Regina is coming to the Chicago Theatre on October 17th. I got screwed on the ConcertMaps pre-sale a couple days ago by one of those “type these crazy looking words” dealies, but I’ll be trying again on tomorrow’s Ticketmaster presale. With any luck, I won’t be seeing her from the cheap seats *zing* but knowing
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I’m not sure why this show wasn’t sold out because it kicked ass. M. (Matt) Ward was superb. Having just released A Wasteland Companion in April, I was apprehensively prepared to hear a bunch of new tracks, but to my delight, he played a lot of great old ones – some gems from Post War
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As usual, Andrew Bird sounded amazing Saturday night at the Auditorium Theatre – stringing together crazy loops of violin, guitar, and whistling seamlessly. If I counted correctly, this was my sixth Andrew Bird show. I’ve seen him open for Bright Eyes, play at colleges, in a church and at festivals. With the exception of always
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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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Beth Tacular and Phil Moore left their hand-built cabin in the woods of North Carolina to hit the road promoting their new record, The Clearing. They stopped off at Lincoln Hall on Thursday with their band Bowerbirds to softly rock the quiet, but attentive crowd. I actually thought the band was just Phil and Beth –
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When he isn’t writing songs for The Good Life or touring under his own name, Tim Kasher still plays with Cursive, the band he started with bass player Matt Maginn in the ’90s. They stopped off at Lincoln Hall just a few days into a long tour to promote their new album, I am Gemini.
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