Chicago’s Mutts aren’t playing around. The first aspect of their new EP, The Tells of Parallels, that truly jumps out from the speakers is its pure heaviness. Heaviness in the static-y production value and heaviness in general attitude. Every instrument on the record is mic’ed up to 11: the drums, the bass, the keys, the guitar. Actually, scratch that last one. The trio actually forgoes the guitar and instead relies on a dirty, mud-soaked key tone to drive the melodies. It’s saying something that a band can reach the big rock n’ roll moments of current major acts like Queens Of The Stone Age or the Dead Weather without an axe, but Mutts do and quite effortlessly at that.
scott lucas and the married men | photo by Audrey Leon
Multi-tasking band leader Scott Lucas told Local 101‘s Chris Payne on Sunday night that Scott Lucas and the Married Men do indeed plan to release their sophomore album within the next year.
Lucas unveiled that the Married Men are working on new songs and the he is “excited” about the material.
The news of a second full-length album comes shortly before the release of Scott Lucas and the Married Men’s Absolute Beginners EP on Tuesday, October 19. Of the EP, Lucas told Payne that he had booked time at Million Yen studios shortly after their first tour. “We wanted to see if we had grown as a band,” he said.
Welp, sayonara summer! Fall’s here, and there’s no looking back now. Let’s only hope we don’t see the white stuff on the ground until December, if not later.
Like Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter, St. Patrick’s Day comes but only once a year. Or does it?
Mahoney’s Pub & Grille, 551 N. Ogden Ave., is holding its “Halfway to St. Patrick’s Day Festival” on Saturday, September 25, for all you Irish lovers who can’t wait six more months to guzzle down pints of Guinness beer.
The lineup includes top local acts such as Local H, T. Duggins of Chicago Celtic punks The Tossers as well as pop rockers Dot Dot Dot and Dave Matthews Band tribute group Trippin Billies. Nineties alt-rockers Sponge will headline.
The entry price is a $5 suggested donation. The money will go to the organization Neighbors United, which serves the 27th ward.
Some bands find it a daunting and intimidating task covering arguably the greatest rock band of all time, The Beatles. But Chicago’s ’60s-influenced psychedelic rockers Secret Colours stood up to the challenge.
Having just released a new self-titled album just last week, which you can currently purchase right now at Secretcolours.bandcamp.com/album/secret-colours, the band on Tuesday released a bonus track that is a cover of the Beatles classic “Tomorrow Never Knows” from their 1966 release Revolver.
Secret Colours trade in some of the original’s rhythmic center and swirling leslie speaker cabinet flourishes for a more shoegaze approach featuring drifting guitars and droning vocals. You can listen to the track above, or download it for free at Secretcolours.bandcamp.com/track/tomorrow-never-knows.
Be sure to catch Secret Colours this weekend at the Beat Kitchen for their record release show with Geronimo and Panda Riot.
Three had-a-dream-last-night-but-it-was-much-too-long-to-describe-in-this-hyphenated-forum reasons to enjoy a refreshment and then head to the Beat Kitchen tonight…
1. Veteran post-punkers Haymarket Riot probably love being called veteran post-punkers. Usually we write up fresh and clean Chicago bands here, so having formed in 1999, these guys are downright old hat. Really, that just means their Fugazi meets Jawbox style of urgent indie is played with the strong conviction of guys fed a steady diet of it when impressionable youth. Plus, rad never goes out of style.
Yes, yes, it’s Lollapalooza weekend. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few killer local shows going on this weekend. And because of that we’ve got you covered.
Big weekend ahead, so let’s jump straight into it, shall we?
