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Mount Eerie at Thalia Hall
Mount Eerie at Thalia Hall
Phil Elverum's evolution as a songwriter has hinged on a balance of boundlessness and intimacy. As Mount Eerie, and prior to 2004 as The Microphones, he has pioneered a distinct form of existential music that feels entirely homegrown. While each album has been unique in sound and approach, they all grapple with big questions in ways that are human and relatable. Death and conceptions of …
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Band Of Heathens at Fitzgerald’s
Band Of Heathens at Fitzgerald’s
FitzGerald's 37th American Music Festival takes place June 29-July 1 and July 3. (We're taking July 2 off.) Sponsored by Miller Lite. JUNE 29 (doors open at 4:30 pm): IN THE TENT: Salty Dogs (5 pm), Brian Johannesen (6:30 pm), Bob Schneider (8:30 pm), James McMurtry (10:30 pm). IN THE CLUB: Alice Drinks the Kool Aid (5:30 pm), The Band of Heathens (7 pm), Marcella & Her …
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The Ike Reilly Assassination/Ruby Boots at Fitzgerald’s
The Ike Reilly Assassination/Ruby Boots at Fitzgerald’s
FitzGerald's 37th American Music Festival takes place June 29-July 1 and July 3. (We're taking July 2 off.) JUNE 30 (doors open at 1 pm): IN THE TENT: Devil in a Woodpile (1:30 pm), Vanessa Davis (3 pm), Ruby Boots (4:45 pm), The Ike Reilly Assassination (6:30 pm), Kelly Willis (8:30 pm), Joe Ely Band (10:15 pm). IN THE CLUB: Katie Guillen & the Girls (2:30 pm), …
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Serpentwithfeet at Empty Bottle
Serpentwithfeet at Empty Bottle
SERPENTWITHFEET is an avant-garde vocalist and performance artist whose growing body of work is rooted in dueling obsessions with the ephemeral and the everlasting – key components of his artistic journey from a childhood stint as a choirboy in Baltimore through his time at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, where he studied vocal performance before relocating to New York City. His forthcoming debut full-length album soil is …
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Nick Lowe with Los Straightjackets at Fitzgerald’s
Nick Lowe with Los Straightjackets at Fitzgerald’s
Starting in 1981, FitzGerald's American Music Festival has grown from a three-band barbeque night to one of the most critically acclaimed summer festivals in the Midwest. The festival's main focus is roots/Americana music -- everything from straight-ahead rock to soul, rockabilly, country, blues, jazz and bluegrass. We welcome bands from all over the country and right here at home, with a special place in our hearts …
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The Make-Up at Empty Bottle
The Make-Up at Empty Bottle
THE MAKE UP is the Washington, DC group that re-defined underground music in the middle and late 1990s with their peculiar and incendiary blend of gospel, garage and yeh-yeh music. Known for their dynamic and interactive live presence at hundreds of shows across 5 continents, the group also recorded 7 LPs, 14 singles and EPs and collaborated on films, videos, pamphlets, and happenings. They toured …
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YOB at Reggie’s Rock Club
YOB at Reggie’s Rock Club
Epic, crushing, and heavy beyond words, YOB has achieved legendary status in recent years due to their unmatched aesthetic and incredible body of work. Formed in 1996 in Eugene, Oregon under the leadership of doom metal mastermind Mike Scheidt on guitars and vocals, the group initially released a three song demo tape in 2000 that garnered them international attention. Drawing comparisons to groups like Neurosis, …
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Hayley Heynderickx at Martyrs
Hayley Heynderickx at Martyrs
It takes a mix of skill and luck to tend a garden well, but it’s impossible without a certain amount of kindness tended. While the cyclical nature of gardening seems inherent, in some ways, Heynderickx is just beginning. Her debut album, named I Need to Start a Garden out of a search for calm through these waves of uncertainty and upheaval, is due out March …
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Black Star at Taste Of Chicago
Black Star at Taste Of Chicago
Black Star is an American Hip Hop duo, formed in 1997, from Brooklyn, New York. The duo is composed of artists, Mos Def and Talib Kweli. Black Star arose from the underground Hip Hop movement of the late 1990s, which was in large part due to Rawkus Records, an independent record label stationed in New York City. They released one album, Mos Def & Talib …
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Dinosaur, jr at Thalia Hall
Dinosaur, jr at Thalia Hall
Let's face facts -- in 2016 it is remarkable that there's a new Dinosaur Jr. album to go ape over. After all, the original line-up of the band (J Mascis, Lou Barlow & Murph) only recorded three full albums during their initial run in the 1980s. Everyone was gob-smacked when they reunited in 2005. Even more so when they opted to stay together, as they …
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Pitchfork Music Festival
Celebrating its 13th year in 2018, the internationally recognized Pitchfork Music Festival presents 40+ acts over the course of three days each summer in Chicago's Union Park. The festival highlights the best in new and emerging music. Since 2006, this independently run festival has consistently proven to be one of the most welcoming, comfortable, reasonably priced, and rewarding weekends of music around. Hosting 60,000 attendees of all ages from 45 states and 26 countries, Pitchfork Music Festival offers a wide array of activities beyond the music. With 50 individual vendors, as well as specialty record and craft fairs, the festival works to support local businesses while promoting the Chicago arts and food communities as a whole. We maintain a commitment to keeping ticket prices low, providing new and useful amenities, and working with the city’s best local vendors each year. Stay tuned for more line-up and festival feature updates. Check out highlights from last year below: $75 Single Day Ticket Buy Ticket $175 3 Day Ticket SUNDAY Green Stage / 1:00 pm Nnamdi Ogbonnaya Red Stage / 1:45 pm Irreversible Entanglements Green Stage / 2:30 pm Kweku Collins Red Stage / 3:20 pm Ravyn Lenae Blue Stage / 2:45 pm Kelly Lee Owens Blue Stage / 4:00 pm Japanese Breakfast Green Stage / 4:15 pm Smino Blue Stage / 5:15 pm Alex Cameron Blue Stage / 6:30 pm (Sandy) Alex G Blue Stage / 7:45 pm Japandroids Red Stage / 5:15 pm Noname Green Stage / 6:15 pm DRAM Red Stage / 7:25 pm Chaka Khan Green Stage / 8:30 pm The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 20th Anniversary Performance Ms. Lauryn Hill SATURDAY Green Stage / 1:00 pm Paul Cherry Red Stage / 1:45 pm berhana Green Stage / 2:30 pm Zola Jesus Red Stage / 3:20 pm Nilüfer Yanya Blue Stage / 4:00 pm Circuit des Yeux Blue Stage / 2:45 pm Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Blue Stage / 5:15 pm Girlpool Blue Stage / 7:45 pm Kelela Green Stage / 4:15 pm Moses Sumney Blue Stage / 6:30 pm This Is Not This Heat Red Stage / 5:15 pm Raphael Saadiq Raphael Saadiq Green Stage / 6:15 pm Blood Orange Red Stage / 7:25 pm …
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Ezra Furman at Beat Kitchen
Ezra Furman at Beat Kitchen
Ben Joseph of The Boy-Friends playing double duty, opening with his project Secret Bad Boy!
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Foo Fighters at Wrigley Field
Foo Fighters at Wrigley Field
Foo Fighters have confirmed an array of additional support acts for the upcoming North American leg of the tour. In Chicago, Melkbelly will open the Sunday, July 29 show, followed by The Struts and then Foo Fighters. The following night Monday, July 30, Touched By Ghoul will open the show, followed by The Breeders preceding Foo Fighters' headlining set. Gates open at 5p.m. and the music starts promptly at 7 p.m. each …
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Ben Harper/Charlie Musselwhite at Huntington Bank Pavilion
Ben Harper/Charlie Musselwhite at Huntington Bank Pavilion
There’s a moment in the title song of the new Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite album called No Mercy In This Land. A mere few seconds that powerfully capture the friendship and unique collaboration between the two storied musicians. The music, a primal and intimate blues, stops with the exception for a sustained organ note. Musselwhite, survivor and harmonica virtuoso, cohort of Muddy Waters, Howlin’ …
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The Wombats at JBTV
The Wombats at JBTV
“Wombats fans. Thousands of ‘em. The Reading & Leeds promoter checking his onsite heat-tracking app was stunned to discover hordes of fans descending en masse on the Festival Republic Stage set like an alien swarm, one of the biggest stage-rushes of the 2015 festival. Two months later the band stepped onstage to headline Alexandra Palace for the first time, kicking off the most euphoric pop …
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Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes at Tonic Room
Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes at Tonic Room
The 7th Annual Fuckapalooza will return to Tonic Room in Lincoln Park from August 2nd - 5th. Preface: Daniel Ellsworth + The Great Lakes is the sound life makes when it becomes ecstasy. It is the noise childhood makes when it surrenders to itself and becomes an ecstatic life. It is somehow simultaneously sweetness, energy, softness, and seduction. A strange alchemy that comes about in …
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FloodFest: Japanese Breakfast, St Vincent (DJ set)
FloodFest: Japanese Breakfast, St Vincent (DJ set)
On Saturday, August 4th, we’ll return to hold court at the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel—that’d be Stagg Court, the parquet-floored basketball spot on the building’s fourth floor. St Vincent's Annie Clark will be keeping the room warm with DJ sets, while Just Loud will electrify the crowd before very special guest Japanese Breakfast takes the stage. Be sure to RSVP at the link above and come stop by for awesome music, …
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What So Not at The Mid
What So Not at The Mid
An electronic music project from Aussie producer Chris Emerson (better known by his stage name Emoh Instead), What So Not was founded in 2011 as a duo consisting of Emerson and Harley Edward Streten, the latter of whom operates under the nom de plume Flume. The duo issued a debut EP, 7 Dollar Bill, shortly after forming, and also began releasing remixes of artists like …
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