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Tim Kinsella @ MCA

Tim Kinsella is the front man for deep-rooted Chicago band, Joan of Arc as well as Cap'n Jazz, Owls, and Make Believe. He curated Joan of Arc: Don't Mind Control , a compilation of songs by the extended Joan of Arc family including Vacations, Cale Parks, and Ghosts and Vodka ... Kinsella will be performing with White/Light as part of the Museum of Contemporary Art's UBS 12x12 series ... White/Light is experimental music duo, Matt Clark and Jeremy Lemos who will create an interactive music

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Chicago Blues Revival @ The Wicker Well

Starting tonight and continuing every Sunday from here on out, free live blues will be played at The Wicker Well (1637 W. North Ave.) 21+ ...

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An Evening at the Filmless Fest

The Third Coast International Audio Festival's (TCIAF) Filmless Fest on March 6 was an all-day event at The Museum of Contemporary Art. I attended the final program of the day, Words on Sound: Celebrating Reality Radio, hosted by Gwen ...

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XIII Pocket's Adore with Steppenwolf's Garage Rep

There's a fine line between shock and intrigue. It's not necessarily the violence that makes people despise "torture porn" with such ferocity, it's that the creators have done nothing to earn the violence. Atmosphere and character is traded for string ...

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Pianist Hiromi can't sit still

Short of leaping off the stage, pianist Hiromi did just about everything possible to call attention to herself Thursday night at the Jazz Showcase ...

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Pitchfork Music Festival Adds Acts, Awesomeness

Friday, July 16 ... Modest Mouse ... Broken Social Scene ... El-P ... Saturday, July 17 ... LCD Soundsystem ... Panda Bear ... The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion ... Raekwon ... Titus Andronicus ... Bear in Heaven ... Freddie Gibbs ... The Smith Westerns ... Dâm-Funk ... Sunday, July 18 ... Pavement ... St. Vincent ... Lightning Bolt ... Girls ... Cass McCombs ... Here We Go Magic ... Sleigh Bells ... Cave ... Alla ...

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Pitchfork festival adds bands

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Pitchfork Music Festival adds BSS, Panda Bear, El-P, General Awesomeness

Oh it's on now. The Pitchfork Music Festival has announced even more bands for this year's lineup (in case you thought nine performers was a little on the scarce side). Friday night will not belong exclusively to Issac Brock and ...

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Two-Point Diversion: Bears, Bulls, Cubs, Sox

Bears Are Going on Shopping Spree! It's free agent season and the Bears are shopping for a pantry of talent. Lovie Smith flew to Charlotte, North Carolina late on Thursday to court free agent defensive end/avalanche of human bone, muslce ...

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Slice of Life: Jack the Puppet Guy

There is no shortage of buskers in Chicago.  From the fully licensed and occasionally talented musicians who fill the subways with song to the illegal bucket-banging kids who scatter when the police approach because they're really a tool to distract tourists for the pick-pocketers they work with, you can find a wealth of free entertainment options simply by walking the city streets ... Case in point is Jack the Puppet Guy.  That's not his real name.  I don't know what it is.  I've seen him

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