Video: Panda Riot - "Paper Planes" (MIA cover) at Athens Popfest

Three reasons to head to the Empty Bottle tonight... 1. Because nothing is better than seeing three up-and-coming Chicago bands for free on a Monday night. I mean Monday Night Football is done, honestly, what else are you going to do? Tonight, the Bottle welcomes electro-indie rockers Coltrane Motion . Their sound is built around heavy looped grooves and crooked melodies with a pinch of '60s soul for good measure. Lofi garage-pop outfit Soft Speaker and shoegazing trip-hoppers Panda Riot open. [...]

I know that I mentioned in a previous post that I had plans on having daily coverage of the happenings over here at Athens Popfest, but due to near exhaustion towards the end of each night so far, that kind of coverage just isn't going to happen. That being said, myself and Rich from Cable & Tweed have been hard at work the past few days taking literally hundreds of pictures along with some miscellaneous video footage all for you guys. I probably won't get into any kind of in-depth coverage until I get home [...]

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