By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. The Adicts at the Metro on Thursday night.
Posted on May 25, 2012
Local Music Notebook: Public Pianos, Bad Ass Country, Metropian Invasion
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
A loose collection of whatnot.
1. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Keys to the City Piano Festival got under way this week and here’s something we wish they would have promoted more and would do for just one day, which happened to be yesterday: Pianos in Public Spaces.
Steinway & Sons placed pianos at a few locations around the city (well, mostly inside museums) for anyone to play. What a wonderful idea.
Here’s one performance captured on video. According to the CSO, the players are Mike Hudson (black hair, glasses) from Schaumburg and Steve Solomon (hat, striped shirt) from Chicago. They are at the Art Institute.
Posted on May 24, 2012
Local Music Notebook: Scene Report, Drum Clinic, Tuba Man
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
A loose collection of whatnot.
1. “In just the last few years, a Chicago scene that has long been segregated and known for its ‘hater’ reputation has made great strides in shedding that stigma and becoming more unified,” according to gowherehiphop.
Or, as one of the interviewees says here, “Gettin’ it in in the city of wind.”
Posted on May 23, 2012
Smells Like Pre-Teen Spirit
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
Livewire from the Chicago Drum Show at the Kane County Fairgrounds last weekend.
1. Rolling in the Deep.
Posted on May 22, 2012
The Weekend in Chicago Rock
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Gentleman Jesse at the Empty Bottle on Saturday night.
Posted on May 21, 2012
The Week in Chicago Rock
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. La Sera at Township on Tuesday night.
Posted on May 18, 2012
Punkfork: Riot Fest Takes Humboldt Park
Congress Still In Play With Massive Roster Expansion
“As reported here Monday, the eighth annual Riot Fest will take place in Humboldt Park from Sept. 14 to 16, as well as its usual venue, the decaying Congress Theatre,” Jim DeRogatis writes on his Pop N Stuff WBEZ blog. “Now it’s tapped some of the biggest names yet for its raucous stages.
“Included in the first round of acts announced by promoters: Rise Against, Iggy and the Stooges, Elvis Costello, the Offspring, A Day to Remember, Coheed and Cambria, the Descendents, Gogol Bordello, the Jesus and Mary Chain, the Dropkick Murphys, NOFX, the Gaslight Anthem, the Alkaline Trio, AWOLNATION, the Promise Ring, Gwar, August Burns Red, Frank Turner, Built to Spill, Less Than Jake, Reverend Horton Heat, Fishbone, NOBUNY, A Wilhelm Scream, Screaming Females, Teenage Bottlerocket, Off With Their Heads, Deals Gone Bad, White Mystery, Larry and His Flask, The Story So Far, Japanther, and reunions from Chiodos and Slapstick.”
Posted on May 15, 2012
The Weekend in Chicago Rock
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. A Living Portrait at Reggie’s on Saturday night.
Posted on May 14, 2012
The Week in Chicago Rock
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. The Spring Standards at Schubas on Monday night.
Posted on May 11, 2012
Rage Against Rahm
Rallying The Troops
Upon learning of the addition of Libertyville native and activist guitar hero Tom Morello to the bill, the city has moved a nurses union’s anti-NATO rally from Daley Plaza to the Petrillo bandshell – against the union’s wishes. We looked through YouTube for samples of Morello’s performances in Chicago to see what Rahm was so afraid of, and this is what we came up with.
1. May Day 2008.
Posted on May 9, 2012