house of blues, j. tillman, kim taylor, lincoln hall, martyrs', matt crews, matthew perryman jones, melissa etheridge, metro, mgmt, millennium park, miniature tigers, minus the bear, nelken, phoenix, phosphorescent, portland cello project, rachele eve, robbie fulks, ryan olson, sabrina chap, schubas, subterranean, switchfoot, the antlers, the black keys, the boxer rebellion, the chicago theatre, the constellations, the dodos, the morning benders, the national, the new pornographers, the walkmen, toby lightman, toro y moi, tributosaurus, warpaint, wild beasts
By Sarah on July 26, 2010
This Week in Great Music: 7/26 – 8/1
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged animal city, anna fermin's trigger gospel, bomba estereo, chicago theatre, congress theater, dan dyer, david dondero, dawn landes and the hounds, daytonics, empty bottle, evanston space, fran healy, gaslight anthem, hideout, house of blues, ingrid michaelson, jc brooks and the uptown sound, jeffery david, jessica robbins, josiah leming, jt and the clouds, keane, kill hannah, lincoln hall, marc broussard, metro, millennium park, naomi shelton and the gospel queens, navy pier, robbie fulks, schubas, smashing pumpkins, soul summit djs, the barehand jugband, the dead weather, the heligoats, the right now, tift merritt, todd carey
By Sarah on May 17, 2010
Why hello there, quiet week.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged 22-20s, alberta cross, alexisonfire, bear in heaven, blah blah blah, chicago clarinet conglomerate, congress theater, dan bern, dexateens, diane birch, evanston space, five for fighting, futurebirds, geese, heather lynne horton, helen money, hideout, hollows, imogen heap, jc brooks & the uptown sound, jessica lea mayfield, jim dewan, justin roth, lasers and fast and shit, lincoln hall, martyrs', mckensie toma, metric, metro, mike mangione and the union, mono, musikanto, park west, patrick watson, paul oakenfold, paul van dyk, peg simone, robbie fulks, schubas, sharon jones and the dap kings, susan voelz, suzy bogguss, the aragon, the heavy, the riviera, the twilight sad, the velvet lounge, the vic, them crooked vultures, todd kessler and the new folk, voxtrot, willy porter
By Sarah on May 10, 2010
This Week in Great Music: 5/10 – 5/16
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged brian wright, circa survive, coheed and cambria, colin hay, condo fucks, congress theater, donnie biggins, doug gillard, eleventh dream day, elliot brood, empty bottle, evanston space, ferraby lionheart, fitzgeralds, greg laswell, ha ha tonka, hideout, jc brooks & the uptown sound, jill hennessy, jimmy gnecco, joe pug, josh ritter, kevin andrew prchal, kim taylor, leslie and the badgers, lincoln hall, lindsey wilson, linfinity, murder by death, plants and animals, quenchers saloon, rachele eve, raul midon, rebirth brass band, reggie's rock club, robbie fulks, sarah holtschlag, schuas, the championship, the heligoats, the vic, torche, uncommon ground, verbow, will hoge, will phalen and the stereo addicts
By Sarah on April 19, 2010
So my last week was a little bit absurdly busy, to the point where I just couldn’t make it to a show I’d planned to go to on Sunday, and just slept instead. I felt bad about it, because I’ve been looking forward to having a chance to see Eliza Gilkyson for a long time, […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged alex band, am, art institute of chicago, atlantic bar & grill, bb king, beat kitchen, ben folds, blue october, carbon leaf, caroline smith and the good night sleeps, charlotte gainsbourg, congress theater, corinne bailey rae, cubby bear wrigleyville, devotchka, eliza gilkyson, evanston space, girl in a coma, gogol bordello, hideout, horse feathers, hot chip, house of blues, jc brooks & the uptown sound, jessica robbins, jessie malin, kate miller-heidke, las guitarras de espana, lincoln hall, marie digby, martin sexton, martyrs', melissa auf der mar, natalie merchant, old town school of folk music, park west, passion pit, phantogram, rachel cantu, robbie fulks, ryan montbleau band, schubas, sea wolf, semi precious weapons, sia, st. mark's social, subterranean, the album leaf, the antlers, the infamous string dusters, the polkaholics, the raveonettes, the riviera, the vic, the xx, umphrey's mcgee, yonder mountain duo |
By Sarah on March 29, 2010
And so it begins – the slow trickle of bands, big and small, making its way to our fair city after playing a ridiculous amount of shows in a ridiculous amount of venues in Austin. The month is only going to get busier, so hang on, it’ll be a wild ride.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged a lull, alejandro escovedo, angel taylor, audra mae, beach house, bear in heaven, bottom lounge, cara salimando, congress theater, cymbals eat guitars, daniel knox, daniel merriweather, deerhunter, double door, freelance whales, green river ordinance, group of altos, hard rock cafe, haywood yards, hospital ships, ingrid michaelson, janelle monae, joanna newsom, light pollution, lincoln hall, martyrs', mat kearney, mayer hawthorne and the count, megan mccormick, metro, micachu and the shapes, miike snow, mike middleton, miles kurosky, mucca pazza, old town school of folk music, passion pit, robin pecknold, schubas, seabear, seafarer, serena maneesh, shearwater, soley, spoon, steve poltz, subterranean, suns, talk normal, tamara bedricky, the aragon, the powwows, the riviera, the ruby suns, the vic, the watson twins, this is versailles, toro y moi, tune-yards, uncommon ground, vedera, via tania, woodhands, wye oak, xiu xiu, young sun, zola jesus