Category: Live music

Levitation Chicago artist spotlight: Vadaat Charigim

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This Israeli shoegaze trio hails from Tel Aviv and only sings in Hebrew.  Don’t understand Hebrew?  Neither do I, but like me you won’t care because good music is good in any language.  Vadaat Charigim (“Exceptions Committee” – Yuval Haring – guitar and vocals, Yuval Guttman – drums, Dan Fabian Bloch – bass) play finely crafted shoegaze that borders on dream-rock.  Their stuff reminds me of early albums from A Flock of Seagulls – lots of reverb on the vocals, spacey guitar, trippy synths, and drums that sometimes hit heavy and sometimes almost seem to disappear.

I missed them at Levitation Austin last year, but they’re playing Thursday March 10th at Levitation Chicago.  I look forward to the set.

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Lollapalooza tickets on sale March 22nd.

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Lollapalooza is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year in Chicago’s Grant Park.  Tickets for the four-day (It’s usually just three.) festival go on sale March 22, 2016 at 10am.  It will sell out.  It always does and well before the line-up is announced.  Ticket prices are sure to be higher than ever with an additional day added.

The festival dates are July 28-31st, and if tradition continues that will be the hottest weekend of the summer in Chicago.  Bring your water and sunscreen.

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Heartless Bastards now on tour.

Heartless Bastards' fifth album, Restless Ones, comes out June 16.

Blues / Americana roots rockers Heartless Bastards are now tour promoting their upcoming album Restless Ones (which comes out in June).  They’re a great band with one of the best lead vocalists around nowadays.  They have a large number of dates across the country this spring, so don’t miss a chance to see them (full list of dates on their website).

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John Carpenter to begin U.S. tour this June.

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Director and composer John Carpenter will be performing music from his many excellent film scores and his great album Lost Themes throughout the United States beginning June 14th in Seattle, Washington.  This is a rare opportunity to see Mr. Carpenter perform his music, as he only has eleven tour dates scheduled over the summer.  Tickets start at $45 at some venues, and most are offering good (albeit pricey) VIP packages that include meet-and-greet events and special merchandise.

This is perhaps a once-in-a-lifetime event, so don’t miss it.  I have my tickets for his Detroit show in July.  I didn’t opt for a VIP package since I’ve met Mr. Carpenter before, but I do hope to score one of the limited tour posters there.

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Levitation Vancouver 2016 line-up announced.

The line-up for Levitation Vancouver has been revealed, and it’s another good one.

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Thee Oh Sees, Allah-Las, Com Truise, and Night Beats would all be high on my list there.  I need to research a lot of these bands.  One of my favorite things about the Levitation festivals is that they get bands from around the globe.  I love discovering bands from Australia, South America, and Europe that I might never hear otherwise.

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Big Ears Festival announces line-up.

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Knoxville, Tennessee’s Big Ears Festival has announced its line-up for 2016.  The festival is one of the best world music festivals around and brings in a great variety of acts.

Where else are you going to find Laurie Anderson headlining on Sunday, Yo La Tengo playing two sets, Tuareg guitarist Bombino, German psych-rockers Faust, and doom rockers Sunn O))) playing in the same festival (apart from a Levitation show)?

They also have independent films from all over the world scheduled the whole weekend, and tickets for the festival are cheap – $135 (plus fees) for the whole weekend.  That’s a steal for this much musical talent from around the globe.

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White Denim now on tour promoting “Stiff.”

Austin, Texas’ White Denim, highly regarded as one of the best live acts out there, has started their spring tour to promote their upcoming album Stiff (due out March 25th).  They just rocked the BBC 6 Music Festival, and now they’re back in the United States.  You can find all the official tour dates here.

Here’s the new single, “Ha Ha Ha Ha (Yeah)” from Stiff.  I look forward to hearing the whole record.

 

Elephant Stone announce March tour dates and release new single.

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Psych rockers (and a favorite band of my wife) Elephant Stone have released a new single, “Where I’m Going,” from their upcoming album Ship of Fools.  As my wife put it, “I was hooked in the first five seconds.”  The band has mixed a bit of electro into their raga-influenced psych-rock, and it works very well.

They’ve also announced March tour dates.  Catch them if you can.

03/10 – Toronto, ON @ Sneaky Dees w/ Champion Lover and Bad Girls TICKETS
03/11 – Indianapolis, IN @ Joyful Noise w/ Vaadat Charigim TICKETS
03/12 – Little Rock, AR @ Vino’s Brew Pub TICKETS
03/14 to 03/17 – Austin, TX for SXSW TICKETS
03/18 – Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone w/ R. Ring TICKETS
03/19 – Cincinnati, OH @ MOTR Pub TICKETS
03/20 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right w/ Las Rosas and Fascinator TICKETS
04/14 – Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa w/ The Mad Alcemy Liquid Light Show TICKETS

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Spring Awakening Festival comes to Chicago in 2016.

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The fifth annual Spring Awakening Festival of electronic dance music is coming to Chicago for the first time.  The festival will be held June 10-12 in Chicago’s Jackson Park.  Three-day passes are already on sale for as low as $191.82 (that includes all taxes and fees).

Like many other cool festivals, Spring Awakening offers a layaway option for tickets with a down payment of $47.25 and three payments after that spread out over three months.

This will be the biggest EDM festival in Chicago since the North Coast Fest (usually held in September).  A three-day music festival for under $200.00 is hard to beat.

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