Here it is, folks. The master list of all bands we’ve ever written about. Split three ways! Chicago-based, Local-ish and Out of Town.
But first: A handy navigation menu…
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(Note: Chicago-based and Local-ish bands only)
Chicago-based
- The 1900s
- Absinthe & The Dirty Floors
- Advance Base
- Akasha
- Aleks and the Drummer
- Algebro
- Angel Olsen
- Any Kind
- Apteka
- Archie Powell & The Exports
- Aryk Crowder
- The Autumn Defense
- Bare Mutants
- The Bears of Blue River
- The Benders
- Birthmark
- Brighton MA
- Buddy Guy
- Cains & Abels
- California Wives
- Canasta
- Carl Hauck
- Caught in Your Pockets
- The Cell Phones
- Chaperone
- Chew Heart
- Color Card
- Company of Thieves
- The Congregation
- Cousin Dud
- The Damn Choir
- Darling
- Dastardly
- Daylight Robbery
- Deadbeat
- Dear Everyone
- Deep Earth
- Doc’s Delorean
- Elephant Gun
- Ezra Furman (and the Harpoons)
- Fort Frances
- France Jean-Baptiste
- Gemini Club
- Geronimo!
- Gold Motel
- Grandeurs
- Grandpa vs. Grandma
- Headshadow
- Heavy Times
- Hemmingbirds
- Hidden Era
- Holdfast
- Hollows
- Holyoke
- Honda Pavarotti
- Honest Engines
- In Tall Buildings
- The Island of Misfit Toys
- Jay Mathes
- JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound
- Joe Pug
- Jon Drake and the Shakes
- Jonny Rumble
- King Sparrow
- Lightfoils
- Like Pioneers
- Little Boy Jr.
- Love in October
- Mannequin Men
- Many Places
- Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s
- Matt Ryd
- Mawrcrest (formerly Whisker Music)
- Mazes
- Minor Characters
- Mos Scocious
- Mr. Blotto
- Mucca Pazza
- Mutts
- Netherfriends
- Night Gallery
- Noam Pikelny
- The Noise FM
- Nones
- The Nothingheads
- Oh My God
- Oshwa
- Outer Minds
- Panda Riot
- Paper Arrows
- Paper Thick Walls
- Paul Cary
- Post Honeymoon
- Project Film
- Rachele Eve
- Radar Eyes
- Rambos
- Remaindermen
- The Runnies
- The Safes
- Santah
- Secret Colours
- Sidewalk Chalk
- The Singleman Affair
- Smith Westerns
- Soft Speaker
- Sons of the West
- Stereospeak
- Sunjacket
- Suns
- Teenage Rage
- Thin Hymns
- Tin Tin Can
- Tiny Magnets
- Tiny Manatee
- Tyler Jon Tyler
- Uh Bones
- UMMA
- Unicycle Loves You
- Vertikal
- Very Truly Yours
- Village
- The Vliets
- Volcanoes Makes Islands
- Warm Ones
- Waterstreet
- Wedding Dress
- Welcome To Ashley
- Whales
- Wilco
- The Window Theatre
- When Clouds Attack
- Whisker Music (now Mawrcrest)
- White Car
- White Mystery
- Young Jesus
- Zapruder Point
- Zath
Local-ish
- Breathe Owl Breathe
- Elsinore
- Grandkids
- Green Room Rockers
- Heidi Spencer and the Rare Birds
- Jaill
- New Ruins
- Pony Trash
- Winslow
Out of Town
- The Airborne Toxic Event
- Alberta Cross
- Alela Diane
- Avi Buffalo
- Band of Horses
- Belle & Sebastian
- Ben Gibbard
- Best Coast
- Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears
- Black Prairie
- Bright Eyes
- Broken Social Scene
- Canyon
- Carlos Forster
- Caveman
- Computer Magic
- Conor Oberst
- Dana Alexandra
- The Decemberists
- The Drums
- Dustin Wong
- El Ten Eleven
- Ex-Cult
- Family Portrait
- The Felice Brothers
- Fiona Apple
- Free Energy
- The Guggenheim Grotto
- He’s My Brother She’s My Sister
- Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
- Jennifer Knapp
- Jenny and Johnny
- The Jezabels
- Josh Ritter
- The Joy Formidable
- K.Flay
- Katzenjammer
- Kodacrome
- Laura Veirs
- LCD Soundsystem
- Lizz Wright
- Los Campesinos!
- Love As Laughter
- M. Ward
- Male Bonding
- Mike Coykendall
- Mister Heavenly
- The Mountain Goats
- Mumford & Sons
- The National
- Neutral Uke Hotel
- The New Pornographers
- Nick Lowe
- Of Montreal
- Old 97′s
- Otis Redding
- The Parson Red Heads
- Passion Pit
- The Poison Control Center
- R.E.M.
- Radiohead
- Ra Ra Riot
- The Rural Alberta Advantage
- Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside
- Screaming Females
- The Shivers
- Shonen Knife
- Silverghost
- Sons and Daughters
- Stars
- Surfer Blood
- Tennis
- The Tallest Man on Earth
- The Thermals
- Thieving Irons
- Titus Andronicus
- True Womanhood
- Twin Sister
- Ty Segall Band
- U.S. Royalty
- Val Halla
- Van Dyke Parks
- Viva Voce
- Wavves
- The xx
- The Yes Way
- You Can Be A Wesley
