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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This edition of Sound Citizen Radio (at the bottom of this post) is all about summertime. As such, we present four bands with songs that should fit nicely into your summer playlists, and three of them have outdoor Chicago concerts coming up.
It’s summer concert season in Chicago, so stay tuned for future episodes of Sound Citizen Radio to make sure you don’t miss out. Don’t forget to subscribe to Sound Citizen Radio in iTunes, where you can also catch up on back episodes. And if you like what you hear, please don’t hesitate to give a “thumbs up” at the top left of this page.
This week’s lineup:
Love Language, “Heart to Tell”
June 20, Taste of Randolph, Chicago, 4pm.
Ben Keeler and The 500 Club, “Water, Water”
June 17, Abbey Pub, Chicago
June 20, I Am Fest, Chicago
July 10, Folk and Roots Festival, Chicago
The Thermals, “Now We Can See”
July 5, Millennium Park, Chicago, FREE
Thao and The Get Down Stay Down, “Bag of Hammers”
June 28, Lincoln Hall, Chicago (with Mirah and The Most of All)
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Welcome to another edition of Sound Citizen Radio. This week we celebrate three of our favorite Chicago music venues in The Hideout, Beat Kitchen and Lincoln Hall.
The past two weeks on SoundCitizen.com we reviewed Local Natives, interviewed and reviewed Clem Snide and made some Austin City Limits recommendations. Check them out after listening to the podcast!
And GO BLACKHAWKS!
This week’s lineup:
Jonny Rumble, “BRZRKR”
June 25, Beat Kitchen, Chicago
Visqueen, “Jimmy vs. James”
May 31, The Hideout, Chicago
Gold Motel, “We’re on the Run”
June 11, Lincoln Hall
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Welcome back to another edition of Sound Citizen Radio. We’re celebrating Mother’s Day — so let me be the first to wish all Moms and Moms-to-be out there a Happy Mother’s Day!
We have a great lineup this week — Mom-approved. (Podcast is at the bottom of this post)
This weekend a crew of Sound Citizens are headed to Memphis in May. So drop a line if you’re headed that way and we’ll celebrate some live music. As always, please send any band recommendations, questions, comments and accolades to soundcitizenmike@gmail.com.
Click the iTunes icon on the top right of the page there, and you can subscribe to Sound Citizen Radio on iTunes.
This week’s lineup:
Freelance Whales, “Generator (Second Floor)”
May 10, Lincoln Hall
Clem Snide, “Denise”
May 13, Lincoln Hall
Audrio, “Roll On”
April 30, Double Door
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