May 5, 2015
Jukely, a new app that lets members attend an unlimited number of concerts for a monthly fee, appears to be growing quickly with help from outside investors.Though Jukely first appeared in 2013, the app received more than $8 million from investors in April, according to recent reports. The additional funding will allow the company to hire...
May 4, 2015
Umphreys McGee- The London Session [4/7]Recorded in a single day at the famed Abbey Road Studio 2, The London Session finds Umphreys in top form. Perhaps it was due to the historic space or the pressure of time constraints, but the songs on The London Session are Umphreys best studio tracks in years, the record combining...
May 2, 2015
My Morning Jacket performed on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon on Friday night. They performed Compound Fracture from their new album The Waterfall.The song offers one of the first glimpses of how The Waterfalls songs will translate in a live setting. Though the track is amongst the simpler ones on the album, the...
May 2, 2015
Last decade, Derek Trucks toured the world in Eric Clapton's band -- a poetic match of the best of two generations of blues rock guitarists.Clapton returned to the stage at Madison Square Garden on Friday night, a celebration of his 70th birthday, and perhaps among his last big performances.So it was a nice...
Apr 30, 2015
Back in 2003, Ryan Adams notoriously kicked a fan out of Nashvilles Ryman Audiotrium for continually requesting Bryan Adams Summer Of 69. In the end, Adams cussed out the fan and made him leave but offered to refund his ticket.Apparently no longer as angry about the situation, Adams returned to Ryman last night and performed an...
Apr 29, 2015
On Sunday, Jack White performed his final concert before taking an indefinite hiatus from touring. The final show of his all-acoustic tour, which took place in the five states he had yet to perform, occurred in Fargo, North Dakota.The 14-song set streamed through TIDAL, of which Jack White is a partial owner, and featured...
Apr 28, 2015
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...
Apr 27, 2015
Vulfpeck is exploding like a supernova right now and for good reason. You're not likely to find a young band, especially a four piece, with such a distinctive, raw funk sound.So what does it look like when a band blows up like this? Well, first they touch down for a sold-out midweek run like...
Apr 27, 2015
I'll admit that it's nowhere close to my favorite place to see music, but you have to admire its tenacity.The Aragon Ballroom has become a rite of passage for Chicago area youth for decades and has seen its share of important events and performances throughout. As they say... if those walls could talk.The...
Apr 27, 2015
Two of Chicagos best small venues, Schubas and Lincoln Hall, were sold to Audioleaf this week in a multi-million-dollar deal, according to the Chicago Tribune.Brothers Chris and Mike Schuba bought Schubas in 1998 and Lincoln Hall in 2008, the venues quickly becoming mainstays in the Chicago music scene.Mike Schuba will continue to work as chief...