May 13, 2013
We had a ball at last year's Whippersnap Festival, a fine mid-summer destination which married great regional talent with an emphasis on improv with some top notch national headliners. The festival is back in 2013, though moving closer to Chicago, at HideAway Lakes campground in Yorkville, IL. The lineup was released over the weekend on their...
Dec 24, 2012
Some genuine holiday cheer: The ten greatest Grateful Dead Christmas cards.Think you know a thing or two about the Dead? Try this quiz.Kickshuffle has put together a nice retrospective of concert streaming on the Internet. The future looks good.Look forward to this every year, the AV Club's year in shitty band...
Sep 27, 2012
In 2011, Umphrey's McGee New Year's Eve experience was snatched away from Chicago, but the band played a pair of holiday shows at the Aragon Ballroom on Thanksgiving weekend. This year's Labor Day gig at the Congress will serve as the final time hometown fans get chance to catch the band in 2012.But... Chicagoans can still...
Jul 12, 2012
Update (7/30): We have learned lineup of one of the bands at FCP3 (and it looks great): Kris Myers of Umphrey's McGee, Ray White of Frank Zappa, Jesse Clayton of MathGames, Bryan Doherty of Digital Tape Machine, Nicholas Gerlach of Cosby SweaterOne of the trademarks of the Abbey Pub's Full Court Press series, whose third edition...