By Sarah on December 28, 2012
[ Every year, my friend Mike, of Land of Absurdity, contributes his list of favorite albums.  It almost makes up for the fact that I never bother to put these sorts of lists together anymore. Such is life. -S ] Well, the Mayan Apocalypse is upon us, and you would think people would be in a […]
Posted in Best Of | Tagged celldweller, die antwoord, guest post, hot chip, k'naan, miike snow, of montreal, paper route, rein[forced], the vaccines, wiz khalifa
By Sarah on June 24, 2012
It’s been a little quiet here this week; I blame the heat, which has sapped my will to move. I played a bit longer of a set this time around, but I’ll be back to my usual two-hour bonanza of fun next week. Â As always, you can hear my delightful music selections every Friday night […]
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By Sarah on October 25, 2010
If you’re looking for me this week, I’ll be on my Mumford Midwest Mini-Roadtrip. (I can’t think of another word with M. Migration, maybe?)
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged anoushka shankar, bob dylan, bottom lounge, cadillac sky, danny malone, dar williams, deer tick, evanston space, ezra furman, hard rock cafe, hideout, hot chip, jc brooks & the uptown sound, joe firstman, joshua radin, josiah leming, justin roberts, king charles, lcd soundsystem, lincoln hall, maroon 5, mayer hawthorne and the county, mumford & sons, ravi shankar, robbie fulks, schubas, shawn mullins, subterranean, symphony center, the aragon, the morning benders, the riviera, the weepies, tyler hilton, uic pavilion
By Sarah on August 12, 2010
For being a person who hates a) large crowds, b) large drunk crowds, c) heat, d) the outdoors, and e) being outdoors in the oppressive summer heat with large crowds of drunk people, a big festival like Lollapalooza has all of the makings of a nightmare.
Posted in Concert Reviews | Tagged b.o.b, drive by truckers, hot chip, lady gaga, lollapalooza, los amigos invisibles, matt & kim, mavis staples, the new pornographers
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 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