The Luyas

Friend, collaborator, and past tourmate of American Primitivism guitarist Daniel Bachman, Chicago's Riley Walker crafts excellent psych-folk indebted to the cult heroes of the late '60s and early '70s, whose impact took decades to hit and is still being felt today...

The Luyas @ CMJ 2012 (more by Chris La Putt) As seen on BrooklynVegan, The Luyas and experimental folkie Julian Lynch will be embarking on a summer North American co-headlining tour...

Ben Gibbard @ NYC's HiFi Bar in October (more by Amanda Hatfield) today in Chicago * Tamaryn, Young Prisms @ Schubas * Ian Anderson @ The Chicago Theatre * Milo Greene, Bahamas @ Lincoln Hall * Ben Gibbard, Advance Base @ Athenaeum Theatre * Devil In A Woodpile, The Paulina Hollers @ The Hideout * Arbogast, Beak, Admiral of Black, Arriver @ Ultra Lounge * Kaki King, Lady Lamb, The Beekeeper @ City Winery Chicago * Moon Pool, Dead Band, MAGAS, Beau Wanzer @ The Burlington * Crystal Castles, Kontravoid, Shuteye (DJ set) @ Congress Theatre * The Hood Internet, My Gold Mask, Psalm One, BBU, Oscillator Bug @ Metro * The Party Downers, Planetsexploder, Sweet Cobra, The Earth Program @ Empty Bottle Tamaryn plays Schubas with support from Young Prisms...

today in Chicago * Hounds of Love @ Schubas * Killer Moon, Deathtram, Del Mas Alla, The Clams @ Township * Windbreaker, E.T. Habit, Handsome Tyrants, Chemtrails @ Empty Bottle * The Red Plastic Buddha, Creepy Band, Dumpster Babies @ The Burlington Tonight's Windbreaker-headlined show at the Bottle is free with RSVP before 5PM...

Unfortunately, The Luyas have canceled their Sunday (8/21) performance at Schubas. They will not be hitting Chicago again in the next few months, but they WILL be playing at the Pygmalion Music Festival on Friday (9/23) in nearby Champaign-Urbana, IL...

FRIDAY The Twelves, and Junior Boys will play DJ Sets at The Mid. Joan of Arc, Implodes, and Runnings will play Subterranean. David Vandervelde, and Psychic Friends will play Hideout...

Cee Lo Green @ Lollapalooza 2011 (more by Grant MacAllister) today in Chicago * Cee Lo Green @ Chicago Theatre * Steely Dan, Sam Yahel @ Ravina Park * Reggie Watts @ Mayne Stage (Late Show) * Reggie Watts @ Mayne Stage (Early Show) * Elsinore, Minor Characters @ Subterranean * The Men @ Permanent Records (Free; In-store) * DNTEL, The One AM Radio, Geotic @ Lincoln Hall * The Men, Birth, Raw Nerve, Nomos @ Water Worx * The Limianas, GazGaz, Tyler Jon Tyler @ Empty Bottle * Digitalism, Jack Beats, Destructo, Alex Zelenka @ Congress Theater * White Mystery, Magic Milk, Unstoppable Death Machines, Dead, Unmanned Ship @ Ultra Lounge Daytrotter have finally posted the session they did with The Luyas...

The Luyas @ Muzzle of Bees BBQ - SXSW 2011 (more by Amanda Hatfield) The Luyas are currently off tour (for the first time in months), and I hope trying to relax...

It wasn't too long ago; April in-fact, that Liam Finn came stateside for a mid-west run with The Luyas. Supporting his recently released LP FOMO, Finn will head out for a lengthy, fall tour kicking off at the start of September...

The Mountain Goats @ Bowery Ballroom 3/30/2011 (more by Ryan Barkan) today in Chicago * Liam Finn, The Luyas @ Hideout * The Mountain Goats, Megafaun @ the Vic * Blair, Yellow Ostrich @ Andrew Rafacz Gallery * Toro y Moi, Braids @ Empty Bottle (Late Show) * Toro y Moi, Adventure @ Empty Bottle (Early Show) * The Joy Formidable, Mona, The Lonely Forest @ Lincoln Hall * The Builders and the Butchers, Damion Suomi and the Minor Prophets, Elliot Brood @ Schubas What else...