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Albums John Vernon
Albums
1. Mitski Be The Cowboy (Dead Oceans)
2. Kacey Musgraves Golden Hour (Mercury)
3. Arctic Monkeys Tranquility Base Hotel... (Domino)
4. Sara Shook & The Disarmers Years (Bloodshot)
5. Parquet Courts Wide Awake! (Rough Trade)
6. Noname Room 25 (Self-Released)
7. Saba Pivot (Saba Pivot LLC)
8. Superchunk What A Time To Be Alive (Merge)
9. Janelle Monae Dirty Computer (Atlantic)
10. Boygenius boygenius (Matador) 1. Sara Shook & The Disarmers Years (Bloodshot)
2. Johnny Marr Call the Comet (New Voodoo)
3. Arctic Monkeys Tranquility Base Hotel... (Domino)
4. Micah Shemaiah Roots I Vision (Evidence)
5. The Outfit The Outfit (Pavement)
6. Soccer Mommy Clean (Fat Possom)
8. Lo Moon Subterranean (Apr 5)
9. Snarky Puppy Ravinia (July 2)
10. Hollie Cook Vessel Of Love (Merge) 10.GrahamCoxon Park West (Sep. 21)
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Kevin Lee & The
Lonesome City Kings
Hotlips Messiah
Noname
Poster Children
Jeff Elbel
Reissues
1. Radiohead United Center (July 6) 1. The Beatles White Album 50th Annversary (Capitol)
2. The Kinks Village Green Preservation Society 50th
xxAnniversary (BMG)
3. Rush Hemispheres 40th anniversary (UMe)
4. ELO The UK Singles (Legacy)
5. Brian Eno Ambient 4-On Land (UMe)
6. David Bowie Loving the Alien [1983-1988] (UMe)
7. Various Artists Stax ’68 A Memphis Story (Stax)
8. John Lennon Imagine Ultimate (UMe)
9. Chuck Berry The Great Twenty-Eight (UMe)
10. Pink Floyd Pulse (Columbia)
5. Iceage House of Vans (June 21)
6. The Fever 333 Riot Fest (Sept 14)
7. Thom Yorke Chicago Theater (Dec 4)
8. Courtney Barnett Chicago Cultural Ctr. (May 21)
9. The Kills House of Vans (May 19)
10. Margo Price Thalia Hall (April 13)
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6. Orkesta MendozaThalia Hall (Feb 18)
8. Saba Pivot (Saba Pivot LLC) Curt Baran
Concerts
4. Twenty-One Pilots United Center (Jan 17)
4. Jeff Lynne’s ELO Allstate Arena (Aug 15)
5. Poster Children/Porcupine Lincoln Hall (June 29)
9. Jon Hopkins Singularity (Domino)
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3. St. Vincent Lollapalooza (Aug 4)
3. Ry Cooder Thalia Hall (June 24)
7. Mike + Micky Copernicus Center (June 14)
The Outfit
Jay O'Rourke
JC Brooks
Saba
Nonpoint
2. Wolf Alice Metro (March 30)
1. David Byrne AuditoriumTheatre (June 1)
2. Paul Simon United Center (June 6)
7. Beach House 7 (Sub Pop)
Best Of Local Artists
IE Staff
Enuff Z'Nuff
Jay O'Rourke
Jeff Elbel
Concerts
The Outfit
Jeff Elbel
Albums
1. Lo Moon Lo Moon (Columbia)
2. Phil Madeira Providence (Mercyland)
3. The Choir Bloodshot (Galaxy21)
4. Willie Nelson Last Man Standing (Sony)
5. BRMC Wrong Creatures (Vagrant)
6. Nathaniel Rateliff & the NS Tearing at the Seams (Stax)
7. Matthew Sweet Wicked System of Things (Honeycomb)
8. Low Cut Connie Dirty Pictures, Part 2 (Contender)
9. Charles Bradley Black Velvet (Daptone)
10. Johnny Marr Call the Comet (New Voodoo)