Chicago no-fi artist Willis Earl Beal is having a good week. His debut, Acousmatic Sourcery dropped yesterday, and he’s set to play Chicago’s House Of Blues this Saturday with SBTRKT -- a big step up from being relatively unknown 18 months ago. And now he’s dropped a new video for his soft-spoken, delicately played ballad, “Monotony.” The video features a man (who I’m not quite certain is Beal as the cars are definitely from the early to mid-1990′s which would put Beal’s age around 14-18. And this man appears older, but who knows.) handing out papers on a downtown Chicago street corner to a mostly disinterested public. Watch it out below:
Over the past few years, Lollapalooza has amped up their post-festival shows in some of the city’s most popular clubs, and this year is no different.
Chicago’s largest festival unleashed their aftershow lineup this morning, which for some is even more important than the festival lineup. Here’s the rundown of who you can catch around town this August 5 – 8.
It’s that time again, we’ve looked ahead and started filling in our calendars with all of the awesome upcoming shows headed to Chicago in the next few months. Being the good guys and gals that we are, we’re sharing our favorites with you, all of which will surely be not-to-miss performances of artists from around the globe that includes an impressive line-up of local acts. Check out below what we think are the hot Winter/Early Spring concerts, local acts are BOLD for easy access, and let us know in the comments what we may have missed.
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Democratic Cheryle Jackson, who’s running for U.S. Senate, has tapped Lupe Fiasco to perform at a fundraiser for the candidate Thursday, January 28 at the Shrine Chicago.
Jennifer Hudson will join Usher Celine Dion, Carrie Underwood, and Smokey Robinson as part of a 3-D tribute to the late Michael Jackson at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, January 31.
Over the past few years, 
