The Chicagoist ran a sweet little preview about the Bike-In Movie Theater screening of ‘The T.A.M.I. Show’ taking place this coming Sunday May 13th at 8pm.

The T.A.M.I. Show was available only as a bootleg before being officially released on DVD a couple of years ago. Luckily The Hideout is offering an even better way to take it in, screening T.A.M.I. Show on their patio this Sunday as a bike-in movie. Presented with the Logan Square International Film Series, admission to the bike-in movie is free to everyone 21 and over. You can fill your messenger bags, panniers and saddlebags with all the snacks you want and enjoy beverages from the Hideout’s bar. Now in their second year, the bike-in screenings should accommodate 100 to 150 people. It should almost make being a Chicago grown-up in 2012 feel not just lucky, but “1964 Santa Monica Teenager”-lucky.

T.A.M.I. Show screens Sunday, May 13, at The Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia Ave, 8 p.m., FREE, 21+

Michael Slaboch, talent buyer at the Hideout, archivist and producer for the Numero Group, what he’s obsessed with. His answers are. . .

JC & Co., Music by JC & Co. It’s refreshing (and very rare) to hear an album for the first time and immediately want to have it on repeat from top to bottom for the entire day. This happened recently with the new self-released LP by Texas-based artist Jason Chronis. Parts of the album could easily be mistaken for Jon Brion outtakes, and it also has some really catchy Zombies-esque hooks—which made it the perfect soundtrack for our unseasonably warm March.

Mazzy Star, “Common Burn” b/w “Lay Myself Down” Hope Sandoval comes to terms with her identity crises and returns as Mazzy Star for the first time in 15 years on this self-released seven-inch. Both tracks exude all of the reverb-laden mysteriousness and sonic subtleties that made her earlier work so special. Now let’s just hope there’s a full-length getting finished sometime soon.

WFMU archives If you’re looking for an engaging alternative to the highly manufactured musical streaming world of Pandora this and Spotify that, look no further than the free-form radio archive of WFMU. A listener-supported FM station out of Jersey City, NJ, WFMU has DJs—yes, real human beings volunteering their time to choose and play music for you!—who are all over the proverbial map, exposing you to an endlessly vast array of tunes you never knew existed.

A quick note before we get into this week’s shows…

Tickets are moving swiftly for this ultra-rare solo appearance by Luther Dickinson (from The North Mississippi All Stars & The Black Crowes).

He’ll be playing “American Primitive-esque” instrumental pieces followed by a performance with his stellar new group, The Wandering.  This will be a partially seated show and we hope you get to snag some tickets before it’s too late!

Tonight we are super excited to have former member of The Good, Tony Rogers, in the house with an 11-piece band, and Sandman (aka Chris Sand) the country rappin’ cowboy getting things started at 9pm.

Friday is a stellar triple bill with the grizzled-rock sounds of Matthew Ryan, Hideout favorites The Sanctified Grumblers, and an acoustic set from Brandon Sampson of Six Mile Grove.

Saturday the post-rock group Prichard is back after years away and they’ll be bringing out a bunch of their dear friends to help them celebrate their new CD release.  Joining them throughout the evening are, Blasted Diplomats, The Thin Man, Dorain Taj, and Spearhead.

Later that evening it’s time for the Life During Wartime Dance Party & Social who will cure all of your dancing needs.

Monday has Robbie Fulks performing a duo set with Audrey Auld.

Tuesday it’s the first one of the month which means it’s time for the always eclectic sounds of Mar Caribe in the front bar.

Wednesday the Immediate Sound Series presents Abrams / Taylor Duo along with Mitch and Paz spinning a few tribute sets of music by the late Levon Helms.

See you soon,
The Hideout

Here’s a video from Gonzo Chicago taken at the sold out Willis Earl Beal show last week.  Thanks again everyone for packing the place and making Willis feel right at home.

Congratulations to our very own Martha Bayne for her 2012 Time Out Chicago Eat Out Award for, Most Palatable Evangelism!

It seemed like just another excuse for Blue Liners to drink and brood together. But in the three years since Martha Bayne started Soup & Bread, a weekly event that runs from January to April at the Hideout, she’s proven that a modest idea—serve free soup, collect tips for hunger charities—can morph into a movement for social change. This year, Bayne published the Soup & Bread Cookbook, a collection of recipes and essays about various organizations that use soup to achieve their missions. It was on her book tour, though, that S&B really took off. Bayne hosted one-off soup nights in cities such as New York, Nashville, Philadelphia and Detroit, and in some of those cities, it stuck. Now, we have a choice: Soup & Bread at the Hideout, or Soup & Bread in Madison, Wisconsin.

Thanks again to everyone who came out this year to Soup & Bread!

Click on the video to tune in and see out very own Martha Bayne on WGN-TV talking about Soup & Bread to the daytime television audiences of Cook County!

Before we get into this week’s upcoming shows we wanted to let you know about a few things…

For those of you who couldn’t make it to the Portlandia show last week we are sorry and we really do wish we could’ve packed everyone in here.  Here’s a bunch of pictures and review from Brooklyn Vegan along with Fred and Carrie saying sweet things about the show on Fox News the morning after.  In classic Hideout fashion we made some Fred & Carrie pinatas that crowd surfed through the audience for the encore and then got ripped to shreds closing out the show.

We’ve also wanted to let you know about a great show coming up that is Hideout family & friends related. Theater Oobleck presents “The Hunchback Variations Opera” — Mark Messing’s musical adaptation of Mickle Maher’s “cerebral, comic, and just plain weird” 2002  play The Hunchback Variations, a deft deconstruction of the creative process disguised as a panel discussion between Ludwig van Beethoven and Quasimodo, the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Weds-Sun, Jan. 25-Feb 19 at Victory Gardens Biograph Theater.

Alright on to the shows coming this week:

Tonight Wine From The Moon presents a healthy dose of americana with, Jane & The Pretty Pleases,Machine Gun Mojo, and Liza Day.

Friday we have early set in the front bar with guitarist Bill MacKay. Later in the evening  Ami Saraiya & Outcome, Ode, and Captain Captain will all bring us various eclectic sounds from areas both near and far.

Saturday is the 21st Annual St. Timothy Party bringing the smoky voiced Tim Menard & The Flying Nowakowski Brothers to the stage. The dance party that evening will be hosted by none other than the infamous Hot Grits!

Monday has Robbie Fulks performing with The Pussycat Trio.

Tuesday we’ve got an early show with Write Club our favorite literary smackdown, followed by The Dogpatch Ramblers.

Wednesday it’s time for Soup & Bread again, followed by the Immediate Sounds Series which presents Fred Lonberg-Holm’s Lightbox Orchestra doing two sets.

Cheers,
The Hideou

“Chicago then was like this embryonic version of ‘Portlandia.’ Though, no question, the show’s informed by my time in Chicago.” – Fred Armisen

There’s a picture from the NY Times of the Hideout’s very own Nick Broste rocking his bone at the NYC Winter Jazzfest this past weekend with Herculaneum!  Ben Ratliff from the Times weighed on the killer festival.

The Chicago Tribune did a great feature story this week on Sunday’s show, NEDtalks: Spreading Worthless Ideas.