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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 March 26, 2012
I’m finally seeing Melissa Ferrick in concert, this Saturday night at SPACE. Â That’s all I need to keep me striving for the end of the week. Monday, March 26 Meh? Tuesday, March 27 El Ten Eleven, In Tall Buildings; SPACE. 8 pm, $10-18 Wednesday, March 28 Fanfarlo, Gardens & Villa; Lincoln Hall. 9 pm, $14 […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged al scorch's country soul ensemble, anna fermin, anne heaton, bowerbirds, denison witmer, dry the river, edie carey, el ten eleven, evanston space, fanfarlo, gardens & villa, geographer, hawley, hideout, how far to austin, in tall buildings, jeff tweedy, johnny young, leaf bird, lincoln hall, martyrs', melissa ferrick, milagres, miniature tigers, reds & blue, schubas, sister sparrow & the dirty birds, speak, the black willoughbys, the chain gang of 1974, the vic, william fitzsimmons
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 December 19, 2011
For it being Christmas, there are still a handful of great shows going on. I’ll be at both of the Andrew Bird performances at the Museum of Contemporary Art… that is, if I can find where in the world I put my tickets when I packed up to move into my new apartment. Â Uh oh. […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged andrew bird, chaperone, cory branan, curtis evans, dave hause, deserters, eastern blok, elephant gun, gold motel, graffiti 6, harris theater for music and dance, hideout, ian schneller, in tall buildings, josh caterer, kelly hogan, lincoln hall, museum of contemporary art, purple apple, robbie fulks, santah, schubas, scott lucas & the married men, the black willoughbys, the island of misfit toys, ximena sarinana
By Sarah on October 31, 2011
I’ll be at SPACE tonight for Communion Music’s big US tour.  And I’m thinking about trying to figure out a way to make it out to Berwyn to see the Blind Boys of Alabama.  It’ll be a heck of a road trip-via-public transportation, that’s for sure. Monday, October 31 Matthew and the Atlas, The David […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged a winged victory for the sullen, bear hands, beat kitchen, big troubles, blind boys of alabama, blitzen trapper, bobby, cains & abels, carolina chocolate drops, catie curtis, dawes, empty bottle, evanston space, feist, fitzgeralds, howie day, in tall buildings, judson claiborne, julian lynch, lauren shera, lincoln hall, little scream, matthew and the atlas, metro, milagres, milo greene, nick zuber, old town school of folk music, real estate, reggio mclaughlin, reginald robinson, royal bangs, sara watkins, schubas, sean watkins, the belle brigade, the civil wars, the david mayfield parade, the riviera, the vic, we were promised jetpacks
By Sarah on October 8, 2011
Once again, the lovely people at CHIRP have seen fit to allow me to play songs for a few hours. Thanks to everyone who listened, requested songs, Tweeted, and all that great stuff. Here’s what I played, in case you’d like to relive the magic. Your next chance to hear me on CHIRP is Saturday, […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged aimee mann, alela diane, amanda palmer, azita, balam acab, barn owl, beirut, ben lee, blitzen trapper, brighton ma, cadillac sky, clap your hands say yeah, dosh, elvis perkins, grey delisle, holly mcnarland, in tall buildings, jens lekman, lost in the trees, luke temple, m. ward, matt pond pa, meg baird, megafaun, neko case, over the rhine, owen pallett, pajama club, pete fountain, quiet company, rufus wainwright, shooter jennings, sixteen horsepower, sufjan stevens, the del mccoury band, the low anthem, the mekons, the minor canon, tinariwen, van morrison, wild flag, young man