Fans of Chicago’s north side live music scene will see familiar faces and hear familiar tunes at tonight’s Cover Roulette event at the Outta Space Art Music Bar in Berwyn. Phil Angotti, Rachel Drew, Casey McDonough, Tim Menard, John Szymanski and Linda Weseman. There is a $10 cover.
Congratulations to The Zombies on being awarded the Career Act Grulke Prize at this year’s SXSW Film & Music Festival in Austin, TX. A recent Facebook post noted this is their 10th anniversary performing at the festival. The band donated their prize to the OxFam Foundation in support of the fight against world poverty & injustice. SXSW 2023 also featured the premiere of Hung Up On A Dream, director/musician Robert Schwartzman’s documentary about The Zombies. On March 31, They‘ll release a new album titled Different Game.
As noted on The Smithereens’ official social media sites, Green Thoughts, their terrific collection of power pop songs (“Only A Memory,” “House We Used To Live In,” etc.) was released on this day 35 years ago.
And, it was on this day 60 years ago that Please Please Me, the debut album from The Beatles—a band that absolutely influenced The Smithereens and every other power pop act—was released in England.
In a sure sign that summer isn’t too far off in the distant future, Ravinia, Lollapalooza, and Pitchfork recently announced the lineups for their upcoming festivals. All three have become have become essential events for thousands of music fans in Chicago. A limited number of 4-day Lollapalooza tickets go on sale tomorrow, with general ticket info to come soon. Tickets for Ravinia and Pitchfork are already on sale.
I bought my ticket this morning for the April 13 Susanna Hoffs event at the Chicago Humanities Festival. Mark Bazer of The Interview Show will be talking with Hoffs about her debut novel This Bird Has Flown, and most likely, her music career. Hoffa will sign copies of her novel afterward.
Happy birthday to Frank Gradishar, bassist/vocalist/songwriter/nice guy to talk to in clubs from Chicago’s long-time power pop band Thrift Store Halo.
Tickets will go on sale soon for the Chicago Critic Film Festival being held May 5 – 11 at the Music Box Theatre on the city’s north side.
In related news, Chicago-based filmmaker Michael Smith is following the success of his 2022 full-length feature Relative with the short film Paper Planes. It will have its premiere on the weekend of April 15 and 16 at the After Image Film Festival in St. Charles, IL.
Michael Steven Cohen will return to the Tuscan Market and Wine Shop in Arlington Heights with his Vintage Songs And Stories From The American Songbook from 7:00 to 9:00 pm this Friday evening.
And as a reminder, EXTC, which features XTC drummer Terry Chambers backed by veteran musicians vocalist-guitarist Steve Hampton and bass player-vocalist Matt Hughes, will performs at City Winery on Thursday, March 23.
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