LIVE PERFORMANCE ARCHIVE 2015


December 18, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: indie singer-songwriter Randi Russo (pictured) and Grant Mooney of alternative rock band The Forest of Love


December 13, 2015

Second Sunday at Six concert with collaborative string combo the Ayuda Quartet (pictured) and impressionistic guitar duo Matt Gold/Jim Tashjian


December 11, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: indie folk rock from Silvergirl, meditative indie rock from Anti/Beyond and intricate folk rock from Chaz Hearne (pictured)


December 5, 2015

Special Saturday night event: harmonica-driven blues from Calvin Conway (pictured) and cinematic folk pop from The Astronomer


December 4, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: improvised solo percussion & turntables from On The Ground, analog drone from Jesse Giallombardo (pictured) and improvisatory classical noise from Sies/Willis Duo


November 20, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: singer-songwriters Sue Fink, Heather Styka (pictured) and Emily White


November 13, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: Dawá (pictured) and the Michael Malis Trio


November 8, 2015

Second Sundays at 6 Concert Series: Chartreuse and Ayuda Quartet (pictured)


November 6, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: singer/songwriters Shelley Miller (pictured), Br. Moose and Rebecca Jasso 


October 30, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: acoustic alt-folk from Elizabeth Bagby and progressive/alternative rock from The Elizabeth Dane (pictured)


October 24, 2015

Special Saturday night event: Jack Campbell, Stephen Chopek and Sam Vicari (pictured)


October 23, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: piano-driven alternative folk from Sarah Eide (pictured), solo acoustic indie-folk from Tanous El-Kareh and multi-instrumental geek-folk from Abud: A Bard


October 16, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: experimental electronic music from H.P. Hovercraft & The Neck Romancer and Aphorism (pictured), with live video by MFchicago


October 9, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: experimental jazz from the Atticus Lazenby/Ben Schmidt-Swartz Duo and Afro-soul & folk from Woven Collective (pictured)


October 2, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: acoustic Americana-ish duo Sugar Still (pictured) and pop with a twist of blues & soul from Elle Casazza


September 25, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: improvisational electronic duo Orlando (pictured) and experimental electronic DJ Owls & Pillz


September 18, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: Postpunk duo Beauty 2s (pictured) and indie/experimental quartet Faintlife


September 11, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: minimalist American folk from Timothy Breen (pictured) and song-based experimental music from Matt Christensen accompanied by Eric Eleazer & Brian Harding


September 4, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: acoustic indie pop from Survival Float, Henry Geraghty and Ocean Days (pictured)


August 28, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: avant-garde / Kraut jazz from Swedish duo Mats Dimming / Hampus Öhman-Frölund and worldly-inspired jazz from Malena Quartet (pictured)


August 21, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: solo improvised electronica from Charles Mantis (pictured) and Max Abstrax


August 15, 2015

Special Saturday night event: from Columbus, Ohio, modern jazz sextet Screeching Owl and Chicago's Ali/Humphreys Duo (pictured)


August 14, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: Vibrancy curated by The ELLE, with performances by Chicago rappers Nique and Tony Famous, pop singer Audrey Valentine and Chicago-based hip-hop soul singer/songwriter The ELLE


August 7, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: free improvisation ethno-psychedelic “jazzcore” from Nimitta (pictured) and punk/free jazz from Galaxxu Pair


July 31, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: indie-world-soul from Nino Arobelidze


July 24, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: experimental compositions and decomposing loops from Mereology (pictured), abstract processed guitar by Cinchel augmented with violin by Billie Jean (aka By Measure)


July 17, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: jazz from Echoes, looped cello textures from April Faith-Slaker and “jazzical” Appalachian electronica from Alan Richter (pictured)


July 10, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: textural drone pop from Charlie Moon and indie prog pop from Kevin & Hell (pictured)


June 26, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: acoustic rock and folk from TaylorChris Rawlins and Scott & Odie (pictured) 


June 19, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: classical violinist Irine Røsnes and tenor saxophonist Thomas Caminito (pictured), folk and jazz singer Ana Munteanu


June 12, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: experimental electronica/dance from Marsden Giolas


June 5, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: modern barrelhouse trio The Morphtet


May 29, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: folk solo acts Chaz Hearne and Rebecca Jasso (pictured) and acoustic trio Matthew Morgan, Sarah Blick & Jon Rogers


May 22, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: experimental solo guitar by Derek Allen, post-ambient experimental electronics from onewayness, solo experimental synthesis from Reaktorplayer (pictured) 


May 15, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: backwoods avant-garde from Good Stuff House (pictured) and layering/repetition-obsessed noise artist Arvo Zylo


May 8, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: experimental, meditative electronic music from Volutes (pictured) and solo laptop experimental music from Patrick Cosmos


May 1, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: modern jazz from Open Forum Project (pictured) and Dad Knows Best


April 24, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: Synthpop trio WINGTIPS (pictured) and psychedelic-electronic power trio Mystery Crash


April 17, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: Theron Humiston (pictured) and hicksoncompactgroup


April 10, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: modern jazz from Ishmael Ali’s Zebec and Dan Meinhardt’s Outset (pictured)


April 3, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: solo indie pop from David Wycoco (pictured) and dusty folk-pop from Steven Gilpin 


March 13, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: Berlin contemporary classical trio XelmYa


March 6, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: Chicago rapper Awkh


February 27, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: Silvergirl, Brash Flair and Brice Woodall (pictured)


February 13, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: a quadruple bill featuring noise solo bassoon from Katherine Young, minimalist solo double bass from Rob Lundberg (pictured), minimalist solo viola from Jessica Pavone and drum improvisation from Joe Adamik with multi-instrumentalist Steve Dorocke


February 6, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: experimental multimedia duo Keebs (pictured) and electronic funk & house duo Tasty Prizes


January 30, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: indie pop from Jack Campbell and electronic chamber rock from Dial In (pictured)


January 16, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: Bluefront and Andy Masters (pictured)


January 9, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: free improvisation trio Julian Kirshner/Keefe Jackson/Aaron Zarzutzki and electric chamber duo SUN SPEAK (pictured)


January 2, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: Three artists from Lungbasket Recordings -- Karl, Absolute Paradise, Vesper Chimes -- assembled to provide a full evening of quiet music drawing from American folk music tradition, hymns and other influences



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