Hideout Chicago + AV Club Fest Photos with Trampled by Turtles, Superchunk, Mavis Staples, Neko Case, The Hold Steady

A great weekend of familiar faces and music at my favorite Chicago music festival. Neko Case, The Hold Steady, Superchunk, Mavis Staples, and Trampled by Turtles? That checks off all of my boxes, for sure.

You can see all the photo sets here:


http://www.flickr.com/photos/pkmonaghan/collections/72157635425275015/

and more after the jump

Just Another Day @ Merge Records

Our friends at Merge Records are having a fun "dance off" promotion in honor of their most recent She & Him album. More on that here.

While I'm not the biggest She & Him fan, I am a fan of their example video of the dance contest featuring the "Men of Merge:"



The twist, some line dancing, and leap frogging! I know these guys can't win the contest, but they have my vote.