By: Alex WoodComposer and production duo Mondo Boys scored Eddie OKeefes film Shangri-La Suite last year, which featured contributions from Father John Misty and Foxygens Jonathan Rado, amongst others.Yesterday, the duo shared a 30-minute mixtape to Soundcloud containing selections used in the movie, including a number of 50s rock n roll tracks, trippy instrumentals,...

Festival Watch is a Tomorrows Verse feature where we break down festival news into the facts you need to know. Riot Fest September 15-17 Douglas ParkHeadliners To Watch:Nine Inch Nails After releasing the excellent EP Not The Actual Events at the end of 2016, fans await Trent Reznors next record. For now, a tour is...

By: Alex WoodFestival Watch is a Tomorrows Verse feature where we break down festival news into the facts you need to know. Live On Lincoln  July 1 & 2 3200 N Lincoln AveHeadliners To Watch: The Motet Seven-piece funk band The Motet specializes in a smooth, jazz-influenced style that can be as rowdy as it can be...

On TV features a quick recap of some of the music were play at Tomorrows Verse Headquarters. Who: Sigur Ros performs with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.What: A sprawling, absolutely gorgeous full performance captured for a two-hour live stream.When: April 15, 2017You Need To Know: Sigur Ros have perfected a brand of post-rock that captures...

By: Alex WoodThe long-awaited Grateful Dead documentary Long Strange Trip will be released in select theaters on May 26 and on Amazon Prime Video on June 2. News and reviews have been slowly trickling in from advance screenings and this week, the details of the movies soundtrack were released, along with a full tracklist.The documentarys primary...

By: Alex WoodChris Stapleton first made a name for himself as the leader of bluegrass group The SteelDrivers and as a prolific Nashville songwriter, but became a true country star with 2015s Traveller, his solo debut taking award ceremonies by storm and followed by a grueling, seemingly endless world tour.Now well established as one...

By: Alex WoodDo Division Festival takes over Ukrainian Village for a weekend every summer, featuring sidewalk vendors and two stages of live music, with artists booked by Empty Bottle and Subterranean.This years festival will take place June 2-4 on Division Street between Damen and Leavitt, and the majority of the music lineup was announced...

By: Alex WoodAfter previous reports that city officials would combine the Downtown Sound and Made In Chicago: World Class Jazz free concert series, the official lineup has arrived. With 18 concerts and more than 28 artists from around the world, Millenium Parks Pritzker Pavilion will be packed with good music in 2017.Beginning June 12 and running through August 21,...

By: Alex WoodLast month, director and band photographer Danny Clinch launched a Kickstarter to fund a documentary about Blind Melons frontman Shannon Hoon.The documentary would largely feature unreleased home-video footage that Hoon recorded during the bands rise to fame, prior to the singers untimely death in 1995.The project is still looking for roughly $10,000 to...

By: Alex WoodDavid Byrne has remained an outspoken opponent of recently proposed cuts to publicly funded art programs and the library system, and recently gave a short speech at a City Hall rally protesting such cuts.The singer then took to his blog, in classic well-spoken and literate David Byrne fashion, to spell out his...