No one is more excited about the weekend than us at Loud Loop. And this weekend is jam-packed with activities including yet another festival - the
Brilliant Corners of Popular Amusement at the Riverfront Theater. However, if a music and comedy combination festival isn't what you had in mind, we've got some great suggestions on how to make your weekend 210 percent more fun with shows at the Hideout, The Empty Bottle and Subterranean. Ya dig?
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FRIDAY
STEPHEN PAUL SMOKER
Local psych rockers Stephen Paul Smoker are set to infiltrate the Hideout with their own brand of 60's inspired psychedelica that oozes with darkened, vibrating rhythms and spacey vocal harmonies. Also appearing are Afro-Colombian roots rockers
M.A.K.U SoundSystem. (
Audrey Leon)
10:00 p.m. Friday, 9/21. The Hideout. 21+ $12.
ACORN BCORN
Acorn Bcorn are a sisterly duo from Tucson who are more than just a pretty damn clever name. These girls play minimal rock 'n' roll - literally with just a guitar, bass and a scaled down drum set of just a bass drum, snare and a couple tamborines. But their songs, specifically from their latest three-track EP,
Ladies in Waiting, simmers with raw, desert-fueled angst and chippy clean guitars. When it all comes together, they're actually quite ferocious. And opening are a couple of site favorites: self-appointed "kindercunts"
Swimsuit Addition and indie-pupsters
The Peekaboos. (
Richard Giraldi)
9:00 p.m. Friday, 9/21. The Crown Tap Room. 21+. $5.
SATURDAY
SLOAN
Power pop legends Sloan return to Subterranean tonight on their "Twice Removed" tour. The band is celebrating the album, originally released in 1994, with a full vinyl reissue and by performing
Twice Removed's sick, melodious rhythms in their entiriety. Color me Canadian, eh? (
Audrey Leon)
8:00 p.m. Saturday, 9/22. Subterranean. 17+ $15.
SUNDAY
OUTER MINDS
The Empty Bottle will host an AIDS Run and Walk Benefit for
Chicago House and Social Service Agency on Sunday night. To sweeten the deal, the venue asked local psych poppers Outer Minds to help audience members shake their money makers with the band's hypnotically melodic grooves. Also appearing are fuzzy indie rockers
The Runnies, and metal enthusiasts
Wizard Castle. Rock for a good cause, y'all! (
Audrey Leon)
9:00 p.m. Saturday, 9/23. Empty Bottle. 21+ $10. By Staff \ comments
Happy election day! So, now that you've voted, where's a good place to take in the returns? Why it's the Empty Bottle for a myriad of reasons. Not only will the election results be on so you can keep up with your candidate of choice, but they've got a very rad three-band bill that features '60s-tinged psychedelic rockers Secret Colours. So after that network you watch calls the election for that candidate guy you've spent months researching, be sure to check out Secret Colours bust out some sweet jams from their latest, EP3, like "Faust" and it's clattering, jangly garage sound that's reminiscent of the Brian Jonestown Massacre or the dusty, acoustic feel of "Carry My Soul." As an added bonus if you show your voter receipt at the door will get you half off admission. Can you say grooviest election night ever? LISTEN: "Carry My Soul” | Lineup: Dignan Porch, Stephen Paul Smoker
9:30 p.m. Tuesday, 11/6. The Empty Bottle. 21+. $8. By Richard Giraldi \ comments
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