When you live in a city where the weather is shitty for 8 months of the year, summer is a glorious thing. Get ready for North Avenue Beach, street fests galore, and some great free outdoor shows. Here’s a look at some of the free concerts in Chicago this summer. Downtown Sound: New Music Mondays
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Pitchfork released the remainder of its 2012 festival lineup today, adding acts such as Real Estate, Beach House, Atlas Sound, and Wild Flag to an already solid lineup. 3-day passes are long gone, but you can still find day passes for the July 13 – 15 fest on Ticketweb. Check out the full lineup below.
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M. Ward’s new album, A Wasteland Companion, comes out 4/10, but you can stream the whole record for free today on NPR’s First Listen: Stream M. Ward – A Wasteland Companion Matt’s coming to the Vic on May 22nd. Tickets haven’t sold out. He’s got a pretty cool video for one of the new tracks, The First Time
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Half of Chicago’s own mash-up duo, The Hood Internet, played to a sold out Empty Bottle crowd on Saturday night. Aaron was mysteriously absent, but Steve (aka STV SLV) held it down on his own, mixing up a surprising number of R. Kelly songs, and a pretty stellar Chromeo + Whitney Houston mash-up called When
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