Parking at The Hideout, till May (Wabansia Public Works)
Starting today, the street in front of the dear ol’ Hideout will be getting an 8-10 week face-lift, courtesy of the city. Wabansia Street will be getting, in addition to other things, curbs!, sidewalks!, trees!… and a new surface. That’s right: curbs! Parking, while still more plentiful and free than every where else in the […]
Iron and Wine was WOW…
…and here’s a few pictures to remember it by. We were lucky enough to host a show with Iron and Wine last Thursday March 3rd, after WXRT taped a Studio X with the band in our fair confines. As you might expect, it was spectacular. Pix courtesy of Dustin Henderlong.
Ha ha, Hideout!
It’s been a long week, it seems, all work and rehearsals and now, for some reason, I’m in Indianapolis. OK, for good reason —to meet an old friend’s new baby and hang out with people I haven’t seen in far too long. Somehow, though, it feels as if the Hideout is much more than a […]
Dil Pickled
This past Thursday, a lovely thing happened: The Dil Pickle Club plucked itself out of Chicago history (as it is wont to do from time to time) and materialized inside the Hideout. And so I hung out with an old friend on an evening free from work. At work. Funny how that happens. I sat […]
The week that will be . . .
There was no Robbie show this past Monday, which meant I somehow got away with not coming to the Hideout once in a solid week. Left me feeling a little disjointed (and a bit too broke), which means I’ll be particularly enjoying the Robbie Fulks set — this week themed “I ♥ Liz Phair” — and […]
"We may be 75% water, but we're 100% certain that WET is best. . ."
I’ve been sick and grumpy and knee-deep in too-much-to-do, and January turning into February hasn’t exactly helped matters. So leaning on the bar and listening to esteemed writers battling it out at Write Club this past Friday was a bit of a treat. I can’t do justice to the arguments for Wet vs. Dry, Shut vs. […]
Psych me up, Hideout
My perspective on shows is a little funny. Beforehand, I rarely pay attention to who the bands will be or what theme, if any, had brought them together. And since I spend most of the night surveying the crowd for empty glasses and thirsty patrons, I rarely watch the show. I listen and absorb, filtering all […]
Welcome to the Void: Chicago Psych Fest 2
Welcome to the Void: The Chicago Psych Fest 2 happens at the Hideout this Friday, January 21st, and Saturday, January 22nd, and CHIRPRadio DJ Alli Klein sat down with Andrew Kettering, the local musician who curates the Psych Fest to talk about what the two-year-old CHIRP-sponsored festival is all about, the growing psychedelic scene in […]
From the archive: Phantom Planet ‘California’ video shot at H/O…
OK, so the much cooler Kids These Days video reminded me — or, rather, reminded Tim Tuten, who reminded me, about this video, also shot at the Hideout. And oh, I remember this night. Clearly. I was working, and there was a show, I don’t remember who, and then we heard that the band opening […]
Kids These Days, ‘Darling’ music video shot at H/O
Kids These Days shot a music video for their song “Darling” at the Hideout on New Year’s Day. That’s right, we multitask. And yes, that’s ginger ale in that young man’s hand. And yes, that’s the very handsome Pierce (H/O sound guy) cameo-ing as a bartender. (Don’t get too comfortable back there Pierce … or […]
