Friday, September 10, 2010
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
The Curse of B'zhang!
Our first EP "The Curse of B'zhang" has finally hit the digital shelves this week. Turns out we didn't need yr hlp at all, doing everything our own damn selves. The album tells the tale of the mighty entity B'zhang and his battle to save all of your creative souls. More on that in the weeks ahead. In the meantime, help yourselves to the album over at our Bandcamp, or give us some money for it, or wait for it to hit iTunes, eMusic, and Amazon if you're some sort of weirdo.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
Post View - dakotah Rose
One last post view for a terrific act that was a late addition to our March 14th Swing State bill.
From the dakotah Rose MySpace:
dakotaHrose started with a four-year old in a living room, with a voice and an upright piano and the rest is history. A classically trained pianist that prefers unstructured jam sessions and a self-taught pseudo-guitar player of 5 or 6 years, dakotaHrose is a quirky individual with a love for music that stemmed early-on. Her passion unfolds into her lyrics and musical wonders, and she brings it all alive while performing. With many influences stemming from all different walks of music, dakotaHrose welcomes many different sounds for a musical style all her own. On stage she shares a love for guitar and piano, and unable to play them both at the same time, let's herself switch on and off between songs for a versatile performance. With lyrics heavily influenced from life, love, experiences and her passion for life and music. dakotaHrose writes music to let her think all the time without thinking at all, and anything from her that you hear is a product of a lady musician forgetting the inhibitions or worries of vulnerability, and trying to create something new in this world with a fearless hope in the power of music and creators. She plays to express, not to impress, and therefore doesn’t try to fit into one genre. Although if one day she does…..she’ll be ok with that.
From the dakotah Rose MySpace:
dakotaHrose started with a four-year old in a living room, with a voice and an upright piano and the rest is history. A classically trained pianist that prefers unstructured jam sessions and a self-taught pseudo-guitar player of 5 or 6 years, dakotaHrose is a quirky individual with a love for music that stemmed early-on. Her passion unfolds into her lyrics and musical wonders, and she brings it all alive while performing. With many influences stemming from all different walks of music, dakotaHrose welcomes many different sounds for a musical style all her own. On stage she shares a love for guitar and piano, and unable to play them both at the same time, let's herself switch on and off between songs for a versatile performance. With lyrics heavily influenced from life, love, experiences and her passion for life and music. dakotaHrose writes music to let her think all the time without thinking at all, and anything from her that you hear is a product of a lady musician forgetting the inhibitions or worries of vulnerability, and trying to create something new in this world with a fearless hope in the power of music and creators. She plays to express, not to impress, and therefore doesn’t try to fit into one genre. Although if one day she does…..she’ll be ok with that.
Post View - Mayor For Life
Another great band we played with before this here blog was running:
From our practice space homies and good buddies' Mayor For Life's MySpace:
Mayor For Life is a three piece rock band from Chicago. It consists of three totally sweet ass dudes named Rich, Todd, and Ullysses. Rich and Todd used to be in All Limbs Intact together. That band fizzled because everyone flaked out on us. To be fair, usually they had valid reasons involving trying to support themselves and/or their family. Rich and Uli used to work together. Due to our experience with ALI, we decided three people were enough.
One of these days we'll have songs up here and they'll kick ass.
Fun fact: At 160 lbs, Todd is the heaviest member of the band.
Links to other stuff we are/were involved in: All Limbs Intact, Bear Claw, Wind or Ghost, Maintenance Crew, Marmora, Los Pistoleros, and probably a bunch more things of various interest to anyone if we really put our minds to it.
From our practice space homies and good buddies' Mayor For Life's MySpace:
Mayor For Life is a three piece rock band from Chicago. It consists of three totally sweet ass dudes named Rich, Todd, and Ullysses. Rich and Todd used to be in All Limbs Intact together. That band fizzled because everyone flaked out on us. To be fair, usually they had valid reasons involving trying to support themselves and/or their family. Rich and Uli used to work together. Due to our experience with ALI, we decided three people were enough.
One of these days we'll have songs up here and they'll kick ass.
Fun fact: At 160 lbs, Todd is the heaviest member of the band.
Links to other stuff we are/were involved in: All Limbs Intact, Bear Claw, Wind or Ghost, Maintenance Crew, Marmora, Los Pistoleros, and probably a bunch more things of various interest to anyone if we really put our minds to it.
Post View - Cadejo Negro
Catching up with some great artists we've played with that for whatever reason, didn't get a preview.
From the Cadejo Negro MySpace:
Cadejo Negro's Will Walker and Jason Whitus cut the cord of the traditional Rock and Roll format and come to the world as a thunderous Drum and Bass 2 piece. Former members of Mezzanine C14 stripe down the layers of calculating complex time signatures to bring strong rhythms, back beats, and thundering bass while adding the art of noise as an instrument.
From the Cadejo Negro MySpace:
Cadejo Negro's Will Walker and Jason Whitus cut the cord of the traditional Rock and Roll format and come to the world as a thunderous Drum and Bass 2 piece. Former members of Mezzanine C14 stripe down the layers of calculating complex time signatures to bring strong rhythms, back beats, and thundering bass while adding the art of noise as an instrument.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Good Evening Chicago
From the Good Evening Chicago MySpace:
Chicago is a place, that for many reasons, has one of the most vibrant and varied music scenes anywhere. From Chicago Blues to ground breaking House Music to indie rock that rethinks its own conventions, Chicago is bursting at the seams with interesting and provocative music. The music that is produced here emits an almost endless variety that, other than a few niche cable access shows, lacks a collective output that represents its vastness effectively.
If Austin has “Austin City Limits” and Nashville “The Grand Old Opry”, both in national syndication, then Chicago definitely needs a live music outlet. Good Evening Chicago is the beginning of a new tradition in live Chicago music.
Starting in the fall of 2009 as a Video and Audio podcast hosted on line, Good Evening Chicago will, after buliding a following, make a home on local television and eventually national syndication. Leading up the our debut online we will be will be holding live tapings once a month through out the Spring and Summer. Please stay tuned for more Chicago music innovators, only on Good Evening Chicago.
Good Evening Chicago hosts its 1 Year Anniversary this Friday at Murphy's Bleachers, 3653 North Sheffield. This is a free show. Featuring Plan B, The Armor Class, and Cmn ineed yr hlp.
Chicago is a place, that for many reasons, has one of the most vibrant and varied music scenes anywhere. From Chicago Blues to ground breaking House Music to indie rock that rethinks its own conventions, Chicago is bursting at the seams with interesting and provocative music. The music that is produced here emits an almost endless variety that, other than a few niche cable access shows, lacks a collective output that represents its vastness effectively.
If Austin has “Austin City Limits” and Nashville “The Grand Old Opry”, both in national syndication, then Chicago definitely needs a live music outlet. Good Evening Chicago is the beginning of a new tradition in live Chicago music.
Starting in the fall of 2009 as a Video and Audio podcast hosted on line, Good Evening Chicago will, after buliding a following, make a home on local television and eventually national syndication. Leading up the our debut online we will be will be holding live tapings once a month through out the Spring and Summer. Please stay tuned for more Chicago music innovators, only on Good Evening Chicago.
Good Evening Chicago hosts its 1 Year Anniversary this Friday at Murphy's Bleachers, 3653 North Sheffield. This is a free show. Featuring Plan B, The Armor Class, and Cmn ineed yr hlp.
Monday, January 25, 2010
the armor class
the armor class:
The Armor Class is a Chicago based trio featuring guitar, bass, drums, loops & sequences, and vibraphone. Songs are widely varied, from ambient and dreamy compositions to more abrasive post-rock.
The Armor Class is a Chicago based trio featuring guitar, bass, drums, loops & sequences, and vibraphone. Songs are widely varied, from ambient and dreamy compositions to more abrasive post-rock.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Plan B
From the Plan B MySpace: When Brad Smith was in high school, he started writing songs. He got better at it over the years, until one day he decided to start a band to play some of his songs. This band played a bunch of shows starting in 2005, and even went on a few tours, down to Texas and out west for a few weeks.
These days, the band exists more in recording form only. Brad got tired of the hard work involved in having a 'working' band, and trying to 'make it'. He enjoys writing and recording, and hopes you enjoy listening.
These days, the band exists more in recording form only. Brad got tired of the hard work involved in having a 'working' band, and trying to 'make it'. He enjoys writing and recording, and hopes you enjoy listening.
Monday, January 18, 2010
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