Posts Tagged ‘Chicago’
SETLIST / TWEETS: Widespread Panic @ UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL 4/13/13
Widespread Panic wrapped up a two-show run in Chicago on Saturday night with a lengthy, strong and jam-heavy showing in keeping with their past record of dynamite performances in the Windy City. Tomorrow the band makes the trek up to Minneapolis for the Sunday show. Once again, Panic offered a... more
SETLIST: Widespread Panic @ UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL 4/12/13
Stream the show via PanicStream After a night off following the tour-opening two-night stint in St. Louis, Panic returned on Friday night to open up their run at Chicago's UIC Pavilion. The show is currently streaming live for free on the band's facebook page. Follow along for updates as the show... more
Chicago’s Taste of Randolph Street 2013 to feature Divine Fits, Lord Huron and More
Divine Fits will headline Taste of Randolph Street 2013 Simply put, it doesn't get much better than Chicago in the summertime. Cubs baseball, days by/on the lake, a nice window of excellent weather and an always slam-packed festival schedule await folks in the Windy City as winter turns to spring and... more
REVIEW: Paper Diamond @ Bottom Lounge, Chicago 1/27/12
In what some are calling it the best time in a long time for self-made DJs and producers, it's just too easy now to stand behind a laptop and let the music bring energy to a sold out crowd. Alex Botwin, AKA Paper Diamond proved that playing electronic music can... more
RUMOR: Spring Awakening Festival – Skrillex, Daft Punk & more @ Soldier Field in June?
UPDATE: The lineup has been officially announced. Go here for more info! Earlier today I happened upon a half finished web page for something called Spring Awakening Music Festival. This supposed festival is slated to hit Soldier Field June 16th and 17th in Chicago. The half finished web page wasn’t... more
Disco Biscuits: New Year’s Eve run NYC -> Chicago
Get planning on your NYE folks! The rumors already started hitting my texts last night with thoughts that Phish may be at MSG for a two-night NYE run with potentially a few other dates ahead of that, but not everyone's going to be in NYC or wanting to travel around those... more
PHOTOS: 12th Planet & 16 Bit @ Logan Square Auditorium, 8/6/11
Andrei Molchanov was able to hit a few after-parties following each day of Lollapalooza earlier this month, and he shot the 12th Planet and 16 Bit show for the site. Read on for his full gallery from the show.
REVIEW: Phish Summer Tour 2011 Leg 2 (Part Three)
Read part one (Gorge > Hollywood Bowl) and part two (Lake Tahoe > Outside Lands) first before diving into our final recap/review from Phish summer tour. Next week about this time Phish will be deep into their second set on the final night of three-night run at Dick's Sporting Goods Park... more
Long View: Girl Talk Releases NYE 2009 Documentary
Last night I finally got a chance to get through all three parts of the mini-documentary that Girl Talk put together from his New Year's Eve 2009 concert in Chicago, and having been a bit more inspired by music like this lately I was totally floored at the behind the... more
New Year’s Eve: Surprise Me Mr. Davis in SF, Pretty Lights in Chicago
In case you missed it late yesterday, a bunch of New Year's Eve announcements hit the internets that I think you'd all be quite psyched about. First up, the gang in Surprise Me Mr. Davis collectively announced a two-night run at Cafe Du Nord in San Francisco featuring sets... more
North Coast Music Fest: Day One Photos, Live Webcast Today on iClips
North Coast Music Festival kicked off its inaugural year last night in Chicago's Union Park, with performances by Pretty Lights, Paul Van Dyk, and Chemical Brothers. Our man Chris Monaghan is at the festival giving us some photo coverage, so read on for some shots from last night's sets... Also,... more
Giveaway: MGMT with Francis and the Lights, AWOLNATION in Chicago
Lollapalooza is fast-approaching and it's going to be rad weekend for live music in my old stomping ground, Chicago. We'll have a man on the ground and be watching the coverage elsewhere, and ahead of that we have a little gift for the MGMT fans that are going to... more
Tonight: Mike Gordon @ Park West
Tonight is the unofficial beginning of a serious run of concerts for me and I couldn't be more excited for this evening's show. Mike Gordon is stopping by Park West in Chicago. The last time I caught Gordon was with The Duo and the show was off the charts. Tonight... more
STS9 & Umphrey’s McGee @ Charter One Pavilion, Chicago 7/19/08
Last Saturday was a full-on mind and body exercise, complete with bike-riding, dancing, photography, networking, and hours and hours of wonderful music. The climax of the day was definitely the dual-bill featuring a couple of leaders in the independent music world. STS9 and Umphrey's McGee are as DIY as bands... more
M.I.A. & Holy Fuck @ The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago 5/9/08
Rarely do you get to see an artist who is perched on the brink of stardom. Two Fridays ago, I think I caught M.I.A. at this point of her career. All of the "cool" high-schoolers were dolled up and ready to go, and there were a lot of them (as... more
The New Deal | 3/7/08 at Logan Square Aud. in Chicago
After a bit of a touring hiatus, the New Deal made their return to Chicago last Friday night. It had been almost two years since they played Chicago’s Logan Square Auditorium and the last time was a throw-down, from what I’ve heard. The last time I saw the New Deal... more
The Cornelius Band @ Metro, Chicago, IL – 1/28/08
I wake up every morning and sigh when the realization sets in about how late this review is. Procrastination has become my mistress and I'm starting to feel guilty. This all started back around 2000 when I saw Cornelius on an HBO special. It was a... more
Tomorrow Never Knows | Bon Iver @ Schuba’s
It took a Wisconsinite to make me feel back at home this weekend, but for as much time I spent in the Dairyland, there's no place like Chicago. After seeing Bon Iver as a one-man band at Madison Pop Fest in November, the expanded line-up loosened it up a bit... more
The Rapture | 11/5/06, Metro
Caught a fantastic show last night at the Metro -- The Rapture with openers The Presets -- and lived to tell about it... I managed to drag my wife (and myself) off the couch to the show -- a rare occasion for me and Sunday nights -- and we arrived during... more
Tea Leaf Green @ Park West | Photos, Mini Review
Tea Leaf Green June 3, 2006 Park West Chicago, IL Man…Tea Leaf Green can really kill it. They came into Chicago and simply delivered their A+ game—for the third time in a row that I’ve seen them. That’s 3 / 3 for times I’ve seen them and times they’ve left me humming their tunes... more
