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Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesWeekly Voyages: Friday 04/12 to Thursday 04/18
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Friday April 12
Big Leg Emma
Abbey Pub 9pm 21+
Morning Teleportation, Schools
Beat Kitchen 9:30pm
Dear Hunter, Naive Thieves
Bottom Lounge
Alesso, Adventure Club, Don Dada, Zebo, & DJ Godfather
Congress Theater 8pm, 18+
Clutch w/special guests Orange Goblin, Lionize, Scorpion Child
House of Blues Chicago
Tristan Prettyman, Satellite
Lincoln Hall 9pm, 21+
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesRediscovering Our Record Collections: “Homogenic” by Björk
When Pitchfork Media announced earlier this year that Björk Guðmundsdóttir would be performing at this summer’s annual music festival, I scratched my head a little. Not because it would be weird to have Bjork there – I was trying to figure out why she hasn’t performed there yet. If there were ever a music event and an artist made for each other, these two would be it: eclectic, reveling in their originality, and possessing the kind of persona that invites obsessive behavior from fans.
Maddie Hannes writesMusic Madness Bracket: Top Album 2003-2012 (THE FINAL 4)
Is anyone surprised that it turned out this way?
Kelsey Phillips writesDon’t Miss CHIRP Night at The Whistler with Les Racquet and Hemmingbirds!
Need an excuse to exceed your average $3 tallboy budget? Head over to the Whistler on April 8th and enjoy some absurdly delicious cocktails with the added bonus of some good live music. This month's CHIRP night at the Whistler features Brooklyn trio Les Racquet, who are sure pleasure us with some rockin' three-part vocal harmonies, as well as the home town indie rock quintet Hemmingbirds.
If that isn't enough to hook you, CHIRP DJs will be playing after the sets, accompanying a raffle with some gnarly prizes. If you're gonna drop a few extra bucks on some yummy cocktails, why not do it with good people and good music, all the while supporting your local community-based radio station? AND there's no cover! This, my friends, is an offer you can't refuse (unless you're under 21, since this is a 21+ event; sorry kids!).
Mike Bennett writesFriday iPod/MP3 Shuffle—In Memory of Roger Ebert Edition
Roger Ebert was the first Pulitzer Prize winning film critic and the reason for that is no mystery. He was simply a wonderful writer. He just happened to write about film (and later, on his blog, many, many other things), with such an expressive voice. Even before he teamed up with Gene Siskel to co-host the influential At The Movies, Ebert was already showing, on a weekly basis, how to make real film criticism accessible to everyone. Thanks to Ebert and Siskel, more indie films got a shot at success, obscure directors and actors became famous, and moviegoers became more aware of things like product placement and letterboxing versus pan and scan.