The collaboration between the Empty Bottle and the Wire continues with performances by Sleep, Rangda, Buke & Gass, High Places, Cloudland Canyon, Cave, and others.
Tag: Logan Square Auditorium
Adventures in Modern Music
The annual collaboration between the Empty Bottle and the Wire features the Rhys Chatham Trio, Bill Orcutt, Sleep, Rangda, Buke & Gass, High Places, and others.
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
The List: April 8-14, 2010
Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Baaba Maal, the Tomasz Stanko Quintet, Major Lazer, Mission of Burma, Florence & the Machine, Pissed Jeans, and more
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
The Man Behind the Metal
If it’s heavy and it was recorded in Chicago, there’s a good chance Sanford Parker was at the mixing board.
The List: February 11-17, 2010
Critic’s Choices and other notable concerts: The Residents, Ben Allison, Mariah Carey, Doom, Zola Jesus, and more
Mexican Pop Sophisticate Natalia Lafourcade Plays Chicago
Young Mexican pop singer Natalia Lafourcade, who plays the Logan Square Auditorium on Sunday night, has definitely grown up.
Iceland’s Hildur Gudnadottir Puts the Cello in Front
A closer look at the work of cellist Hildur Gudnadottir, who plays with Mum tonight at Logan Square Auditorium and opens the show solo.
Afro-Peruvian Singers Eva Ayllon and Susana Baca Honor Chabuca Granda
Two of the greatest living exponents of Afro-Peruvian music celebrate singer Chabuca Granda.
Los Amigos Invisibles: Whither South America?
Venezuelan expats Los Amigos Invisibles add another layer of slick to their already disposable neo-disco.
We Shoot: No Age, Deerhunter, and Dan Deacon Turn Out the LSA
Aside from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ stellar headlining set on Saturday night, the best music I heard all weekend was at the “No Deachunter” show last night at the Logan Square Auditorium: No Age, Deerhunter, and Dan Deacon played in the round, trading songs and occasionally members throughout. A combination of physical exhaustion and music […]
Sergent Garcia returns to Chicago
France has long had one of Europe’s most dynamic and disparate immigrant populations, so it makes sense that it would produce lots of multiculti musical acts like Sergent Garcia, who are playing tonight at the Logan Square Auditorium. Writing about the band’s Chicago debut back in 2000, I was impressed by their unself-conscious, party-friendly mix […]