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, […]
The Interview Show videos
Mark Bazer hosts “The Interview Show” here at the Hideout (almost) every first Friday evening of the month, and he’s always got great guests. Be here for the next episode of The Interview Show on Friday, February 4th, with musician Archer Prewitt, fashion blogger Tavi Gevinson, local foods entrepreneur Cleetus Friedman, gospel/jazz group Come Sunday, and author Bethany […]
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 […]
Tiny Cover Band on Giant System
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/17994023[/vimeo] One Sunday (12/19) a bit before Christmas, Tiny Cover Band played great front room sets full of new-wave faves as part of One Degree Off’s shadow puppet double feature of “Jabberwocky” and “Revontulet.” The next day, they released a video covering Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is You on Kyle Obriot’s Giant System. […]
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 […]
A cocktails-eye view of "Shame That Tune"
This past Friday, I worked one of my favorite early shows, Shame That Tune, a monthly “game show” in which contestants tell an embarrassing story from their past and are interviewed by the very funny Brian Costello, after which the ridiculously talented Abraham Levitan whips up a song about the shameful details on the spot, on […]
Artsy Friday
Two great-looking art exhibits open this Friday, January 14: Over on Superior and Ashland, Living Room Realty hosts the visual portion of 10 x 10: A collaboration between Chicago bands and printmakers, a collaboration between Homeroom and Spudnik Press. Ten artists were asked to chose a local band or musician; the musicians each recorded a song […]
Amazing Bobby Conn video = blast from past
The notoriously slippery Bobby Conn is opening for the amazing Arts of Life band on March 10 at The Hideout, which inspired me to look for Bobby Conn You Tube videos…. and boy, was that a good idea. This video is amazing. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm9dzLxLvxc[/youtube] Arts of Life band Bobby Conn Thu, March 10, 2011 9:00 pm […]
