Exploring our addiction to the live music experience |
Editorial note: The following is a guest post from our friend and Live Fix contributor Moira McCormick who recently sat down to chat with Michael Kiwanuka before his gig in New York. “I’m just enjoying the roller coaster,” says Michael Kiwanuka, a few hours before the Sept. 18 opening concert of [...]
Continuing our exploration of live rock history in Chicago, here’s news via the Chicago Tribune about a retrospective party celebrating the Lounge Ax, one of the Windy City’s central hubs and greatest venues for indie-rock in 90′s. As Greg Kot reports: The co-owners of the club, Sue Miller Tweedy and Julia Adams, will host [...]
Our Hideout Block Party exploration continues as The Hideout and A.V. Club join forces for a combined summer festival set to take place on Sept 14 & 15 at the Hideout. So far the line up includes: Iron & Wine, Glen Hassard, Lee Fields and the Expression, The Corin Tucker Band, Waco Brothers, Redmoon [...]
Continuing our exploration of virtual live music experiences and mobile apps, here’s news about the iTunes Festival 2012, one of the most interactive and mobile events of 2012. For 30 days in September, 60 artists will perform live in London and fans can buy tickets to the event or watch the action live on their [...]
It’s taken a while but we’re excited to share the news that our Bears vs Packers: Who Will Win A Free Show At Metro will continue next weekend as my cousin Matt and I head out to see Grouplove in Chicago. To recap, I bet Matt a free show at Metro that [...]
I found some more fodder for our recent experiment with love and live music. It’s the video for the song “Someone That I Used To Know” by Austrialin musician Wally De Backer (aka Gotye) who will be touring the US for the first time this spring. As one of the most creative music videos I’ve [...]
Remember our Gate of Horn exploration? Well, shortly after that post we were honored when Frank Hamilton, one of the founders of The Old Town School of Folk Music and who was a part of the early folk scene in Chicago, dropped by to share his personal experience at the historic venue: I was there. [...]
Editorial note: The following is a guest post from our friend and Live Fix contributor Moira McCormick who recently saw the new Fishbone documentary Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone and caught a gig by the band in L.A. And here’s a preview of what awaits Fishbone-heads as the film debuts in Chicago and Fishbone [...]
We like girls who can rap, especially those who are from Chicago and graduated from Stanford. That’s why tomorrow night we’re heading out to Subterranean to re-explore the live show of Chicago-native Katherine Flaherty (aka K.Flay). Colleen and I first discovered K. Flay’s cunning blend of hip hop, pop, rock and humorous rhymes back in [...]
As we told you before, we’re big fans of non-profit organization Rock for Kids because they do a fantastic job of helping kids learn how to play music and experience the life-changing thrill of performing live. That said, RFK is a great cause and we wanted to pass along info about their 23rd Annual Rock N Roll [...]
On Saturday, November 19th we’ll be checking out the RE:MIX LAB presented by Antenna Magazine at the River East Arts Center. The RE:Mix LAB, fueled by the new Hyundai Veloster, is a multi-day, multi-media event, which will feature music, gaming, and film in support of the soon to be released RE:GENERATION music documentary. Theophilus London [...]
Continuing our exploration of classic and contemporary rock documentaries, here’s a great chance to hangout with our friends over at Sound Opinions for a 35th anninversary celebration screening of the Last Waltz at the Music Box in Chicago. Join Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot on Wednesday November 30 at 7 p.m. at the Music Box Theatre in [...]
There’s a short list of releases that have captivated me thus far in 2011. And one of them is the inspiring 78-minute rock opera concept album David Comes to Life by Canadian hardcore punk band Fucked Up. I first saw the band live at Pitchfork 2009 and since then I’ve been following their adventures over [...]
Editorial note: Earlier this week our friend and Live Fix contributor Moira McCormick caught up with NewVillager before their gig in New York to talk about the story behind the band’s ambitiously esoteric and wonder-filled mythological live show — and what awaits Chicago fans tonight at the Empty Bottle. “What makes it exciting,” says [...]
