Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Vivian McConnell comes from a musical family, and she began enmeshing herself in Chicago’s music scene in the early 2010s, around the time she moved here from Urbana. By then she and her oldest brother, Stan, were playing together in the indie-rock band Santah, and McConnell had also joined indie four-piece Grandkids; […]
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The day has come: Quenchers hosts its final concert
Plus: Bric-a-Brac celebrates five years with a stacked in-store show, prog-punk brothers Avantist keep the hits coming on a new EP, and more.
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Wrekmeister Harmonies’ J.R. Robinson heads for the hills (of Oregon)
Plus: Different flavors of new music from local bands Santah (sweet) and the Pillowhammer (sour)
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Psych-rock group Santah makes complicated songwriting run smoothly on new song ‘Sunkeeper’
The band is currently taking preorders for its self-released sophomore album.
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Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival 2013
The “arts” at this year’s Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival include music from Cave, the Cairo Gang, and William Cepeda.
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Gossip Wolf: Saki launches a label
Saki launches a label, David Pajo plays a rare Chicago show as Papa M, and Yakuza celebrates a new LP
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Green Music Fest
Dinosaur Jr., the Raveonettes, and compostable everything at Green Music Fest this Saturday and Sunday