Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Record Releases - May 31, 2011

And the summer tunez train keepz on a rollin':


May-31-11Alex Turner - SubmarineDomino
May-31-11Blouse - ShadowSub Pop
May-31-11Cola Freaks - Cola FreaksDouchemaster
May-31-11Death Cab for Cutie - Codes and Keys*Atlantic
May-31-11Death Cab for Cutie - Live at the Mt. Baker Theatre DVDAtlantic
May-31-11Melvins - Sugar Daddy Live*Ipecac
May-31-11My Morning Jacket - CircuitalATO
May-31-11Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz (Picture Disc)Epic
May-31-11Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman (Picture Disc)Epic
May-31-11Patrick Wolf - LupercaliaHideout Recordings
May-31-11Robert Pollard - Lord of the BirdcageGuided by Voices, Inc.
May-31-11Seapony - Go With MeSub Pop
May-31-11SebastiAn - TotalEd Banger / Big Beat / Atlantic
May-31-11Shabazz Palaces - Black UpSub Pop
May-31-11The Black Swans - Don't Blame the StarsMisra
May-31-11The Vaccines - What Did You Expect From the Vaccines?Columbia
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Friday, May 27, 2011

This Weekend In Shows (TWIS) & New Shows

New shows added to the SHOWcal, including a 3 night residency around town by Peter Bjorn and John and the always anticipated return of High Places. Here's what's going down this week:


 Friday, May 27, 7:00pm Chicago Blackout Fest @ Velvet Perineum
 Saturday, May 28, 4:00pm Chicago Blackout Fest @ Velvet Perineum
 Saturday, May 28, 8:30pm Marked Men @ Empty Bottle
 Sunday, May 29, 9:30pm Marked Men @ Empty Bottle
 Monday, May 30, 6:30pm Justin Townes Earle @ Millennium Park
 Tuesday, May 31, 7:00pm Glasvegas @ Bottom Lounge
 Tuesday, May 31, 7:30pm Melvins (performing Lysol, Eggnog and Houdini) @ Double Door
 Tuesday, May 31, 9:00pm Friendly Fires @ Lincoln Hall
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Record Releases - May 24, 2011

More summer tunez for ya'llz. Stuff marked * should be mad decent:


May-24-11Acephalix - Interminable NightSouthern Lord
May-24-11Against Me! - Total ClarityFat Wreck Chords
May-24-11Alpinist - Licthlaerm || Minus.MenschSouthern Lord
May-24-11Arnaud Rebotini - Someone Gave Me ReligionBlackstrobe Records
May-24-11Art Brut - Brilliant! Tragic!*Cooking Vinyl
May-24-11Ash Black Bufflo - AndasolKnitting Factory Records
May-24-11Asva - Presences of AbsencesImportant Records
May-24-11Bad Weather California - Demos and Live Takes for the FansSt. Ives
May-24-11Basemint - No Retro b/w BasemintK Records
May-24-11Battles - Ice Cream 12"*Warp
May-24-11Bird of Youth - DefenderJagjaguwar
May-24-11Bitchin' Bajas - Water Wrackets Film ScoreKalestei
May-24-11Black Tusk - Passage Through PurgatoryRelapse
May-24-11Bob Desper - New SoundsArrco
May-24-11Book of Black Earth - The Cold TestamentProsthetic Records
May-24-11Brendan Perry - ArkThe End
May-24-11Cave In - White SilenceHydra Head
May-24-11Christmas Island / Meth Teeth - SplitSacred Bones Records
May-24-11Craig Wedren - WandNerveland Recordings
May-24-11Danielson - Grow Up 7"Fire Records
May-24-11David Bazan - Strange NegotiationsBarsuk
May-24-11Dels - GobBig Dada
May-24-11Drainland - And So Our Troubles BeganSouthern Lord
May-24-11Ear Pwr - Ear PwrCarpark
May-24-11Efrim Manuel Menuck - Plays "High Gospel"Constellation
May-24-11Electric Wizard - Black MassesMetal Blade
May-24-11Ellen Fullman - Through Glass PanesImportant Records
May-24-11Face Candy - Waste Age Teen LandRhymesayers Entertainment
May-24-11Foster the People - TorchesColumbia / Startime Intl.
May-24-11Friendly Fires - Pala*XL Recordings
May-24-11Group Doueh - Zayna JummaSublime Frequencies
May-24-11Human Eye - They Came From The SkySacred Bones Records
May-24-11Joseph Arthur - The Graduation CeremonyLonely Astronaut
May-24-11Jozef Van Wissem - The Joy That Never EndsImportant Records
May-24-11King Creosote and Jon Hopkins - Diamond MineDomino
May-24-11Kitten - Sunday SchoolThe Control Group
May-24-11Love - Forever Changes (reissue)Elektra
May-24-11Mist - HouseSpectrum Spools
May-24-11Motopony - MotoponyTiny Ogre
May-24-11Mr. Scruff - Wobble ControlNinja Tune
May-24-11Sallie Fored and the Sound Outside - Dirty RadioPartisan
May-24-11Sarabeth Tucek - Get Well SoonUngawa
May-24-11She Wants Revenge - ValleyheartFive Seven Music
May-24-11Smod - SmodNacional Records
May-24-11Soema Montenegro - PassionariaWestern Vinyl
May-24-11Tara Jane O'Neil and Nikaido Kazumi - Tara Jane O'Neil and Nikaido KazumiK Records
May-24-11Teenage Fanclub - Thirteen (reissue)Original Recordings Group
May-24-11The Men - Leave HomeSacred Bones Records
May-24-11The Moaners - NocturnalHolidays for Quince
May-24-11The Moaners / Jennyanykind - Split 7"Holidays for Quince
May-24-11The Vertebrats - Screaming Like a Mad ChiorParasol
May-24-11Thurston Moore - Demolished ThoughtsMatador
May-24-11Toddla T - Cherry PickingNinja Tune
May-24-11Tokimonsta - Creature DreamsBrainfeeder
May-24-11Various Artists - IMPREC300Important Records
May-24-11Vieux Farka toure - The SecretSix Degrees
May-24-11White Denim - D*Downtown
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Friday, May 20, 2011

This Weekend In Shows (TWIS) & New Shows

Monday night marks the first free Millennium Park show of the summer. That, and all the festival info has been added to the SHOWcal. Here's what's going on this week:


Friday, May 20, 6:00pm Death Cab @ Metro
 Friday, May 20, 8:00pm Urge Overkill @ Bottom Lounge
 Friday, May 20, 10:00pm RJD2 @ Mid
 Monday, May 23, 6:00pm Lykke Li @ Metro
 Monday, May 23, 6:30pm Bonnie Prince Billy @ Millennium Park
 Tuesday, May 24, 7:30pm Adele @ Riviera
 Tuesday, May 24, 8:00pm Man Man @ Metro
 Wednesday, May 25, 8:00pm Unsane @ Abbey Pub
 Wednesday, May 25, 8:00pm David Lowery @ Lincoln Hall
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Green Music Fest Lineup Announced

The suddenly surprising Green Music Fest (North and Damen, $5 donation) has put together a pretty good lineup this year:

Saturday, June 25 (noon-10pm):

Yo La Tengo
Trampled by Turtles
Life & Times
Meters Experience
Secret Colours
Midwest Hype

Sunday, June 26 (noon-10pm):

Les Savy Fav
Thermals
Tight Phantomz
Soft Speaker
Musikanto
Blane Fonda
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Wicker Park Fest Lineup

Pretty cool additions to round-out the lineup for this typically un-eventful street fest. Saturday, July 23 – Sunday, July 24.  Noon–10pm, $5 suggested donation, Milwaukee Avenue between North and Wood:


North Stage – Saturday, July 23
WILD FLAG
Off With Their Heads!
Dead To Me
Riverboat Gamblers
Ha Ha Tonka
Chaperone
Brent Puls
North Stage – Sunday, July 24
Wavves
Murder By Death
Everest
Ezra Furman & the Harpoons
Jesse Malin & The St. Marks Social
An Aesthetic Anesthetic
Biters
South Stage – Saturday, July 23
MiMOSA
El Ten Eleven
NiT GRiT
Ana Sia
AraabMUZIK
Break Science
Lynx
Loyal Divide
South Stage – Sunday, July 24
Blitzen Trapper
Joe Pug
Van Ghost
The Pimps of Joytime
Big Light
Netherfriends
Dastardly
Docs Delorean
Anna Soltys and The Familiar
Center Stage – Saturday, July 23
Flosstradamus                                
Porn N Chicken DJs                                      
Dani Deahl                                                      
Chaotic Good
California Wives                                            
Napalm                                                                            
Purple Apples                                                   
Center Stage – Sunday, July 24 
Digital Tape Machine                  
ZEBO vs. Marco Morales
Midnight Conspiracy                                    
Filligar                                                                                                
Kid Color                                                          
Ishi                                                                      
Hiroki
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Record Releases - May 17, 2011

Big week! Here's what drops today:


May-17-1113 & God - Own Your GhostAnticon
May-17-11A Storm of Light - As The Valley of Death Becomes UsProfound Lore
May-17-11A Storm of Light - UntitledLatitudes
May-17-11Agoria - Fabric 57Fabric
May-17-11Alexander Turnquist - Hallway of MirrorsVHF
May-17-11Alison Krauss and Union Station - Paper AirplaneRounder
May-17-11Amor de Dias - Street of the Love of DaysMerge
May-17-11Art Blakey - The Jazz MessangersPure Pleasure
May-17-11Austra - Feel It BreakDomino
May-17-11Axemen - Three VirginsSiltbreeze
May-17-11Bachelorette - BacheloretteDrag City
May-17-11Bahamas - Pink StratUniversal Republic
May-17-11Billie Holiday - The Essential Rare Collection*Cleopatra
May-17-11Boy Friend - LovedropperHell Yes!
May-17-11Caetano Veloso - Caetano Veloso (reissue)Lilith
May-17-11Chad VanGaalen - Diaper IslandSub Pop
May-17-11Company of Thieves - Running From a GambleWind-Up Records
May-17-11CSC Funk Band - Things Are Getting Too CasualFatBeats Records
May-17-11Damon & Naomi - False Beats and True Hearts20/20/20
May-17-11Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Rome*Capitol Records
May-17-11Dark Castle - Surrender To All Life Beyond FormProfound Lore
May-17-11DOA - Hardcore '81Sudden Death
May-17-11DOA - Something Better ChangeSudden Death
May-17-11EMA - Soul on FireHell Yes!
May-17-11Face to Face - Laugh Now... Laugh LaterPeople Like You
May-17-11Giant Sand - Purge & Slouch (reissue)Fire Fidelity
May-17-11Giant Sand - Ramp (reissue)Fire Fidelity
May-17-11Girls in Trouble - Half You Half MeJDub Records
May-17-11Gold-Bears - Are You Falling In Love?Slumberland
May-17-11Humble Pie - Live at WinterlandCleopatra
May-17-11Iggy Pop - Roadkill Rising: The Bootleg Collection 1977-2009*Shout! Factory
May-17-11Ilaiyaraajah - Solla SollaB-Music
May-17-11J Rawls - The Hip-Hop AffectGreenstreets
May-17-11Jesse Sparhawk and Eric Carbonara - Sixty StringsVHF
May-17-11Joan Baez - Play Me BackwardsDiverse Records
May-17-11Junior Kimbrough and The Soul Blues Boys - Do The Rump!Sutro Park
May-17-11Kate Bush - Director's CutEMI
May-17-11Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds - Gorilla RoseIn The Red
May-17-11Killer Mike - Pl3dgeSMC
May-17-11Let's Wrestle - Nursing HomeMerge
May-17-11Louis Armstrong - The Great Chicago Concert 1956*Pure Pleasure
May-17-11Marilyn Monroe - Greatest MomentsCleopatra
May-17-11Matt Baldwin - Night in the TriangleAmerican Dust
May-17-11MIA DOI TODD - Cosmic Ocean ShipCity Zen Records
May-17-11Mickey Newbury - An American TrilogyDrag City
May-17-11Mickey Newbury - Better DaysDrag City
May-17-11Mickey Newbury - Frisco Mabel JoyDrag City
May-17-11Mickey Newbury - Heaven Help The ChildDrag City
May-17-11Mickey Newbury - Looks Like RainDrag City
May-17-11Miracle Fortress - Was I The Wave?Secret City
May-17-11Moby - DestroyedMute
May-17-11Neek the Exotic and Large Professor - Still On the HustleFatBeats Records
May-17-11Nodzzz - InningsWoodsist
May-17-11Pink Reason - Shit in the GardenSiltbreeze
May-17-11Planningtorock - WDFA
May-17-11Queen - A Day at the Races (remastered)Hollywood
May-17-11Queen - A Night at the Opera (remastered)Hollywood
May-17-11Queen - Queen (remastered)Hollywood
May-17-11Queen - Queen II (remastered)Hollywood
May-17-11R.L. Burnside - Sound Machine GrooveSutro Park
May-17-11Ran Blake - Grey December - Live in RomeTompkins Square
May-17-11Reatards - Teenage Hate / Fuck Elvis Here's The ReatardsGoner
May-17-11Ricard Dorfmeister - Private Collection - G-Stone Master Series Vol. 2G-Stone
May-17-11Ryan Garbes - Sweet HassleHello Sunshine
May-17-11Small Brown Bike - Fell and FoundNo Idea
May-17-11Stan Getz - The 1953-1954 Norgran Studio SessionsMosaic
May-17-11Starfuckers - Metallic Disease (reissue)Holy Mountain
May-17-11The Cramps - Smel of Female (reissue)Big Beat
May-17-11The Elected - Bury Me in My RingsVagrant Records
May-17-11The Go Go's - Beauty and the Beat (30th Anniversary Edition)EMI
May-17-11The Hollies - Beat Group! (reissue)Sundazed
May-17-11The Hollies - Bus Stop (reissue)Sundazed
May-17-11The Hollies - Lost Recordings and Beat Rarities 10x7" BoxSundazed
May-17-11The Seeds - Evil HoodooBig Beat
May-17-11Thee Oh Sees - CastlemaniaIn The Red
May-17-11Them - Them (reissue)Klimt
May-17-11Tinie Tempah - Disc-OveryCaptol
May-17-11Turner Cody - Gangbusters!TTR
May-17-11Ty Segall - I Can't Feel It 7"Drag City
May-17-11Weekend - End Times 7"*Slumberland
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