Just a reminder that this is Bandcamp Friday, which means the platform waives its revenue share in support of the artists. The event happens on the first Friday of each month. I participated today by downloading The Window by Ratboys. Led by vocalist Julia Steiner, the Chicago-based quartet creates guitar-driven alt rock that drifts between hard-edged and atmospheric material. I also downloaded the impressive EP Better Every Day by Stars Like Ours, a trio from Boston.
It’s been encouraging to hear FM radio station WXRT supporting the local music scene by playing bands such as Horsegirl and Ratboys. Also, these two acts benefitted by having full-page profiles written by columnist Britt Julious run in the Chicago Tribune.
Beatles fans can get a double dose of John Lennon songs at Martyrs’on Chicago’s north side tomorrow when Phil Angotti and Friends perform two separate tribute shows (one at 3:00 pm and one at 8:00 pm) to celebrate what would have been Lennon’s 83rd birthday. The two shows combined will add up to 83 songs, with Angotti being joined by Casey McDonough, John San Juan, John Perrin, Carolyn Englemann, Tom Ryan, Blair Holmes, Eric Howell, Ellis Clark and Tony Richards and Rich Parenti. Admission for each is $20.
U2’s impressive new single “Atomic City” is available to pre-order in limited-edition photoluminescent transparent seven-inch single and CD formats at the band’s official online shop. It’s being marketed (correctly) as “70s post-punk with a nod to Blondie.”
An Introduction To . . . The Luck Of Eden Hall, which has been issued on the U.K. indie label Fruits de Mer, is now available as a CD or to download from the official The Luck Of Eden Hall Bandcamp page. The collection pretty much includes all the tracks The Luck Of Eden Hall recorded for Fruits de Mer over the past 15 years. It also has previously unreleased recordings, such as a cover of David Bowie & Iggy Pop’s “China Girl” recorded live with members of the band Sendelica.
Singer-guitarist Michael Steven Cohen will perform vintage love songs from 3:00 to 5:00 pm at Montrose Saloon this Sunday afternoon. Cohen, who’s performed with the power pop oriented The Abbeys and The Pop Dollies, has proven to be an authentic performer of old time classics as well. It looks like this Sunday’s show will include a few Cohen originals as well.
Performances of a new production of Monty Python’s Spamalot, directed and choreographed by Josh Rhodeson, will start on Halloween night at the St. James Theatre in New York. And now for something completely similar. According to the official Monty Python media sites, their film Monty Python And The Holy Grail will be back in theaters at some point this fall to celebrate its 48th and a half anniversary.
The Heartland Songwriters Midwest Tour, featuring Steve Dawson, Adam Reichmann, John Wendland and Andy Ploof, comes to FitzGerald’s in Berwyn, IL this Sunday night.
Action Skulls, the trio comprising Vicki Peterson from The Bangles, John Cowsill from The Cowsills, and actor-musician Billy Mumy, recently released a new album titled From A Running Horse. The first single is “Find The Good.”
Bob Dylan opened a three-day series of concerts at the Cadillac Palace Theatre tonight. He’ll return tomorrow and Sunday.
The official Record Store Day website has released the list of limited-edition vinyl treasures that will be available on Black Friday in November. As usual, the offerings cover just about every genre and era you can imagine. A quick glance reveals records by The Beach Boys; Jeff Beck; The Chet Baker Trio; The English Beat; Cypress Hill; De La Soul; Bo Diddley; Micky Dolenz; The Doors; Bill Evans; The Flaming Lips; Grateful Dead; Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson; INXS; John Lee Hooker; Joan Jett And The Blackhearts; The Knack; Los Lobos; Aimee Mann; Charles Mingus; Missing Persons; Joni Mitchell; Willie Nelson; Phoenix; Prince; Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan; Sparks; Sweet; Ultravox; War; and X.
Stray Cats vocalist-guitarist-bandleader Brian Setzer will bring his Rockabilly Riot! show to The Genesee Theatre in Waukegan tomorrow night.
Juniper, the L.A.-based, single-named vocalist with exquisite taste in the power pop/vintage material she covers (including songs by her radio DJ father Michael Shelley), has a new single coming out November 7. Juniper’s truly fun second album, She Steals Candy, was released this past February.
The 12-act, two-day celebration Halloweekend presents local bands honoring famous ones, and will return to Montrose Saloon on October 27 and 28. Both nights look like winners; with sets such as Made of Stone as The Stone Roses; Phil Angotti as Lovin' Spoonful; Amazing Heeby Jeebies as The Cramps; Androgynous Mustache as Madness; and Metropolly as X. Admission for each night is $20.
The Zombies’ North American Different Game Tour will bring the veteran Brit rock band to Chicago for a concert at The Old Town School Of Folk Music on October 15.
Get Smart!, a trio that worked the Chicago club scene back in the mid-1980s, has reunited and will be performing with special guest Jeff Lescher from Green tomorrow night at Liar’s Club on Fullerton in Chicago. The surf and instrumental band 13 Tikis will also perform that night.
The Rolling Stones have released a second track (following “Angry”) from their upcoming Hackney Diamonds album. The song is titled “Sweet Sounds Of Heaven” and features special guests Lady Gaga and Stevie Wonder. Hackney Diamonds is due out on October 20.
The Destinos: 6th Chicago International Latino Theater Festival will run through November 12 across the city at venues such as The Goodman Theatre; Puerto Rico Theatre Lab; The Den Theater; Repertorio Latino Theater; Subtext Studio Theatre Company; The Living Word Project; Teatro Tariakuri; Cabaret Parodia; and Colectivo El Pozo.
Dhani Harrison has a concert coming up on October 18 at the Omeara venue in London.
The Nacirema Society, renowned playwright Pearl Cleage’s satirical comedy/drama, recently opened at the Goodman Theatre in downtown Chicago and will run through October 15.
Spirit Power: The Best Of Johnny Marr, a collection of tracks from the former Smiths guitarist, is coming out on November 3.
Sky People Entertainment will present The 5th Annual Indigenous People’s Day Chicago Arts And Music Festival this Sunday and Monday at The Chop Shop on North Avenue in Chicago. Admission is free but reservations need to be made in advance. Digging Roots; Keith Secola; Novalima; Opliam; Raye Zaragoza; One Way Sky will be among the performers.
The recent release of Tim - Let It Bleed Edition, an expanded 4 CD/1LP version of The Replacements’ 1985 album Tim, has been met with widespread critical acclaim and ecstatic comments on social media. Not only because of its previously unreleased material, but also for legendary producer Ed Stasium’s mind-blowing reinvention of the band’s original studio performances. Disc 4 of the expanded Tim features 28 songs recorded live at Chicago’s Cabaret Metro venue in 1986.
Jon Langford and His Fancymen, along with special guests Sally Timms and Dennis J. Leise will perform at A Benefit For Kidney Research at The Hideout on Chicago’s north side on this coming Tuesday. Langford and Simms are well known for their work as members of The Mekons; Leise is a singer-guitarist whose latest collection of satirical country rock tunes Fightstarter came out earlier this month.
Ringo Starr’s latest EP, Rewind Forward, is due out next Friday, October 13.
Chicago-based musician/playwright Matt Tiegler’s new album Hands Free Down Hill, produced by singer-songwriter Tommi Zender, came out today.
Two founding members of The Blake Babies will reunite next Saturday, October 14 at the POP Emporium Of Culture in Providence, RI. Julianna Hatfield will perform a solo concert and Freda Love Smith will discuss her recently released memoir I Quit Everything.
The Mother Z’s, a Chicago alt rock duo comprising siblings Andy and Becca Palmer, recently returned to the recording studio after a lengthy hiatus. Their new six-song album titled Rest It Straight is now available on their Bandcamp page.
Expo ’76, one of the nation’s most enjoyable covers bands, will come back to their regular roost at Simon’s Tavern on Chicago’s north side next Wednesday, October 11.
Lit And Luz: Reencounters/Reencuentros will run from October 13 through 29 at 1929 S. Halsted in Chicago. It’s being sponsored bt Chicago Art Department and other local arts groups.
Lucinda Williams will bring her Stories From A Rock N Roll Heart concert to the Riviera Theatre on October 13.
The Zombies’ North American Different Game Tour brings them to The Old Town School Of Folk Music in Chicago on October 15.
Chicago’s well-known tribute act Tributosaurus becomes The Cars at Martyrs’ on Lincoln Avenue next Friday, October 13.
Local blues label Delmark Records will showcase its acts for a full week at Buddy Guy’s Legends from October 15 to 21.
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