Wicker Park

North Lawndale-based record store Shuga Records are slated to open a Wicker Park location this fall at 1272 N. Milwaukee Ave. (near the intersection of Milwaukee & Ashland)...

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Reckless Records' Wicker Park shop (more by Milos Markicevic)

According to DNA Info, Reckless Records CEO Charles Taylor purchased a two-story building at 1379 North Milwaukee Avenue for $1,580,000 on December 30, 2013...

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Twin Shadow @ Lincoln Hall in 2011 (more by James Chadwick)

As discussed, Twin Shadow play a MINI // RCRD LBL-sponsored show in a "not normal" venue in Chicago tonight...

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Forbes, known for lists like "the 400 richest Americans", has released a list of "America's Hippest Hipster Neighborhoods". Wicker Park got #4 (almost as hip as Williamsburg, Brooklyn which played #3), but Logan Square oddly isn't in there...

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J Mascis @ BV-SXSW 2011 (more by Chris Gersbeck)
The Raveonettes @ Beekman Beer Garden in July (NYC) (more by Amanda Hatfield)

Green Music Fest is set to return to Wicker Park on June 23 & 24 for a 2012 edition of the two-day street festival...

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Weezer @ Jones Beach in August (more by Dana (Distortion) Yavin)

today in Chicago
* Wild Flag, YellowFever @ Empty Bottle
* Sleepy Kitty, Ghost Heart @ The Whistler
* Riot Fest Secret Show @ AAA Warehouse
* The Shondes, The Homoticons, 8 Inch Betsy @ Hideout
* Surprise Guests @ IL Centennial Monument (Free Show)
* 7 Seconds, Danny Vapid and The Cheats @ Bottom Lounge
* Jon Mclaughlin, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers, Amy Lennard @ Lincoln Hall
* Creepy Band, The Horrids, Absolutely Not, The Blue Dragons @ Subterranean
* Weezer, Urge Overkill, Teenage Bottlerocket, White Mystery @ Congress Theater

RSVP for the "Surprise Guests" at the IL Centennial Monument (I think it's Wild Flag)...

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