May 24, 2015
Stay smart and stay safe when enjoying music, people. The band Chevelle was asked to cut Friday night's set short by authorities due to an undisclosed injury to a fan. It wasn't until this morning that we learned the extent of this tragedy via a report from WGN News and Chicago Tribune. Apparently,...
May 24, 2015
In one of most anticipated attractions of this year's festival, Aaron Freeman, aka Gene Ween, slipped into front man role for one of Umphrey's McGee's three sets at Summer Camp. And yes, it was called *gulp* GODBONER.I might get some shit for this, but for those like me who enjoy UM's playing but are...
May 23, 2015
Jack White has made headlines this week defending Tidal, the streaming service created by Jay Z of which White is a partial owner. Now, White has shared a supposedly unrelated poem titled Music Is Sacred.White posted an online Q&A regarding Tidal to Third Man Records website earlier this week, defending the streaming...
May 22, 2015
Of any Wicker Park music festival this year, Do Division almost certainly has the best lineup.Taking place May 29-31, the festival hosts two stages and six headliners worth talking about, with entry on an optional donation basis.The headliners are Murder By Death, Temples, Black Mountain, Tobacco (of Black Moth Super Rainbow), Nick Waterhouse...
May 21, 2015
Though members of The Who may have partied back in the day, the band is clearly no longer partaking in the stereotypical rock n roll lifestyle.Frontman Roger Daltrey threatened to end the bands Long Island concert early on Wednesday night due to an excessive amount of marijuana smoke making it to the stage.Apparently,...
May 21, 2015
A new Chicago music festival called Mamby On The Beach is set to take place on Oakwood Beach July 11 and 12.The beachfront festival boasts a lineup stocked with electronic bands and musicians, ranging from indie to pop to EDM.Headliners will be Empire Of The Sun and Passion Pit, though the festival features an array...
May 20, 2015
We love us a little NOLA around here, so this lineup of Crescent City Superstars descending on Chicago definitely raises an eyebrow.The only issue is how we'd be able to squeeze it all in because -- just like every other eye-popping lineup heading through town these days -- it's going down on July Fourth (...
May 20, 2015
After ongoing arguments between 26th Ward Alderman Roberto Maldonado and Riot Fest organizers, the music festival has settled on a new location far from its Humboldt Park origins.Riot Fest announced today that the festival will take place at Douglas Park in the North Lawndale neighborhood this September.The park bares many similarities to Humboldt...
May 19, 2015
Though nobody considers hit radio singles to be the most intelligent form of music, a recent study by Andrew Powell-Morse aims to show exactly how dumbed down the last decades chart-toppers can be.Powell-Morse formulaically analyzed the reading levels for 225 songs that spent at least three weeks atop Billboards Pop, Country, Rock and Hip-Hop song...
May 19, 2015
Lollapalloza released its daily schedule, and, as always, plenty of good bands sets overlap, creating a dilemma for music fans.Here are the most obvious conflicts by day. Friday:The War On Drugs vs. Alabama ShakesAlt-J vs. First Aid Kit vs. Gary Clark Jr.Paul McCartney vs. Sylvan Esso vs. Flying Lotus Saturday:...