Music and Popular Culture Blog Based in Chicago
2017 has been a great year for music so far and there’s no signs that it’ll be stopping anytime soon. Some of my favorite artists have released new music this year and I’ve already been working on compiling my list of favorite albums of the year.
Continue reading “Five Album Releases To Get Excited About This Fall”
At the end of August, Red Bull Sound Select announced that they would be bringing 30 Days of Live Music to Chicago this fall, with performances from up and coming performers of all genres. Some big names set to perform include Migos, Khalid, Kehlani and many more. Chicago natives Whitney, Noname, and Eryn Allen Kane are also slated to perform at their own shows.
Last year, Red Bull Sound Select brought this event to Los Angeles, where artists like Pusha T, HAIM, Jhené Aiko, Charli XCX, Aurora and more were on the bill.
Continue reading “Red Bull Sound Select Presents 30 Days in Chicago”
Even though I love making playlists at the start of each new season, I think that there’s something extra special about crafting the perfect fall playlist. I know for me personally, there have been albums released in the fall over the years that are very important to me and have become quintessential fall albums (I’m thinking about doing a post on this – if you’re into it, let me know).
September 1st marks the (unofficial) start of fall and I’m too excited for these shows hitting Chicago in the next few months.
There are SO many great artists visiting Chicago during the fall but I chose to highlight these 10! I’m hoping to get to at least half of these (I have tickets to four of them so far), and I hope that you learn something or even buy tickets after reading this post!
In honor of my queen, Taylor Swift, for announcing the release of her sixth album, “Reputation,” out November 10th, I’ve decided to share my top 10 Taylor Swift songs. I’ve been wanting to do this post for awhile and I finally decided to bite the bullet once I heard we’re getting new music (!!!!) tomorrow.
Here we go: the final recap post of my four post installation of my Lollapalooza 2017 Weekend. This was a lot of writing and a LOT of will power to keep going – but I’m glad to see that there was interest in reading these posts!
Click here to read my Day One (Thursday) recap to learn how the festival’s evacuation unfolded.
Click here to read my Day Two (Friday) recap and see who some of my favorite acts of the weekend were.
Click here to ready my Day Three (Saturday) recap and see who left me majorly disappointed.
For another quick recap, I separated my Lollapalooza 2017 posts by day this year after my Twitter followers voted for me to post them separate compared to one long post reviewing the entire weekend.
Continue reading “Lollapalooza 2017 Hits & Misses: Saturday”
