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By Sarah on March 14, 2011
It’s that time again: where concert-going for the rest of the country slows down because every band ever is down in Austin for SXSW. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t worthwhile shows to check out here, though: tons of shows this week feature stellar local acts who are just as deserving of your love and […]
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged anna vogelzang, ashley brooke toussant, bone and bell, brett eldredge, bright eyes, canasta, chely wright, cheryl wheeler, chicago theatre, common swift, detholz!, donnie biggins, double door, elbo room, eraserhead, evanston space, hideout, jane and the steadfast acrobats, jc brooks & the uptown sound, jeff breakey, jessica robbins, jungle of cities, kelly hogan, last mono station, lincoln hall, lincoln square lanes, megan crain, old town school of folk music, rachel ries, rachele eve, robbie fulks, ryan anderson, sam wahl, schubas, scott ligon, steve leaf, the ditty bops, the mynabirds, the polkaholics, the riviera, trashcan sinatras, tyler james beach, willie nelson
By Sarah on November 22, 2010
All because it’s Thanksgiving doesn’t mean that the music stops.
I’ll be at the Frames show on Tuesday, along with probably most of the Chicago people I know on Twitter. Irish rock tweet-up!
Posted in Upcoming Events | Tagged brandon flowers, brendan losch, brighton ma, brooke fraser, elephant gun, empty bottle, fran healy, franz nicolay and major general, gold motel, good old war, hideout, jake clemons, joshua radin, jubal fulks, junior brown, kelley james, kelly hogan, kevin andrew prchal, lincoln hall, little light, mavis staples, moneypenny, old town school of folk music, park west, red line tap, robbie fulks, sam bradley, schubas, scott and chris ligon, stornoway, subterranean, symphony center, the belleville outfit, the frames, the polkaholics, the riviera, the sea and cake, the vic, the wheeling birds, united federation of planets, vienna boy's choir
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 |