Football
VIDEO: watch the Ohio State Marching Band pay tribute to classic video games at Halftime (Mario, Zelda, Pac-Man, Pokemon & more)
You don’t need to be a sports fan, or even a video game fan, to agree that what this marching band can do is pretty amazing. Watch the clip from Saturday’s Ohio/Nebraska halftime show, below…
OBN IIIs and Royal Headache on tour this summer, crossing paths at Burlington (dates)
OBN IIIs at Emo’s (more by Tim Griffin )
As discussed on BV, OBN IIIs are “popping their tour cherry” (their words not mine) with a set of dates in the Northeast/Midwest in May/June…
the return of MIA ('new' song, video, Madonna, the Superbowl)
As M.I.A.‘s Universal Records labelmate Lana Del Rey knows now too, a shitstorm of bad press and reviews can be a painful sting. M.I.A. went from much-loved to much-hated almost overnight after the release of her last album…
see Football @ the Bottle on Super Bowl Sunday...
“We are the halftime show at the Empty Bottle Superbowl party next Sunday. There may be a special guest or two. p.s. Madonna was and always will be a whore…
Mannequin Men to release new LP, playing Empty Bottle tonight w/ Football, Outer Minds, & Coffin Pricks
LP
Chicago garage rockers Mannequin Men are set to release their new self-titled LP on November 8th via Addenda Records. You can stream clips of each song on the 12-track album over at their site…
What's going on Sunday?
today in Chicago
* Wicker Park Fest (Day 2)
* Bon Iver, The Rosebuds @ Chicago Theatre
* Three Oh Sees, Football @ IL Centennial Monument (Free Show w/ RSVP)
* The Dear Hunter, Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground, O’Brother, The Felix Culpa @ Lincoln Hall
What else…
Weekend Show Roundup (7/22 - 7/24)
FRIDAY
Wild Flag, Mickey, and Radar Eyes are playing Subterranean.
Sia, Oh Land, and Ximena Sarinana are playing Metro.
Sonny & The Sunsets, The Sandwitches, and Michael Lux & The Bad Sons are playing the Empty Bottle…
What's going on Sunday?
Nancy Wang @ LCD Soundsystem’s “last show ever” – MSG (more by Dominick Mastrangelo)
today in Chicago
* Nomi Ruiz (DJ Set) @ Berlin
* The Marked Men, Football, Head of Skulls…
Weekend Show Roundup (5/27 - 5/29)
FRIDAY
Coliseum, Sweet Cobra, The Swan King, and Hunters can be found over at Beat Kitchen.
Damon & Naomi, Amor de Dias, and Good Night & Good Morning will play Lincoln Hall…
music & commercials of Super Bowl XLV (Eminem, Jon Spencer, Ozzy, Bieber, Bowie, RAC, Kenny G & more)
Super Bowl XLV (45): Dallas Cowboys vs…oh wait….The Green Bay Packers vs the Pittsburgh Steelers in Dallas’ brand new, state of the art, big ass stadium…