Apr 12, 2016
Once upon a time, Chicago had it's very own Talking Heads tribute band that it exported to venues across the country.Sadly, This Must Be The Band is no more but, hey, we can import talent to fill that hole they left. Bethlehem, PA's Start Making Sense will play Martyrs' on Saturday, April 16th, andare...
Apr 12, 2016
By: Heidi Peters PhotographyMountain Goats. What is it? A band? A person? Possiblya small cult?In any case, it was clear from the get-go that the fans are "all in", knowing words and subtleties acrossa vast catalog of songs.Prolific songwriter John Darnielle assembled crew of crack musicians for this run, with drummer Jon Wurster,...
Apr 12, 2016
By: Amanda Roszkowski | Photos / Video: Wyatt BrakeGoing from featured festival performer to theater headlineris animportant transition, and one that can provide a whole different perspective on an artist.Headliners can offera bit more drama and showmanship. When the lights dimmed on Friday night, a shadowy figure -- tall and lanky-- stepped to the sage to...
Apr 11, 2016
By: Philamonjaro StudioRouge Electro Swing Chicago, Calliope Presents and Calliope Festivalteamed up to create aneo-vintage circussideshow, combining music and spectacle on stage at Reggie's. The joint was hopping until close to a full house of steampunk and retro vaudeville clad dancers and revelers, egging on the side show antics by Philadelphia's Squidling Brothers Sideshow,...
Apr 8, 2016
They held out a while, but it's been 100 days since The Beatles caved and allowed their music on Spotify.To celebrate, the service offered this UK-centric graphic summarizes their time on the service since Christmas Eve 2015.Word is the Beatles Anthology Series will come next to Spotify, so be on the look out for the...
Apr 8, 2016
One thing that was notably left out of the routinely mind-blowing, pre-2016 live sets by White Denim: covers.Suspiciously, in the run up to the recently released Stiff (see our review here), the newly configured bandstarted dropping cover songs via Soundcloud -- and meaty stuff, too: Zeppelin, Traffic and Mickey Newbury (via Kenny Rogers).And...
Apr 8, 2016
By: Philamonjaro StudioHLOS, the UK trio comprised of Lotti Benardout, Arthur Delaney and Dom Goldsmith played their first Chicago show supporting their debut recording on Matador Records. Full Circle was released last month and on the heels of showcasing at SXSW, they drew a sizablecrowd of both eager fans in-the-making and educated fans-in-the-know.The band's...
Apr 7, 2016
It was the same setlist, but different feel -- from hockey stadium to old school theater -- for the second of three David Gilmour appearances in Chicago.It seems like the Floyd police are heavily policing YouTube for videos and, our post on Monday's show feel victim to it. For this summary of Wednesday's show,...
Apr 7, 2016
Every spring in Grateful Dead land, the archivists dive into the vault and pull out another full concert to exhibit at movie theaters nationwide.May 11th is the date for the 2016 event, now in it's sixth year. This years Meet-Up is the complete show from Sullivan Stadium in Foxboro, MA 7/2/89.Special features this year...
Apr 5, 2016
By: Alex WoodWhite Denim have always been a band of change and growth, slowly evolving over time from a simplistic garage-rock trio to the progressive-meets-psychedelic four-piece sound featured on their last two records.Knowing such, fans should expect this evolution to continue, which is precisely what Stiff, the bands latest release, delivers. Stiff is, by...