The Hideout: Still one of the Best Bars in America
I think we’ve been on this list for several years running, but the Hideout once again gets the nod from Esquire in its annual roundup of the Best Bars in America. Also making the local cut: the Matchbox, the Violet Hour, the California Clipper, Sheffield’s, Delilah’s, Longman & Eagle, and the Chipp Inn (aka “the Hideout’s […]
Street Home Chicago
The Street Home Chicago show slated for March 3 has been moved to the House of Blues — but you should still go check it out! This is a groundbreaking showcase for some of Chicago’s best street musicians to perform together, and in a club no less. Deanna Isaacs featured the folks behind this concert […]
Press roundup 2/23
Hey! Yeah! Tonight: Both Time Out and the Reader flag the Immediate Sound Series appearance by Amsterdam’s Available Jelly for special note (ya gotta scroll down to “Sunday” … argh). Says Peter Margasak: “On Available Jelly’s latest album, Bilbao Song … all of the group’s virtues are on full display—Ellingtonian reeds, Mingus-like brass, strong original tunes, […]
Press roundup 2/18
Little bit slow on the press recaps this week — sorry! Looking back, here’s Robert Loertzel on last Friday’s packed show by the Singleman Affair. And, looking forward, here’s a Gapers Block review of the latest from Save the Clocktower — complete with free download. The band celebrates the release of its second album, Carousel, next […]
MAVIS!
The indominable, incomparable Mavis Staples took home her first-ever Grammy Award on Sunday night, when You Are Not Alone won the title of Best Americana Album. That album, produced by Jeff Tweedy, is an amazing, soul-stirring collection. So we hope we will be forgiven if we admit to a preference for the album that preceded […]
Press roundup 2/11
Chicago critics get cozy with the Singleman Affair in anticipation of the band’s record release party tonight (Friday) at our little love shack. Time Out Chicago gives the show a critic’s pick. Robert Loertzel talks to Daniel Schneider on WBEZ.
Press roundup 2/8
Ooh, the weekend has brought another wagonload of delicious links for your midweek reading pleasure. Both the ChicagoNow blog Collecting Chicago and fashion blog edropoff recapped tween fashion sensation Tavi Gevinson’s appearance at Friday’s Interview Show. Collecting Chicago blogger Ximena also digressed to recap her her first visit to the Hideout itself (Note to Ximena: […]
Press roundup 2/9
The rest of Chicago may still be digging out from the snow — but I’m trying to dig out from under the avalanche of press about all the great stuff happening this week at the Hideout. Check it: Tonight (Friday) The Interview Show welcomes “Style Rookie” Tavi Gevinson, along with the always suave Archer Prewitt, local […]
Press roundup, 1/28
A random basket of press links this week: Steve Dawson gets the preview treatment from Time Out Chicago. The first 50 guests at tonight’s show get a free recording of last year’s boozy birthday gig at our favorite northside digs, Simon’s Tavern. Joan of Arc are not playing Owls songs at the Hideout next month. Trombonist, […]
Soup & Bread in the New York Times
Jessica Reaves from the Chicago News Cooperative came to Soup & Bread on Wednesday, January 19, and penned a lovely piece that ran the next day on the CNC’s website — and on Friday in the New York Times. Gah! We were very excited to see not just S&B but Robin Linn’s English Onion Soup, […]
