UPDATE (7/18/13):It's almost here! Here is aFAQ for everything you need to know about the venue. And aguide for those who want to get the most out of a visit to the city.Update 6/20 - a new video (shot from the center of the lawn) and photos of the nearly completed project are here.Update 5/13...

With the NCAA tournament starting up again, the blogosphere has been lit up with brackets of all sorts and our corner of the music world is not immune. I was intrigued with the drama and thrilling upsets last year's tournaments, but there's even more this March. Here's five jamband brackets, some thoughts on how last...

Buzzfeed recently reported on a curious feature that Google offers as a part of its Google Drive (formerly Google Docs) product. Many spreadsheet jockeys have been known to start a series in the first two cells of a worksheet (e.g. Days Of The Week, Months of the Year, etc.) and use the autofill feature...

It was with certain amount of amusement, and shameful delight, that I watched the "reviews" roll in for the Umphrey's McGee "Chicago tourist anthem" last spring. Admittedly I was excited to hear a band that I liked pay tribute to the city I love, but the final product was a bit of a head-scratcher.It...

UPDATE (7/18/13): It's almost here! Here is a FAQ for everything you need to know about the venue. And a guide for those who want to get the most out of a visit to the city.Glorious! Add three nights of Phish to anextended Chicago weekend (July 19-21) that already includes the three-dayPitchfork Music Festival in...

[Update 3/13 Tuesday wins again, Phish announces tour today marking seventh time on Tuesday in 3.0]By this point, most Phish fans with a pulse and an Internet connection know that Summer 2013 tour dates are imminent. Most even have a reasonable idea about the touritinerary(see bottom of this post for reasonable guesses) and are dutifully planning...

Update 3/12: Yes they wil! Check out our post and full summer tour dates hereNotice there's only one set of grandstands? One appears to have been removed in place of another GA "floor" section. Another looks like it may be boxes only, freeing up even more space. Could this mean increased capacity, yet a still a...

I conceived of this as a T-shirt idea a few years ago and put together a meager prototype using my limited PhotoShop skills. I recently found it again while rummaging through my hard drive. It seemed as much like a chart as many of the other things I've posted here, so why not share on...

Are you annoyed when you see "Year In Review" type articles start popping up around the end of November? If so, I hope you're not offended by a late-January 2012 summary...The Barn is offering a few different attempts at 2012 recap. The first is my list of the best musical things of the year - a...

Here is a summary of the most popular content on The Barn Presents over the last year. These don't include the Furthur and Phish Rotation (or Announcement) Infographics which actually were more popular than any of these. I chose not to include them as they are continually updated.10. Wilco held its Chicago area summer...