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This Week in Great Music: 4/9 – 4/15
By Sarah on April 9, 2012
Monday, April 9 Chuck Ragan, Dan Andriano, Cory Branan, Nathaniel Rateliff; Bottom Lounge. 6 pm, $17 Robbie Fulks; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Tuesday, April 10 Preservation Hall Jazz Band; SPACE. 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm, $26-46 The Dog Patch Ramblers; Hideout. 9 pm, $5 suggested donation Rasputina, Daniel Knox; Double Door. 9 pm, […]
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This Week in Great Music: 10/4 – 10/10
By Sarah on October 4, 2010
Bit of a quiet week. I’m headed down to explore a new neighborhood on Friday for a house concert with Antje Duvekot and Lucy Wainwright Roche. I love house concerts, I just wish they weren’t so far away from my little north side cocoon.
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Wow, That’s a Good Song: fun., “All the Pretty Girls”
By Sarah on September 25, 2010
Add fun.’s Aim and Ignite to the list of albums I really should have listened to earlier. Not sure how I missed out on hearing this when it was released, but I’ve rectified that situation now, and am fully in love.
This Week in Great Music: 4/5 – 4/11
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 | 1 Response
This Week in Great Music: 2/22 – 2/28
By Sarah on February 22, 2010
A very solid lineup this week, including a handful of free shows! You’ll be able to find me on Friday at Schubas for Rocky Votolato, and on Saturday at Lincoln Hall for Joe Pug/Justin Townes Earle. If you’re going to either of those shows, come say hi! Monday, February 22 Jack’s Mannequin, Fun, Vedera; House […]
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