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Jan 24 2015 Grateful Dead Reunite in Attempt to Demonstrate that the Grateful Dead were Actually Pretty Good
We decided we hated the Grateful Dead long before we ever heard the Grateful Dead.
This was for a variety of reasons: (a) our friends’ dads liked the Grateful Dead; (b) the entirely of our teenage years were spent exclusively listening to punk music; (c) the insufferable negative connotations associated with the band (airheaded solipsism, boomer … Continue reading
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Nov 29 2014 Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace at The Double Door
In honor of Laura Jane Grace playing a scaled down show December 30th at nearby rock n’ roll slop house (and venue of our favorite scene from High Fidelity), the Double Door, we’re ranking all of Against Me!’s full length studio albums from great to greatest.
6. White Crosses
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Jun 15 2014 Bob Mould Live at Millennium Park
Here’s Reason #487 Chicago is awesome: they have free concerts with bands people actually want to see.
Lots of cities put on concerts in the park that are free to the public. But usually it’s something like the Dixieland Quartet or the Ragtime Hits Gang. Never anything that you, or anybody you know, would actually want … Continue reading
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Jun 02 2014 Urban Holiday Lofts’ Guide to the 2014 Pitchfork Music Festival
So the 2014 Pitchfork Music Festival set times were just announced. Have a look:
FRIDAY, JULY 18 – gates at 3pm
8:30pm – (Green) Beck
7:20pm – (Red) Giorgio Moroder
7:15pm – (Blue) Avey Tare”s Slasher Flicks
6:25pm – (Green) Sun Kil Moon
6:15pm – (Blue) SZA
5:30pm – (Red) Sharon Van Etten
5:15pm – (Blue) The Haxan Cloak
4:35pm – (Green) Neneh Cherry
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May 15 2014 2014 Chicago Riot Fest Line Up Announced
If our life is like Jim Carrey’s in the Truman Show (as we suspect it is), we feel like this year’s roll out of the Chicago Riot Fest line-up have been TV show producers attempt to kill us off with an involuntary hyper-sentimental jubilation seizure (apologies to our readers with loved ones that have been … Continue reading
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Feb 20 2014 2014 Pitchfork Music Festival Artists We’re Most Excited to See (in order of least to most)
The 2014 Pitchfork Music Festival Chicago line-up was just announced, and unlike all those other uptight Chicago hospitality establishments, we’re not afraid to take off the gloves, throw caution to the wind, and organize the artists into a totally meaningless top-10 list, that is doomed to be buried in a sea of internet lists, that … Continue reading
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Jan 03 2014 Tomorrow Never Knows Fest
Like a bright flashlight shining into the abandoned medical device warehouse you, your best friend, and your stepdad’s dog are trapped in, Tomorrow Never Knows returns to offer a gleam of warm comfort in the dark heart of winter. Tomorrow Never Knows Fest is a loose assembly of acts performing all at once, in … Continue reading
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Sep 14 2013 Chicago goes HAM over soul DJs
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Sep 09 2013 Beethoven Festival 2013
Classic music nerds, your prayers for a legitimate festival that can rival Chicago’s expansive (and expanding) list of other multi-day music festivals have finally been answered in the form of LOVE 2013. Founder, George Lepauw, has created a 9-day leviathan of a spectacle that includes visual art installations, fashion shows, educational opportunities and new-music … Continue reading
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Sep 05 2013 Chicago’s Renegade Craft Fair: Sept. 7&8
The best Etsy has to offer triumphantly spills out onto the pavement of a barricaded Division St. once again this weekend and Urban Holiday Lofts couldn’t possibly be more excited! If you don’t already know what the Renegade Craft Fair is: (a) we pity you; and (2) it’s a curated indie-craft bazaar extravaganza where hundreds … Continue reading
