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Upcoming shows I'm likely to be at:
10/03 Cars Can Be Blue @ Darkroom
10/04 Symarip @ Bottom Lounge
10/06 +Black Kids @ Metro
10/15 Aggrolites @ Subterranean
10/17 Minus the Bear @ Vic
10/17 Notwist @ Logan Square
10/18 Genghis Tron @ Beat Kitchen
10/19 +Pale Yung Gentlemen @ Schubas
10/22 +TV on the Radio @ Riviera
10/25 Fujiya & Miyagi @ Bottom Lounge
11/01 Bitch @ Bottom Lounge
12/03 Jeremy Enigk @ Bottom Lounge
Recently added to my iPod:
Ashes-Ashes
Billy Bragg-No Pop No Style Strictly...
Burn-Burn
Earth Crisis-Firestorm
Electric Pop Group-Sunrise EP
Enkindel-Open Fields
Flogging Molly-Drunken Lullabies
Getaway Driver-Sparkling Pistol
Hello Saferide-More Modern Short Sto...
Inside Out-No Spiritual Surrender
Irene-Long gone since last summer
Judge-There Will Be Quiet After The ...
múm-Yesterday Was Dramatic Today Is OK
Pale Young Gentlemen-Black Forest (T...
Quicksand-Quicksand
Ray And Porcell-Ray And Porcell
Sugar Army-Growing Pains
Those Dancing Days-In Our Space Hero...
Black Kids drew a curious mix of high school kids and middle managers
for a show on 10/6 that also featured The Virgins and Team Band.
Check out my photos of the show.
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Podcast #96 gives you just the right mix of adorable and audacious.
Listen to new music from The Smittens, Stars, Alan Cohen Experience,
Dressy Bessy, Cold War Kids, Dianogah, & Mogwai.
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A small audience put down their twenty-sided dice to witness a night of composed snore-core.
Check out my photos of Kayo Dot, Metavari, & Glynis.
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On 9/20 the Hideout hosted its annual block party choosing to
feature musicians from around the world. Check out my
account and photos of the day.
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On 9/26 Damien Jurado played to a rapt audience in a packed house.
Check out my photos of the show including opener Miles Benjamin
Anthony Robinson.
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Podcast #95 is a TMR podcast through and through. Listen to
new music from TV On The Radio, Hospital Grade, Freshkills,
Okkervil River, Chumbawamba, Parenthetical Girls, & My First
Days On Junk.
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On 9/16 a haphazard assemblage of bands played Chicago's Martyrs'.
Check out my account, photos, and video of Dan Wallace,
Post Historic, Jupiter One, & On We.
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The under 21 set showed up in force on 9/23 to support Say Hi, Jukebox
the Ghost, & Honest Engines. Check out my photos of the show.
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On 9/20 the Hideout hosted its annual block party choosing to
feature musicians from around the world. Check out my photos.
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Podcast #94 gives you just enough indie rock to keep up
appearances. Check out new music from KatJonBand, Frank
Turner, Conor Oberst, The Darling Downs, Dog Day, Oxford
Collapse, & The Presets.
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A dance-happy crowd sold out Chicago's Metro on 9/17 for a night of
spinning lights, pounding bass, Cut Copy, The Presets, & Kordan.
Check out my photos of the show.
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Rain didn't spoil the 9/12 CD release party of local Chicago indie
rockers Bound Stems. Check out my account, photos and video
of the band along with its openers, Maritime.
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Podcast #93 is themeless with new music from Wendy McNeill,
The Faint, Bloc Party, Pigeon Detectives, Alan Cohen
Experience, Donovan, & Fujiya & Miyagi.
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Podcast #92 finds a few rising stars with new music from
CSS, Wire, Ra Ra Riot, Air France, The Lodger, Frank Turner,
Times New Viking, & oRSo.
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Fans drifted into Sylvie's on 8/28, caught their band of choice,
and then left. Did anyone see Dirtbox Racer, Muy Cansado, District
97, & The Syrup Eddies? I did. Check out my photos.
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On 8/24 a small and quiet Chicago crowd gathered to hear a set of
noisy yet subdued bands. Check out my photos of Tara Jane O'Neil,
Zelienople, & Relaxation Record.
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Podcast #91 can only be called pop. Featuring music from
Sleepless Nights, Mates of State, Oh Darling, Kaiser Cartel,
Brian Eno, Beck, & Modest Mouse.
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Podcast #90 is all about that second album with new music from
Panic At The Disco, Black Kids, The Virgins, TAB The Band,
Wolf Parade, & Gus Black.
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Podcast #89 is happily intense with new music from The Walkmen,
Dri, Earlimart, Sybris, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson,
Jeremy Jay, & Sigur Ros.
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Podcast #88 is a bit of everything with new music from
Elvis Costello & The Imposters, The Black Ghosts, Rose Hill Drive,
The Notwist, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, & Gentleman Auction House.
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On 6/6 Chicago's Sleep Out celebrated its CD release with
help from the mellow Weinland and the scattershot Gentleman
Auction House. Click to my photos and video of the show.
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