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Photos by: Katie Kuropas – Day two of the 2015 Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, IL last night featured performances by reformed indie rock trip Sleater Kinney, who released their eighth album, No Cities to Love, on January 20th, 2015 via Sub Pop, which was produced by John Goodmanson (Death Cab For Cutie, Soundgarden, Wu-Tang Clan), Baltimore-based synthpop … Continue reading
Photos by: Katie Kuropas – Day one of the 2015 Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, IL last night featured performances by hometown alt-rock band Wilco, who released their ninth album, Star Wars, on July 16th, 2015 in the form of a free download at wilcoworld.net, Scottish electronic band CHVRCHES, who released their debut album, The Bones of What You … Continue reading
Photos by: Katie Kuropas – Grammy Award-winning (Best Rock Performance – “Radioactive”) Las Vegas-based alternative rock quartet Imagine Dragons, who released second album, Smoke + Mirrors, on February 17th, 2015 via Interscope, which follows up their platinum-selling debut album, Night Visions, performed at the Allstate Arena in Chicago last night during their “Smoke + Mirrors Tour”.
Photos by: Katie Kuropas – UK hard rock duo Royal Blood, who released their self-titled debut album on August 22nd, 2014 via Warner Bros., which spawned the singles “Out of the Black”, “Little Monster”, “Come On Over”, “Figure It Out”, and “Ten Tonne Skeleton”, and who are confirmed to support Foo Fighters on select North American Dates in July and August, … Continue reading
Photos by: Joshua Mellin (@extinctionblues) – Acclaimed Toronto-based rapper Drake, who released his fourth album, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, on February 13th, 2015 via Cash Money, performed at the United Center in Chicago on May 29th as part of his ongoing “Jungle Tour”.
Photos by: Joshua Mellin (@extinctionblues) – Acclaimed comedian Hannibal Buress, who signed a deal with Comedy Central, which debuted his second one hour special “Live in Chicago” in March 2014, and who also serves as a series regular on Comedy Central’s Broad City, helmed by executive producer Amy Poehler, performed a sold-out show at The Chicago Theatre last night, … Continue reading
Photos by: Victoria Sanders – Boston-based synthrock band Magic Man, second album and major label debut, Before the Waves, on July 8th, 2014 via Columbia Records, which was produced by Alex Aldi (Passion Pit, Holy Ghost!, Down With Webster), performed at Lincoln Hall in Chicago on March 20th with Brooklyn-based electronic band Great Good Fine Okay, and … Continue reading
Photos by: Joshua Mellin (@extinctionblues) – Chicago-based rock band Tweedy, which includes Jeff Tweedy of Grammy-winning alt-rock band Wilco, and his son Spencer, who released their debut album, Sukierae, on September 23rd, 2014 via dBpm Records, which features additional vocals by Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig of the band Lucius, performed at The Vic Theatre in Chicago last … Continue reading
Photos by: Joshua Mellin (@extinctionblues) – San Francisco-based indie rock band The Dodos, who released their sixth album, Individ, on January 27th, 2015 via Polyvinyl Records, which features vocals from Brigid Dawson of Thee Oh Sees, performed at Lincoln Hall in Chicago last night with psychedelic pop band Springtime Carnivore, who released their self-titled debut album on October … Continue reading
Photos by: Joshua Mellin (@extinctionblues) – Chicago-based garage rock band Twin Peaks, who lifted their name from the early-’90s cult series of the same name, and who released their second album, Wild Onion, on August 5th, 2014 via Grand Jury Music, performed a hometown show at Metro Chicago last night.
