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OKR Local & Indie Podcast #12 – 02/18/10»
Download Size (22.6 MB) | Duration: 49:12
Been a while since the last Local and Indie Podcast and I’ve got some great music for you!! Be sure to check out the shows posted on here as well!!!
Playlist:
Cougars – Scissitar!
Ha Ha Tonka – Walking on the Devil’s Backbone
The Blind Staggers – Looking West (Live)
Scott Lucas & The [...]
OKR Local & Indie Podcast #11 – 11/20/09»
Download Size (24.1 MB) | Duration: 52:03
Back once again after taking a little break from the podcast to get things together with the changes to the site for 2010… and also back because of all of you fans emailing me constantly to put up another podcast since you like coming to me to find out [...]
OKR Local & Indie Podcast #10 – 10/25/09»
Download Size (35.8MB) | Duration: 1:17:35
It’s that time of year again and I’ve decided to make a Local and Indie Podcast with some of my favorite Halloween songs mixed in for good measure!!
The Goldstars – Halloween Hell
Off their last digital only “Tasty Instrumentals”
Crocodiles – I Wanna Kill
Off the album “Summer of Hate”
A Place to Bury [...]
Punch The World Podcast – Episode 3»
Download Size(27.3 MB) | Duration: 59:29
Welcome to Punch The World, A self-indulgent podcast told through independent music by Carly P.
Did you miss me? I missed you. It’s been way too long since we’ve punched the world together so I’m bringing you a double episode all about the rise and fall and…rise of this guy:
That’s [...]
OKR Local & Indie Podcast #9 – 9/15/09»
Download Size (22.6MB) | Duration: 48:49
Here are a few select bands I came across that are playing shows in the next couple weeks… check them out.
Tension Generation – Standing in Puddles
Off their “Youth Destroyer EP”
Direct Hit! – Failed Invasion
Off their “Number 3″
VEE DEE – Out Of My Skin
Off the album “Public Mental Health System”
Mannequin [...]
Kinda New, Kinda Weekly Podcast #2»
Download Size(20.8 MB) | Duration: 45:12
Looks like I really mean “kinda” weekly…
Anyhow… This weeks session we’ve got some great new music, and a couple of old ones… Mostly because I was too lazy to actually do a podcast the past couple weeks the music has been piling – don’t get me wrong, there’s not hundreds [...]
OKR Interview – Haymarket Riot»
KEEP IN MIND OF THEIR SHOW WITH POLVO
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2009 – 9PM -
@ THE BOTTOM LOUNGE – CHICAGO, IL!!!!
Download Size(13.43 MB) | Duration: 29:08
For all of you whom are not familiar with Haymarket Riot, I wouldn’t say it too loud or you might be looked at like your a dumb ass, here is a [...]
Dance Music For Yer Moms Podcast #1»
Download Size(21.4 MB) | Duration: 46:37
Dance Music For Yer Moms
Featuring independent electronic bands I’ve been listening to recently (and one that isn’t an electronic band at all). Cooler than frosted tips with deep orange tans, but nowhere near as cool as those American Apparel bodysuits with v-neck mesh inlay panels…it’s easy listening dance music for [...]
OKR Local & Indie Podcast #8 – 8/24/09»
Download Size(24.4 MB) | Duration: 46:00
Well I’m back once again with some great bands whom are playing some shows coming up over the next couple weeks.
Playlist:
Pet Lions – Stuck at the Bottom
Off their latest EP called “Soft Right”
Ceiling Stars – Poisoned Again
Off their release “All The Fallen Parts”
Snowsera – Push and Pull
Off their EP [...]
Do you have anything to declare: Show #2, Scots have brogues.»
Download Size(26.0MB) | Duration: 56:39
Welcome, Fàilte to Do you have anything to declare?
A podcast of independent music from around the world by Karen K.
For a long time now I’ve thought Scottish brogues to be the sexiest accents around, I’m afraid of going to Scotland just for fear that I will melt into the arms [...]
OKR Articles
GAUGE REUNION SHOW – MARCH 6, 2010 – BOTTOM LOUNGE»
Chicago’s very own Gauge is back with a reunion show on Saturday, March 6th @ The Bottom Lounge… Click here for more info!!
This is the show you need to catch this weekend here in Chicago for all things that is great in music! Why?…
Chicago punk band Gauge played its final show in 1994, putting an [...]
Rock for Relief!»
This Friday we’ll see not only people giving back to the world, Haiti to be exact, but the way a community can come together in time of crisis and need. When the organizers of Rock for Relief, Chris and Jolene Leather, put the word out about their upcoming charity event they didn’t have to search [...]
MIDSTATES & THE CHOIR OF GHOSTS TWO FREE SHOWS!!!»
Midstates and the Choir of Ghosts have one hell of a week planned for us here in Chicago!
They’ve finally released their E.P. with some killer tracks – Click here to get it on I-Tunes!
Check it out
…….Jay Reatard dead at 29…»
It was released today to all of us that Memphis musician Jay Reatard (aka Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr.) through his former label, Goner Records, that he died in his sleep.
Although more know for his explosive live performances… since 1998, Jay Reatard has been pumping out some great American garage punk from his work with bands [...]
Panther Style at Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL – December 30, 2009»
On December 30, 2009, Chicago-based Panther Style took the stage at Reggie’s Rock Club on S. State street as the second opening act for the self-proclaimed “Greatest Rock’n’Roll Band in the World”—The Supersuckers. Panther Style followed Coldcock Jones and the Shithawks, who got the crowd rockin’ with their own brand of in-your-face Southern rock. It [...]
Chicago Music News Brief»
For all those that frequent or visit the awesome Lincoln Square area of Chicago, there’s definitely some cool music tidbits happening.
The first is from Sad Brad Smith, the folk musician and Lincoln Square resident whose song “Help Yourself” is on the soundtrack to the new George Clooney movie Up in the Air. Not bad for [...]
Video Victory Friday 12.4.09»
Video Victory Friday! Yay!… Actually it’s 10.19PM and I nearly forgot about this new addition to OKR.
So this is winter… not quite yet though, right? I mean it’s only 28 degrees, that’s barely a Chicago mild winter day. But nonetheless, I’m not in the mood for noise or chaos or any of that nonsense. When [...]
Grooms at Ronny’s Bar – Chicago, IL – November 25, 2009»
Grooms at Ronny’s Bar – Chicago, IL
November 25, 2009
by Nick Lagger
This was my first time at Ronny’s, and when I walked into the dimly lit bar, all I could think was, “Man, this place literally smells like piss.” I was there to see Grooms, and luckily for me, the area where the bands play did [...]
Video Victory Friday»
It’s 7.56am and I’m tired as fuck. Spending the holiday weekend in Indiana can be draining. Seeing people you haven’t seen in 364 days – most likely for a good reason. Keep smiling, keep drinking and you’ll make it through.
But it’s Black Friday and it’s now 7.57am and I’m doing all I can to wake [...]
Live Brighton, MA»
Brighton, MA live @ Schubas: 2009
I’ve seen these guys live numerous times and each time they never fail to give an outstanding performance. This year Schubas invited them for their Monday night residency in which Brighton, MA graced the stage that has seen the talent of so many amazing musicians before them. Which is why [...]
Renegade Craft Fair, Chicago»
Renegade Craft Fair, Chicago
September 12 and 13, 2009 – On Division between Damen and Paulina St (in Wicker Park)
Who’s excited about Renegade Craft Fair this year?!? I am! I am!
Music, Handmade Goodness, Freebies and Raffles…. but mostly shopping handmade greatness. Over 300 vendors selling incredibly cool and cute items including plush items, jewelry, posters + [...]
Midstates and the Choir of Ghosts live at The Bottom Lounge»
Photos Courtesy of Ryan Mitchell Photography
Midstates and the Choir of Ghost have this fantastic back story of whats, whos, hows and whys. But that’s not the point right now is it? I mean, when you go to see a band, it isn’t to hear some Behind the Story sing-a-long, is it? It’s for any and/or [...]
Summer, if we must.»
Past a certain age, I stopped getting excited about summer. Everyone I know goes absolutely nuts over it too. Gargantuan outdoor festivals, flip flops, and getting a tan, it’s all beyond me (I also happen to be an Asian with freckles, I’m a little bitter). It’s just another season of the rest of our lives! [...]
Vinyl Saturday»
As if we needed another excuse to go buy records, we now have Vinyl Saturday: a monthly event that promotes the buying of vinyl records from local, independent stores. Brought to us by the Record Store Day people, Vinyl Saturday will take place on the third Saturday of every month and feature new albums [...]
Riot Fest»
PRESS RELEASE FROM WESTERN PUBLICITY:
RIOT FEST CELEBRATES IT’S 5th ANNIVERSARY WITH THE MOST PHENOMENAL LINE-UP YET IN CHICAGO
OCTOBER 7 – 12 TICKETS ON SALE JUNE 8th
“Riot Fest firmly established itself in 2006 as one of the best showcases for punk and underground music in the country.” JimDerogatis, Chicago Sun Times
Five years.What does it all [...]
