I love Grizzly Bear’s album Yellow House and I’m so so glad that they will be coming back to Chicago, this time as the headliner, to play a show at the Subterranean on February 9th with The Dirty Projectors who I blogged about when they recently opened for Xiu Xiu here.
Don’t miss this one, guys. [...]
12/9/6
Reckless Records in Chicago
DJ Spooky or Paul D. Miller played for free to a happy crowd at a Reckless instore on Saturday afternoon. His set was only about thirty minutes in length, highlighting tracks from his most recent release:In Fine Style: 50,000 Volts of Trojan Records. while putting an ipod vs. laptop sort of [...]
Empty Bottle in Chicago
12/7/6
It must be exciting living like Bobo Boutin, Poney P, and Mingo L’Indien. In the daytime, they pass through cities incognito as seemingly level headed Canucks only to emerge as their true indie pop maniac superstar selves late at night. It is as these impulsive creatures which the audience witnesses [...]
Well, what can I say….it’s been such a busy weekend with lots of great music and conversations and shopping that I haven’t had any time to do some of the blogging and music listening at home that I would have liked. I plan on adding to this list tomorrow but for now I have to [...]
I often get rather carried away when I talk about music I love, as if I have a difficult time really keeping myself in check and not rambling on for hours about certain musicians. I was already feeling a little caught up in excitement and melodrama last Friday while in Madison, Wisconsin to see [...]
11/16/6
Schubas in Chicago
I truly hope no one out there thinks I’m above going to see a band just because they are Canadian. If so, you overestimated me. I decided after feeling their myspace songs to be overall lackluster to check out Small Sins anyways because they come from Toronto and I thought it [...]
Ah yes the beautiful melodious Midlake is going on tour Now, you Chicagoans can all thank me for those myspace messages I sent them after they agreed to play Lolla about why they should come back soon and play a small venue. I’m absolutely sure that’s why they’re playing Schubas.
And on [...]
12/1/6
The Annex in Madison, Wisconsin
I’ve lived in Chicago for over five years now and this is the first time I’ve ever left the city to see a band. Of course, DeVotchKa isn’t just any band. I didn’t leave the city because they weren’t coming here, either. I went on a road trip to [...]
Ah…so tired. After a long rambunctious weekend roadtrip with Gina, José, and Cinchel to see Devotchka in Madison and then last night here again, I’m having one of those lazy Sundays where you lounge around in gasp sweat pants and shun the modern world (and with it, the 15 degree max temperatures) I [...]
A couple of years back I went to Seattle…did alot of record store shopping there but also book shopping. I saw art, drank coffee, and took tons of pictures. I’ve, of course, had them around for awhile and Cinchel was able to save them when my hard drive last year said goodbye (Well, [...]