“Chicago doesn’t need to have a Music Office just to have a Music Office. It needs to have a Music Office to work as the liaison between the real local music businesses—record stores and recording studios as well as clubs and promoters—and city government, to look out for their interests not only in the bureaucracy, but in the brutal competition with those giant out-of-town festivals and mega-corporate promoters that Emanuel favors but which are squeezing the little guy out of business.”
Posted on Thursday, May 16th 2013
Source wbez.org
A nausea-inducing GIF wall of people dancing at Lollapalooza. Oof.
Posted on Monday, August 27th 2012
Since their Lollapalooza set was preempted by the evacuation, here’s a video of Alabama Shakes performing in our studios a few months back for Sound Opinions.
Posted on Tuesday, August 7th 2012
There were two Lollapalooza’s this weekend: the festival filled with happy dancing fans, and the festival filled with angry disgruntled crowds.
Posted on Monday, August 6th 2012
Jim DeRogatis surveys the coverage of Lollapalooza 2012 and gleans some lasting lessons from Saturday’s evacuation.
Posted on Monday, August 6th 2012
If you haven't been following our full Lollapalooza coverage from the comfort of your computer, do so now, before the weekend runs out
Posted on Sunday, August 5th 2012
If you’re heading to Lollapalooza this week you might want to pray there are no tornadoes.
Posted on Wednesday, August 1st 2012
tUnE-yArDs are back in Chicago this week for Lollapalooza. Do you remember when they were on Sound Opinions last year?
Posted on Tuesday, July 31st 2012
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