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Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival

December 6, 2009

For the Chicago heads, make sure you check out the Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival coming up on Saturday, Dec. 12. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones are headlining the event and Dr. Dog is at the top of the bill, also. It looks like a fun time…

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Umphrey’s McGee Announce More NYE Details, Release Latest Podcast

October 1, 2009

Umphrey’s McGee have announced that Z-Trip and Prefuse 73 will be joining them for their NYE shows in Chicago…
For the 2009 end-of-year run Umphrey’s McGee have invited two of the biggest names in electronic music to join them for what is sure to be another set of amazing shows: Z-Trip on December 30th and Prefuse [...]

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Tortoise Playing FREE Reckless Records Show This Sunday

September 28, 2009

Tortoise is playing a free show at Reckless Records on Sunday at 5pm. While this is hardly the venue and time to see a band like this play, nobody should be scoffing at a free show. Recession pricing, baby!
Influential Chicago group Tortoise has announced that they will be playing an in-store performance this [...]

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Tour Dates: Wilco @ UIC Pavilion with Tortoise

August 22, 2009
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I was a little out of pocket this week so I originally missed that Wilco had updated their fall tour dates to include two shows at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago with Tortoise opening up. That is a solid one-two punch of Chicago musical greatness and I really wish I could be in attendance [...]

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Photos: Fleet Foxes @ Metro, Chicago 10/12/08

October 28, 2008

A few Sundays back, I was among the lucky few to attend the Fleet Foxes show here in Chicago. It was a perfect a show for a Sunday  – tangible energy from the crowd and melodic music from the band. Yet, I caught Fleet Foxes back in July at Pritzker Pavilion and was a little [...]

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Live Music Blog & Metro Chicago | Crystal Castles, Lymbyc Systym 10/25/08

October 22, 2008

The last few weeks have been really exciting for LMB especially here in Chicago where both Mitch and I call home. Not only did the blog get its wish — it has to do with a certain band — but we’ve been ironing out a relationship with Metro Chicago to get more and more great [...]

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Lollapalooza 2009 Dates Announced

October 12, 2008

Lollapalooza has announced that next year’s festival will be occurring again in Grant Park in Chicago on August 7-9, 2009. Mark your calendars. Maybe I’ll find myself in town once again to check out at least one day of the festival.

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Jim James Injured After Taking ‘Off the Record’ Too Far | Chicago Shows Postponed

October 9, 2008

When I first heard that news that Jim James accidentally fell off the stage during “Off the Record” at their Iowa City concert on Tuesday night, for some reason I didn’t think it was a really big deal. I thought this kinda thing happens to JJ quite a bit considering how crazy he is [...]

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Ticket Giveaway: Jamie Lidell @ Metro 10/8/08

October 6, 2008

A happy Monday to everyone! Just spent a full weekend in Chicago for the first time in some time and I am smitten with this city all over again. I saw a great show Saturday, ate some amazing food and though the Cubbies lost, there is a lot of excitement and energy in my surrogate [...]

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