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By Sarah on December 5, 2011
It’s been quiet around here. Â Sorry for that. Â I’ve got a Best of 2011 guest post coming up from Mike at Land of Absurdity. Â It’ll be list-y. Monday, December 5 Avey Tare, Eric Copeland; Schubas. 7 pm, $15 Tuesday, December 6 The National, Local Natives, Wye Oak; the Aragon. 7 pm, $35 Harper Blynn; SPACE. […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged anne heaton, antje duvekot, arc in round, avey tare, bill brickey, bon iver, cadillac palace theatre, chicago theatre, dbp, empty bottle, eric copeland, erin mckeown, evanston space, harper blynn, jeffrey david, jessica lea mayfield, lincoln hall, local natives, meg hutchinson, metro, natalia zukerman, old town school of folk music, over the rhine, peter bradley adams, ryan adams, save the clocktower, schubas, shemekia copeland, still corners, the aragon, the national, the war on drugs, tori amos, uic pavilion, vapor eyes, vintage blue, windbreaker, winterbloom, wye oak
By Sarah on April 25, 2011
Monday, April 25 Robbie Fulks; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation Arcade Fire, The National; UIC Pavilion. 7:30 pm, sold out Flame Shark, Umma, Phillip Roebuck, Kellen and Me, The Photographers; Lincoln Hall. 7:30 pm, $8 Matt Ryd, Matt Kelly, The Mike Middleton Band, Duck and Goose; Double Door. 9 pm, $5 Pinto and the […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged adam arcuragi, arcade fire, beat kitchen, bigcolour, black canvas, bottom lounge, cameron mcgill and what army, chris buehrle band, cubby bear wrigleyville, double door, duck and goose, evanston space, flame shark, foals, freelance whales, geoff dolce, good evening, hideout, is world, jeffrey david, jenny gillespie, joe pug, jukebox the ghost, jungle of cities, kellen and me, koo koo kangaroo, lincoln hall, maccabee kelem, matt kelly, matt ryd, mer, metro, miles nielsen, old town school of folk music, peter terry and the city prophets, phillip roebuck, pinto and the bean, pretty and nice, reggie's music joint, robbie fulks, sad brad smith, sarah and the tall boys, someone still loves you boris yeltsin, soul fix, stephen kellogg, strand of oaks, the damn choir, the lillies, the mike middleton band, the naked and famous, the national, the numbers, the pains of being pure at heart, the photographers, tift merritt, train company, twin shadow, uic pavilion, umma, uncommon ground, wakey!wakey!, weakness, william fitzsimmons |
By Sarah on April 18, 2011
Me: Low on Thursday (maybe), Joan as Police Woman on Sunday. You: ??? Monday, April 18 Robbie Fulks, Nora O’Connor; Hideout. 7 pm, $10 suggested donation The Black Angels, Suuns; Lincoln Hall. 8 pm, $20 SongCircle: Chicago Showcase, ft. Rachele Eve, The Sewing Machine, Julie Meckler, Will Phalen, Jeremy David Miller, Audrey Ryan, Steve Stone; […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged a lull, acrylics, angel olsen, arcade fire, audrey ryan, bone and bell, crooked still, eleventh dream day, empty bottle, evanston space, gaberdine, glasser, golden bloom, heypenny, hideout, jeremy david miller, joan as police woman, jonathan coulton, julie meckler, junip, lincoln hall, low, mason jennings, metro, mike and ruthy, neutral uke hotel, nora o'connor, old town school of folk music, park west, paul and storm, rachele eve, robbie fulks, scala and kolacny brothers, schubas, shenandoah davis, stephen paul smoker, steve stone, subterranean, suuns, the 1900s, the black angels, the michael j. epstein memorial library, the national, the sewing maching, the shams band, the whistler, tv on the radio, uic pavilion, vamos, will phalen, yourself and the air
By Sarah on December 14, 2010
Hey, it’s Mike again, you know the friend of Sarah’s from way back who occaisionally fulfills her need for a list of albums because she spends 90,000 hours agonizing over her own. (Do I really like this Andrew Bird album more than this other Andew Bird album?) Ha. I keed. So I did this thing last year, and since I mentioned Paper Route, and Gavin (Paper Route’s drummer) tweeted a link to the site, I gave Sarah a bunch of traffic, so she owes me, and that’s why you get the:
Posted in Album Reviews, Best Of | Tagged balkan beat box, butch walker, chromeo, devo, frank turner, gogol bordello, gorillaz, guest post, katy perry, maroon 5, the national, the soft pack
By Sarah on September 20, 2010
I am super excited about Chris Pureka’s show at SPACE on Wednesday. How I Learned to See in the Dark is one of my favorite albums of 2010 so far, and I’m sure the live show will be great.
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged baths, broadway playhouse, chris pureka, clare and the reasons, connie smith, dosh, ed kowalczyk, el ten eleven, evanston space, hideout, house of blues, in tall buildings, janelle monae, kelsey wild, lincoln hall, millennium park, of montreal, old town school of folk music, owen pallett, park west, patrick park, robbie fulks, roger waters, schubas, scott ligon, sea wolf, sera cahoone, sutton foster, the gaslight anthem, the national, the right now, the riviera, the tallest man on earth, united center, van dyke parks, zee avi
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