For those of you not keeping track, Chicago Mixtape - the weekly e-mail'd mix of great Chicago bands from Rock Proper's Casey Meehan - has been an overwhelming success. So much so, that the Chicago Neighborhood Boys and Girls Club , who've been providing athletic, educational and arts programs for more than 1,500 boys and girls since 1931, asked Chicago Mixtape to curate their annual carnival/concert on Sunday, July 10, at Paul Revere Park, located at 3900 N Rockwell Ave. The end result is a benefit [...]
In Tall Buildings | photo by Elise Bergman March is finally here. You know what that means? Spring is in the air, snow is melting on the ground and pedestrians are spraining their ankles in newly formed potholes. Anyway, let's get on with our picks for this weekend's top shows, shall we... We've got In Tall Buildings at Metro , Tyler Jon Tyler at The Hideout and Nomo [...]
Chicago Mixtape Madness Casey Meehan thinks you need more Chicago musicians in your aural diet. Meehan, the man behind the digital distribution service Rock Proper, which has released albums by Jay Bennett and Jonny Rumble, will launch his latest project Chicago Mixtape on Monday, Feb. 14, to show Chicagoans exactly what they've been missing. The aim of Chicago Mixtape is simple: to expose you to great local artists by delivering free weekly mixes straight to your inbox. Sign up at the project's Facebook page now [...]
I don't know if you've ever been the front man for a seven-piece, working-class orchestra, but I'll tell you what Sally: It ain't no mayo surprise on flatbread and it ain't no sack race though Ma Winslow's meadow. No, it's not like that at all. It's bedsores from bar stools and cliff-hanger endings, it's kisses from sailors and bathtubs of fix-a-flat. It's great for morale but it's hell on the drapes. All those sticky endings make for great lyrics spun from love lives that mimic russian roulette. The Marigny Shovel [...]
Only Saturday, Casey Meehan, one of the guys behind Chicago-based digital music distributor Rock Proper , spoke excitedly with Jay Bennett about a venture through the fund-raising website Kickstarter to finance a vinyl pressing of Bennett's 2008 solo album, "Whatever Happened I Apologize." Meehan, like many artists on Rock Proper, had recorded his own music at Bennett's Pieholden Suite studio. The two also discussed how to promote Bennett's next album, the almost-completed "Kicking at the Perfumed Air." That night, Bennett, 45, died in his sleep. Cause of death has not been determined, but [...]
the remainder of the adams/paradiso show will be up later tonight. i forgot that shit at home, sorry. anyway, anyone going to jazz fest this year? i will probably be hitting up the first weekend, which has dbt, wilco, spoon, pete seegeer and an enless amount of other folks. second weekend looks good too, with los lobos, neil young, dr john, and my wifes personal favorite buckwheat zydeco. click here for the schedule and tickets. speaking of free albums, anyone can offer an album for free, lets be honest. shit, i could go home right now, pound out some stuff [...]
the remainder of the adams/paradiso show will be up later tonight. i forgot that shit at home, sorry. anyway, anyone going to jazz fest this year? i will probably be hitting up the first weekend, which has dbt, wilco, spoon, pete seegeer and an enless amount of other folks. second weekend looks good too, with los lobos, neil young, dr john, and my wifes personal favorite buckwheat zydeco. click here for the schedule and tickets. speaking of free albums, anyone can offer an album for free, lets be honest. shit, i could go home right now, pound out some stuff [...]
Dispatch from the Midwest: Casey Meehan [left], the Chicago-based artist who launched the online music distributor that offered free downloads of Jay Bennett's album last year, today releases the album by his new project, Jitney. The album, "86-300," is available for free at Rock Proper . Jitney's album — which is quite a tour de force — was inspired by two long years Meehan spent as a graveyard-shift taxi driver in Chicago ("86-3003 was the number on his chauffeur's license). It's one of 12 albums Rock Proper is offering for free, with three [...]
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