Gallery: Capital Soiree — Jewel-Osco 7/25/2020
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Brian Shamie
Milk, bread and music: Capital Soiree plays Mount Prospect grocery store show
Public health concerns have limited performance spaces in the area recently, but pop-rock band Capital Soiree found an alternative venue for a recent show.
Fresh tracks: Prizefighter, Dog Spelled Backwards, joyful., Young Detectives, Michael Lynch, The North and Wells Band and more
Check out some new music and videos fresh from the Chicago-area scene.
Sound check: Pete Yorn’s acoustic livestream; Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton at the drive-in
Chicago Drive-In Theaters’ electrifying Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani and Trace Adkins concert; Pete Yorn pulls out “musicforthemorningafter”; Da$Htone hits FitzGerald’s patio stage.
Fresh tracks: The Von Tramps, The Giving Moon, Mel Senese, Bruges, The Lawrence Arms, Jaclyn Heuser and more
Check out some new music and videos fresh from the Chicago-area scene.
Premiere: Life experience comes into focus on new The Mild West single ‘Glow’
The Mild West focuses on growth and personal perspectives with new single, “Glow.”
Sound check: Bush makes an event of album-release livestream; West Fest Chicago goes virtual
Alternative rock band Bush hits the livestream circuit to celebrate a new album; West Fest Chicago goes online; and Toronzo Cannon plays FitzGerald’s pickup truck concert Saturday.
How Glenview musician, actor Kevin Pollack kept being creative during quarantine
When Chicago stages went dark, Glenview’s Kevin Pollack built new performance opportunities so he could keep on entertaining.
Gallery: I Fight Dragons, Violet Crime, Secret Bad Boy — Lincoln Hall 12/21/19
With big venues still dark, revisit one of our favorite shows from late last year.
Fresh tracks: Superkick, Sunshine Boys, Makeout, Tanzen and more
Check out some new music and videos fresh from the Chicago-area scene.
Premiere: Matt Donnelly explores tethers to his past on new ‘Then & Now’ solo EP
Busy Bodies’ drummer Matt Donnelly brings forth something heavier with his new solo EP, “Then & Now.”
Sound check: American English, Sixteen Candles and more at Carpool Concerts
Carpool Concerts pull into Schaumburg’s Boomers Stadium; Donnie Biggins takes the truck stage at FitzGerald’s.
Fresh tracks: Release(r), Tom Morello, Prizefighter, Marina City, Phillip-Michael Scales and more
Check out some new music and videos fresh from the Chicago-area scene.
Sound check: BrauerHouse brings exotic cars, Chicago music to America’s birthday bash
Tom Higgenson of the Plain White T’s and exotic cars await as BrauerHouse pulls out all the stops (socially distancing, of course) to celebrate the Fourth of July this week. Check out that and many other suburban musical events.
Spring Awakening goes online this weekend
Spring Awakening usually kicks off summer festival season around Chicago, but it’s going virtual this year with a streaming fest this weekend.
Vote this week in Bitter Jester song competition finals
You have until 11:59 p.m. tonight to vote for the Fan Favorite winner in the Bitter Jester finals.
Zombies, beware: Naperville’s Birthdayy Partyy invades giant Minecraft music festival
Naperville bass-house duo Birthdayy Partyy joins next week’s Rave Family Block Fest, a four-day virtual music festival in the popular video game Minecraft.
Jonfin plumbs new depths with ‘Rocket Science’ EP
Fans of the Jonfin sound — old-school garage rock with a bouncy, modern alternative flair — are in for a treat as the trio showcases their range as artists.
Fresh tracks: Broken Robots, Friday Pilots Club, Joshua, Ember Oceans, Alexander 23, Prizefighter and more
Enjoy some new music and videos fresh from the Chicago-area scene.
Video: Sound Check Presents … Take the Reins
If you missed our Thursday night punk porch party with Take the Reins, you can still catch the video here.