This weekend, we plan on getting Blacked Out at the Empty Bottle , do some Dumpster diving at the Burlington , make a Day of it at Cole's and so much more. Let's do this... FRIDAY HOZAC BLACKOUT FEST It has return..eth! The garage slash punk slash rock 'n' roll fest [...]
Since 2005, Autumn in Chicago means not only meant Football but music venues all over the city hosting the massive punk rock party known as Riot Fest . This year, Riot Fest will undergo a transformation in to a three-day outdoor festival in Humboldt Park on September 14-16 and join the ranks of other Chicago destination festivals including Lollapalooza, Pitchfork Music Festival and North Coast Music Festival. The initial lineup for the revamped Riot Fest includes headliners Rise Against , Iggy and the Stooges , The Offspring [...]
Photo by Ryan CutlerGirls Got Rhythm Fest Day 1With the Muffs, Pierced Arrows, White Mystery, Caroline & the Treats, the Pinsch, and Hot RashAmsterdam Bar & Hall, St. PaulFriday, May 11, 2012V
White Mystery are no strangers to music videos , but they've taken things to a whole new level with their latest clip for "Rapid Overdrive" from their latest EP, People Power (Sea Of Infamy) . The Penelope Gazin-directed video features amazing looking claymation likenesses of Alex and Francis White tangling with what appears to be evil skeleton alligators. In short, the skelegators kidnap clay Alex and clay Francis battles the beasts, after a short ride on the back of a dog, with an axe, rescues Alex and rocks out. It really [...]
White Mystery seems to get more popular everyday, and all of the attention is so deserved. The band has now launch a twitter campaign to play on Conan with he comes to Chicago. The duo recently released their new ep People Power and with it the video below for the track "Rapid Overdrive". White Mystery will be performing at Empty Bottle on May 19th as part of the massive HoZac Blackout Festival.
Japanese pop-punk pioneers Shonen Knife will follow up last year's cover album Osaka Ramones with their seventeenth studio LP, Pop Tune , due out June 6th via Good Charamel Records. In support of the release, the band will hit the road this summer for a string of tour dates. Chicago's own White Mystery will serve as support. Check out the trio's full itinerary below, followed by a trailer for the tour shortly after. Shonen Knife 2012 Tour Dates: 07/19 - Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's * [...]
Here's what I remember about the first time I visited San Francisco: I saw Alcatraz, I paid an all-silver man to robot walk while playing a kazoo, and I was giddy when I learned that George Lucas lived nearby. I was 10. In the recent past, as I've talked about in this column before , I've pored over Bay Area garage. For the past two years, artists like Ty Segall, the Fresh & Onlys, and Thee Oh Sees have occupied a good chunk of my listening rotation. So while, yes, I headed to Haight Ashbury [...]
It Monday and it's time to shake off the self-inflicted injuries from the weekend. Atlanta's the Coathangers will be bringing raw power to the small Hi-Dive stage tomorrow night with the likes of White Mystery and Denver's own, SAUNA. Things should get live and face melts will be handed out for all attendees. Get there early to catch SAUNA. Radio 1190, Cause=Time & Illegal Pete's Present The Coathangers w/ White Mystery, Sauna at Hi-Dive Doors at 8:00 PM Show at 9:00 PM 18+ $10.00
HoZac Records has unveiled the full Blackout Fest line-up just as tickets for the three-day punk rager went on sale Wednesday afternoon. As we previously reported , the rowdy punk and garage fest will return to the Empty Bottle this May 17-20. This year's edition will feature headliners Roky Erickson , Davilla 666 , and Redd Kross . Additionally, local acts Bare Mutants and [...]
Stripped back, brother and sister two piece White Mystery know how to party with the best of them. Forget the lazy White Stripes comparisons, this duo have their own raw, visceral take on the blues and their new 73 single is out on April 20 via Perpetrator Records and is called People Power . If I was at SxSW they would be another on my lengthy "must see" list. Grab the single here. Download White Mystery - People Power mp3 (from People Power 73) [...]
Sticking to your schedule at South by Southwest (SXSW) takes discipline and heaping portions of luck. You better swallow this pill now: You will not be able to see all of the bands you want to see, even if you are trying to be conservative with your schedule. Think about the fact that every year in Austin the crowds get bigger and bigger, yet the venues stay the same size. Clubs and bars will hit capacity faster than ever this year, so it's time you have some back up options, and some outlying parties to check out. [...]
White Mystery recently set out on two-month tour that takes them to SXSW, New York City and beyond. But that didn't stop the Chicago garage rock stalwarts from dropping new tunage. While the duo's new EP, PEOPLE POWER (Sea of Infamy) , doesn't drop until April, 20, last Friday White Mystery debuted the release's title-track "People Power" over at MTV. Yes, that MTV . Anyway, "People Power," is a fuzz stomper that finds a slightly muffled Alex White barking, "Girl Power! Boy Power! People Power All Together!" [...]
The summer before I moved from Chicago to West Virginia, I worked as a dishwasher and busboy at Bob Evan's. I was fine with the job itself, but really, some of my co-workers were some high-grade assholes. But I put up with it, because hey, I needed that money. As I worked, I kept looking forward, spending a portion of every paycheck on a concert that would take place that fall in Chicago. I grew up in a town where live music, let alone good live music, was scarce. So when that first paycheck came in from Bob [...]
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. • The Chicago Tribune is reporting that, in order to deal with declining enrollment, a Columbia College report has recommended the closure of Chicago Jazz Ensemble , Center for Black Music Research and the Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in Arts and Media. A final decision will be made in June. • Congrats to [...]
Bleeding Rainbow Happy Friday! It's another weekend chock full o' music in Chicago, with shows like KoRn at The Congress and Van Halen at the United Center. How could we possibly choose? Well, being that we're all about options at Loud Loop Press, we decided to highlight some of the other rad shows happening around town in case you couldn't snatch those KoRn tickets. Let's get it on. FRIDAY [...]
Disturbing? Surreal? I'm still not quite sure. But on last night's episode of MTV's Jersey Shore , the White Mystery song "Party" soundtracked a crucial, tension-filled moment. Well...as tension filled as a show about a group of partying North Jersey Italians can get. Here's a but of context (that I, uh, heard from my friend. Yeah.): Snooki and Deena made a cake for their boss since a week earlier that left work early to get drunk. In the morning, the cake was missing a small piece. Everyone [...]
We're mere hours away from starting the weekend, and with the season finale of football over, we'll actually have to go outside. Luckily, there are tons of great shows, and many fundraising for a good cause, over the next few days. Let's get to it. FRIDAY SOFT SPEAKER The Brit pop-inspired Chicago outfit come out swinging with plenty of lingering guitar licks, hazy psychedelic rhythms and even some [...]
ARTIST: The SWAG Report 92 with freebie mp3 downloads for songs by Will Currie and the Country French, Bleeding Knees Club, Brendan Benson, Halestorm, The Darcys, Seether and more! So much more! DATE: 01-25-12 WRITER: Don Loder Heya junky, Awright, I ain't got a whole lotta time ta dink aroun' witchu tuhday ya twerps, so's I'mma jus' get in, getchu yer SWAG an'get gone - ya get me? The upside fer you izzat I nabbed some pretty primo gear fo'ya dis week, [...]
Magic Milk It's Friday the 13th! The first one of the year. Spooky. Don't stay home paralyzed by fear of the impending zombie apocalypse. Go live it up with some rad Chicago shows. Up and Atom ! FRIDAY MAGIC MILK Fasten your dancing snow boots because when garage rockers Magic Milk hit the stage there's going to be a whole lot [...]
Alex White | Photo by Audrey Leon Guitar World recently ranked the "10 Female Guitarists You Should Know" and Chicago's own red headed force of nature Alex White of White Mystery made the cut. The magazine listed White's raw energy and "jangly punk-ass guitar playing" as reasons for inclusion. If you have ever witnessed hard rocking duo White Mystery live - and the band has given us plenty of chances, logging over 100 shows in 2011 alone - Alex White puts on an electrifying [...]
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