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Late Night Roundup | Spoon, U2, Talib Kweli & More

Watch some of Tomorrows Verses favorite artists hit the promotional late-night television circuit. 1. U2 on Saturday Night LiveTo promote the recently released record Songs Of Experience, U2 performed on Saturday Night Live, choosing American Soul and Get Out Of Your Own Way, the two tracks from the album that featured Kendrick Lamar. Though Kendrick wasnt...

Five Things To Look Forward To For The 2015 North Coast Music Festival

Chicago's North Coast Music Festival has in past years been a bit of a jam purist's puzzle. There has always been a smattering of jam-friendly acts in its lineups, but EDM and flavor-of-the-minute bands tended to cast a long shadow for those looking for improv in Chicago over Labor Day Weekend.The scales seemed to...

The Barn's Best Of The (First Half) of 2013

Since we didn't publish our Best of 2012 list until February of 2013, I'm pleased as punch to get a jump on this post prior to July 31st -- it's our list of our best albums of the first half of the year...Many thanks to @WeirScrewed for contributing this list which I (Steve - @thebarnpresents) will...

The Barn's Great Chicago Song Mixtape: Stream on Grooveshark, Spotify & MOG

It was with certain amount of amusement, and shameful delight, that I watched the "reviews" roll in for the Umphrey's McGee "Chicago tourist anthem" last spring. Admittedly I was excited to hear a band that I liked pay tribute to the city I love, but the final product was a bit of a head-scratcher.It...