Originally we had included Quennect4’s open mic, 20hzx20kHz, in our list of Chicago’s finest. Then we learned that Quennect4 had been forced by the city to close its doors after over four years of giving local artists a place to show their skills.
But, after all those years of hard work the good folks at Q4 are not willing to go down easily. And here’s where you come in: they’re asking for donations, which can be easily pledged at their Kickstarter page.
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Shapers | Photo by Carl Sweets
Three with warmth comes the rain reasons to jog on over to
the Hideout this very evening…
1. You love a party. You love a record release. Therefore, you love a record release party. Tonight is just such a deal. Come celebrate Chicago’s own Shapers, a band willing to take their sound wherever they damn well please, as they celebrate the release of Little, Big.
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Mako Sica are still in no hurry. On their second, Dual Horizon, the band follow the same path, a slow, meandering path at that, as they did on their debut, Mayday At Strobe, and god bless them for it. In a world of easy pay-offs and cheap thrills, Mako Sica force you to pay close attention to what they are doing. The reward doesn’t come at specific points mind you. Your reward comes with the whole. Dual Horizon is an album, three songs total, that gets inside of the listener as it gently guides from start to finish.
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Three wasn’t the sun just out reasons to slide on over to the Lincoln Hall tonight…
1. Califone.
2. You need more than that? Fine. Well, tonight Califone will be playing a live soundtrack to their film, All My Friends Are Funeral Singers. The proverbial double whammy as they say. The film is an official selection of Sundance, but not only do you, dear Chicagoans, get a chance to see it now, you get to see the band play live along to it as well.
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Three finger licking good reasons to make the trip to The Whistler tonight…
1. Chicago’s finest, the Andreas Kapsalis Trio, are back with a new album – their first since 2004 – titled Original Scores, which is full of manic eight fingered picking encompassing a world of styles and influences. Which brings me to….
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Three last chance reasons to slick back your hair and head over to
Schubas this very evening…
1. Tonight is the last night of the Ike Reilly Assassination Hard Luck Stories residency. Bigger and ballsier than your modern indie rock take on Americana and folk like music, Ike weaves some pretty sweet, dark storytelling into his tunes. You know, the way bands did it in the late 80’s and early 90’s.
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Three no frills, solid, to the point reasons to cuff your jeans and head on over to The Whistler this very evening…
1. Two words: record release. More words: In Tall Buildings, which is NOMO’s Erik Hall flying solo, will be playing to celebrate his upcoming self titled Whistler Records release which comes out April 6. Can’t wait? Well that brings me to reason #2.
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Three “wait, who are these guys and they are headlining where” reasons to tighten up your boots and head on over to Lincoln Hall this very evening…
1. You have never heard of Chicago’s Suns, but you see that they are headlining Lincoln Hall tonight. The same place Sloan, Brendan Benson, and High On Fire played or will be playing. Then you see that they made their debut in front of a packed house at the Metro in January. Now you are intrigued. Is this band all hype or one of those rare bands that come out of the womb fully formed? With only two demos on their Myspace page you just might have to check them out live to get your answers.
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