Playlist and Podcast for June 25, 2009

Another day, another dollar. You know how it goes. In the case of Indiesomnia, it's another week, another great set of music. This week's podcast can be downloaded here, or played online using the player at the right-hand side of the page. There are (as usual) lots of sweet shows going down in town this week—take a gander at the showlist for some ideas! You can get your daily schedules for the Taste of Chicago here, and that Yearbooks track I mentioned in the show is available, along with a nice little writeup of the band, through the Chicago Rock Music Examiner blog. That's about it for now. Take care, and have a good week!
<3, Susan.

PLAYLIST:
Rufus Wainwright – Instant Pleasure
Kaiser Chiefs – Never Miss A Beat
Sonic Youth – Sacred Trickster
Love – Hey Joe
Clock Hands Strangle – Distaccati
The Appleseed Cast – Fight Song
Johnny Cash – God's Gonna Cut You Down
Cities and Thrones – A Most Dangerous Game
Kid, You'll Move Mountains – Make It Sing
King Khan and the Shrines – 69 Faces of Love
Busted Creek – Buried Alive
Clem Snide – Fill Me With Your Light
The Yearbooks – Season of Love
The Rikters – Take Time
Emiliana Torrini – Sunny Road
The Ponys – Double Vision
Sufjan Stevens – Chicago

UPCOMING SHOWS:
6/25 – Busted Creek @ The Elbo Room
6/25 – Black Horse @ Cobra Lounge
6/26 – The Appleseed Cast @ Subterranean
6/26 – Jay Reatard @ Bottom Lounge
6/26 – Kid, You'll Move Mountains @ Taste of Chicago
6/27 – The Rikters @ Beat Kitchen (Album Release Show)
6/27 – I Think Everything I Say @ Silvie's Lounge
6/27 & 6/28 – Sonic Youth @ Vic Theater
6/29 – Deleted Scenes @ Empty Bottle (FREE!)
7/1 – Finding Fiction @ Abbey Pub

Playlist and Podcast for June 18, 2009

Here it is, another week of Chicago and independent music. The official schedule for Lollapalooza was just released, and you can now buy tickets for individual days (in case you haven't shelled out for a 3-day pass, but still would like to see some of the bands). This week on the Festival Front, be sure to check out the lineups for MOBfest and Taste of Randolph Street. This week's podcast can be downloaded in mp3 format here, and you can also listen in online using the online player on the right-hand side of the page.
Enjoy the show!
<3, Susan.

PLAYLIST:
X – Los Angeles
Belle and Sebastian – Your Cover's Blown
The Dandy Warhols – Bohemian Like You
King Sparrow – The Wreckage
Eagles of Death Metal – Speaking In Tongues
The Assembly – If They Exist
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Shuffle Your Feet
Michele Ari - Pretty
The Lemonheads – Mrs. Robinson
The Handcuffs – Jet Baby
Tom Vek – C-C (You Set The Fire In Me)
Violent Kin – Blue Eyes
Pinback – Fortress
Arlo Guthrie – Coming Into Los Angeles
The Church – Under the Milky Way
The Clash – Rudie Can't Fail

UPCOMING SHOWS:
6/18 – The Assembly @ Darkroom
6/18 – Incredible Shrinking Boy @ Fiesta Cantina
6/18-6/20 – X @ Double Door
6/19 – The Loneliest Monk, Soy Un Caballo, Conductive Alliance @ Schubas
6/19 – The Lost Cartograpers @ Morseland (CD Release Show)
6/19 & 6/20 – The Lemonheads @ Abbey Pub (6/20 w/ The Handcuffs)
6/20 – The Church @ House of Blues
6/22 – King Sparrow @ Schubas
6/22 – The Sea and Cake @ Jay Pritzker Stage (Millennium Park)
6/23 – Violent Kin @ Double Door

Playlist and Podcast for June 11, 2009

And here we are again, another week, another podcast! This week's show can be downloaded in mp3 format here, and you can also have a listen on the webplayer on the right-hand side of the page. This week's playlist and upcoming showlist follow! Enjoy!
<3, Susan.

PLAYLIST:
Amy Winehouse – You Know I'm No Good
Starlight Mints – Eyes of the Night
Human Sexual Response – Jackie Onassis
The Beta Band – Dry The Rain
Incredible Shrinking Boy – Fall For Me
Eric Burdon and War – Spill The Wine
Elephant Gun – Tax Returns
Blitzen Trapper – Furr
Metric – Help I'm Alive
Mannequin Men – Private School
Cake – Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
Backyard Tire Fire – The Places We Lived
The Kills – Love Is A Deserter
The White Stripes – Walking With A Ghost
The Raveonettes – Experiment in Black
Vic Chesnutt – Warm
Wilco – Poor Places

UPCOMING SHOWS:
6/11 – The Starlight Mints @ Bottom Lounge
6/11 – Elephant Gun @ Beat Kitchen (17+)
6/11–12 – Vic Chesnutt @ Empty Bottle (w/ Jonathan Richman)
6/11–12 – Art Brut @ Schubas
6/12 – PJ Harvey @ Riviera Theater
6/12 – Incredible Shrinking Boy @ The Hideout
6/12 – The Injured Parties @ Darkroom
6/13 – Geronimo! @ Ronny's
6/13 – Phoenix, Amazing Baby @ Park West (all ages)
6/14 – Passion Pit @ Empty Bottle (SOLD OUT!)
6/14 – Metric @ Metro

Playlist and Podcast for June 4, 2009

And we're (finally) back from our extended break, and couldn't be more excited to play the best music Chicago has to offer for you again! :D The latest podcast can be downloaded here, and/or can be played via webstream using the online player on the right-hand side of the page. As always, I have some sweet music to play for you, and this week's big summer festival is the Metronome Celebration. Enjoy, and I'll see you next week for a new show!
<3, Susan.

PLAYLIST:
The Who – I Can't Explain
Art Brut – Good Weekend
Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
Franz Ferdinand – No You Girls
The 1990s – You Made Me Like It
Louis XIV – Your Shoes Are The Star Of The Show
Blah Blah Blah – Why Am I The Only One Laughing
Jarvis Cocker – Angela
The Arcade Fire – Rebellion (Lies)
Smoking Popes – Grab Your Heart And Run
David Bowie – Ashes To Ashes
Department of Eagles – No One Does It Like You
John Vanderslice – Fetal Horses
The Fratellis – Got Ma Nuts From A Hippy
Traffic – John Barleycorn
Jenny Lewis – Acid Tongue
Supertramp – Take The Long Way Home

UPCOMING SHOWS:
6/4 – The New Standards @ Hideout
6/5 – Jenny Lewis @ Park West (all ages)
6/5 – White Mystery @ Schubas
6/5 – Blah Blah Blah @ Martyrs
6/6 – Smoking Popes @ Double Door
6/6 – John Vanderslice @ Metronome Celebration (day), Empty Bottle (eve)
6/6 – IAMX @ Subterrranean
6/7 – Blah Blah Blah @ Moonshine
6/8–6/12 – Art Brut @ Schubas