Cut Off Your Hands - Fooling No One Frenchkiss Records have made their (previously unreleased outside of USA) 'Happy As Can Be- ep' available everywhere for free download !...the cover is a sweet as Joel Kefali special, and the tracks are bonus material from around 08/09 release The band will also be supporting two sold out shows with Friendly Fires at Splendour in The Grass Sideshows, Melbourne and Sydney.
I tweeted earlier tonight (I hate this fucking sentence already) concerning the tabs I have open here in my nifty little browser. Because I am a blogger, it made sense to write about this. Plus, I need an excuse to close these fuckin' tabs, man. I've got a bunch of shit sitting atop. Have a gander... ** Ewan Currie's Bandcamp Dude, I've got a serious clit stiffy for this dude and his band. I've wrote about The Sheepdogs before , they've made it [...]
Why bother? That’s what Nick Johnston asked himself throughout 2010, as the Cut Off Your Hands frontman took a break from the band and tried to put more important things in perspective; like the reasons he’d decided to pursue music in the first place. After all, it’s hard to get excited ...
Yet another sign of summer, despite Chicago’s foray into November-like Fall temperatures, is the announcement of the Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival ’s musical lineup. The three-day street festival kicks off Friday, July 29 and ends Sunday, July 31, along North Milwaukee between California and Kimball Avenues in Logan Square. The Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival includes two stages chocked full of local artists, including four of our 11 Chicago Bands to Watch in 2011 . The main stage will be ruled by groovy soul rockers JC Brooks & The Uptown [...]
New Zealand rockers Cut Off Your Hands just revealed the first new track from their upcoming album, Hollow, which will see the light of day later this summer via Frenchkiss Records. The bouncy yet mature “You Should Do Better” offers a nod to their influences while nicely following up their ...
All's well that ends well. Sure, it rained all week, but it's nice and sunny outside with just a tiny nip in the air. Naturally, that means it is time to party down while we still can. This weekend, especially, is a doozy. There are so many great shows that it is almost impossible to choose among them. Some of the shows we're all abuzz over are Gypsyblood at Liar's Club , Dead Milkmen at Congress Theater and Local H at the Metro . Let's hop to it, [...]
Light Pollution The big weekend is upon us and, boy, is it a doozy. Saturday is the fourth edition of Record Store Day and, yes, we're excited. There will be music booming from every corner and crevice all over town and that doesn’t even account for our many revered venues. Check out our Record Store Day guide for all that good in-store information, featuring your favorite local bands like Tyler Jon Tyler, Ornery Little Darlings, the 1900s and more. All that RSD excitement aside, in [...]
Rotten Sound headlined the Camden Underworld with Trap Them and Gaza in support (plus The Kandidate and Haust but we ignored them). We reviewed the rest though!
Photo by John Sturdy Three let’s-put-on-our-orthopedic- dancing-shoes-and-groove-the-n ight-away reasons to head on over to the Viaduct Theater tonight... 1. If you’re one of those people who enjoy showcases with bands that are similar in style, yet totally different in reality, you will love this show. Chicago garage rockers Mannequin Men playfully describe themselves as ,“Four punker-types with a penchant for getting wild at house parties and spending their free time in a CCR cover band.” While it may or may not be a joke, CCR [...]
Hollows | Illustration by Johnnie Cluney Chicago garage pop quintet Hollows recorded a groovy set for Rock Island’s own Daytrotter while showing off their adorable personalities (check out the “Welcome” track) earlier this March. Hollows recorded four hip-shaking retro jams for the indie-loving music site including the bouncy number “Shadows in the Dark” and organ-heavy “Johnny Appleseed.” You can stream Hollows’ entire set right now or download it for free in 128K MP3 format at Daytrotter.com . Hollows, of course, weren’t [...]
In the age of the incredibly shrinking, high-capacity mp3 player and numerous online music stores, independent artists are flocking to an unthinkable medium to get their music to the masses: the cassette tape. Chicago is at the forefront of a subculture that is hitting the mainstream after an explosion of local cassette labels in town. These labels serve as curators by catering to audiences and artists alike with eye-catching visuals and high production values that can only be rivaled by the original preferred format, vinyl, but at a fraction of the cost. [...]
Look, sometimes you've just got to take a step back, and let a band's beyond-fucked-up promo video do the talking. We were already pretty much lost for words when it came to describing the brilliance of Rotten Sound's superb forthcoming eighth studio album, Cursed, but now the latest promo video from the band has well and truly finished [...]
Friends & Family II Chicago imprint Grape Juice Records just released its second annual compilation album free to the public on the label’s bandcamp page on December 20. The album, Friends & Family II , includes such local folk and indie rock acts as Jon Drake & The Shakes, Julie Meckler, Will Phalen, Musikanto and Rambos, just to name a few. Grape Juice’s yearly compilation tradition began last year when the label celebrated its fifth anniversary in high-style, including a custom cake from Charm City Cakes (AKA [...]
Well, it's finally here. Beats & Blogs weekend is upon us. Are you ready for the show of the year? Nay. Show of century? You better be. Don't worry though, we also give you options for tonight and Sunday including Kurt Baker at Panchos and Yawn and Lincoln Hall and more. Let's get to it, shall we? FRIDAY KURT BAKER [...]
“Take Five” is an interview series that focuses on Chicago’s ever-growing music scene by giving you insight on the city’s best local acts via the best source possible: the acts themselves. We ask five questions, and they give five answers. Here is the latest installment featuring Hollows . Hollows are one of four bands playing Beats & Blogs: A Musical Hotspot this Saturday, December 18, at Subterranean, presented by Loud Loop Press and Betta Promotions . The group - fronted by organist Maria Jenkins and rounded out by bassist [...]
Betta Promotions' and Loud Loop Press' killer rock show, Beats & Blogs , also sponsored by an massive amount of our great blogging buddies-in-arms, is this upcoming Saturday at Subterranean . We know you're pumped seeing how the lineup is White Mystery , Hollows , Rabble Rabble and Radar Eyes . But the show isn't just about the bands, it's about opening up your wee little eyes to a number of awesome local blogs, publications and media that are making Chicago's music scene and community among the best in the nation. Here's [...]
Here it is. The beautiful poster for the upcoming kick ass rock show we're spearheading with Betta Promotions that's also being sponsored by some of the coolest Chicago music blogs, radio stations, podcasts and publications that you need to be reading/listening to if you're not already. Just to recap, the event, titled Beats & Blogs: A Musical Hotspot , goes down on Saturday, December 18, at Subterranean with White Mystery , Hollows , Rabble Rabble and Radar Eyes . Get all the information about the concert here , and [...]
Hey there, folks! Our good friends over at Betta Promotions and us are throwing a kick ass show and you're all invited! On Saturday, December 18, the Subterranean will host Beats & Blogs: A Musical Hotspot presented by Loud Loop Press and Betta Promotions featuring some of Chicago's top bands for your listening pleasure. The lineup includes fire-headed garage rockers White Mystery , retro-poppers Hollows , lofi, psych rockers Radar Eyes and psych-punks [...]
Influential garage rock trio The Gories are reunited (again!) for a North American tour, and they played their first Chicago shows in quite a long time at the Empty Bottle last Friday and Saturday night. Well, we have some great footage from their Saturday show courtesy of John Yingling of Gonzo Chicago . The video begins with a short clip of Chicago rockers CoCoComa who opened the show along with Hollows . Check it out below: httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=ndDGiM8EhL8
Pelican It's that time again, Chicago! May we present Loud Loop Press' picks for top weekend shows. There's plenty to go 'round including Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan at Lincoln Hall , Chicago's own Pelican at the Bottom Lounge , Max Weinberg’s Big Band at Old Town School of Folk Music and much more! Let's get to it, shall we? FRIDAY [...]
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