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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 […]
Posted in Radio Playlists | Tagged a tribe called red, adanowsky, aimee mann, an horse, bic runga, black kids, bone & bell, chris pureka, christine fellows, damien rice, david bowie, david gray, devotchka, edmund ii, edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros, elvis perkins, friends, glasser, glen hansard, greta gertler, hot chip, jherek bischoff, josephine foster & the supposed, kaki king, ladyhawke, langhorne slim & the law, many places, mike reed's people places & things, miles kurosky, mount eerie, neko case, niki and the dove, ok go, peter wolf crier, priscilla ahn, saint etienne, shooter jennings, thao with the get down stay down, the antlers, the decemberists, the tallest man on earth, thea gilmore, these united states, wilco
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 December 9, 2011
[ Every year, my friend Mike, of Land of Absurdity, contributes his list of favorite albums. Â It almost makes up for the fact that I never bother to put these sorts of lists together anymore. Such is life. -S ] Another year, another list. See I like lists, and I can make them much more […]
Posted in Best Of | Tagged butch walker and the black widows, devin townsend project, ella riot, frank turner, guest post, innerpartyststem, lady gaga, lmfao, the antlers, the chain gang of 1974, the naked and famous
By Sarah on June 6, 2011
Monday, June 6 Iron and Wine, The Head and the Heart; Millennium Park. 6:30, free Robbie Fulks, Nora O’Connor; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps, Dastardly, Umma; Schubas. 8 pm, $8 The Dodos, Gauntlet Hair; Metro. 9 pm, $18 Tuesday, June 7 Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs, […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged alela diane, arlo guthrie, bell x1, ben ripani music co., brandi carlile, caroline smith and the good night sleeps, chris smither, cloudbirds, cotton jones, dastardly, david bazan and band, dinosaur bones, eliza gilkyson, empty bottle, evanston space, gauntlet hair, great divide, hideout, house of blues, how far to austin, iron and wine, james vincent mcmorrow, jeremy messersmith, julian velard, katie todd band, lincoln hall, little scream, lucy kaplansky, metro, millennium park, nora o'connor, rachael sage, ray lamontagne and the pariah dogs, robbie fulks, schubas, symphony center, the antlers, the daredevil christopher wright, the dodos, the head and the heart, the hoyle brothers, the parson redheads, the secret sisters, the singleman affair, umma, van ghost, vance gilbert
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 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