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Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesWeekly Voyages: Friday 10/25 to Thursday 10/31
(Weekly Voyages is CHIRP Radio's listing of concerts in Chicago at select venues. Information about tickets can be obtained from the venues' Web sites. (Do you have corrections or updates for this list? Send us an e-mail.)
Friday October 25
Freaky Deaky 5
Aragon Ballroom
She's Alive, Hot Alice, A Photo Finish, On A High Wire, Lights Alive
Beat Kitchen 8:30pm
KMFDM
Bottom Lounge 7pm
The Future Laureates, Vintage Blue, Milktooth, Antony & The Tramps
Double Door 8pm, 21+
Iron Forge, Curb Service, Man On Earth
Elbo Room 8:30pm 21+
The Horse's Ha, Nathan Salsburg
Empty Bottle 5:30pm, 21+
The Life and Times, Bear Claw, As Hell
Empty Bottle 9:30pm, 21+
Josh Friedberg: Music Historian's Corner writesRediscovering Our Record Collections: “Tracy Chapman” by Tracy Chapman
For today's Rediscovering Our Record Collections, I'm examining one of my on-and-off-again favorite singer-songwriter albums, the 1988 self-titled debut by Tracy Chapman.
Chapman came from the coffeehouse scene on the East coast, seemingly out of nowhere, as something of an oddity: an African American female folk rock singer-songwriter at a time when most black female music stars were associated with R&B, pop, and the emerging hip hop scene. Chapman, originating from Ohio, gained a sizable audience with her haunting voice and the acoustic hooks in songs like "Fast Car" and "Talkin' Bout a Revolution." I read in an essay on the album and its success that somewhere Chapman was contrasted with Madonna as "The Anti-Material Girl," which, for the album's lyrics alone (if not always its impact), seems fitting. Chapman was tackling contemporary issues of poverty, domestic violence, and political turmoil at a time when pop music seemed far away from such concerns.
Jessi D writesCHIRP Radio Welcomes King Khan and the Shrines to Bottom Lounge on Wednesday, October 23rd!
CHIRP welcomes the antics of garage rock/punk psychedelic soul King Khan and the Shrines to Bottom Lounge. Originally based in Montreal and now headquartered in Berlin, The Supreme Genius of King Khan and His Sensational Shrines had been releasing an album almost yearly from 2000-2008. After a five-year hiatus, Khan is back with Idle No More, a mature, cinematic, and decidedly darker offering. With tracks focusing on the deaths of three close friends (Jay Reatard among them) and an ode to his wife for helping him through his time of need and breakdown, Idle No More is a bit different than the albums Khan was putting out in his 20s. Still, I have little doubt that Khan will still have several costume changes and be left shirtless at some point during the show.
Also appearing are psych-terror fuzzy 60's rock band Hell Shovel, and Chicago's own catchy, melodic noise-pop Heavy Times.
Doors @ 7 / Show @ 8 / 17+
Rachel Woodall writesCHIRP Radio Welcomes Mount Kimbie to Lincoln Hall on Tuesday, October 22nd!
CHIRP is pumped to welcome Mount Kimbie to Lincoln Hall this Tuesday, October 22!
Mount Kimbie is Dominic Maker and Kai Campos. The London-based duo started making music together in 2010, and they are said to be among the first pioneers of "post-dubstep." This is an infectious blend of ambient music, found sounds, and electronic beats. Mount Kimbie is on tour promoting their Sophomore album, Cold Spring Fault Less Youth, which brings more of the variety that makes the duo so successful. Each individual Mount Kimbie track takes the listener to a new world filled with a unique sound and flow. The duo's pristine production skills and keen musical ears give them their signature style.
Come ready to dance and immerse yourself in a one of a kind musical experience! Lincoln Hall provides the perfect space for an intimate encounter with Mount Kimbie. Opening for the band are Jonwayne and D33J!
8:00 pm / 18+
notamouse writesCHIRP Radio Welcomes Menomena and the Helio Sequence to the Bottom Lounge Monday, October 21st!
CHIRP welcomes Menomena and the Helio Sequence to bring their Pacific Northwest charm to the third coast and make us all wonder how to pronounce “Oregonian.”
For Menomena, it all started with a flipbook. Drummer/multi-instrumentalist Danny Seim made an 80-page flipbook for each copy of Menomena’s debut release, I Am the Fun Blame Monster, while working at Kinko’s. What might have been a small DIY project by a bored copy shop employee became a sensation when Seim was encouraged to send the album to a blog he had never heard of, called Pitchfork. Ten years, four full-lengths, and four 8.0+ Pitchfork reviews later, Menomena are still chugging along. Their latest release, Moms, is filled with the exuberance, creative loops, and pop hooks the band is known for. Coincidentally, Monday’s show falls on the one-decade anniversary of their first Best New Music P4K review. Bop along and watch them build their indie rock layer after layer.
Veteran Portland-based duo, Helio Sequence have a guitar, a drum kit, and a record deal with Sub Pop. Might not seem like much, but Brandon Summers and Benjamin Weikel have managed to use those simple tools to fill their records with a sound as big as the sky, and as compelling as the sea.
Let a little more heart into your Monday, and head down to the Bottom Lounge for the show!
Doors @ 7pm / Show @ 8pm / 17+ / Tickets