Jul 6, 2017
Last week, Neil Young and Promise of The Real released a new single, the politically charged Children Of Destiny.The song features a massive sound, with horns, strings and background singers augmenting the tracks simplistic songwriting.Now, Young has shared a video of the songs creation, which features a 56-piece orchestra recording live in a...
Jul 6, 2017
Brittany Howard, lead singer and songwriter behind the Alabama Shakes, will premier new music in a new band next week at a show in Nashville.Going under the name Bermuda Triangle, Howard will pair with Nashville songwriters Jesse Lafser and Becca Mancari for the show.Though little is known about the project thus far, Mancari...
Jul 5, 2017
HThere are multiple reasons why Chance The Rappers performance on NPRs Tiny Desk Concert series is instantly legendary.Even beyond his superstar status, the inclusion of a hip-hop artist on the intimate in-studio series is a rarity. Yet Chances performance was also a surprise to NPR staff, which literally rushed through the building when...
Jul 3, 2017
We'll have a more in-depth review of the weekend's music in a bit -- but before we get to that, we wanted to share some great media from the weekend, including a set of incredible photos contributed by John "Nunu" Zomot. His eye for the event and access produced some truly memorable images.Seeing...
Jul 3, 2017
[instagram id="BWAn5XoAOXf"]Metro looms large as a post Wrigley Field destination. Its location just a block north on Clark Street, means that aftershows can get started early and keep going late.And that's exactly what Steve Kimock and Electric Beethoven did on Friday night after Dead & Company had completed a two...
Jun 29, 2017
Almost two years of being a band, Dead & Company makes its Chicago debut this weekend -- the first time Grateful Dead members have played at Wrigley Field. Guess the Cubs had to win the World Series first.As you can imagine there's no shortage of hoopla, both bad and good surrounding the event....
Jun 28, 2017
By: Nick Draper | Photos: Tara GracerFor their fifth year at Summer Camp Music Festival, the New York based jamband Aqueous offered some of the best sets of the whole program. I sat down with Mike Gantzer, guitarist and vocalist, to hear his reflections on what it is that made their Summer Camp sets so...
Jun 28, 2017
Of the many storylines that came out of this year's Summer Camp Music Festival was Spafford's emergence as a true draw at one of the summer's first big-time festival plays.Their appearance on both Thursday and Friday nights kicked off a season full of high profile festival slots, and a recently announced full fall...
Jun 28, 2017
Watch some of Tomorrows Verses favorite bands hit the promotional late-night television circuit.Jeff Tweedy on Late Night With Seth MyersHaving recently released Together At Last, a solo record that re-imagines songs from past albums, Jeff Tweedy stopped by Late Night With Seth Myers twice this week to perform acoustic renditions of Wilco classics. First...
Jun 28, 2017
By: Michael LepekLIVE ON THE LOTTemperance Brewery in Evanston, IL hosted its first "Live on the Lot" concert, welcoming a packed house of enthusiastic beer and music fans ready to shake their thing to The Rebirth Brass Band from New Orleans.What was supposed to be a small tap room performance quickly sold...