Trippy, dippy, and sometimes hippy LA rock band, The Parson Redheads, rolled into Chicago on Saturday night.  They graced us with their presence at Schuba’s, which is always the perfect venue to see an upcoming band discovering themselves.  A buddy of mine from Fullerton, CA has been telling me about these guys for a while,…

I decide to wear a new pair  of sandals to the show and ended up with two twisted and blistered feet.  That was the only bad decision of the night.  The best decision I made was going to a midnight show on Sunday night to see the Local Natives, when I had to be at…

Matt Beringer said that when The National started recording their new record, “High Violet,” they hung a poster in the studio which had one word written on it.  That one word was “Happiness.” Apparently some people around Matt were hoping this would help him write happy songs, but I think it’s safe to say, it…

Butch Walker could possibly be the last, true “Rockstar” left…I don’t say that lightly.  The performance Butch and his Black Widows gave at the House of Blues in Chicago, could possibly have been his best!  He was jumping off drum sets again, catching picks in his mouth, and playing every instrument on stage.  He played…