By Sarah on October 18, 2010
Lots of stuff during the week to check out; not so much over the weekend. I’ll be checking out Carolina Chocolate Drops on Friday. As always, the below is just a list of shows that tickle my fancy. Your mileage, or taste in music, may vary.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged avi buffalo, band of horses, black prairie, canasta, carolina chocolate drops, casino vs. japan, cheyenne marie mize, dan black, daniel martin moore, deerhunter, dr. dog, erin mckeown, evanston space, great big sea, guggenheim grotto, hannah schneider, here we go magic, hideout, honda pavarotti, house of blues, ingrid michaelson, isobel campbell, josiah wofl, kathleen keane, kim richey, lasalle power co., leo kottke, lincoln hall, mark lanegan, max weinberg big band, metro, new ruins, old town school of folk music, ornery little darlings, park west, phantogram, pieta brown, real estate, ric hordinski, robbie fulks, schubas, the besnard lakes, the dirty diamonds, the glamour, the juliets, the riviera, the vic, whiskers, will phalen and the stereo addicts, willy mason
By Sarah on August 4, 2010
I am having a love/hate relationship with this year’s Lollapalooza schedule. It’s not like last year, where I was able to fill every inch of my day with bands. But maybe that’s a good thing — more time for aimlessly wandering from stage to stage, more opportunities to discover something new. Here’s where you’re most likely to find me this year:
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged arcade fire, b.o.b, blitzen trapper, blues traveler, dan black, deer tick, drive by truckers, edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros, erykah badu, gogol bordello, green day, lady gaga, lollapalooza, los amigos invisibles, mavis staples, metric, mumford & sons, nneka, phoenix, stars, the antlers, the national, the new pornographers, the walkmen
By Sarah on April 6, 2010
In case you took an internet hiatus overnight, here’s some “news” for you: Lollapalooza’s lineup for the 2010 festival has been released in full, including all the letters and &s and *’s, because god forbid they write out Fuck Buttons on their website.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged afi, american bang, arcade fire, b.o.b, balkan beat box, blitzen trapper, blues traveler, chromeo, company of thieves, cut copy, cymbals eat guitars, cypress hill, dan black, dawes, deer tick, devo, dirty projectors, dragonette, drive by truckers, edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros, erykah badu, foxy shazam, freelance whales, frightened rabbit, fuck buttons, gogol bordello, green day, grizzly bear, harlem, health, hockey, hot chip, jamie lidell, javelin, jimmy cliff, jukebox the ghost, lady gaga, lollapalooza, los amigos invisibles, matt & kim, mavis staples, metric, mgmt, mimicking birds, miniature tigers, minus the bear, mumford & sons, mutemath, my dear disco, mynameisjohnmichael, neon hitch, neon trees, nneka, phoenix, raphael saadiq, rebelution, rogue wave, royal bangs, semi precious weapons, shawn fisher, skybox, slightly stoopid, social distortion, soundgarden, spoon, stars, switchfoot, the antlers, the band of heathens, the big pink, the black keys, the constellations, the cribs, the dodos, the ettes, the ike reilly assassination, the kissaway trail, the morning benders, the national, the new pornographers, the soft pack, the strokes, the temper trap, the walkmen, the xx, these united states, violent soho, warpaint, wavves, wild beasts, wolfmother, x japan, yeasayer
By Sarah on April 5, 2010
Let’s hope that this week is better than last, where I had a moment of complete brilliance and proceeded to forget all about the show I was supposed to go to on Saturday night. Sigh. I’ll be at Lincoln Hall on Wednesday (Fanfarlo) and Thursday (The xx), provided that I don’t forget about those shows, […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged a lull, a rocket to the moon, acrylics, as tall as lions, avi buffalo, bad veins, beaters, bill callahan, bottom lounge, bully in the hallway, camera obscura, chicago cultural center, chicago theatre, cory chisel and the wandering sons, cubby bear wrigleyville, dan black, daphne willis, dashboard confessional, deer tick, dj sr-71, double door, drive by truckers, edwin mccain band, elephant gun, empty bottle, evanston space, fanfarlo, fun, funeral party, har mar superstar, harris theater, hideout, house of blues, japandroids, jj, john mayer, julian casablancas, k'naan, lang lang, langhorne slim, lasers and fast and shit, lawrence arabia, light pollution, lincoln hall, madeleine peyroux, male bonding, mason jennings, metro, michael franti and spearhead, midnight conspiracy, miike snow, moneypenny, motion city soundtrack, my gold mask, nathaniel rateliff, nora o'connor, nosaj thing, nurses, old town school of folk music, owen pallett, princeton, prohibition orchestra of chicago, robbie fulks, robert francis, ronnie malley, schubas, shawn mullins, sing it loud, snowblink, straight no chaser, the future laureates, the giving tree, the horse's ha, the hoyle brothers, the low anthem, the saps, the shams band, the smith westerns, the soft pack, the vic, the xx, those darlins, titus andronicus, todd kessler and the new folk, united center, violetness, wale, wanees zazour |