If there are any Chicagoans out there who need one more festival before summer comes to an end, say hello to The Square Affair . Held on August 2nd at the epic Logan Square Auditorium , The Affair (put together by local scene-makers Harmonica Dunn and Grape Juice!, the hip beer heavy-hitters Pabst Blue Ribbon, super-venue The Empty Bottle, and us here at CoS ) aims to showcase some of the best talent from the incredibly musically active neighborhood. While other neighborhood festivals will pull in whoever will fill out the [...]
September is shaping up to be a fine month in terms of local music, and now there's another great event to add to the list. The Square Affair is back on Friday, September 2, at the Logan Square Auditorium. Presented by Grape Juice Records , The Empty Bottle Presents! among others, the concert is, as the tag line reads, "A concert and celebration of Logan Square's residents, businesses, and artists focusing on it's surging and eclectic music scene." The celebrating the surging and eclectic music scene is does with a pretty red line-up, which [...]
For those of you not keeping track, Chicago Mixtape - the weekly e-mail'd mix of great Chicago bands from Rock Proper's Casey Meehan - has been an overwhelming success. So much so, that the Chicago Neighborhood Boys and Girls Club , who've been providing athletic, educational and arts programs for more than 1,500 boys and girls since 1931, asked Chicago Mixtape to curate their annual carnival/concert on Sunday, July 10, at Paul Revere Park, located at 3900 N Rockwell Ave. The end result is a benefit [...]
Jonny Rumble Three if-you-name-your-business-P.S. ..Nails-of-course-it-will-beco me-an-inside-joke-to-punchy-co -workers reasons to get those raggedy nails on over to the Panchos tonight... 1. You think you know Chicago's Jonny Rumble , don't you? I felt the same way. Jonny Rumble, cow-punk at best and late era Social Distortion rip-off at worst. Welp, we'd both be wrong. The name may conjure cuffed jeans and knife fights but the music is quite tender with flashes of lounge cool mixed with good old precious indie rock. Even a [...]
Chicago Mixtape Madness Casey Meehan thinks you need more Chicago musicians in your aural diet. Meehan, the man behind the digital distribution service Rock Proper, which has released albums by Jay Bennett and Jonny Rumble, will launch his latest project Chicago Mixtape on Monday, Feb. 14, to show Chicagoans exactly what they've been missing. The aim of Chicago Mixtape is simple: to expose you to great local artists by delivering free weekly mixes straight to your inbox. Sign up at the project's Facebook page now [...]
Hate This City mp3 Mea Culpa Mea Culpa ... (coming soon via SideCho Records, until then, get it at their shows) artwork credit: Jonathan Egan Dig out and get out to hear some great bands, favorites of mine, tomorrow night at the Hideout! Buy tickets here! The Kickback will be releasing their new EP, Mea Culpa Mea Culpa If it's anything like their previous release, which still can't stop listening to, then we are in [...]
There are no shortage of music festivals in this country and the 2010 CMJ Music Marathon is only the latest and biggest yet. Kicking off October 19 in New York City, several Chicago-area bands are planning on representing the Windy City at the festivities. First off the bat is acoustic rockers Scott Lucas and the Married Men who will play a gig at The Local 269 , 269 East Houston Street. The show is $7 without a CMJ pass. A few days later, on October 22, [...]
DOWNLOAD: Jonny Rumble - "Handgun Blues" DOWNLOAD: Jonny Rumble - "BRZRKR" (Photo: Alison Glovak) " They combine the ferocious energy and unshakable grooves of Motown's best with Chicago's long-standing love of power-pop; think MC5 jamming with Cheap Trick, but at Ramones tempos. If that isn't a sign of life, I don't know what is. " -- Jim DeRogatis, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES Chicago garage-rock/alt-country band Jonny Rumble are coming to NYC as part of CMJ Music Marathon later this month. [...]
photo credit: Allison Glovak BRZRKR mp3 Jonny Rumble JR.... buy it on vinyl! Victim of the Times mp3 Sometimes when watching Jonny Rumble play, I think that if Otis Redding were a hipster he'd be singing one of these songs. What Redding brought to Soul, Brian Webb and the boys throw in the face of indie pop today. JR , their latest album is truly dark and tense and as it builds it contrasts wildly with the popular [...]
Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed. Mark Guarino took a look at the high costs of seeing the Dixie Chicks, Keith Urban and the Eagles at Solider Field. Windy City Rock reviewed JR the second LP released by the local group Jonny Rumble. Jim DeRogatis posted his top six albums through the first six months of 2010, and then tacked [...]
Just a quick post to get everybody up to date on all the information that has been passed along to me in the past week or so. First off, the biggest news. Jonny Rumble, who I mentioned a few posts back, is currently giving away their brilliant new album, JR , for FREE. I highly recommend you jump on over here and download it. Then head on over to their page , and sign up [...]
Jonny Rumble is a at crossroads with their new album JR . They released a Courtney's Basement in 2009 and those two rock oriented songs were a sign that their punk days were over. JR moves even further away form the three chords punk attitude and now they are gravitating to pop and even electric blues, the musical genre that will be forever associated with their hometown Chicago. Mixing genres and sampling cuts from a varied musical palette isn't a problem so long as you incorporate them into a sound that [...]
I had a week, at the end of May, where I scheduled myself to go to six gigs. Yeah, that was both exciting and scary and, it turns out, un-do-able. The end result was: one gig I went to on the wrong night and got lost-missing it, one night I had to make a Sophie's choice and think I picked the right one, one night I drove 3 hours to see The Hazards of Love performed live and I'll never forget it, and by Sunday I came down with the worst cold/flu thing that I was grounded for [...]
I wanted to bring you a local Chicago band to give you a flavor of what music is really like here (no, it's not all hip-hop and house!). These guys play at a club I go to often, and I keep missing them for one reason or another, but they're awfully good. They have an EP coming out soon and just released their third LP last fall, Almost Dead . I'd say their sound is straight up rock and roll, in that Midwestern way, rooted in punk and post-punk history and [...]
Chicago powerpop band Jonny Rumble are offering the two track of their Courtney's Basement maxi single as a free download. It serves as a teaser for a new EP which will be released later this year. They have moved away from punk a bit for these new songs. MP3: Jonny Rumble - Courtney's Basement MP3: Jonny Rumble - To Foolishness Live dates: 04/28 Tiger O'Stylies, Berwyn, Illinois 05/30 On The Limiter, Cudahy (S. Milwaukee), [...]
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