The Dallas-based band Shortwaves released Mental Health In The Information Age, a proper, 12-track album on June 1 after posting a series of demos over the past year on their Bandcamp page. Vocalist-guitarist Joey Shortwave, AKA Joseph Holbrook, previously led The Lash Outs, and he brings a similar blend of satiric lyrics and punk/pop energy to these new songs. Each track showcases a different individual’s struggle to cope in our crazy modern world, and there are a lot of clever, quick rhymes.
Chicago independent radio station CHIRP 107.1 FM has a summer fundraiser titled Sounds Like Chicago - Conversations About Music, Life And Our City this Wednesday. The event will take place at Trigger in the Irving Park neighborhood, with Sound Opinions radio personality/journalist Jim DeRogatis serving as moderator. Guests will be Toni Preckwinkle; Kelly Leonard; Beverly Kim and Johnny Clark; Mindy Segal; and Doug Sohn.
Chicago area vocalist Gerald McClendon “The Soul Keeper” has a concert coming up at The Des Plaines Theatre in Des Plaines, IL this Saturday. If you’ve seen his performances at Chicago area clubs, you know this will be an entertaining evening.
The Twigs, AKA fraternal twins Laura and Linda Good, will perform a Sunset Sessions acoustic set at Wet Whistle Wines in Brooklyn, NY this Friday. The former Illinois residents started their career as The Good Twins before morphing into The Twigs and releasing a few albums of fetching indie/techno pop. More recently, they wrote the book, music, and lyrics for Ladyship The Musical.
Singer-guitarist Phil Angotti’s 7:00 pm solo performance this Friday at the 219 Taproom in Chesterton, IN will feature songs from his recently released album Notebook Head. The well-crafted collection of 10 acoustic solo tracks can be downloaded on his Bandcamp page, and will be available on CD in a few weeks.
There will be a Celebration of the Life of Michael Teach event on July 6 at Montrose Saloon on Chicago’s north side. Teach was well known and admired on the local music scene as the founder of Chicago Acoustic Underground and CAUDOG RECORDS. He passed away last November after an extended battle with cancer.
Ascendant, the Chicago-based soul band that’s been giving audiences spirited performances for 20 years, will likely showcase its new single “Love Saved My Life” during its show at City Winery Chicago this Wednesday.
Singer-guitarist Michael Steven Cohen will return to the Tuscan Market & Wine Shop in Arlington Heights this Friday from 7:00 to 9:30 pm to perform selections from the Great American Songbook. The evening will also feature Cohen performing as part of the Everly Hillbillies band, which covers hits by the Everly Brothers.
Paging through Facebook for material this afternoon, I was saddened to learn iconic soul musician Sly Stone has passed away after an extended period of health issues. He was 82 years old. Rock In Paradise, Sly.
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