Monday Afternoon Quick Fix runs every Monday afternoon to showcase the best of Chicago music news, views and stories from around the interwebs and blogosphere that we might have missed.
• With ex-city events programmer Michael Orlove snatched up by the National Endowment for the Arts, 848′s Steve Edwards conducts Orlove’s “exit interview.” Orlove chats about his beginnings with the Special Events department, back when city events weren’t so well-attended, and the importance of collaboration in creating programming, such as World Music Festival.
So you better grab tickets now over at Lincolnhallchicago.com for $8 (that’s $2 a band!) or just dish out $10 (that’s $still only like 2.50 a band!) at the door. Oh, and student in the area? Well, this one’s 18+ cause the kids are alright. Don’t be late either cause the rock kicks off at 8:00 p.m. And be sure to RSVP at the Facebook event page!
Three reasons to paint some fancy duds onto yourself and get over to Cole’s to support your local art scene tonight…
1. As we reported last week, the peeps over at FugScreens are holding a bash with free pizza and cheap drinks to raise money for new local art space Galerie F. Headlining the event are local psych-poppers BIGCOLOUR. If the Chicago quartet’s penchant for distorted, high-pitched vocal harmonies weren’t so haunting, one could characterize BIGCOLOUR’s brand of garage-surf as breezy, feel-good pop due to its brain-scrambling wavy guitar tones and mellow grooves. The band’s recent EP YOUR BODY DOESN’T LIKE THE DECISIONS YOUR BRAIN MAKES, VOL.1 certainly puts me in a better mood and if that isn’t feel-good music, I don’t know what is. LISTEN: “Jokes“
Of course, I’m not talking about the sport, but rather the abrasive post-punk slash garage-rock outfit from Chicago.
Just back from last month’s SXSW, during which they opened for Thee Oh Sees, Football has finally released what I’m fairly certain is their first real studio recording.
“Set Them On Fire” is the name of the game, and it’s a good one. The track opens with concussion-inducing bass that quickly gives way to dirty guitars and rambunctious beats (via Jered Gummere of The Ponys/Bare Mutants). The refrain, “Set’em Up! Set’em On Fire!” is even sung with a sports chant-like intensity. Jam on “Set Them On Fire” below:
The complete lineup for the 2012 edition of the Pitchfork Music Fest has been revealed. The fest once again goes down in Chicago’s Union Park on Friday, July 13 – Sunday, July 15.
But today’s new additions are a slew of Pitchfork favorites. The biggest name is obviously Wild Flag followed by Real Estate and Beach House – both very recent P4K Fest alumni. More of the latest adds are post-hardcore outfit Chavez, Atlas Sound, Big K.R.I.T., Nicolas Jaar, Cults, Ty Segall, Oneohtrix Point Never, Youth Lagoon, Thee Oh Sees, King Krule, Lotus Plaza, Dirty Beaches, Lower Dens, Milk Music, the Psychic Paramount and Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Also included, much to our delight, are Chicago’s own Outer Minds and A Lull!
Three “I hope you are thirsty because it is Thursday” reasons to head down to Empty Bottle tonight…
1. If there was one word to describe Chicago dream popper Architecture‘s When We Were Young EP, it’s enchanting. The trio of Rebecca Scott and Melissa Harris (also of the band Panda Riot), along with Erin Dorr, bewitches listeners with lush atmospherics, ethereal vocal harmonies and distressed guitars flourishes. Architecture’s low-key melodies are nothing short of magic. LISTEN: “in the morning“
Chicago no-fi artist Willis Earl Beal is having a good week. His debut, Acousmatic Sourcery dropped yesterday, and he’s set to play Chicago’s House Of Blues this Saturday with SBTRKT -- a big step up from being relatively unknown 18 months ago. And now he’s dropped a new video for his soft-spoken, delicately played ballad, “Monotony.” The video features a man (who I’m not quite certain is Beal as the cars are definitely from the early to mid-1990′s which would put Beal’s age around 14-18. And this man appears older, but who knows.) handing out papers on a downtown Chicago street corner to a mostly disinterested public. Watch it out below:
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The complete lineup for the 2012 edition of the 
