|
Reader Info
|
Entries associated with the tag "Empty Bottle":July 28th - 4:23 p.m.
The Dials, Walking Bicycles, and Aleks and the Drummer (pictured) play a free show tonight at the Empty Bottle (1035 N. Western). Entry is 21+; music starts at 9 PM. Call 773-276-3600 for more.
July 21st - 11:28 a.m.
DeKalb's Light Pollution celebrate the release of their new self-titled album (left) tonight at the Empty Bottle (1035 N. Western). Opening are Skybox and Prairie Spies, the subject of Miles Raymer's latest Sharp Darts column. Music starts at 9 PM; entry is 21+. Call 773-276-3600 for details.
July 14th - 12:39 p.m.
Local alt-country outfit Judson Claiborne & Six Sherpas, led by Low Skies singer-guitarist Chris Salveter (pictured), plays a free show at The Empty Bottle (1035 N. Western) tonight; experimental musician Jim Becker and The Glorious Vapors open. Show starts at 9 PM and is 21+. Click here or call 773-276-3600 for more info.
July 11th - 1:08 p.m.
The Hoyle Brothers play a free set of honky tonk every Friday night at the Empty Bottle (1035 N. Western). Heavy on the steel guitar, the Hoyle Brothers purposely distance themselves from the pop-influenced country coming out of Nashville in favor of traditional styles. Show starts at 5:30 PM; 21+. For more information, click here or call 773-276-3600.
July 7th - 12:02 p.m.
Loud-ass, lo-fi garage band Viva L'American Death Ray Music (left) and synth-punk rockers Headache City play a free show tonight at the Empty Bottle (1035 N. Western); Radar Eyes open. Show starts at 9 PM and is 21+. Click here or call 773-276-3600 for more info.
June 23rd - 2:35 p.m.
Loud and local 90s Skin Graft band Big'n (see video below) reunites tonight for a free show at the Empty Bottle (1035 N. Western) celebrating a milestone birthday for drummer Brian Wnukowski, whose current band Haymarket Riot also shares the bill. Cougars kick things off at 9 PM. Also promised is a "very special cover set by Swayze's All-Star Band."
May 5th - 2:59 p.m.
Lymbyc Systym's free show at the Empty Bottle tonight is in support of Love Your Abuser Remixed, but brothers Michael and Jared Bell--drums/percussion and keys, respectively--promise to play some new stuff too, including a few songs off an upcoming split release with This Will Destroy You that's being produced by John Congleton (Modest Mouse, Mountain Goats). Areif Sless-Kitain describes the group's sound as "a hazy post-rock mishmash, replete with supersyncopated bloops and bleeps." Over the Atlantic opens and Her Space Holiday headlines. Doors open at 9 PM. April 14th - 12:08 p.m.
Local Mexican-American trio Allá plays a free show tonight at the Empty Bottle and will likely perform material from its promising debut album, Es Tiempo, to be released June 10 on Crammed Discs. The band's unique spin on 60s orchestral psych-pop owes as much to Brian Wilson as Antonio Carlos Jobim. Netherfriends, Maradona, and Local Divide open at 9 PM. Oh, and don't forget to tip your bartender. April 7th - 10:03 a.m.
After a two-week hiatus, the Empty Bottle's free Monday series resumes with a promising evening of music featuring some of Chicago's busiest mainstays. Todd Rittmann (currently of Singer, formerly of U.S. Maple) will debut a new ensemble that reportedly includes members of Mucca Pazza and the United States Armed Forces Band (!?). Playing second is the Molten Truth Trio, an all-star ensemble comprised of guitarist Jeff Parker (of Tortoise, Exploding Star Orchestra, Isotope 217, etc), Aleks Tomaszewska (who puts the Aleks in Aleks & the Drummer), and Steve Krakow (Plastic Crimewave mastermind and Secret History of Chicago Music scribe). Little Howlin' Wolf opens at 9 PM.
March 3rd - 2:51 p.m.
Hometown heroes Catfish Haven hit the Empty Bottle tonight for a free show. Brighton, MA and Tall Dark Stranger open at 9 PM.
|
|
©1996-2008 Creative Loafing Media All Rights Reserved. We welcome your comments and suggestions.