photos by Sara Pieper

Passion Pit @ the House of Blues on 8/02/2012

On Thursday night (8/2) Passion Pit played a Lollapalooza pre-show at the House of Blues with support from Givers and Kishi Bashi. Were you there? How was it?

Last night's gig was one of the few unaffected by a string of recently canceled tour dates, which were pulled in order to give frontman Michael Angelakos time to improve his mental health. The group play Lollapalooza tonight (8/3) at 6PM on the "Bud Light" stage and are scheduled to DJ at Spy Bar on Saturday night.

More pictures from the House of Blues show can be found at BrooklynVegan.

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Lollapalooza 2012 has revealed the full schedule for their 3-day festival, set to take place from August 3-5 in Grant Park. Check it out HERE.

A bunch of official aftershows have also been announced, happening from August 1-5. Here's a number of them (more TBA, including unofficial shows):

August 1
Alabama Shakes, First Aid Kit, Dry The River, Filligar @ Metro
Delta Spirit, FIDLAR @ Lincoln Hall

August 2
Passion Pit, GIVERS, Kishi Bashi @ House of Blues
Kids These Days, Overdoz @ Schubas
Dr. Dog, Kevin Devine, The Dunwells @ Lincoln Hall
Zedd, Gus K, DJ Gordo, DJ Torio @ The Mid

August 3
Bear in Heaven, YAWN @ the Empty Bottle
NERO (DJ Set), Die Antwoord, Anamanaguchi @ Congress Theater
Frank Ocean @ Metro
tUnE-yArDs, Washed Out @ House of Blues
The Black Angels, Night Beats @ Double Door
The War on Drugs, Milo Greene @ Schubas
Blind Pilot, Kopecky Family Band @ Lincoln Hall
Porter Robinson, Madeon @ The Mid
The Growlers, JEFF the Brotherhood @ Subterranean
Paper Diamond, Minnesota @ Bottom Lounge

August 4
White Rabbits, Dum Dum Girls, Oberhofer @ Cubby Bear
Doomtree, Naledge of Kidz In The Hall @ the Empty Bottle
Zeds Dead, Big Gigantic, Midnight Conspiracy, Big Chocolate @ Congress Theater
The Afghan Whigs @ Metro
Of Monsters & Men, Yellow Ostrich @ House of Blues
Trampled By Turtles, The Devil Makes Three @ Double Door
Childish Gambino @ the Vic
The Temper Trap, Poliça @ Park West
Gary Clark Jr., LP @ Schubas
Twin Shadow @ Lincoln Hall
Calvin Harris, Nathan Scott @ The Mid
The Big Pink @ Subterranean
Bombay Bicycle Club, Hey Rosetta! @ Bottom Lounge

August 5
Chairlift w/ Alt-J @ the Empty Bottle
The Walkmen @ Lincoln Hall

As seen on BrooklynVegan, this year's Lolla lineup includes everthing hinted on the #LOLLA ads, and much more....

Continue reading "Lollapalooza 2012 lineup announced (Black Sabbath, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Shins, Passion Pit, JC Brooks, much more)"

photos by Ben Rodig

On Friday (6/24), Givers toured through Chicago with Pepper Rabbit, and 1,2,3 playing a sold out show at Schubas. The band has drummed up loads of support throughout their recent tour with Pepper Rabbit, which comes to a close on June 28th in Little Rock, AR.

As mentioned, Pepper Rabbit's new LP, Red Velvet Snow Ball hits stores on August 9th via Kanine Records. Starting in September, they'll support their label mates; Braids on a fairly massive national tour. The two groups will hit Chicago on September 13th to play the Empty Bottle.

A few days before taking the stage at Schubas; 1,2,3 made a stop at Daytrotter in Rock Island, IL to record a session. You can stream/download it here.

A set of pictures from Friday night at Schubas continues below..

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Junior Boys

today in Chicago
* Taste of Chicago
* Geoff Farina @ The Whistler
* Junior Boys, Miracle Fortress @ Metro
* Givers, Pepper Rabbit, 1,2,3 @ Schubas
* White Mystery, BBU, Vamos @ Viaduct Theatre
* Avicii, Yolanda Be Cool, Moguai @ Congress Theater
* Chaperone, Whisker Music, The Ragtones, Natalie Grace Alford @ Beat Kitchen
* Black Jet Radio, Curio, Radical Dads, Brain Vacation, Future Passion @ Memories

The Antlers played "Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out" on Leno last night.
Check out the footage below.

What else?

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FRIDAY
Green Music Fest kicks off in Wicker Park, and lasts through Sunday.

Junior Boys, and Miracle Fortress are playing Metro.

Givers, Pepper Rabbit, and 1,2,3 are playing Schubas.

Chicago's own Chaperone will headline Beat Kitchen, with support from Whisker Music, The Ragtones, and Natalie Grace Alford.

White Mystery, BBU, and Vamos are playing the Viaduct Theatre.

Taste of Chicago kicks off this weekend, with various events happening through July 3rd.

Geoff Farina (of Karate) kicks off his Friday residency at The Whistler.

Avicii, Yolanda Be Cool, and Moguai are playing the Congress Theater.

SATURDAY
Les Savy Fav, and Big Science will play Subterranean.

Puro Instinct, John Maus, and Geneva Jacuzzi will play the Empty Bottle.

Matt & Kim, The Thermals, and Autobot will play the Vic.

Burning Love, Gaza, and All Pigs Must Die are playing a Scion A/V presented show at the Double Door. RSVP (21+) for free entry.

The Whistler presents: L'Orchestre Super Vitesse, Rabble Rabble, and Thin Hymns at the IL Centennial Monument in Logan Square. This is a FREE show; no RSVP necessary.

SUNDAY
Califone, and Bloodiest will play a FREE; 4PM show at the IL Centennial Monument in Logan Square. RSVP (All Ages) for entry. Later on, they'll play the Empty Bottle.

Yo La Tengo will play Subterranean.

Matt & Kim will spend a second night at the Vic, this time with The Hood Internet.

The Chicago Pride Fest Parade starts at noon on Halsted Street, and goes from Belmont Ave. to Fullerton Parkway. Berlin will host the official afterparty.

Distractions play a FREE; 5PM in-store at Reckless Records - Wicker Park.

Group Doueh will play the Old Town School of Folk Music.

Dark Star Orchestra will play Park West.

DOWNLOAD: Pepper Rabbit - "Rose Mary Stretch" (MP3)

Braids' Taylor Smith @ Empty Bottle in April (more by Josh Darr)

Braids have just announced a massive fall tour, with their Kanine label mates; Pepper Rabbit. The tour won't officially kick off until September, but the band have dates to carry them through the remainder of the summer. Starting with two performances at NXNE this weekend, they'll travel around their home country of Canada, before heading off to Europe for a short string of dates.

The two groups will play Empty Bottle on September 13th. Tickets are on sale now.

Pepper Rabbit are set to release their sophomore LP, Red Velvet Snow Ball on August 9th via Kanine Records. The album was recorded in the midst of a very busy tour schedule; in two-week spurts by Ryan Hadlock (Blonde Redhead's Misery Is a Butterfly). At the top of this post, you can download the track "Rose Mary Strech" from their forthcoming LP. You can view Red Velvet Snow Ball's track listing, and album art below.

The band are currently on tour with Givers, and will play Schubas on June 24th.
Tickets are still available, and 1,2,3 will open.

Head below to view all 2011 tour dates for both Kanine bands.

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Black Dub

The Cars are playing the Riv on May 18th.
Presale tickets will be available starting Friday at 10AM CST.
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Tickets go on sale to the general public on Saturday at 10AM CST.

Dark Star Orchestra are playing Park West on June 26th.
Tickets go on sale Saturday at 10AM CST.

Black Dub, and Rocco DeLuca are playing Park West on June 10th.
Tickets go on sale Saturday at 10AM CST.

Centro-matic, and Sarah Jaffe are playing Schubas on July 3rd.
Tickets go on sale Friday at noon CST.

GIVERS are playing Schubas on June 24th.
Tickets go on sale Friday at noon CST.