Artist: Bedfellows

It is with regret that we announce the demise of promising upcoming pop duo Technoir MA, who kept us more than entertained in February with the stunning '2/B' EP . It was 80s inspired guitar music accompanied by drum machines and the direct, confident vocals of singer/guitarist Justin Vassalo. Their crazed post-punk was noisy and abrupt, with that New Order style combination of melancholy overdrive and euphoric dance beats never straying far from the band's ideals. ' Roundabout ' ( MP3 ) in particular, was a rare gem of a song. But there is good news - [...]

• Bedfellows - Burn Too Quick (Tight Mix)
• Technoir MA - Roundabout

Outer Minds Three sometimes-you-have-to-just-for get-about-not-having-money-and -take-a-Thursday-off-to-say-fa rewell-to-Mary reasons to waddle on over to the Hideout tonight... 1. Fellow Chicagoans, Outer Minds take on the Hideout tonight. Let's call them garage for the sake of argument, albeit garage that leans heavily on catchy as the mumps melodies. Like bring your own tambourine catchy. All jangle all day, Outer Minds will make mop tops proud. 2. Mannequin Men side-project Thee Hardy Mums are headlining tonight. Yep. I'm [...]