The Pelican’s Perch

 
Torr just sent me the news that Glen and Marketa are heading on a brief live tour to support their movie Once, aka my favorite movie this year.  I’ll spare you the praise I’ve given the movie and it’s soundtrack time and time again here, and just tell you that if you’re in on of [...]

Robbers On High Street had a huge hurdle to overcome with Grand Animal, their latest release.  On their debut Tree City, they sounded like Spoon clones.  Singer Ben Troken sounded like Britt Daniel in every way, and the straight forward guitar sound was vintage Spoon.  They caught a lot of flack from the press and [...]

The Hourly Radio sort of came out of nowhere lately. Their sound usually isn’t exactly my cup of tea. The downstroke heavy guitar, and straight-forward bass, drums, lead guitar accompaniment. But the more I listened to songs like “Crime Does Pay”, “Deaf Ears”, and even the slower numbers like “First Love [...]

Since Chicago is home to an absurd amount of festivals during the summer, i don’t feel too bad about missing SXSW (which isn’t true. I wish I could be there). But my favorite from last year, the Pitchfork Music Festival, has recently announced a portion of its lineup:
Friday, July 13
-Pitchfork Music Festival & All Tomorrow’s [...]

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Here’s a big thank you to Matt over at You Ain’t No Picasso for posting Of Montreal tour dates just in time for me to realize they’re coming to Remington’s downtown tomorrow.  Heck yeah.  That’s what I call a good random stroke of luck.  I would’ve hated missing that show not knowing they were even [...]