Past Events

February 2010

28th: Listening Party w/ DJ Billy & DJ Laurent
27th: Reckless Night w/ DJs Dan Worland & Eli Caterer
27th: Glad Cloud: Ambient Music Series
26th: Whistler Soul & Funk Party w/ DJ Jay Wells
26th: LeRoy Bach
25th: In Tall Buildings (release party) w/ DJ K Marks
24th: Woodland Creatures, DJ Elliot Bergman
23rd: Continental Riffs w/ Peter Margasak
23rd: Gallery Opening -- Winter at the Whistler
22nd: A Light Sleeper, The Daredevil Christopher Wright
21st: Lawrence Peters' Country Throw-Down w/ The Country Doctors
21st: Sweater Kittens Variety Hour
21st: The Orange Alert Reading Series
21st: Monday Mixology -- Absinthe
20th: True Sounds of Liberty w/ DJs Sarah & Laurent Lebec
20th: Glad Cloud: Ambient Music Series
19th: CHIRP presents Whistler Tips
19th: LeRoy Bach
18th: L'Orchestre Super Vitesse
17th: blink., Matt Ulery's Loom
16th: Coach House Sounds Benefit w/ Lesser Birds of Paradise, Moonrises, ONO, Jason Behrends, Brian Costello
15th: CHIRP Benefit w/ Tyler Jon Tyler
14th: L&L from Permanent Records
14th: Valentine's Day Cocktail Menu
13th: DJ Robbie Hamilton w/ The Pop Machine
13th: 2010 Erotic Fiction Contest -- A Benefit for Chicago Women's Health Center
12th: Kate & Rachel's Old Style Show
11th: This Is England... w/ DJ Elia of Scotland Yard Gospel Choir
10th: Chicago Goes West
09th: Andreas Kapsalis & Goran Ivanovic Guitar Duo
08th: So You Think You Have Nerves of Steel? Reading Series + live music
07th: The Golden Horse Ranch Band + Football's Biggest Game on Chicago's Smallest Screen!
06th: DJ Plastic Crimewave
05th: CHIRP presents Whistler Tips
04th: Cains & Abels, Nouns
03rd: Matt Ulery's Loom
02nd: Pet Peeve, Eliza Rickman
02nd: Matt Ulery's Loom -- The Queen
01st: MOVIEOKE!

September 2009

30th: Matt Ulery's Loom
29th: L'Orchestre Super Vitesse
28th: The Andreas Kapsalis Trio
27th: Roommate, Dylan Posa & Three Cheers for One Dead Man
26th: the WHISTLER 1-YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY
25th: the WHISTLER 1-YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY
24th: Whistler’s Motherfuckers: An Evening of Music, Employees, Artists and Related Ephemera from Drag City
23rd: ZING!, Information Superhighway
22nd: Orange Alert + The Nervous Breakdown Reading Series -- w/ special guests Raise High The Roof Beam
21st: White Mystery/Black Apple
21st: CHIRP BENEFIT w/ White Mystery & Bob Dey's Tanke Engine Man
20th: Lawrence Peters' Country Throw-Down w/ The Northside Southpaws
20th: The Sweater Kittens Variety Hour
19th: The Gaucho
19th: Glad Cloud: Ambient Music Series
18th: TTTTotally Dudes
17th: Kaspar Hauser, Adam Fitz, DJ Lawrence Peters
16th: Giallorenzo/Summerfield/Rumback Trio
16th: LeRoy Bach
15th: Getting Drunk To Spin Records To Get Drunk To — featuring L&L of PERMANENT RECORDS
14th: Andreas Kapsalis & Goran Ivanovic Guitar Duo
13th: Shelley Short, Alexis Gideon, Machineshop
12th: SOUL NIGHT w/ DJs Jay Wells & Dreas
12th: The Dust Bunnies (DJ set)
11th: True Sounds of Liberty w/ DJ Laurent Lebec (Pelican)
10th: Royal Pines, Blane Fonda
09th: The AJ Kluth Quintet
09th: LeRoy Bach
08th: The Judy Green, Jim Becker (solo)
07th: MOVIEOKE!
06th: The Golden Horse Ranch Band -- with special guest Chris Salveter of Judson Claiborne
05th: This Is England*
04th: DJ Conor Walker
03rd: Horse In The Sea, Louis and the Hunt
02nd: Giallorenzo/Summerfield/Rumback Trio
02nd: LeRoy Bach
01st: The Green Lantern Press Book Release Party w/ Nick Butcher, Jason Stein, Lily Robert-Foley and Basia Kapolka, Devin King and Michael Thibault

July 2009

31st: TTTTotally Dudes
31st: The Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival
31st: Plural
30th: The Librarian presents: SCREAMS FROM THE GUTTER
29th: Daniel Bruce
29th: LeRoy Bach
28th: Contraphonic Weird Folk Festival w/ Elvin and The Counterpane vs oRSo
27th: Eddie Dixon and the Embassy, The Great White Jenkins
26th: Darling, Pinstripe 45's
26th: The Orange Alert Reading Series
25th: Soul Night w/ the Wells Brothers
24th: DJ Pogo
23rd: Blasted Diplomats, Oso
22nd: The AJ Kluth Quintet
22nd: LeRoy Bach
21st: Contraphonic Weird Folk Festival w/ coat and Jim Elkington
20th: CHIRP Benefit featuring Rabble Rabble
19th: Lawrence Peters' Country Throw-Down
18th: Chris Roberson presents the Reelfoot Library of Music and Sound
17th: Kate & Rachel's Old Style Show
16th: Whistler’s Motherfuckers: An Evening of Music, Employees, Artists and Related Ephemera from Drag City
16th: TimeOut Chicago
15th: Greg Duncan Quintet
15th: LeRoy Bach
14th: Contraphonic Weird Folk Festival w/ Bevel and Helen Money
13th: Remember the Maine (Improvised Music Series)
12th: Serengeti, C Powers, DJ Kent Lambert (of Roommate)
11th: Soul Night w/ DJs Jay Wells and Ben Pirani
10th: DJ Robbie Hamilton w/ The Pop Machine
09th: Chris Connelly, Quietly Mine
08th: L’Orchestre Super Vitesse
08th: LeRoy Bach
07th: Dan Mohr, The Hen's Teeth Duo
06th: The Vintage Theater Collective presents: MOVIEOKE
05th: DJ Jorge Ledezma (Alla)
04th: Mule Magazine Issue #6 Release Party w/ DJ Laurent Lebec
03rd: CAVE, Black Apple, Dark Lingo
02nd: A Tundra, Reds and Blue
01st: Daniel Bruce
01st: LeRoy Bach

June 2009

30th: Information Superhighway, The New Messengers
30th: Meet the Distiller: David Perkins from High West Distillery
29th: MALE, Moon Bros.
28th: The Part V, The Nothingheads, Jon & Tiffany
28th: The Orange Alert Reading Series
27th: Soul Night w/ DJ Jay Wells, DJ Comatoast, and James Porter
26th: TTTTotally Dudes
25th: Daniel Knox, Mittens on Strings
24th: Freakjar
24th: LeRoy Bach
23rd: Good Stuff House, Silver Pines, Silent Land Time Machine
22nd: The Andreas Kapsalis Trio
21st: The Sweater Kittens Variety Hour
20th: The Librarian presents: SCREAMS FROM THE GUTTER
19th: DJ Clerical Error
18th: Whistler’s Motherfuckers: An Evening of Music, Employees, Artists and Related Ephemera from Drag City
18th: Contraphonic Weird Folk Festival w/ Anthony Burton (Counterpane), Jim Elkington (the Zinc's, Horses Haw) and Phil Spirito (oRSo) solo and together
17th: Eastern Blok
17th: LeRoy Bach
16th: The Fluffers, DJ Dan Maloney
15th: CHIRP Benefit -- featuring Red River School of Taxidermy, Peggy Sue
14th: Apple Miner Colony, Angel Olsen
13th: Soul Night w/ DJ Jay Wells
12th: Kate & Rachel's Old Style Show
11th: Kid Static, Kitchen Experiment
10th: L'Orchestre Super Vitesse
10th: LeRoy Bach
09th: Old Fake, Coins
08th: Country/Psych/Soul Night w/ Hyde Park Rec League
07th: Tangleweed
06th: Mule Magazine presents Hickorywood & Honeysuckle w/ DJs Jim Becker and Amy Cargill
05th: DJ Johnny Caluya w/ The Pop Machine
04th: DJ Plastic Crimewave
03rd: Eastern Blok
03rd: LeRoy Bach
02nd: Bitten Tongues, The Counterpane, Woody and Cole Soul
01st: BON VOYAGE ALEXIS! w/ The Fluffers and The Gaucho (DJ)

May 2009

31st: Sunset, The Dreadful Yawns
30th: Chicagoist -- 5th Anniversary Party!
29th: TTTTotally Dudes Present: Dudeless
28th: Jeff Harms, Roommate
28th: Soul Night
27th: Matt Ulery's Loom
27th: LeRoy Bach
26th: Mar Caribe, Northside Southpaws
25th: The Glorious Vapors, DJ Wondertwins
24th: Keep it Simple! A Benefit for Simple Gallery f/ Joan of Arc, Shred Aquarium and Andy Wagner w/ Brother Truck
23rd: SOUL NIGHT w/ DJs Jay Wells, Jason Berry and Ben Pirani
23rd: Sweater Kittens Variety Hour
22nd: DJ Robbie Hamilton w/ The Pop Machine
21st: Whistler’s Motherfuckers: An Evening of Music, Employees, Artists and Related Ephemera from Drag City
20th: Matt Ulery's Loom
20th: The Show 'n Tell Show
19th: Algernon, Leafbird
18th: CHIRP Benefit -- featuring Blasted Diplomats
17th: COUNTRY NIGHT w/ Cropduster and DJ Lawrence Peters
17th: The Orange Alert Reading Series
16th: The Librarian presents: SCREAMS FROM THE GUTTER
15th: DJ Clerical Error
14th: Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader Stringband, The Lawrence Peters Outfit
13th: Matt Ulery's Loom
13th: LeRoy Bach
12th: Puerto Muerto, Angel Olsen
11th: Dan Bitney and LeRoy Bach -- come and listen for the ghostrest
10th: Box of Baby Birds, Gigantic Hand
09th: DJ Pogo
08th: Kate & Rachel's Old Style Show
07th: Sonoi, Pinstripe 45s
06th: Matt Ulery's Loom
06th: LeRoy Bach
05th: The Andreas Kapsalis & Goran Ivanovic Guitar Duo, The Gaucho (DJ)
04th: Vintage Theater Collective presents: Movieoke
03rd: Golden Horse Ranch Musical Band w/ the Hammer Down! DJs
02nd: True Sounds of Liberty w/ DJ Laurent Lebec
01st: Hickorywood & Honeysuckle -- Mule Magazine

February 2009

28th: Soul Night w/ Wells, Carnahan and Green
27th: Kate & Rachel's Old Style Show
26th: Colorlist, Sissy Mena, DJ Michael Ardaiolo
25th: Greg Duncan Quintet, DJ David Drake
24th: Drunk Vinyl, Night School
24th: the WHISTLER ::::::
23rd: Aquarian Commons: Winter Roots Music Series w/ Bitten Tongues, E. Woody and J. Cole Blodgett
22nd: Cains & Abels, The Librarian
21st: True Sounds Of Liberty w/ DJ Laurent Lebec
20th: WHISTLER news :::::
20th: Hyde Park Rec League
19th: Serengeti, Meat Number 5, TTTTotally Dudes
18th: Greg Duncan Quintet, Hyde Park Rec League
17th: The Young & Madlys, Plan B, The Librarian presents: 80s NOT 80s, Post-Punk and other Junk
16th: Aquarian Commons: Winter Roots Music Series w/ Mar Caribe, J. Eckerson, A. Balconis, J. Cole Blodgett
15th: The Lawrence Peters Outfit, Royal Pines
15th: Orange Alert Reading Series
14th: Soul Night w/ Wells, Johnson, Harlow & Pirani
14th: Erotic Fiction Contest: A Fundraiser for the Chicago Women's Health Center
13th: DJ MPaul3
12th: DJ John Simmons
11th: Greg Duncan Quintet, DJ David Drake
10th: A Company, DJ Robbie Hamilton and The Pop Machine
10th: Metromix - Faceoff
09th: Aquarian Commons: Winter Roots Music Series w/ The Counterpane, Dallas
08th: Box of Baby Birds, Judson Claiborne
07th: The Librarian
07th: Asa Ransom, GP Dreams
06th: Johannah Silva :: Swimming to Eternity
05th: Elephant Gun, Thee Hardy Mums
05th: TimeOut Chicago
04th: Greg Duncan Quintet, Hyde Park Rec League
03rd: Andrew Zelm, DJ Steve Ritchey
02nd: Aquarian Commons: Winter Roots Music Series w/ Ode and Eyes Manouche
01st: TTTTotally Dudes

September 2008

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*Coming soon on WHISTLER RECORDS: Matt Ulery’s Loom 10” (w/ remixes by Deomans & The Hood Internet), Black Apple 10”, Various Artists: The Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival (3xLP + 32 page book) and the debut album from In Tall Buildings.


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