Curation By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Lowell at Schubas on Wednesday night.
Posted on January 17, 2015
Local Music Notebook: Gary Records, Garth Fucking Brooks & St. Vincent’s Bowie
Plus: City Plays Chicken With Congress Theater
“A few years ago, Gary Records founder Robyn Chang gathered her possessions and traveled to Taiwan for a job at Groupon, the coupon company,” Jaycee Rockhold writes for the DePaulia.
Her interest in local music scenes followed her there, where she began doing research. The language barrier was a problem.
“There was one website that was in English,” Chang said. “All the other ones were in Chinese.”
The band names were primarily listed in Chinese as well, which proved difficult in finding homegrown bands. Chang relied on one of her friends in Taiwan, who introduced her to a few groups, but this struggle of discovering international bands led to the birth of Gary Records.
Named after drunkenly searching for pictures of a man named Gary on Google, Gary Records produces “international splits,” in which two bands from different parts of the globe are paired on the same 7-inch vinyl.
Posted on January 13, 2015
The Weekend In Chicago Rock
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You shoulda been there.
1. Adore Delano at the Bottom Lounge on Saturday night.
Posted on January 12, 2015
The Weekend In Chicago Rock
You shoulda been there.
1. The Alex Hoffer Band at Mojoes in Joliet on Friday night.
Posted on January 6, 2015
The Week In Chicago Rock
Curation By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. JEFF the Brotherhood at the Empty Bottle on Wednesday night.
Posted on January 3, 2015
Local Music Leftovers 2014
By Steve Rhodes
Emptying the notebook.
1. Oak Park’s Rob Mitchum sabermetricizes the year-end lists of the rock-critic hive-mind.
2. Personally, I say thumbs down on Protomartyr, thumbs way up on Preatures.
3. Junior Wells LP A Time Capsule Of Chicago Blues Scene.
4. Favorite band of the year: Oozing Wound.
5. Not to be cooler-than-thou, but I bought Bloodshot’s first sampler and was a fan from Day One.
Posted on December 31, 2014
The Weekend In Chicago Rock
Curation By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Rich Gang at the Chicago Theatre on Friday night.
Posted on December 29, 2014
The Week In Chicago Rock
Curation By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Talib Kweli at the Shrine on Tuesday night.
Posted on December 26, 2014
Sleigh Full Of Heartache
Written By John Kuczaj/Performed By Steve Dawson
At the Acoustic Explosion Holiday Spectacular at Silvie’s Lounge on Monday night.
Posted on December 24, 2014
The Weekend In Chicago Rock
Curation By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk
You shoulda been there.
1. Scott Lucas and the Married Men at the Hideout on Saturday night.
Posted on December 23, 2014