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Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
So The Police added a second show at Wrigley? Snore. There's only one 80s act we want to see reform-...
March 29, 2007 2:13 PM

Mellow out there!
Rejoice, Chicago! New York no longer considers us a flyover city. At least, that's the late-to-the-p...
March 29, 2007 5:16 PM

Ticket alert!
To the surprise of no one, tickets for The Police's show July 6 at Wrigley Field were snapped up thi...
April 02, 2007 1:50 PM

Don't 'Palooza out
Early-bird tickets are on sale now for Lollapalooza (Aug. 3-5) for the low-low price of $165. Snicke...
April 03, 2007 10:35 AM

No. Freaking. Way.
OK, this isn't really Chicago-related news, but we couldn't resist posting it. We already knew Roll...
April 03, 2007 3:42 PM

Intonation deflation
Bad news, indie fans. Chicago Tribune's Gret Kot reports on his blog that the Intonation Music Festi...
April 06, 2007 11:30 AM

Sound off!
They rocked, you voted! Metromix readers clicked away, registering nearly 64,000 online votes and te...
April 09, 2007 11:09 AM

Lollapalooza lineup
The wait is over! The Lollapalooza lineup has been announced. (Click here to read the entire lineup....
April 11, 2007 5:24 PM

Orchestral maneuvers in the park
Didn't have $26 to see the Decemberists at Riviera? Well, problem solved! Metro announced today tha...
April 19, 2007 5:11 PM

Review: Amy Winehouse/Patrick Wolf at the Vic
We like Amy Winehouse's latest album, "Back to Black," and we're not the only ones: There'...
May 04, 2007 11:46 AM

How do you say "Funky Cold Medina" in Spanish?
Well, you may get to find out this weekend, when rapper Tone Loc--clearly the king of Mexican pop mu...
May 04, 2007 5:21 PM

Guns vs. Revolver
No tickets to tonight's sold out Velvet Revolver show at Riviera? Well, there are still plenty of ot...
May 10, 2007 11:01 AM

Saddle up!
If you still haven't seen The Ponys play tunes from their new album, "Turn the Lights Out,"...
May 11, 2007 3:00 PM

Hey, you poor metalheads
Are you ready to rock? You're not? OK, well how about now: this year's Ozzfest, featuring Ozzy Osbou...
May 11, 2007 3:49 PM

Review: Damien Rice/Sugar and Brown's
Before catching Damien Rice's utterly haunting, sold out show at the Civic Opera House, we stopped ...
May 15, 2007 1:05 PM

A Smiths reunion (of sorts)
See half of the original Smiths tonight in Chicago!Yes, both Morrissey and Andy Rourke are in town....
May 15, 2007 3:58 PM

No longer a Virgin...
Not convinced that online music sales are impacting retail outlets? Well, try this on for size. As r...
May 21, 2007 10:48 AM

Not so Hot
Bad news, culture hounds: Beloved South Loop performance space HotHouse is closing--temporarily. At ...
June 26, 2007 10:01 AM

Sorry, stragglers!
You took your sweet time snagging tickets to this year's Pitchfork Music Festival, and, well, you're...
June 28, 2007 4:41 PM

Pitchfork: Day 1
First, a confession: I'm not terribly well acquainted with"Spiderland," "Liquid Swords" or "Daydrea...
July 14, 2007 12:57 AM

Pitchfork: Day 2
After nine hours of live music, brevity is of the essence.So here are some semi-rhetorical questions...
July 14, 2007 10:32 PM

Pitchfork: Day 3
Now that day three of the exhausting and generallydisappointing Pitchfork Music Fest is in the books...
July 15, 2007 10:28 PM

Wilco at Millennium Park?!
Renowned Chicagoans Wilco will be stopping home for a show this summer, and they couldn't have picke...
July 24, 2007 10:51 AM

Wilco: Sold out
Not that we're surprised, but tickets for Wilco's Sept. 12 show at Millennium Park's Jay Pritzker Pa...
July 30, 2007 2:25 PM

Amy Winehouse show? No, no no.
Tickets or no tickets, you won't be seeing the buzzworthy British soul singer this time around. Wi...
August 21, 2007 6:12 PM

Another cancellation?
If ticketholders weren't already upset by the cancellation of Amy Winehouse's upcoming show in Chi...
September 13, 2007 11:07 AM

Morrissey has left the building
[[media="1536891";alt="Morrissey"]] What's the best thing about attending...
October 22, 2007 9:11 AM

Guster goes green
Hey, just because a guy writes a song with a silly name like "Fa Fa" doesn't mean he's n...
October 23, 2007 2:55 PM

Theme party
If you're going to have a concert called "Movies Rock," shouldn't it feature more rockin...
October 24, 2007 12:05 PM

Bitch in!
It’s getting cold. The CTA is slow. The Bears stink. Bet you have a lot to complain about, h...
October 30, 2007 2:11 PM

Magnetic Fields tix
Act now: Moody indie pop band The Magnetic Fields is playing six just-announced shows at Old Town Sc...
November 05, 2007 8:58 AM

Things we never knew about Mike Doughty
During his 140-minute, sold out "Question Jar" show at Schubas Thursday, singer-songwrit...
November 09, 2007 10:20 AM

Was 'Rehab' on the setlist?
Feel like it's been a while since you've heard sad news about Amy Winehouse? (Translation: four da...
November 15, 2007 1:29 PM

Maybe you should hide the champagne...
Yep, it's true. When this year's Grammy nominations were announced this morning, Amy Winehouse fin...
December 06, 2007 11:46 AM

Guitar Hero: Tweedy
[[media="1606264";alt="Tweedy"]] Buddy Guy and Muddy Waters have one. So...
December 18, 2007 3:47 PM

Celebrity news recap
Back at work post-Christmas break and a few days behind on your celebrity tidbits? Here are a few th...
December 26, 2007 12:59 PM

The latest kinda-creepy baby news
Where do babies come from? Janet Jackson songs, apparently. People reports that the 41-year-old...
January 02, 2008 2:07 PM

Screech and desist
Have you ever been at a low-key concert, standing in a packed crowd as everyone listened in silenc...
January 21, 2008 1:21 PM

This is not a dream: R.E.M's coming to town
Winter may be the most appropriate time to play moody stuff like "Everybody Hurts," but ...
January 28, 2008 11:31 AM

Road trip!
The Bonnaroo music fest in Tennessee sure will rock this year, as this morning concert organizers ...
February 06, 2008 8:28 AM

Concert review: Yeasayer rocks, MGMT, well, doesn't
[[media="1707226";alt="yeasayer"]]  "I thought this was the la...
February 11, 2008 9:01 AM

Power to the cat
[[media="1707635";alt="Chan Marshall"]]   Cat Power (a...
February 11, 2008 10:56 AM

New concert venue coming
As reported by the Tribune, an outdoor amphitheater is scheduled to open by Memorial Day 2009 in Hof...
February 20, 2008 11:09 AM

Precious metal
[[media="1749336";alt="Bang Camero"]] I never thought I'd be disappointe...
March 03, 2008 11:44 AM

Lolla update Radiohead/Nine Inch Nails
It was a big day for Lolla lovers, and the festival's nearly five months away. That's because the ...
March 07, 2008 1:50 PM

Pitchfork Festival announced
This just in: This year's Pitchfork Music Festival will take place July 18-20 in Union Park, with ...
March 11, 2008 9:41 AM

Meet The Hush Sound
Tickets are sold out for Chicago pop quartet The Hush Sound's show tonight at Beat Kitchen, but yo...
March 18, 2008 10:29 AM

Justice for fans?
[[media="1780069";alt="justice"]]  Debonair Social Club's so-called...
March 19, 2008 1:53 PM

HotHouse reopening in the Viaduct
The wait is over. On hiatus since moving out of its South Loop space in July 2007, the world music...
March 21, 2008 2:26 PM

Lolla tickets tomorrow!
Right now only two bands are confirmed--Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails--but starting at 10 a.m. tom...
March 24, 2008 12:59 PM

Random tie-in!
 [[media="1790883";alt="axl"]]  Clearly, the reason...
March 26, 2008 8:16 AM

Death Cab coming to Millennium Park
Still talking about last summer's performance by The Decemberists in the Jay Pritzker Pavilion? We...
March 31, 2008 3:18 PM

Loving the Lolla lineup
Yes, Lollapalooza tickets are pretty pricey this year ($190 now, with prices rising to $205). But ...
April 07, 2008 9:05 AM

Andrew Bird in Millennium Park
If you were excited to see Death Cab for Cutie in Millennium Park for only $10, get this. Chica...
April 18, 2008 10:13 AM

Free Moby show
Need something to do Tuesday night? How about a free DJ set with Moby at Smart Bar? The secret MyS...
April 21, 2008 1:33 PM

Sneak preview: Madonna's "Hard Candy"
Can't wait until April 29 to buy Madonna's new album "Hard Candy" in stores? Head to Minib...
April 23, 2008 8:34 AM

Pitchfork lineup complete
In case you weren't psyched enough to see Spoon, Animal Collective, Public Enemy and lots more at ...
April 25, 2008 2:18 PM

Sly and the Family Stone cancelled
This just in: Saturday night's show at the Vic with Sly and the Family Stone, the group's first Ch...
April 30, 2008 11:29 AM

Concert review: The Nightwatchman's Justice Tour
Have you heard the one about Sen Dog -- the Cypress Hill rapper who isn't B-Real -- rockin' a cove...
May 02, 2008 8:22 AM

Free Nine Inch Nails album!
Hey, who pays for music these days anyway? That's why you can forget the last Nine Inch Nails' rec...
May 05, 2008 7:43 AM

Weekend concert pick: Russian Circles
Who needs lyrics? Not Chicago rockers Russian Circles, that's for sure. This week the instrumental...
May 08, 2008 2:37 PM

Now hear this...
Last week we updated you on the well-intentioned but terribly misguided proposed ordinance that wo...
May 13, 2008 10:57 AM

Weekend concert picks: Head of Femur, Butterfly Assassins
Need something to brighten up the weekend forecast of clouds? Check out Chicagoans Head of Femur&n...
May 15, 2008 8:17 AM

Second chance for Death Cab tickets
Not surprisingly, tickets for Death Cab for Cutie's June 3 show at Millennium Park's Jay Pritzker ...
May 15, 2008 12:03 PM

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