Playlist and Podcast for July 30, 2009

Here we go again, another week in Chicago and indie music. We are currently seeking LOCAL BANDS to record short interviews to be used in the show starting soon--please email us at indiesomnia@gmail.com to find out more and join the fun! This week's podcast can be downloaded by clicking here, or you can play it online using the player at the top of the right-hand navigation on this page. Be sure to check out the live music this weekend at the Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, and enjoy the show!
<3, Susan.

PLAYLIST:
Flight of the Conchords – Foux du Fafa
The Blissters – Electric
Sufjan Stevens – Decatur
Social Distortion – Ring of Fire
Elephant Gun – Guts In
Cat Stevens – I Think I See The Light
Mission of Burma – That's How I Escaped My Certain Fate
Casiokids – Gront Lys I Alle Ledd
They Might Be Giants – Particle Man
Electric Six – She's White
The Part V – The Thoroughs
Material Issue – Valerie Loves Me
Sad Accordions – Moustrap
Mitch Hemann – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

UPCOMING SHOWS:
7/30 – Elephant Gun @ Ronny's
7/30 – Sad Accordions @ The Nite Light Cafe
7/31 – The Blissters @ Beat Kitchen (w/ Otter Petter, Penthouse Sweets)
8/1 – The Loneliest Monk, Alla, White Mystery, and more @ Milwaukee Ave Arts Festival (The Whistler Stage)
8/1 – Blah Blah Blah, Michael Columbia, and more @ Milwaukee Ave Arts Festival (Crown Stage)
8/1 – Pomegranates @ Subterranean
8/3 – Pete Yorn @ Park West
8/4 – Casiokids @ Schubas
8/4 – The Part V @ Empty Bottle

Playlist and Podcast for July 23, 2009

So here it is, better late than never! This week's podcast can be downloaded in mp3 format here, or you can listen online using the handy-dandy player on the right-hand side of the page! Be sure to check out the page for the Wicker Park Festival if you're thinking of heading out to it this weekend, too!
And if you haven't taken a look-see yet, check out this review I did of the 2009 Pitchfork Music Festival!
Take care, and see you next week!
<3, Susan.

PLAYLIST:
The Gories – Hey Hey We're The Gories
Elvis Perkins – All The Night Without Love
Berlin – Masquerade
My My My – Best Laid Plans
Stellastarr* – Sweet Troubled Soul
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll
Franz Ferdinand – Womanizer
The Dead Weather – Treat Me Like Your Mother
Death From Above 1979 – Black History Month
Jonny Rumble – Opportunities
Darling – We Are Strong
I Think Everything I Say – Shallow (So We Don't Drown)
The Brandnames – Black And White Camera
Snowsera – Sun Meets The Sea

UPCOMING SHOWS:
7/24 – Morningwood @ Metro (FREE with RSVP)
7/24 – I Think Everything I Say @ Phyllis' Musical Inn
7/24-7/25 – The Wrens @ Schubas
7/25 – Elvis Perkins @ Subterranean
7/26 – Elvis Perkins, Margot and the Nuclear So & So's @ Wicker Park Festival (free)
7/26 – My My My @ Taste of Lincoln Avenue
7/26 – Darling @ The Whistler
7/26 – Jonny Rumble @ Schubas (w/ Electric Touch)
7/27 – Lauren Hubert @ Elbo Room
7/28-7/29 – The Dead Weather @ Vic Theater (all ages)
7/29 – El Ten Eleven, Coltrane Motion @ Schubas

Post-Pitchfork Afterglow, Showlist

This week's podcast will be posting about 12 hours later than usual; in the meantime, check out the showlist for Thursday night show ideas, and enjoy the beauty of the written word with this sweet review I did of Pitchfork 2009 for the awesome Windy City Rock music blog!
And see you Thursday evening for your regularly-scheduled podcast!
<3, Susan.

UPCOMING SHOWS:
7/23 – Stellastarr* @ Double Door
7/23 – Cameron McGill & What Army @ The Hideout
7/24 – Morningwood @ Metro (FREE with RSVP)
7/24 – I Think Everything I Say @ Phyllis' Musical Inn
7/24-7/25 – The Wrens @ Schubas
7/25 – Elvis Perkins @ Subterranean
7/26 – Elvis Perkins, Margot and the Nuclear So & So's @ Wicker Park Festival (free)
7/26 – My My My @ Taste of Lincoln Avenue
7/26 – Darling @ The Whistler
7/26 – Jonny Rumble @ Schubas (w/ Electric Touch)
7/27 – Lauren Hubert @ Elbo Room
7/28-7/29 – The Dead Weather @ Vic Theater (all ages)
7/29 – El Ten Eleven, Coltrane Motion @ Schubas

Playlist and Podcast for July 16, 2009

It's a big week for Chicago festivals, one of the two major summer indie rock festivals based out of Chicagoland is happening this weekend—Pitchfork Music Festival. We're not affiliated with it at all, but we did want to give you a taste/preview/whatever of the festival (and be sure to check out our Pitchfork Picks at the bottom of this week's blog post), as well as give you some other ideas for stuff going on in town this week. You can download your copy of the podcast here, or listen in on our online player. Either way, enjoy the show!
<3, Susan.

PLAYLIST:
The Thermals – Here's Your Future
The Dutchess and The Duke – Reservoir Park
Cymbals Eat Guitars – Wind Phoenix
Built To Spill – Conventional Wisdom
Blitzen Trapper – Silver Moon
Yo La Tengo – Sugarcube
The Flaming Lips – Fight Test
Sass Dragons – Gone Hoggin'
Picture Books – Rockets Don't Go To Chicago, Andy
Women – Black Rice
Video Daughters – Tri-State Area Blues
Japandroids – Heart Sweats
Tenniscourts – Swimming Pool
Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
M83 – Don't Save Us From The Flames
The Black Lips – Hippie Hippie Hooray
Beirut – Mount Wroclai (Idle Days)

UPCOMING SHOWS:
7/16 – A Lull @ Bottom Lounge
7/16 – Video Daughters @ The Mutiny (Free Show!)
7/16 – Tenniscourts (DJ set) @ The Burlington
7/17–7/19 – Pitchfork Music Festival
7/18 – Sass Dragons @ Ronny's
7/18 – The Dutchess and The Duke @ The Hideout (Pitchfork After Party)
7/18–7/19 – The Loneliest Monk, Asa Ransom @ EP Theater (limited tickets)
7/19 – Blitzen Trapper @ Empty Bottle (Pitchfork After Party)
7/20 – Picture Books @ Empty Bottle (Free Show!)
7/21 – Lovvers, Psychedelic Horseshit @ Empty Bottle

* * * * *
Indiesomnia's (un)Official Picks for Pitchfork:
DAY 1: Built To Spill, Yo La Tengo
DAY 2: The Black Lips, Beirut, Wavves, The Dutchess and the Duke, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Disappears
DAY 3: The Flaming Lips, Grizzly Bear, The Walkmen, The Thermals, Blitzen Trapper, Women

Playlist and Podcast for July 9, 2009

And so continues the summer chock-full of Chicago music, in-town and here on the podcast. The latest episode is available for download here, or you can listen online using the player at the top of the right-hand navigator on the website. Check out local music! Highlights of this week's music festivals include West Fest and The World's Largest Block Party! Enjoy the show, and see you next week for more music!
<3, Susan.

PLAYLIST:
Mannequin Men – Massage
Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions – Fool For You
Blondie – Sunday Girl
Headlights – Centuries
INXS – Need You Tonight
LCD Soundsystem – Movement
Fountains of Wayne – Too Cool For School
The Fiery Furnaces – The End Is Near
Moritat – Noise
Kasabian – Fire
Shipwreck – Rabbit in the Kitchen
The Lost Cartographers – Butterflies Fall
Violent Femmes – Kiss Off
The Kills – Sour Cherry
Local Natives – Airplanes
Deer Tick – Little White Lies
Oasis – Wonderwall

UPCOMING SHOWS:
7/9 – The Fiery Furnaces @ The Hideout
7/9 – The Lost Cartographers @ Reggie's
7/10 – Mannequin Men @ Metro (album release)
7/10 – The Features @ Schubas
7/10 – Fountains of Wayne (acoustic set) @ Park West
7/10 – My My My @ World's Largest Block Party (south stage)
7/11 – Ben Folds, Headlights @ World's Largest Block Party (main stage)
7/11 – Fake Problems @ Beat Kitchen
7/12 – Moritat @ Reggie's
7/12 – The 1900s @ West Fest (main stage)
7/12 – Elephant Gun @ Street Fest
7/14 – Jeremy Keen and the False Starts @ Double Door
7/14 – Peter Murphy, Venus Infers @ House of Blues Chicago
7/14 – Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band @ Metro
7/15 – Deer Tick @ Empty Bottle

Playlist and Podcast for July 2, 2009

Wow, quite a lot has happened in a week. Celebrities are dropping like flies these days. Most importantly (to the music world, at least), shortly after posting last week's show, it was all over the news that Michael Jackson was dead. Love him or hate him, and whatever he may or may not have done, he was one heck of an entertainer, and will be missed in the music world. Let's all take a moment to remember the late King of Pop with an adorable cover of “Beat It”—

RIP, man.

In Chicago, there are quite a few things going on, even though it's 4th of July weekend. The Taste of Chicago continues, and there is a list of some suggested shows after the playlist. This week's podcast can be downloaded as an mp3 here, and you can also listen at the right-hand side of the screen.

Take care, and enjoy the show!
<3, Susan.

PLAYLIST:
The Beatles – When I'm 64
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Gardenia
Pixies – Debaser
Jet – Are You Gonna Be My Girl
Andrew Bird – Measuring Cups
Louis XIV – Pledge of Allegiance
Dead Milkmen – Bitchin' Camaro
Sunset Rubdown – Idiot Heart
Man Man – Black Mission Goggles
Spoon – The Way We Get By
The Zombies – Just Out Of Reach
The Injured Parties – Zingerman's Deli
Be Your Own Pet – Black Hole
The Lesser Birds of Paradise – A Mother's Arms
The Blackouts – Let You Down
The Gories – I'll Go

UPCOMING SHOWS:
7/2 – Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks @ Bottom Lounge
7/3 – A Lull @ Beat Kitchen
7/3 – The Gunshy @ The Hideout
7/4 – The Gunshy @ Taste of Chicago
7/4 – Loyal Divide @ Empty Bottle
7/5 – Man Man @ Bottom Lounge
7/5 – Jet @ Double Door
7/7 – Sunset Rubdown @ Logan Square Auditorium
7/8 – Lesser Birds of Paradise @ Empty Bottle
7/8 – The Injured Parties @ Double Door (FREE Admission, Album Release Show)