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Pitchfork Fest 2013 day 3 pics: R. Kelly, El-P, Killer Mike, MIA, Foxygen, Evian Christ, Yo La Tengo, Waxahatchee & more

After entering with a robed choir behind him, R. Kelly starts stringing together his hits, medley style. A verse, a chorus, and then on to the next…

Chicago is killin it: Pixes & more added to Riot Fest; Pitchfork now; Lollapalooza soon

Just as Pitchfork Fest is kicking off (Kim Deal & the Breeders included), fellow Chicago festival Riot Fest, whose lineup was already killer, announces:Pixies, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Suicidal Tendencies, Andrew W…

2013 Seaside Summer Concert Series lineup (free Coney Island shows w/ Cheap Trick, Smokey Robinson, The Go-Go's, more)

Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick @ ‘Sound City’ NYC (more by Dana Yavin) The annual Seaside Summer Concert Series that Brooklyn Borough president Marty Markowitz does in Coney Island (West 21st Street & Surf Avenue) is back this year with free weekly concerts from July 12 to August 21…

David Longstreth, Eleanor Friedberger, Dan Deacon & more coming to Chicago on 'Station to Station' tour

Dan Deacon @ NXNE 2013 (more by David Andrako) As seen on BrooklynVegan, multimedia artist Doug Aitken has unveiled some details for his new project, Station to Station: A Nomadic Happening…

tix on sale: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ronnie Spector, Clutch, Bonobo, David Byrne & St. Vincent, Total Control, Alice Cooper & more

Tickets to see Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Webster Hall go on sale today at noon. Tickets to see David Byrne and St. Vincent at The Wellmont Theatre and The Capitol Theatre go on sale today at noon…

Pitchfork Festival 2013 dates announced (tix on sale)

Pitchfork Fest 2012 (more by James Richards) Pitchfork, who just posted their top albums of 2012, have announced that their music festival will return to Chicago for its eighth year in 2013 from July 19 – 21 in Unio…

Sufjan Stevens brought his Christmas tour to Chicago's Metro (pics, setlist); tickets on sale now for NYC shows

As mentioned, Sufjan Stevens is on his The Surfjohn Stevens Christmas Sing-A-Long Seasonal Affective Disorder Yuletide Disaster Pageant On Ice tour with Sheila Saputo which hits NYC on Friday (12/21) and Saturday (12/22) at Bowery Ballr…

Grimes on tour w/ Elite Gymnastics & Myths, now in NYC for 4 shows (one with a secret guest), played Metro in Chicago (pics)

To quote our photographer Chase Turner, “Grimes played a very sold out show at Metro with openers Myths and Elite Gymnastics. Grimes decorated the stage with children’s dolls (Pikachu, Teletubbie, Totoro) and had dancers with green/blue hair with dark face paint crawling around the stage bizarrely…

On the Road with David Byrne & St. Vincent (part 3)

, new If you’re just joining us, also check out part 1 and part 2. Part 3 begins here… Kelly Pratt @ Pop Montreal (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, Boston, on to NY On this tour, we are exceptionally lucky to be playing some of North America’s most beautiful theaters…

Forbes says Wicker Park is the fourth "hippest hipster" area

Forbes, known for lists like “the 400 richest Americans”, has released a list of “America’s Hippest Hipster Neighborhoods“. Wicker Park got #4 (almost as hip as Williamsburg, Brooklyn which played #3), but Logan Square oddly isn’t in there…
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