Blog: Chicago is Mildly Interesting

Video: Tom Schraeder Cassette Release Party

Sep 23, 2009, 3:52pm Chicago is Mildly Interesting
Tom Schraeder: Cassette Release Party 9/23
*MP3: Tom Schraeder - "Pat Baby"Very Don't Look Back, but still neatly executed. Tom Schraeder releases his new cassette tonight at the Beat Kitchen. Listen to his song "Pat Baby" at the top of the post.Tom Schraeder MySpace Page(Jon Graef)
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Artist:Tom Schraeder
Title:5. Patbaby (An Ode To)
Link Text:Tom Schraeder - "Pat Baby"
File Name:schraeder_patbaby.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2009

Review: Netherfriends - Calling You Out

Aug 13, 2009, 9:30am Chicago is Mildly Interesting
NetherfriendsCalling You Out (Emergency Umbrella)Grade: B-*MP3: Netherfriends - "Nunya (Beeswax)"If listeners were approaching Netherfriends' debut EP on Emergency Umbrella, Calling You Out, with fresh ears, they'd might marvel at how quickly the influence of Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavillion has spread to younger bands. Despite the fact that the Chicago-based group has been playing
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Artist:Netherfriends
Title:Nunya (beeswax)
Link Text:Netherfriends - "Nunya (Beeswax)"
File Name:netherfriends_nunya.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2009

VIDEO: Mazes - "Love to Lay"

May 27, 2009, 8:50am Chicago is Mildly Interesting
Mazes - Love To LayThe 1900s offshoot shoots its first video, and its for "Love to Lay"Mazes MySpace Page
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Video: Alla on "Chic-a-go-go"

Apr 22, 2009, 8:16am Chicago is Mildly Interesting
alla on chic-a-go-go
Indeed, as the intro notes, one of the coolest, most eclectic sounding bands in Chicago recently stopped by the "Chic-a-go-go" studios to "play" a song from its most recent release, the Record Store Day exclusive Digs, a mostly covers EP (save for one new song, "Si, Se Puede"). The band is interviewed, and there some pretty hilarious results when the Chic host asks about the origins of the band's
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42 songs for 4/20

Apr 20, 2009, 9:15am Chicago is Mildly Interesting
Abstract Rude - Nuff Fire
(Abstraction - "Nuff' Fire")Download: Jarvis Cocker - "Angela"Download: Fleet Foxes - "Mykonos"Download: The Vaselines - "Son of a Gun"Download: Fucked Up - "No Epiphany" (No Age Remix)Download: St. Vincent - "The Strangers"Download: Vacations - "Hassle with Real"Download: Black Blondie - "Dirty Ashes" (feat. Muja Messiah)Download: Deerhunter - "Rainwater Cassette Exchange"Download: Abstract Rude
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Link Text:Barter System"
File Name:bq_bartersys.mp3
Link Text:Electric Avenue"
File Name:Woodhands-ElectricAve.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Link Text:Jarvis Cocker - "Angela"
File Name:angela.mp3
Link Text:Love Melody
File Name:03 Love Melody.mp3
Link Text:Rainwater Cassette Exchange
File Name:Deerhunter - Rainwater Cassette Exchange.mp3
Link Text:Smells Like Teen Spirit"
File Name:WinterGloves_SmellsLikeTeenSpi rit_NirvanaCover.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Artist:Abstract Rude
Title:Rejuvenation
Link Text:Rejuvenation
File Name:Rejuvenation.mp3
Year:2009
Artist:Antony & The Johnsons
Title:Another World
Link Text:"Another World"
File Name:anotherworld.mp3
Year:2008
Artist:Black Blondie
Title:Dirty Ashes (feat. Muja Messiah)
Link Text:Dirty Ashes
File Name:DirtyAshes (feat. Muja Messiah).mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Black Math Horseman
Title:Origin Of Savagery
Link Text:Origin of Savagery
File Name:black_math_horseman_-_origin_o f_savagery.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Bon Iver
Title:Blood Bank
Link Text:Blood Bank"
File Name:bloodbank.mp3
Year:2009
Artist:Fleet Foxes
Title:Mykonos
Link Text:Fleet Foxes - "Mykonos"
File Name:5398.mp3
Bitrate:203 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Fucked Up
Title:Epiphany (No Age Remix)
Link Text:"No Epiphany"
File Name:no_epiphany_no_age_remix.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Gospel Gossip
Title:Track 03
Link Text:Pre-Med
File Name:premed.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:New Ruins
Title:Symptoms
Link Text:Symptoms"
File Name:New_Ruins_WMOOBL_Symptoms.mp3
Bitrate:267 kbps
Artist:Pontiak
Title:Honey
Link Text:Honey
File Name:Pontiak-Honey.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:St. Vincent
Title:The Strangers
Link Text:The Strangers
File Name:stvincent_thestrangers.mp3
Year:2009
Artist:The 1900s
Title:Age of Metals
Link Text:Age of Metals
File Name:Age of Metals.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:The Evening Rig
Title:The Hilltop Pines
Link Text:The Hilltop Pines
File Name:theeveningrig-thehilltoppines. mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:The Vaselines
Title:Son Of A Gun
Link Text:"Son of a Gun"
File Name:5428.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1992
Artist:Vampire Hands
Title:Safe Word
Link Text:Safe Word
File Name:SafeWord.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Witch
Title:Sweet Sue
Link Text:Sweet Sue
File Name:witch_-_sweet_sue.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Wye Oak
Title:Take It In
Link Text:Take It In"
File Name:takeitin.mp3
Year:2009

Ticket Giveaway: The Whip

Apr 10, 2009, 6:07pm Chicago is Mildly Interesting
Download: The Whip - "Trash" Download: The Whip - "Dubsex" Chicago is Mildly Interesting is giving away not one, not two, not three, not five, but FOUR pairs of tickets to tomorrow's show with The Whip at the Congress Theatre. We realize its at the last minute, but that's how we roll. BY THE SEAT OF OUR PANTALOONS! First four people to email chicagoismildlyinteresting@gma il.com will get tix
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Artist:The Whip
Title:Dubsex
Link Text:Download: The Whip - "Dubsex"
File Name:Dubsex.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2008

Michael Zapruder - "Ads for Feelings"

Apr 6, 2009, 9:11am Chicago is Mildly Interesting
Download: Michael Zapruder - "Ads for Feelings"Like an electro-pop Leonard Cohen, but with prog-rock breakdowns, Michael Zapruder combines a mellow, almost sing-speak vocal with a whole host of other nifty production and songwriting tricks to create an engaging, crisp song about the implications of consumerism. Listen to it at the top of the post. Michael Zapruder MySpace Page
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Artist:Michael Zapruder's Rain Of Frogs
Title:Ads For Feelings
Link Text:Download: Michael Zapruder - "Ads for Feelings"
File Name:03adsforfeelings.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2007

New Music: Vacations - "Hassle With Real"

Apr 6, 2009, 8:56am Chicago is Mildly Interesting
Download: Vacations - "Hassle With RealRead my write-up of Vacations' debut "album" (it's a combo of a 7" and an 8-song EP) over at Decider Chicago. Rising out of the ashes of Chin Up Chin Up, the recently broken up indie-rock quartet from these here parts, must have been a difficult challenge, but this album is quite fantastic. The record release party is tonight at the Bottle. Here are the
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Artist:Vacations
Title:Hassle with Real
Link Text:Download: Vacations - "Hassle With Real
File Name:hasslewithreal.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps

Paul Haig - "Reason"

Apr 6, 2009, 8:40am Chicago is Mildly Interesting
Download: Paul Haig - "Reason"I got a notice from Tarty Tart after she saw that Blogger took down my Elbo.ws post about how, today, April 6th, would be Paul Haig day. Why a specific day devoted to this specific songwriter? Behold: Bloggers have come under increasing attack in recent times, thanks to many in the music industry using the draconian measures of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (
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Artist:Paul Haig
Title:Reason
Link Text:Download: Paul Haig - "Reason"
File Name:Paul Haig - Reason.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

Top Ten Songs On Elbo.Ws Reviewed In 50 Words or Less: 03/15/09--03/31/09

Apr 4, 2009, 9:27am Chicago is Mildly Interesting
**The original post was deleted by the IFPI and Blogger. Here it is reposted with label and band approved mp3s and Hype Machine links (4/04/09 8:30 am).My concession to April fools is that this list consists of 11 tracks, and not ten. That's how awesome I've become in my late 20s. With that, have at!1. Grizzly Bear - "Cheerleader"Download: Grizzly Bear - "Cheerleader"After a rhythmical, bluesy
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Artist:Bill Callahan
Title:Eid Ma Clack Shaw
Link Text:Bill Callahan - "Eid Ma Clack Shaw"
File Name:Callahan_EidMaClackShaw.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Grizzly Bear
Title:Cheerleader
Link Text:Grizzly Bear - "Cheerleader"
File Name:cheerleader.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2005
Artist:The Mary Onettes
Title:Dare
Link Text:The Mary Onettes - "Dare"
File Name:Dare.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Voxtrot
Title:Trepanation Party
Link Text:Voxtrot - "Trepanation Party"
File Name:TrepanationParty.mp3
Year:2009

Top Ten Songs On Elbo.Ws Reviewed In 50 Words or Less: 03/15/09--03/31/09

Apr 1, 2009, 8:25pm Chicago is Mildly Interesting
My concession to April fools is that this list consists of 11 tracks, and not ten. That's how awesome I've become in my late 20s. With that, have at!1. Grizzly Bear - "Cheerleader"Download: Grizzly Bear - "Cheerleader"After a rhythmical, bluesy beginning, Grizzly Bear forge the baroque elements of their musical persona (mellotron, youth choir, torrents of harmonies) into a mash of modern
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Artist:Bill Callahan
Title:Eid Ma Clack Shaw
Link Text:Download: Bill Callahan - "Eid Ma Clack Shaw"
File Name:Callahan_EidMaClackShaw.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:CFCF
Title:You Hear Colours
Link Text:Download: CFCF - "You Hear Colours"
File Name:01 You Hear Colours.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Grizzly Bear
Title:Cheerleader
Link Text:Download: Grizzly Bear - "Cheerleader"
File Name:cheerleader.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2005
Artist:Harlem Shakes
Title:Strictly Game
Link Text:Download: Harlem Shakes - "Strictly Game"
File Name:harlemshakes_strictlygame.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Passion Pit
Title:The Reeling
Link Text:Download: Passion Pit - "The Reeling"
File Name:189 Passion Pit - The Reeling.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:The Decemberists
Title:The Rake's Song
Link Text:Download: The Decemberists - "The Rake's Song"
File Name:10 - The Rakes Song.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:The Felice Brothers
Title:Run Chicken Run
Link Text:Download: The Felice Brothers - "Run Chicken Run"
File Name:the-felice-brothers-run-chicke n-run.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:The Mary Onettes
Title:Dare
Link Text:Download: The Mary Onettes - "Dare"
File Name:Dare.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:The Prodigy
Title:Take Me To The Hospital (Hostage Remix)
Link Text:Download: The Prodigy - "Take Me To The Hospital (Hostage Remix)"
File Name:The Prodigy - Take Me To The Hospital (Hostage Remix).mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:The Virgins
Title:Rich Girls (Le Castle Vania's Spring Break No Parents Remix)
Link Text:Download: The Virgins - "Rich Girls (Le Castle Vania's Spring Break No Parents Remix)"
File Name:richgirlsremix.mp3
Artist:Voxtrot
Title:Trepanation Party
Link Text:Download: Voxtrot - "Trepanation Party"
File Name:TrepanationParty.mp3
Year:2009

New Helicopters - "White Lily No Soul"

Mar 31, 2009, 9:03am Chicago is Mildly Interesting
Download: Helicopters - "White Lily No Soul"Mixing electronica with pan-Asian musical elements, the new song from digit-pop trio Helicopters "White Lily No Soul" is a scathing, but melodic, kiss-off against a vapid starlet. Sure, as far as targets go, that's like shooting fish in a barrel, but when the results are this ingratiating, who can complain? Download the track at the top of the
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New Music: Mazes - "Cat State Comity"

Mar 30, 2009, 9:06am Chicago is Mildly Interesting
Download: Mazes - "Cat State Comity"Another download released for your enjoyment, courtesy of Mazes and Parasol Records. "Cat State Comity" continues the impeachable pop melodies of The 1900s. Listen to it at the top of the post.Mazes MySpace Page
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Artist:Mazes
Title:Cat State Comity
Link Text:Download: Mazes - "Cat State Comity"
File Name:Mazes 02 Cat State Comity.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009

Anni Rossi gets an 8.0 on Pitchfork

Mar 26, 2009, 9:14am Chicago is Mildly Interesting
Download: Anni Rossi - "Ecology"If you haven't already picked up Anni Rossi's latest record, Rockwell, named for the street she lives on in Chicago, then you absolutely should. Personally speaking, I'm more partial to the Afton EP which came out last fall (which I retroactively put on my best-of list for 2008, b/c I'm a dumbass), but Rockwell has more than its fair share of viola-plucked charms
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Artist:Anni Rossi
Title:Ecology
Link Text:Anni Rossi - "Ecology"
File Name:Anni_Rossi_Ecology.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

Video: Rhymefest Explains Charles Hamilton Beef

Mar 24, 2009, 9:01am Chicago is Mildly Interesting
Rhymefest interview with KarenCivil.com Pt 2
(part one)(part two)Rhymefest explains his diss records against hipster-rapper Charles Hamilton. Video courtesy of Fake Shore DriveRhymefest MySpace Page
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New Music: New Ruins - "Ships"

Mar 16, 2009, 8:32am Chicago is Mildly Interesting
Download: New Ruins - "Ships"The Parasol press page for the New Ruins' new song, titled "Ships," and taken from the East Ill. group's upcoming album, The Sound They Make, notes that the track bears sonic resemblance to a "droney acoustic/electric rock, songs rendered in sepia-tone, awash in rural melancholy." At first, I immediately thought of Zelionople, but the moment that New Ruins jangly,
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Link Text:Download: New Ruins - "Ships"
File Name:New Ruins - Ships.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps

Tonight: Women @ Bottom Lounge

Mar 11, 2009, 8:31am Chicago is Mildly Interesting
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Video Blog: Wounded Roots

Mar 9, 2009, 9:11am Chicago is Mildly Interesting
wounded roots
Watch the latest video blog from the promising up-and-comers at the top of the post.Wounded Roots MySpace Page
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Smashing Pumpkins License "Today" To Visa

Mar 6, 2009, 8:19am Chicago is Mildly Interesting
Smashing Pumpkins VISA Commercial (Billy gets paid)
If you're a young actor, I'll look the other way, but...Here's the deal, folks. You do a commercial, you're off the Artistic Roll-Call forever. End of story, OK? You're another corporate fucking shill, you're another whore at the capitalist gang-bang, and if you do a commercial there's a price on your head, everything you say is suspect and every word that comes out of your mouth is now like a
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Reunited Jesus Lizard To Open Pitchfork 2009

Mar 6, 2009, 8:10am Chicago is Mildly Interesting
Via Chicago Breaking News:The reunited Jesus Lizard will play its first hometown show in 11 years July 17 at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park, promoters will announce Friday.The noise-rock quartet broke up in 1999, but the original lineup of David Yow, Duane Denison, David Wm. Sims, and Mac McNeilly has announced plans to play a handful of shows this year while their label, Touch & Go,
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