This week’s band: Honeyglass |
I've been wanting to feature Honeyglass since I first heard them back in October. CJ's voice is compelling in a way that's reminiscent of Amy Lee from Evanescence and the band not only accompanies her...
Posted by TheLocalTourist.com on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:28:00 PST |
This weeks band: Heavy The Fall |
With a name like "Heavy The Fall" you'd expect a hard rocking sound, and that's exactly what you'll get. So hard, in fact, the drummer from Anthrax wanted to be a part of it. Not only did Charlie Bena...
Posted by TheLocalTourist.com on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:52:00 PST |
Free Museums & Fun Fests, Chicago Events 6/19 - 22 |
"We struck the home trail now, and in a few hours were in that astonishing Chicagoa city where they are always rubbing a lamp, and fetching up the genii, and contriving and achieving new impossibilit...
Posted by TheLocalTourist.com on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:24:00 PST |
This week’s band: Inspector Owl |
If The Killers and Talking Heads had a love child and Kill Hannah babysat, it would sound like Inspector Owl. This group of five uses programming and synth with violin, trumpet, guitar, bass and drums...
Posted by TheLocalTourist.com on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:52:00 PST |
Chicago Chefs Rock, Fathers Day, Events 6/12 - 15 |
"I warn you, Jedediah, you're not going to like it in Chicago. The wind comes howling in off the lake and gosh only knows if they ever heard of lobster Newburg." Orson Welles as Citizen KaneIf Citize...
Posted by TheLocalTourist.com on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:16:00 PST |
Chicago Trivia: On That Note... |
This week the legendary Jazz Showcase is reopening, this time in Printers Row at Dearborn Station. When did Joe Segal first open the renowned club? Email your answer to [email protected] by m...
Posted by TheLocalTourist.com on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:46:00 PST |
This week’s band: Tom Fuller Band |
From the band: "Chicago-based pop music rocker Tom Fuller may be an Abstract Man, but that doesn't mean he's hard to understand. In fact, that precarious balance of the accessible and the esoteric is ...
Posted by TheLocalTourist.com on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:20:00 PST |
Blues and Books; Chicago Events June 5 - 8 |
"Could anything be more indicative of a slight but general insanity than the aspect of the crowd on the streets of Chicago?" Charles Horton Cooley "Human Nature and the Social Order," 1902Of all the ...
Posted by TheLocalTourist.com on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:29:00 PST |
Promoter’s Ordinance Update |
Just a quick update - I've got an email in with Alderman Schulter's aide to find out when they'll be holding public hearings and when the ordinance is scheduled to go back to committee and I'm awaitin...
Posted by TheLocalTourist.com on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:31:00 PST |
This week’s band: Eli Jones |
From the band: "Eli Jones's sound is largely based around the powerful vocals of frontwoman Stefanie Berecz, who is backed up by seven of the Northside's most soulful musicians. The end result is top-...
Posted by TheLocalTourist.com on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:29:00 PST |
