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Sound Citizen Radio 15: Coast to Coast

Mike — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:40:34 +0000

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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Sound Citizen Radio 14: Pitchfork Preview

Mike — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:19:30 +0000

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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Sound Citizen Radio 13: Happy 4th!

Mike — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:24:56 +0000

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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Sound Citizen Radio 12: Summer Sounds

Mike — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:20:01 +0000

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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Sound Citizen Radio 11: Hideout, Kitchen, Hall

Mike — Fri, 28 May 2010 19:17:03 +0000

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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Sound Citizen Radio 9: Happy Mother’s Day!

Mike — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:07:38 +0000

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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Sound Citizen Radio 7: Road Trip!

Mike — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:17:51 +0000

Ahhhh… spring. That much closer to summer and road trip season. So, we have three excellent road trip bands lined up for you this week. They’re from all over the country, too. Of course, we’ll tell you where to see them live in the coming days and months, as well as play a round of “Screw the Scalpers,” where we tell you about some shows sure to sell out and when they go on sale – so you don’t get screwed.

A big thanks this week to Jon, a Sound Citizen reader who suggested Root Hog, and to everyone who subscribed this week to Sound Citizen Radio on iTunes. Keep it going – the more we spread the love, the closer these bands get to living the rock and roll dream.

This week’s lineup:

Root Hog, Lafayette, IN (pictured)
Saturday, April 10, Lafayette Brewing Company, Lafayette, IN
Sunday, April 11, Lakeshore Theater, Chicago, IL UPDATE: This show has, unfortunately, been canceled. We’ll let you know when another local show is scheduled.

The Soft Pack, San Diego, CA
Thursday, April 8, Magic Stick, Detroit, MI
Friday, April 9, Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL

Drive-by Truckers, Athens, GA
Thursday, April 8, St. Andrews Hall, Detroit, MI
Friday, April 9, The Vic, Chicago, IL
July 17, opening for Tom Petty, United Center, Chicago, IL

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Sound Citizen Radio IS ON THE AIR!

Mike — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:33:34 +0000

Welcome to Sound Citizen Radio!

In our continuous efforts to bring the live music scene straight to you, we decided to launch a podcast – Sound Citizen Radio. Every broadcast, we will talk music and play music. You will hear about the general music scene, the latest happenings on Sound Citizen, shows we went to, shows we are planning to go to, and just about anything else that we think you should know about. This week’s podcast is at the bottom of this post.

And what’s radio without music? We will play some local bands, tell you where to go see them and make some other recommendations of upcoming concerts in the area.

This week, we feature Welcome to Ashley and Moses Cleveland. We also pick three upcoming concerts we think you’ll like and discuss our New Year’s Eve with The Black Keys. So have a listen, go see some music and come back to Sound Citizen for new episodes. (We will get better at this, I promise.)

If you are in a band, manage a band, or are a fan and you want to hear your band on Sound Citizen Radio, send an email to soundcitizenmike@gmail.com with some info and an MP3 or a link where I can download some of their tunes (legally, of course.)

Here are the details of this week’s two featured bands:

Welcome to Ashley
Jan. 14, Double Door, Chicago, IL
http://myspace.com/welcometoashley

Moses Cleveland
Jan. 8, Elbo Room, Chicago, IL
Jan. 16, The Phantasy Niteclub Symposium, Cleveland, OH
http://mosescleveland.com
http://myspace.com/mosesclevelandband

Listen to Sound Citizen Radio 2 – It’s Ladies Week!

Listen to Sound Citizen Radio 3 – It’s for Lovers! Or Not.

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Bands: We’re Podcasting, Featuring YOU!

Mike — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:45:52 +0000

Want your band heard by the Sound Citizen community?

So do we.

We’re getting ready to launch Sound Citizen Radio – a weekly podcast featuring kick-ass bands. It’s pretty simple. Each week we will introduce a couple bands. We’ll play your music, tell listeners where to buy it and where they can go see you perform live. Each episode will be featured on SoundCitizen.com and iTunes, available to download.

Here’s what to do: Email soundcitizenmike@gmail.com with mp3′s of your music or a link where I can download an album or songs. And tell us a little about yourselves and the band. That’s it! I’ll take care of the rest. And I won’t give away your music, just broadcast it to our listeners.

We encourage all our readers to go see live music. And we will do the same with our listeners. Help us support the local music scene in your town, get some new fans and spread the rock!

-Mike

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