Depeche Mode @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre - 8/30English electronic band Depeche Mode are on a world tour that stops by Tinley Park on Wednesday. The extremely influential 80s band is promoting their excellent new record, Spirit, and performing for the first time in the Chicago area since 2013. Psych-rock band Warpaint will open the show.Kevin Morby @...

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....

There was a time when Henhouse Prowlers belonged to Chicago... now they belong to the world.Spanning the globe as a part of cultural exchange tours set up by the U.S. State Department, they have spread the gospel of bluegrass to unlikely places, and have uncovered just how similar the human family is in...

Photos: Ashley Hamm Photography | Video: Don OlkerLots of music festival attendees claim that their experiences are "just like going away to summer camp".  Hell, there's even a long-running Illinois festival called Summer Camp, so yeah... there's some trying to capture that barefoot, worry-free magic of childhood summers.But Shoe Fest may actually have...

Those pranksters at Shoe Fest have done it again. Sure, some festivals can just announce their lineup. Shoe Fest hid the first 11 artists revealed for their Labor Day Festival in Manteno, IL via a Word Search puzzle.  What's more, the offered a free ticket to the first person to identify and tag all eleven...

Here's a kickstarter that REALLY needs to get funded. Chicago bluegrass faves Henhouse Prowlers were victims of an all-too-common gear theft AND are trying to get out their new album.I don't particularly care for Kid Rock's music or his politics, but he's got the right idea when it comes to ticket prices. Stop pointing...

More cool stuff from around the web...Via hypebot -- 21 things you didn't know about music criticsVia Rolling Stone -- Ten most annoying concert behaviorsA Phish fan and phantasytour.com user won a twitter contest offered by Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay and was mailed $8500 in cash. Best part: the picture he took for proof...

We've got one more update from the action packed Chicago Thanksgiving Weekend 2012. Saturday night at Martyrs featured sets from two of Chicago's very own: Henhouse Prowlers and Family Groove Company.Each band delivered their own set before coming together at the end of the night for an extended post-encore jam that touched on...

Ive already stuck this in the calendar, but I think an event of this caliber warrants a front page post, too. So many members of The Barn's favorite groups are coming together on this evening at one of our favorite venues. I'm guessing there's a deliberate use of the term Ramble here,...

Its about time for all turkeys to find safe hiding pastures and for folks to start flocking together with family to give thanks and gorge themselves. For fans of Family Groove Company and the Henhouse Prowlers, it is also an excellent time to break the feast with friends as the two long time veterans of...