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If day one’s running theme was rain, day two was here comes the sun.

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If you’re a fan of The Hideout’s annual end-of-summer blowout block party, then the following news might leave you with mixed emotions.

This year’s block party will be devoted entirely to the 15th Anniversary of Chicago’s Bloodshot Records and is titled the Bloodshot Beer-B-Q. The good news is that the event will still take place outside the music club on West Wabansia starting at noon on Sept. 12.

The lineup from Jim DeRo’s Sun-Times blog is as follows:

Alejandro Escovedo, the Waco Brothers with Rico Bell, Bobby Bare Jr., Deadstring Brothers, the reunited Blacks, the Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, Scott H. Biram and a reunion by Moonshine Willy, playing one show only after a decade-long break.

According to bloodshotrecords.com, a $10 donation is required for admission and will benefit Rock For Kids and 826 Chicago. The event is also ALL AGES. For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.

I know what you’re thinking. “Uh, wasn’t PItchfork like a week ago?” Why, yes. Yes, it was. Better late than never, I suppose.

We went ahead and posted a review of the main event, The Flaming Lips, which you can read here. But now we’ve compiled a number of contributor reviews for a better overall look at last weekend’s highlight performances, which you can read after the jump…

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