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Chicago Bands on Twitter

twitter_logo_125x29.pngWe're putting together a list of Chicago bands on Twitter, as a companion to this list of 406 international acts who use it. We most likely missed one or two; add more in the comments, or by DMing us on Twitter.

Andrew Bird
Animate Objects
Big Sky Stringband
Chicago Opera Theater
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Common
Cotlife
DJ Heather
Eighth Blackbird
Flosstradamus
The Fold
The Frantic
Helicopters
Hood Internet
Kid Sister
Lost Cartographers
Loyal Divide
Morris Mills
Post Honeymoon
The Right Now
Snows Era
The Sweeps
Treaty of Paris
Volcano!

Andrew Huff / Comments (7)

Post Honeymoon / February 12, 2009 3:59 PM

Post Honeymoon tweets!

@posthoneymoon

volcano! / February 12, 2009 7:36 PM

volcano!

@volcanoband

The Right Now / February 12, 2009 7:51 PM

The Right Now (formerly Eli Jones)!

@therightnow

Loyal Divide / February 13, 2009 7:22 AM

Hi! We'd like to be on the list, too. Please.
@LoyalDivide

Thanks!

Calvin Marty / February 13, 2009 5:36 PM

Calvin Marty and The Sunken Ship

http://twitter.com/cmatss

Matthew Schoen / February 14, 2009 11:52 AM

What about WILCO only one of the best bands and one of the best cd's ever recorded

Andrew / February 15, 2009 2:46 PM

@Matthew: Well, find us their Twitter account and we'll gladly add it. I was unable to find one for them in my searches.

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