Had a chance to check out Chicago's newest music venue yet? No? Would it help if we snuck you in for free? Today we've got your hook-up for free admission to see White Rabbits open for The Walkmen next Thursday at Lincoln Hall. Just drop us a line at radiofreechicago(at)gmail.com with "Chasing Rabbits" in the subject line for your chance to get on the list with a +1. Good luck! White Rabbits -..
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With all the talk of vampires, werewolves and the New Moon soundtrack these days, the Whistler daringly gave their bar over to a group of undead to liven up the evening. From the land of 28 Days Later, Leeds' Sky Larkin and Londoners Peggy Sue treated the small cocktail bar to a mixed concoction of indie and folk not yet seen in Chicago. Granted only a few people got bloodied up, lost a limb ...
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Before Schubas, Wax Tailor's music came to attention to me while sitting at a microbrewery café years ago with soulful cuts crafting a smooth trip-hop and hip-hop combination not heard of since Madlib's Blue Note foray. While one is established, the other is rising with his unique blend, evoking a sound reminiscent more of Portishead than any other hip-hop producer. Utilizing jazz instrumental.
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Noah and the Whale's sophomore release The First Days of Spring indicated a departure in tone from a mere year earlier, when their single "5 Years Time" garnered a Saturn commercial and was a radio hit in the United Kingdom. Gone was the brightly colored folk, replaced instead by orchestrated melancholy. With this sophomore sea change in mind as well as their prior Chicago appearance last autu...
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Chances are you haven't heard of Koji. I hadn't heard of Koji until I bumped into two gentlemen at Kevin Devine's Metro gig on the 22nd who I got to chatting with. Ends up they were pals of this Koji fellow and they encouraged me to hit up Koji's house show at Summer Camp if I didn't have anything going on on the 24th. I told them I didn't and after hearing their description of Koji (A Hawaiia...
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Countrified dream pop duo, Mazzy Star was formed from the ashes of Opal in Santa Monica, CA in 1989. Following in the footsteps of the California Paisley Underground movement of the 1980s, the band was heavily influenced by the psychedelic stylings of The Doors and The Velvet Underground. Mazzy Star's debut album, She Hangs Brightly, was released by Rough Trade in 1990 and sounds like a holl
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Earlier in the week, the new video from Sea Wolf hit the web and it's timing couldn't be more perfect. Featuring vaudevillian ghosts, skeletons, some sort of big-foot-astronaut hybrid and the babe-tastic Shannyn Sossamon, the spooky effort is perfect viewing for Halloween.
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One of the musicians that has impacted my life the most is doubtlessly David Bazan, who I first discovered about ten years ago after the release of Pedro The Lion's It's Hard To Find a Friend. Most of the musicians that have impacted my life for as long as Bazan has have either died or disbanded so when it was announced earlier in the summer that Bazan's headlining tour would bring him to Chic...
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>For those of you who didn't get to see Port O'Brien steal the show earlier this month when they opened for Sea Wolf and let the audience play pots and pan, the next best thing might be the sunny video for "My Will Is Good", the lead track off their stellar new album, Threadbare.
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After missing Dawes during Daytrotter's second Barnstormer Tour, I was pretty excited to see the band play with Langhorne Slim. In fact, I was also quite excited to see headliner Langhorne Slim as well. But the thing that made me the most excited about the events of the 23rd was the fact that it marked my first attendance to fledgling venue Lincoln Hall. All three of those elements together ma...
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My most prominent memory of The Get Up Kids is, doubtlessly, driving from Detroit to Ohio for a concert in the early summer of 2002. It was shortly after On A Wire was released and my friend and I decided to spin the album quite a few times during our 4 hour drive. "Overdue" was an anthem for my 18 year old self and it's a song that still holds a special place for me. In the seven years since,...
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The free ticket bonanza continues with one last monster score for your Trick or Treat basket. Today we're doling out the real goods in the form of free passes to see indie rock supergroup Monsters of Folk this Friday at the intimate confines of the Auditorium Theater. Just drop us a line with "Folk It Up" in the subject line by Thursday for your chance to get on the guest list with a +1. Good l...
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The free ticket madness continues with a chance to win admission for two to see Lights headline an ages show with openers Stars of Track and Field Wednesday night at Subterranean. Just drop us a line at radiofreechicago(at)gmail.com with "Track & Field Lights" in the subject line for your chance to get on the list with a +1. Good luck!
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This show is going to be a blast anyway, and if we get you in for free? Well, then it's guaranteed to keep a big devilish grin firmly planted behind your Halloween mask all weekend. Just drop us a line at radiofreechicago(at)gmail.com with "Freaky Deaky" in the subject line by Monday morning for your chance to get on the list with a +1. Good luck! Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (Mixhell Remix)Crystal...
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Among the slew of late year releases is the sophomore release from Nebraska's Capgun Coup. Following up 2007's Brought To You By Nebraskafish with November 3rd's Maudlin, the four piece has released their first track off the album, "Bad Bands", which owes as much to surf rock as it does the grungy garage rock revival of the early 2000's. Raw, fun and anarchistic, "Bad Bands" has proved to be a...
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One of the most beautiful albums on 2007 was Bon Iver's For Emma Forever Ago. Understated, melodic and all around-gorgeous, For Emma was the type of album that stuck with the listener for weeks, sometimes months, afterward the first listen and made appearances on many "Best of The Year" lists. However, those waiting for a follow up are going to be waiting a very long time as front man Justin V...
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The ridiculously cute Texas band Eisley has been making music since co-singer Stacy Dupree was 8 and released their first EP when she was 14. Comprised of three sisters, a brother and a cousin, Eisley's early songs were sprinkled with fairy tale imagery and sugary sweet harmonies.Now, Stacy's 21, Sherri Dupree's been married off to Say Anything's Max Bemis and big sister Chauntelle is engaged....
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Ever since I moved to Chicago, I've subscribed to the thought process that if you're bored in this city, there is something a little wrong with you. Chicago never has a shortage of things to do and October's been proving that as fact since it began. It is, after all, concert season in the city and starting on the 21st, that statement rings more true than ever before. On the 21st, not only do Th...
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Shoegaze starlets Lush had a healthy doze of dazzling reverb and fuzzy feedback that penetrated the soul of wide-eyed listeners. Formed in London in 1988 and signed to indie cult label, 4AD, the band's first three EP's were backed by the genius production of Robin Guthrie of the Cocteau Twins. Gala was released in 1990 at the height of the shoegaze craze alongside My Bloody Valentine, Slowdi
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Old Canes is the project of The Appleseed Cast front man Christopher Crisci and where The Appleseed Cast utilizes an edgier, rock sound, Old Canes owes more to Neutral Milk Hotel than to any of the post-rock bands of yore. Relying on a multitude of unique instruments and Crisci's half-sung, half-shouted vocals, Old Canes have just kicked off their tour in support of the forthcoming Feral Hammo...
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