Owen to play July Off the Record. BrooklynVegan Chicago Let Cat Out of Record Bag.

Brookyln Vegan Chicago today announced a secret so closely guarded we doubt that even the NSA knew about it. We can't wait for Mike Kinsella to bring Owen to saki where we can fête L'Ami du Peuple (Polyvinyl) with a proper free listening party and help promote Owen's two Chicago shows at The Beat Kitchen on June 29. The first is an early (7PM), all-ages show, and the second is a 21+ late show. Advance tickets for both are available here NOW!

Photo by Shervin Lainez

We'll be posting more delicious details RSN, but in the meantime, preview the new album with Owen's Daytrotter performance of the entire record or stream "Blue to Black," an actual recording from the album, thanks to the kind folks at Rolling Stone.

What a weekend we had at saki

We could hardly keep up with everything last weekend at saki! Even though we're pretty exhausted today, we have plenty of new memories to kick off our week thanks to ROOKIE, Tavi, Tiny Fireflies, everyone who came out for Creative Control, Joe McAdam, Owen, everyone who participated in the After Hours Concatenating Pedals show, especially Ben from Glad Cloud, Human Elephant, Jack & Ace, and Rob from Numero Group! And definitely everyone who came out to twiddle knobs, zine with us, or take in some music. It was really pretty cool. Read the nitty gritties and check out some pictures after the jump!