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Jeremy Peruski writesAudiences, Kellen and Me and the Soil & the Sun @ the Hideout 03/30/13
(above, the Soil & the Sun)
Audiotree presented Audiences, Kellen and Me, and the Soil & the Sun, to a sold-out show at the Hideout on Saturday, March 30th, 2013. To preface this article, Audiotree is a Chicago-based hodge-podge of band management, concert promoters and most notably, their live video/audio in-studio sessions with supreme, unaltered audio quality. All three of these bands have recorded sessions with Audiotree and can be found at Audiotree.tv.
Shawn Campbell writesRecord Store Day is Here!
Today is one of CHIRP's favorite days of the year - Record Store Day! We love our local independent record stores, and we encourage you to go out and support them, not just today, but throughout the year.
Our friends at the Reader have put together this amazing comprehensive guide for the Chicago area, so take a look, plan your day, and then go buy some records!
Mike Bennett writesFriday iPod/MP3 Shuffle—In Memory of Scott Miller Edition
Monday, a cult figure in power pop passed on. In the early ‘80s, Bay Area musician Scott Miller formed Game Theory. The heady name was a bit of a give away – Miller and crew conjured up some of the brainiest power pop ever created. Taking cues from Big Star’s Radio City, The Beatles, The Raspberries, Brian Eno and other art poppers, Miller managed to marry strong melodies and oddball hooks to dense lyrics that sometimes had a James Joyce influence. Taking a break after Game Theory, he formed The Loud Family which found him further exploring his muse. He was planning the first new Game Theory record in about 25 years when he died this past Monday. While neither of his band’s never made it, Miller was influential – some of his acolytes include Nina Gordon of Veruca Salt, Aimee Mann and Carl Newman of The New Pornographers. In honor of the later Mr. Miller, please get out your iPod or MP3 player, hit shuffle and share the first 10 songs that come up.
Craig Reptile: Your Sunday Sonic Sundowner writesCHIRP Radio Presents Fountains of Wayne at the Old Town School of Folk Music on April 20th
CHIRP Radio is proud to present Fountains Of Wayne in a special, all ages solo acoustic duo performance this Saturday April 20th at the Gary and Laura Maurer Concert Hall in the Old Town School of Folk Music in Lincoln Park.
Since 1996, Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger have been crafting the most perfect power pop songs, with lyrics that inspire with their specificity and intellectual perspective without ever leaving behind the average listener.
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesWeekly Voyages: Friday April 19 to Thursday April 25
(Do you have corrections or updates for this list? Send us an e-mail.)
Friday April 19
Sonny Stubble, The Dirty Blue
Abbey Pub 21+
Zeus, Pnderosa
Beat Kitchen 9pm
The Werks
Bottom Lounge 10pm
Funky Meters, The Greyboy Allstars
Congress Theater 7pm, 18+
Treated Crew Juice, ShowYouSuck, Alex Wiley
Double Door 9pm, 21+
Cloud Cult, JBM
Lincoln Hall 10pm, 18+
JD McPherson
Metro 8:30pm, 18+
Juvenato Vallenato
The Old Town School of Folk Music 8:30pm
Black Angels
Reckless Records (Lakeview) 2pm