Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Night Gallery, Phosphorescent, Cephalic Carnage and Decrepit Birth, Vox Arcana, and more
Author Archives: Brian Costello
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The List: July 29-August 4, 2010
Critic’s Choices and other notable shows: Zomes, Night Beats, Andrew W.K., the Aram Shelton Quartet, Seu Jorge & Almaz, Bob Log III, and more
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Joe Moore and the Book Bike
Thanks to a new partnership with the Chicago Public Library, Gabe Levinson won’t need a permit to give away books in city parks. But if that hadn’t happened…
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The List: July 15-21, 2010
Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, Cap’n Jazz, Tesco Vee’s Hate Police, Konono No. 1, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
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The List: July 8-14, 2010
Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Victor Deme, Emir Kusturica & the No Smoking Orchestra, Sweet Apple, Etran Finatawa, and more
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Best Way to Spend a Summer Afternoon on the South Side
Snackville Junction in Evergreen Park, Illinois, Haunted Trails in Burbank, Illinois, and Original Rainbow Cone, Chicago
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The List: June 24-30, 2010
Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Bert Jansch, Omar Souleyman, the Melvins, Woven Bones, Huntsville, and more
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Best Place to Sit at the Empty Bottle if You’ve Spent More Than Ten Years Hanging Out at the Empty Bottle
Back corner by the piano
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The List: June 3 – 9, 2010
Critics’ Choices and other notable concerts: Warpaint, Jacuzzi Boys, Entombed, Yakuza, Liza Minnelli, Damien Jurado, and more
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The List: May 27-June 2, 2010
Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Erykah Badu, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Orchestra, Andre Williams, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, the Pharez Whitted Sextet, and more
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The List: May 20-26, 2010
Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Arbouretum, Chainsaw DuPont, Roberto Carlos, Buzzcocks, the Besnard Lakes, and more
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The List: May 6-12, 2010
Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Black Breath, the Dials, Canasta, Willie Clayton, Josephine Foster, EPMD, Nite Jewel
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The List: April 1-7, 2010
Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Xiu Xiu, High on Fire, Small Black, Orquestra Contemporanea de Olinda, Little Women, Titus Andronicus, and more
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The List: February 25-March 3, 2010
Critic’s Choices and other notable concerts: Pierced Arrows, the Carolina Chocolate Drops, John Primer, Tinariwen, and more
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The List: January 21-27, 2010
Critics’ Choices and other notable concerts: Nile, the Great Society Mind Destroyers at Psychfest, Freedy Johnston, Between the Buried and Me, Frode Gjerstad, Behemoth, and more