{"id":42696,"date":"2021-08-02T10:05:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T15:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=42696"},"modified":"2021-08-02T10:05:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T15:05:21","slug":"indie-rock-artist-spotlight-michigander-lollapalooza-literally-a-dream-come-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beintheloopchicago.com\/?p=42696","title":{"rendered":"Indie Rock Artist Spotlight: Michigander: Lollapalooza – Literally, A Dream Come True"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Christopher David<\/p>\n

\u201cThis Was Literally A Dream Come True\u201d: Michigander\u2019s Organic Rise to Indie Rock Success<\/strong><\/p>\n

Can dreams come true? Yes, they can – just ask Jason Singer of Michigander, who has long hoped to drink from the Lollapalooza chalice and got his chance on Saturday, playing a stunner of a set to a crowd that couldn\u2019t get enough of his heartfelt indie rock anthems. I was fortunate to catch up with Jason literally minutes after they got off stage to get their thoughts on touring, Chicago, and\u2014of course\u2014playing Lollapalooza.<\/p>\n

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In the Loop (Christopher David)<\/strong>: So\u2026the obvious question, now that it\u2019s finally happened. How was it playing Lollapalooza?<\/p>\n

Jason Singer<\/strong>: Honestly, I\u2019m kinda sad\u2014it\u2019s over! *laughs* No, it was incredible. I\u2019m looking forward to being able to check out photos and videos and whatnot, but overall, I just feel really grateful. So grateful.<\/p>\n

ITL:<\/strong> As a huge fan of your music, it was so satisfying to see such a huge crowd for your set. What\u2019s your experience been like in Chicago, leading up to this? You\u2019ve played an exhaustive amount of gigs in the last few years around the midwest.<\/p>\n

JS<\/strong>: My first show here was to about eleven people, in a house, somewhere? Then we played Uncommon Ground to about sixty people, when we were doing more acoustic stuff. Then we did Tonic Room, we sold that out at about eighty or ninety people. Then we did Schubas, and now we\u2019re doing Lincoln Hall (on October 28th). I also love Thalia Hall.<\/p>\n

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ITL:<\/strong> Thalia is amazing\u2014one of our best venues, I think, and the new Double Door is shaping up, too. One of the things I love so much about Chicago, as a music fan and a musician, is the broad cross-section of venues we have, from really small clubs to big halls, but they all still have a lot of character.<\/p>\n

JS<\/strong>: Agreed, Chicago has always felt like a second home to me. Maybe for that reason, I was expecting a lot of friends watching from the side stage for our set\u2014I really wasn\u2019t expecting that<\/em> huge of a crowd! It was nuts.<\/p>\n

ITL: <\/strong>Is your upcoming headlining tour for Everything Will Be Ok Eventually your first national headlining tour?<\/p>\n

JS:<\/strong> Coast to coast, yeah. I\u2019m so happy that we\u2019re getting back on the road. We\u2019ve always been a band that always been about just hopping in the van and doing the show – now that we have a team and everything, it\u2019s really nice, it\u2019s different.<\/p>\n

ITL<\/strong>: And after this tour, are you headed immediately into a new record?<\/p>\n

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JS:<\/strong> We\u2019re already working on that, actually, and it\u2019s going to be a big guitar album, that\u2019s what I really want it to be. For the first time, I\u2019m really feeling confident in my abilities, if that makes sense? For a long time, you don\u2019t really know how something will connect. We\u2019re going to be doing a lot more touring in the spring, too. We\u2019re just really grateful to be doing what we\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n

(images via Michigander Facebook page)<\/p>\n

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Check out Michigander at Lincoln Hall on October 28th, click here<\/a> for tickets<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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