Old Shoe Stories

This Week's Shows | August 28 – September 4

Depeche Mode @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre - 8/30English electronic band Depeche Mode are on a world tour that stops by Tinley Park on Wednesday. The extremely influential 80s band is promoting their excellent new record, Spirit, and performing for the first time in the Chicago area since 2013. Psych-rock band Warpaint will open the show.Kevin Morby @...

PHOTOS | Summer Stomp Music & Camping Festival 2017

By: Zach Stone PhotographyThere's something about what Summer Stomp Music & Camping Festival is curating that just feels right.They are bringing people together for the right reasons, and celebrating a tight knit family of music and musicians, not to mention fans, up in McHenry County.It was my first time attending the festival,...

Dead & Company @ Wrigley - Quick Reference Guide

Almost two years of being a band, Dead & Company makes its Chicago debut this weekend -- the first time Grateful Dead members have played at Wrigley Field.  Guess the Cubs had to win the World Series first.As you can imagine there's no shortage of hoopla, both bad and good surrounding the event....

FESTIVAL WATCH | Shoe Fest 2017

Festival Watch is a Tomorrow's Verse feature where we break down festival news into the facts you need to know.Shoe Fest - September 1-3 - Camp Shaw Waw Nas See, Manteno, ILHeadliners To Watch: Leftover Salmon!  Drew and Vince have both been at previous Shoe Fests, but the whole band...

Photos & Media Roundup | Shoe Fest 2016

Photos: Ashley Hamm Photography | Video: Don OlkerLots of music festival attendees claim that their experiences are "just like going away to summer camp".  Hell, there's even a long-running Illinois festival called Summer Camp, so yeah... there's some trying to capture that barefoot, worry-free magic of childhood summers.But Shoe Fest may actually have...

Setlist / Photos | Shoe Farmer @ Durty Nellie's 7/8/16

By: Dale Foster PhotoGrateful Dead was on a lot of Midwesterner's minds with two nights of Dead & Company rolling through Alpine Valley over the weekend.In the Chicago area, if you were looking for a preview of sorts, one great option was Palatine's Durty Nellies on Friday night.Old Shoe has made a name...

Paul Priest Digs Into "How Life Operates" On The Acme Hotel

By: Dave Weckstein | Photos: Norman SandsFans of Old Shoe got a special treat earlier this month with the release of a solo album from the lead guitarist of one of Chicago's foremost jam bands. Paul Priest sat with me on a sunny June afternoon to talk about what inspired the third solo...

Shoe Fest Announces Initial 2016 Lineup With Word Search

Those pranksters at Shoe Fest have done it again. Sure, some festivals can just announce their lineup. Shoe Fest hid the first 11 artists revealed for their Labor Day Festival in Manteno, IL via a Word Search puzzle.  What's more, the offered a free ticket to the first person to identify and tag all eleven...

Photo Gallery | Old Shoe & Friends @ Snow Shoe Festival 2/6/16

As Chicago's Old Shoe becomes more of a force on the regional touring scene, they have been amping up their game for their Chicago plays.One of my favorite of this site's photo contributors is Dale Foster -- whose journalistic style truly captures what it's like to be at theshow.These two forces came together...

A Dog's Eye View Of Shoe Fest

By: Rosebud, with a little help from Carmel O'Farrell (@carmelocorn)Shoe Fest kicked off its 5 year anniversary celebration on Friday of Labor Day Weekend amidst the cornfields of rural Manteno, Illinois. Camp Shaw is a kids' summer camp that gets transformed into a music festival once a year.Old Shoe asks all their friends to...