Category: Concert Coverage
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Lollapalooza 2019
Lollapalooza is, without a doubt, the biggest music festival in Chicago, and one of the biggest in the world, and instead of each year jealously watching concertgoers see their favorite artists live, eat amazing food, and be very, very drunk, we were grateful enough to have the opportunity to cover the festival! In order to…
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The Rapture @HouseofVans
The Rapture @HouseofVans By @Nic.jwill @RichJacobs Rich Jacobs decorated House of Vans with blue lines and balloons. The scene reminded me of an ocean of balloons. In the middle of the venue stood a giant wave-like balloon structure. Throughout the show, balloons were tossed around and the crowd truly resembled an ocean of fans. @MrLukeJenner…
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Party WIIT @Anderson.Paak @HouseofVans
Nic (@Nic.jwill) A night to remember as House of Vans hosts Anderson.Paak @DeweySaunders Before anyone graced the House of Vans stage art installations by Dewey Saunders greeted guests. Orange, blue, green, and yellow posters screamed take me home a put me on your wall and many concert-goers obliged. House of Vans itself is a piece…
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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…
