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By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
An American band from Austin, Minnesota that embodies so much of what is great and profound about authentic rock and roll.
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Upcoming date: Saturday, February 12, 2011.
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1. I know I’m drunk, yeah, but I just don’t think He’d care.
Posted on January 18, 2011
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Little Dragon at Lincoln Hall on Sunday night.
Posted on January 17, 2011
By The Beachwood School of Rock Affairs Desk
Magnetic.
1. Somebody To Love at Reggie’s last weekend.
Posted on January 11, 2011
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Weezer at the Aragon on Saturday night.
Posted on January 10, 2011
By The Beachwood Bloodshot Bureau
One-time Chicagoan and Bloodshot Records artist Justin Townes Earle appeared on Late Night With David Letterman on Wednesday.
Posted on January 7, 2011
By CHIRP
The Chicago Independent Radio Project will celebrate the one year anniversary of CHIRPradio.org throughout the month of January in recognition of the online radio station’s first 365 days on the air.
CHIRP Radio plays a wide array of independent, eclectic, and under-appreciated music from diverse genres, and is staffed by live DJs 21 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The station launched online on January 17, 2010, live from studios in the North Center neighborhood of Chicago.
CHIRP also is celebrating the passage of the Local Community Radio Act, was signed into law on January 4, 2011 by President Obama. Over the past three years, CHIRP worked with an array of national partners to pass the measure, which eventually will allow the organization to apply for a low-power FM broadcast license.
2010 has been a banner year for the Chicago Independent Radio Project, and the organization’s achievements are numerous:
Posted on January 5, 2011
By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Bureau
You shoulda been there.
1. The Black Keys at the Aragon on Friday night.
Posted on January 3, 2011
By The Beachwood Rock Affairs Bureau
Adding value to a few lists you might be interested in. Feel free to send us your own.
1. Greg Kot’s Best Local Releases of 2010.
Topping Kot’s list is Cap D’s PolyMath. Kot writes:
“For more than a decade, this erudite MC has been forging his own path with his label and group (both named All Natural), as well as his solo projects. He is criminally under-recognized nationally, but he takes a back seat to no MC with his sharp mind, incisive flow and increasingly robust tracks in the Chicago dusties-soul tradition. Though typecast as too high-minded for an art form that puts a premium on swagger, there’s nothing soft about these rhymes. In ‘Chicago Five-O’ he’s as ominous as a shiv in a back-alley rumble, exposing the brutal politics of race relations in the streets of his home city. A landmark release from one of the best MC’s this city has produced.”
Posted on December 29, 2010
