Advance Base

It was a Chicago Epoch invasion.

This sums it up nicely:Stephin Merritt, songwriter and frontman of the critically acclaimed Magnetic Fields, will be in Chicago on November 8 for a rare, intimate solo performance at the Old Town School of Folk Music at 7:00pm...

Advance Base @ the Empty Bottle, March 2013 (more by Stan Golovchuk) Today, Advance Base (aka the somber solo project of Owen Ashworth) has shared a great cover of the Neil Young tune "Philadelphia...

Earlier this week, Indie rock mainstay Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500, Luna, Dean and Britta) welcomed his first proper solo album. The self-titled LP was produced by My Morning Jacket's Jim James, who also plays keys and guitar on it, and also features his wife // bandmate Britta Phillips on bass and Anthony LaMarca on drums // pedal steel...

Portland's Parenthetical Girls just wrapped a North American tour in support of their latest effort, Privilege. As part of that tour, Zac Pennington and co...

Parenthetical Girls @ Schubas, April 2012 (more by Sarah Frankie Linder) Portland's Parenthetical Girls are set to release their new album, Privilege, on February 19 via their own Slender Means Society label...

On Thursday night (1/17) The Low Times Podcast had their first-ever live show at the Hideout as part of Tomorrow Never Knows 2013. Much like their archived episodes, hosts Tom Scharpling, Daniel Ralston, and Maggie Serota had in-depth discussions with their Chicago-based guests at the intimate venue...

Fergus & Geronimo welcomed their new LP, Funky Was the State of Affairs (art above), earlier this month via Hardly Art. They are currently on tour in support of the album-- a set of dates that previously included a TBA Chicago show-- and will reach Chicago on Tuesday, September 4 for a show at the Empty Bottle with Color Card and Advance Base...

Ben w/ Death Cab @ Beacon Theater in April (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) As seen on BrooklynVegan, Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard will be releasing his debut solo album, Former Lives, on October 16 via Barsuk...

White Rabbits @ Escape to NY Festival (more by Dana (Distortion) Yavin) today in Chicago * C.A.K.E. @ Hideout * Sara Radle @ Quenchers * Our Lady Peace, Pack A...