This week on Sound Citizen Radio we preview the Gigmaven coming out party with four great Chicago bands. Gigmaven comes to Chicago with a service that helps local bands book shows at various venues in the city – a valuable service to artists of all kinds. Gigmaven, in association with HEAVE Media, is putting on a show January 6 at Subterranean to celebrate their launch. On the lineup are four great Chicago artists. You can hear them all, right now.
Please get out and support your Chicago music scene. This week’s lineup:
Dozens, “Lacuna”
Netherfriends, “I’m Gonna Start”
The Lonliest Monk, “The Ghost and the Silhouette”
Wolf in a Spacesuit, “Bark of a Cedar”
If you have suggestions for future episodes of Sound Citizen Radio, please send an email.
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This week on Sound Citizen Radio, we feature one band you can find at the Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival, as well as two other Chicago bands and one from Long Beach, CA. They’re all good and, hopefully, you get a chance to get out and see them.
If you have suggestions for future episodes of Sound Citizen Radio, please send an email. This week’s lineup:
Van Ghost, “Heartbroken on the Wrong Day”
December 4, Congress Theater
Dastardly, “Exercises in Self Loathing”
December 9, Schuba’s
The Fling, “Wanderingfoot”
December 4, Metro
The Ragtones, “Destruction”
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This week we bring five great bands all playing Chicago concerts in November. You won’t want to miss this podcast or any of these shows.
It’s been a while since our last broadcast of Sound Citizen Radio, but we’re back. Thanks for staying tuned and for listening this week. We’ll keep bringing great music that you can hear locally, in Chicago.
This week’s lineup:
Dawes, “When My Time Comes”
November 10, Lincoln Hall
Coyote Grace, “A Guy Named Joe”
November 20, Martyrs
Smith Westerns, “Be My Girl”
November 5, Lincoln Hall
Horse Feathers, “Belly of June”
November 4, Schuba’s
Futurebirds, “Breathe for Days”
November 19, Schuba’s
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Sound Citizen Radio is back. After a long few weeks on hiatus, we’re ready to rock again. This week we feature four bands who span coast-to-coast, with four wildly different sounds — and we think that’s a good thing.
Make sure to mark them on your calendar.
This week’s lineup:
Menomena, “TAOS”
Metro, Saturday, September 25
Wavves, “King of the Beach”
Lincoln Hall, Sunday, September 12
Wooden Birds, “False Alarm”
Schuba’s, Tuesday, August 24
Little Gold, “Chainsaw”
Not Playing Here (See Tour Dates)
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It’s Pitchfork Music Festival time in Chicago. Like every year, dozens of great bands are ready to rock. So, this week on Sound Citizen Radio we preview four bands that will be playing over the weekend, along with a bonus band playing in two weeks at Empty Bottle.
Don’t forget to subscribe to Sound Citizen Radio here, or on iTunes by searching “Sound Citizen” and, as always, please send any feedback, suggestions or accolades to soundcitizenmike@gmail.com. Enjoy the festival!
This week’s lineup:
Local Natives, “Sun Hands”
Pitchfork Music Fest, Sunday, July 18, 3:35pm
The Tallest Man on Earth, “King of Spain”
Pitchfork Music Fest, Friday, July 16, 4pm
Surfer Blood, “Swim (to reach the end)”
Pitchfork Music Fest, Sunday, July 18, 4:45pm
Smith Westerns, “Be My Girl”
Pitchfork Music Fest, Saturday, July 17, 4:45pm
Futurebirds, “Breathe for Days”
Empty Bottle, Sundday, July 25
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Welcome back to Sound Citizen Radio. It’s Fourth of July weekend, meaning it’s time to kick off your shoes, sit in the sun, sip a cold one and, of course, take in some music.
This week we feature three bands with shows over this holiday weekend, and they’re all Chicago folk. Not included, but recommended is The Streets on Fire at Double Door on July 2.
Send any future Sound Citizen Radio suggestions, comments and questions to soundcitizenmike@gmail.com.
This week’s lineup:
Joe Pug, “The Sharpest Crown”
Fitzgeralds, Berwyn, July 2, 3
Filligar, “Gray Area”
Lincoln Hall, July 7
The Shams Band, “Working Man”
Beat Kitchen, July 8
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