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The man behind one of our favorite shows on television right now has a big live show announcement! Live Nation and Madison Square Garden Entertainment announced today that Emmy and Writers Guild Award-winning writer John Oliver will return to stand-up comedy at The Chicago Theatre on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at 7:00PM...

Self-described trash-pop duo Tinkerbelles consists of former Gypsyblood members Adam Mohundro (bass/vocals) and Christian Dawson (drums/vocals)...

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)...

Phantom Note Productions' annual Halloween-themed festival Phantom Phest has returned for its 2014 edition. It's slated to take place from October 30 -- November 2 with the majority of shows at Quenchers and one bigger event at Subterranean...

Sturgill Simpson @ NYC's Joe's Pub in July (more by Chris La Putt) Psychedelic country singer Sturgill Simpson released his great second album, called Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, back in May via his own High Top Mountain label // Loose Music (UK)...

Lavender Country, the pseudonym of Washington state singer/songwriter Patrick Haggerty, released what's widely recognized -- by institutions like the Country Music Hall of Fame and CMT -- as the first openly gay country music album in 1973...

The Dismemberment Plan @ Pitchfork Fest 2011 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) As discussed, the 2014 edition of A.V. Fest // Hideout Block Party is slated to take place on September 5 & 6...

HoZac Records' annual Blackout Fest is slated to return to the Empty Bottle for its 2014 edition from May 15-17. The fest's initial lineup features NYC protopunks The Dictators, Counter Intuits (featuring ex-Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments member Ron House and Times New Viking's Jared Phillips), Toronto power pop outfit First Base, gritty NYC punks Shocked Minds, 999999999 (ex-Tunnel of Love), Austin, TX's A Giant Dog, and locals Nones, The Man, Toupee, and Rainbow Gun Show...

Tinariwen @ Austin Psych Fest 2013 (more by Tim Griffin) Saharan blues band Tinariwen are currently on tour throughout North America in support of their new full-length album Emmaar (Spotify, Rdio)...

Lollapalooza 2013 (more by James Richards IV) After it was already confirmed that Eminem, Arctic Monkeys, Kings of Leon, and Skrillex would be playing Lollapalooza 2014, the full festival lineup has arrived and also features Outkast, Spoon, Interpol, Broken Bells, Lykke Li, Cut Copy, EL-P & Killer Mike's Run the Jewels, Darkside, Chance The Rapper, and many more...