Sound Citizen
By Mike Phillips
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Podcast Description
Sound Citizen Radio brings Chicago's best live, local music right to you. We play local bands, tell you where you can go seem them live, and make recommendations of upcoming Chicago concerts. We also feature occasional ticket giveaways, so don't miss a single episode! New podcasts are on Wednesday nights, to get you ready for the weekend. Want to submit your band for consideration? Send an email to soundcitizenmike@gmail.com
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Sound Citizen Radio 18: Gigmaven Launch Party | This week on Sound Citizen Radio we preview the Gigmaven coming out party with four great Chicago bands. Gigmaven comes to Chicago with a service that helps local bands book shows at various venues in the city - a valuable service to artists of all kinds. Gigmaven, in association with HEAVE Media, is putting on a show January 6 at Subterranean to celebrate their launch. On the lineup are four great Chicago artists. You can hear them all, right now. Please get out and support your Chicago music scene. This week's lineup: Dozens, "Lacuna" Netherfriends, "I'm Gonna Start" The Lonliest Monk, "The Ghost and the Silhouette" Wolf in a Spacesuit, "Bark of a Cedar" If you have suggestions for future episodes of Sound Citizen Radio, please send an email (mailto:soundcitizenmike@gmail.com). | 1/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sound Citizen Radio 17: Chicago Bluegrass & Blues | This week on Sound Citizen Radio, we feature one band you can find at the Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival, as well as two other Chicago bands and one from Long Beach, CA. They're all good and, hopefully, you get a chance to get out and see them. If you have suggestions for future episodes of Sound Citizen Radio, please send an email (mailto:soundcitizenmike@gmail.com). This week's lineup: Van Ghost, "Heartbroken on the Wrong Day" December 4, Congress Theater Dastardly, "Exercises in Self Loathing" December 9, Schuba's The Fling, "Wanderingfoot" December 4, Metro The Ragtones, "Destruction" | 12/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sound Citizen Radio 16: Don’t Call it a Comeback | This week we bring five great bands all playing Chicago concerts in November. You won't want to miss this podcast or any of these shows. It's been a while since our last broadcast of Sound Citizen Radio, but we're back. Thanks for staying tuned and for listening this week. We'll keep bringing great music that you can hear locally, in Chicago. This week's lineup: Dawes, "When My Time Comes" November 10, Lincoln Hall Coyote Grace, "A Guy Named Joe" November 20, Martyrs Smith Westerns, "Be My Girl" November 5, Lincoln Hall Horse Feathers, "Belly of June" November 4, Schuba's Futurebirds, "Breathe for Days" November 19, Schuba's | 10/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sound Citizen Radio 15: Coast to Coast | 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 (http://www.myspace.com/littlegoldsongs)) | 8/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sound Citizen Radio 14: Pitchfork Preview | 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 (mailto: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 | 7/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sound Citizen Radio 13: Happy 4th! | 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 (mailto: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 | 7/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sound Citizen Radio 12: Summer Sounds | 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 (http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/sound-citizen/id362366262), 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) | 6/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sound Citizen Radio 11: Hideout, Kitchen, Hall | 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 (http://soundcitizen.com/local-natives-concert-review-and-tour-dates/), interviewed and reviewed Clem Snide (http://soundcitizen.com/clem-snide-concert-review-exclusive-interview/) and made some Austin City Limits recommendations (http://soundcitizen.com/austin-city-limits-2010-lineup-announced/). 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 | 5/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sound Citizen Radio 10-4, Good Buddies | Time for more Sound Citizen Radio! Once again we've outdone ourselves with not three, but FOUR great songs from FOUR great bands (at the bottom of this post.) We've had a great couple of weeks here, including a trip down to Memphis for the Beale St. Music Festival. You can read about Memphis in May right here (http://soundcitizen.com/memphis-in-mud-2010/). This week a few of us are headed to see a new favorite in Local Natives and an old soul in Clem Snide. You can hear Clem Snide on Sound Citizen Radio 9 (http://soundcitizen.com/sound-citizen-radio-9-happy-mothers-day/). Thanks for listening and if you like what you hear, go ahead and share it with your Facebook friends by clicking the thumbs up at top left. As always, please send any suggestions, thoughts or music for an upcoming episode to soundcitizenmike@gmail.com (mailto:soundcitizenmike@gmail.com). This week's lineup: Besnard Lakes, Montreal, Canada. "Albatross" Pritzker Pavillion, Millenium Park, Chicago (FREE), May 24 Dexateens, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. "Down Low" Schubas, Chicago, May 20 Love of Everything, Chicago. "It Feels So Good to Be Alive" Empty Bottle, Chicago, CORRECTION: May 18 Morning Benders (playing with Broken Bells), San Francisco/New York. "Excuses" The Vic, Chicago, May 31 | 5/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sound Citizen Radio 9: Happy Mother’s Day! | 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 (mailto: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 | 4/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Great stuff!
This is a great podcast! Chicago is a great music town and this is a nice way for me to keep up with some local talent and plan my weekends around the shows. Also, I like the section about upcoming shows and when the tickets go on sale for them. Cheers!
