Rocky Votolato / Josh Caterer – 2/26/10 @ Schubas
It was two Fridays ago when the Mrs. and I headed downtown to catch Rocky Votolato and Josh Caterer (of the Smoking Popes) live at Schubas. It was simply amazing. Josh opened and I felt like I was one of the only people singing along to every single word. It kinda sucked and struck me (Read more…)
Kid, You’ll Move Mountains / Unicycle Loves You / Bishop Allen – Live 2/5/10 @ Lincoln Hall
Friday night the Mrs. and I headed out to our first show at what is probably Chicago’s newest live music venue, Lincoln Hall. It’s the new space from the same guys who’ve owned Schubas (one of our faves) for years and they really didn’t miss a thing. The main bar looks like just about any (Read more…)
Greatest Show Ever
Did you know that on January 2nd, 2010, Chicago’s Metro will be the host of the Greatest Show Ever featuring the likes of CYSTSFTS faves Kid, You’ll Move Mountains and Venna as well as Picture Books and Crayolala. Best of all, the bands are all offering up their latest releases for free at www.greatestshowever.com plus (Read more…)
Banner Pilot – Live 9/5/09 @ Ronny’s
I dragged the wife downtown (and good thing since she took these videos) to see the mighty Banner Pilot on their whirlwind three city record release tour for their new album Collapser. The band played a set that was short but sweet. Here are videos of two songs: Overwinter Losing Daylight
Lucero – Live 8/15/09 @ Subterranean
The wife and I headed into the city last weekend for our first night out since kiddo #2 came into the picture about 5 weeks before. We headed to Subterranean to see Lucero and find out how the songs from the 1372 Overton Park pre-order sampler would translate to the stage. Even without the horns (Read more…)
Kid, You’ll Move Mountains – Live 05/30/09 @ Doug’s Rockhouse
It is a very rare occasion that there is any sort of show out in the suburbs that is worth going to. Last night (however) the awesome Kid, You’ll Move Mountains played at Doug’s Rockhouse in Aurora. An interesting venue that I never knew existed despite going to the DMV right next door a number (Read more…)
Tonight’s Shows
There are a few great shows this tonight that I will (unfortunately) be missing that you should check out if you have a chance: Superdrag is playing at Metro New Found Glory, Bayside, and Shai Hulud are playing at House Of Blues Classics of Love and Noise By Numbers are playing at Reggie’s Have fun! (Read more…)
Naked Raygun & Hot Water Music @ HOB Chicago 1/3/2009
So last weekend the pregnant wife and I called my mother to look after the three year old singing machine better known as Hailey so that we could go out for a night punk rock music. We went downtown to the House Of Blues (my absolute least favorite venue in all of Chicago) to see (Read more…)
Live: The Forms & Cloud Cult @ Schubas
Alright. So last night I braved the elements and checked out The Forms and Cloud Cult at Schubas. Despite vocalist/guitarist Alex Tween acknowledging that he was sick and his voice wasn’t in tip-top shape, New York City’s The Forms blazed through a tight-as-hell set that included all my favorites off of The Forms like “Knowledge (Read more…)
