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Pitchfork Festival 2019
If you haven’t checked out our pre-Pitchfork prep coverage, you can check that out here. Day 1 MIKE “Thanks CTA!” Narkis: MIKE was a great way to kick off the festival, even though it was unbearably hot at the festival. MIKE commanded the crowd, playing mostly from his albums War in My Pen…
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Party Wiit Vans @HouseofVans
Nic (@Nic.jwill) On West Randolph Street you can find House of Vans Chicago the home of creativity and Vans House Parties. For Music This summer House of Vans has put together an electric lineup of artists curating nights for free. You can RSVP for free on the Vans website about a week before each event.…
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Pitchfork Fest 2019 Prep Playlists
This year, our festival attendees will be Narkis (@narkisanthony) and Ellen(@ellenmphillips). Here are their Pitchfork prep playlists: Narkis: My Pitchfork Fest playlist this year is really just a collection of my most anticipated artists at the fest, and what I believe to be a couple of their standout tracks. My playlist is somewhat skewed to…
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Riot Fest 2018
By Narkis Anthony Garcia III (@narkisanthony) Day 1: Arrived at around 4:00 to catch a little bit of Sum 41 before The Front Bottoms. Sum 41: Unlike his appearance, frontman Deryck Whibley’s voice hasn’t changed much at all. I didn’t get to stay too long but they definitely drew one of the biggest crowds I…
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Pre-Pitchfork Fest 2018 Prep
This year, our festival attendees will be Sid (@fflowerdogg) and Mike (@mikedmachesky). Here are their pre-fest playlist: Mike:“The playlist I have created here reflects the acts that i am personally most excited to see this weekend. Taking up a decent chunk of the list are tracks by Courtney Barnett and Fleet Foxes, two contrasting indie/alternative…
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Mister Heavenly @ Lincoln Hall
I don’t know if I could tell what the best part of the concert was. Whether it was when the singer ordered a bowl of tater tots and passed it around the audience, when they convinced everyone but one man to stay quiet after a song, so that when the song ended there was only…
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Pacifico @ elbo Room
The first thing you’ll see when you open Pacifico’s website (https://www.pacificorock.com/), aside from the anticipated ad for their new album, is the phrase “Pacifico is not a band. It’s an idea“. Actually, this is more than just a phrase for the band, it’s the motto, the whole motivation behind its music and performances. Pacifico is…
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Benjamin Booker @ Thalia Hall in Chicago on Monday, 10/16/2017
Photo: Benjamin Booker at The Sinclair in Cambridge, MA. Credit: Tim Bugbee via Flickr Benjamin Booker is one of the most “came out of nowhere” artists in the scene today. Known for his unique resurgence of blues via a punk route, the New Orleans based musician jumped onto the scene with a 2012 EP that…
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Lollapalooza, August 3-6th 2017
Review by Rob Waite and Derek Jones, hosts of Da’ Booth, airing weekly on Sunday from 2 pm-5 pm on WIIT. Lollapalooza came in with a BANG! And left a lot of people wet for more after the first day. As the lines staggered in there were threats of storms being sent out, but this wasn’t…
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Andrew Bird, Esperanza Spalding @ Ravinia Festival, 7/23/17
Andrew Bird is a popular violinist, singer-songwriter, guitarist, glockenspielist, expert whistler, and, perhaps more importantly to some, a son of Chicago and its prominent folk-indie music scene. His critically acclaimed solo career has spanned over 20 years with 12 studio albums and several other live and compilation recordings. This is, of course, in addition to…
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Charles Bradley @ House of Vans, 7/13/17
Charles Bradley is dubbed the “The Screaming Eagle of Soul”, a title that he wears with honor. His recent performance at House of Vans served as a reminder of why he holds that name. Bradley was performing songs from his new album, “Changes”, released on April 1st, 2016, and his performance was loud, powerful, and…
