TONIGHT: Maximo Park at Bottom Lounge 5/18/14 (17+)

Incoming: Maximo Park

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ChiIL Live Shows will be there tonight... will YOU?! We caught Maximo Park back in October of 2012 at Schubas and and can't wait to shoot stills again tonight at Bottom Lounge! The band puts on a great, live show.

Click here for our past coverage and full set of LIVE original Maximo Park photos. Our favorites are embedded at the bottom of this post.

CHIRP Welcomes: MAXIMO PARK * ETERNAL SUMMERS

Date: 05/18/2014 Bottom Lounge

1375 W. Lake St 

Chicago, IL 60607 

Maximo Park

Sunday, May 18, 2014 7:00 PM CDT Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL 17 years and over

$15.00

Status updates, tweets, memes, constant communication: seeing through the data smog is harder every day. Through all the neon flash and white noise, however, there are transmissions that slash straight through all the static and cut to the quick. Maximo Park’s fifth album Too Much Information is one such record, that hooks out life’s critical moments from the dizzying ebb and flow and brings them into HD-sharp focus. It’s the work of a band who, despite their compelling development since 2005’s febrile debut A Certain Trigger, have never confused consistency with give-the-people-what-they-want reliability.

“After five records you want to make a statement to the world and say ‘this is us and if you don’t like it, unlucky – we’re not going to change for you,’” says singer Paul Smith.

Click Here To Watch Video For "Brain Cells" 

Click Here To Watch "Midnight On The Hill" Video On VEVO Maximo Park have announced US tour dates in support of the band's fifth LP, 'Too Much Information', available In The US On April 1st Via Daylighting / [PIAS] America.  'Too Much Information' was recorded and self-produced  by the band in Newcastle and Sunderland  with additional production duties from The Invisible’s Dave Okumu and from Field Music’s  David and Peter Brewis. The album is the follow-up  to 2012’s  critically acclaimed ‘The National Health’, and sees the band reach new heights in their remarkable songwriting and  sonic experimentation. From the beautiful weirdness of "Brain Cells", to the poetic "Leave This Island" and "Midnight On The Hill," and the refined rock of "Give, Get ,Take", 'Too Much Information' sees the band keen to challenge the listener  with some of their most adventurous musical and lyrical work to date. ‘Too Much Information’ will be available in the US on vinyl, CD and digitally via all reputable outlets  through Daylighting / [PIAS] America. Maximo Park are: Tom English (Drums), Duncan Lloyd (Guitar), Paul Smith (Vocals), Archis Tiku (Bass), Lukas Wooller (Keyboards) Press Quotes “[Too Much Information] eases up on the gas while deepening their commitment to contemplative songwriting” – Pitchfork "Proves that the standard guitar-bass-drums lineup doesn’t have to be an outdated one, with its emotive Smiths-draped massiveness" - Alt Sounds “Cleverly maneuvered their way into the slipstream of far cooler Alt.rock pioneers” – NME “Catchy as ever” – The Guardian “Beatific, melancholy-kissed rock that almost no one does well anymore” - Slant

Too Much Information LP Available In The US As of April 1st Via Daylighting / [PIAS] America Remaining Tour Dates 05/18/14 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge 05/20/14 - Washington, DC - Rock n Roll Hotel 05/21/14 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts - Wolf Building 05/23/14 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza 05/24/14 - Boston, MA - Boston Calling 'Too Much Information' Deluxe Edition Tracklisting: 1. Give, Get , Take 2. Brain Cells 3. Leave This Island 4.  Lydia, The Ink Will Never Dry 5. My Bloody Mind 6. Is It True? 7. Drinking Martinis 8. I Recognise The Light 9. Midnight On The Hill 10. Her Name Was Audre 11. Where We’re Going Deluxe tracks (Digital Only): 1.  ‘Middlesbrough Man’  - The Fall 2.   ‘I’ll Be Here In The Morning’ – Townes Van Zandt 3.   ‘Lover, Lover, Lover ‘ – Leonard Cohen 4.   ‘Northern Sky’  - Nick Drake 5.   ‘Final Day’ - Young Marble Giants 6.   ‘Fade Into You’ – Mazzy Star 7.   ‘On The Sly’ (iTunes bonus track) Links Maximo Park Website Soundcloud Facebook Follow:   ChiIL Live Shows Website  Facebook  Twitter We'll have LIVE Maximo Park show shots and a full review of the new album up shortly. Check back with us like we vote in Chi, IL... early and often. Two ii's, one L, for great entertainment & urban lifestyle coverage in Chi, IL and beyond. We have loads of giveaways, photo and video filled original content and more.  Follow us so you'll be the first to know.

Here are a few of our favorite past original Maximo Park shots:

FLASH GIVEAWAY-- 3 FREE Pairs of Tickets To Dirty Dozen Brass Band & Van Ghost at Bottom Lounge THIS Sunday #NCMF13

ChiIL out with ChiIL Live Shows and enter here through midnight TONIGHT 8/29 to win a pair of tickets to this official North Coast Music Fest after show!  (3 pairs available/ $24 value each). 17+
Click the Rafflecopter link below to enter.   

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Disclosure:  Thanks to NCMF and Bottom Lounge for kicking us review & giveaway tickets for our readers. 

Bottom Lounge

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band featuring Van Ghost

Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 10:00 PM CDT  Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL 17 years and over

Call me old school, but I still dig bands that play INSTRUMENTS, and Dirty Dozen Brass Band can PLAY.   Don't get me wrong, I do my best work on a silver Macbook Pro.   And I've got nothing against DJs.   Still, there's nothing like some down n dirty R&B and New Orleans brass to get your groove on to!

Whether you scored tickets to the sold out North Coast Music Festival or not, anyone can go to the after shows.   And even better, ChiIL Live Shows can get you there for FREE!   We're your music source in Chi, IL and beyond.    Check back with ChiIL Live Shows like we vote in Chi, IL... early and often for great giveaways, free downloads, original content video band interviews, pit photos, tour coverage, music reviews and more.

*Click here for some of our past original photo filled coverage on local Chicago favs, Van Ghost.

*Click here to check out Dirty Dozen Brass Band via their YouTube Channel.

To describe how the Dirty Dozen Brass Band has arrived at its 35th Anniversary, trumpet player Gregory Davis employs a tried-and true New Orleans-centric analogy: “It ends up being like a pot of gumbo – you drop in a little okra, drop in a little shrimp, you drop in some crabs. Before you know it, you’ve mixed in all these different ingredients and you’ve got a beautiful soup. That was our approach to music early on and it still is today.”

Baritone sax player Roger Lewis — who, like Davis, has been with the combo since its inception in 1977 — echoes that sentiment: “It’s a big old musical gumbo, and that probably made the difference, separating us from other brass bands out of New Orleans. It put a different twist on the music. We were not trying to change anything, we were just playing the music we wanted to play and not stay in one particular bag.”

An appetite for musicological adventure, a commitment to honor tradition while not being constrained by it, and a healthy sense of humor have brought the world-traveling Dirty Dozen Brass Band to this remarkable juncture in an already storied career. To celebrate its 35th, the band is releasing Twenty Dozen, the septet’s first studio release in six years. The new album, cut at the Music Shed in New Orleans, reunites the band with producer Scott Billington, who helmed DDBB’s first major-label release, Voodoo, in 1989. 

It’s a resolutely upbeat effort that seamlessly blends R&B, jazz, funk, Afro-Latino grooves, some Caribbean flavor, and even a Rihanna cover. Twenty Dozen mirrors in flow and feel a vibrant DDBB live set. The disc reaches an exuberant peak with a medley of New Orleans staples, including a particularly high-spirited rendering of “When the Saints Go Marching In.” The final track – or, as Lewis puts it, “the after-party” – is an audience encore favorite, the ribald “Dirty Old Man,” with Lewis doing an outstanding job in the title role. 

Twenty Dozen, says Lewis, is “classic Dirty Dozen. It’s got something for your mind, body, and soul. We’re gonna get you one way or another.”

Disclosure:  Thanks again to NCMF and Bottom Lounge for kicking us review & giveaway tickets for our readers. 

Also check out these Fri/Sat night NCMF after shows at Bottom Lounge:

Parents' Nights Out: Tonight Through Friday #livemusic #theatre

Call a sitter, tag team it, slip out the back-Jack.....   Just because you made a life, that doesn't mean you can't have a life.   Sometimes a good night out at a concert or theatre can make you a better, more patient parent.   There's plenty of music and theatre openings this week around Chi-town.   So go already.   Here are ChiIL Mama's top (non family friendly) shows for this week.

   

 TONIGHT Tuesday, 10/9 

Adam Ashbach (music 21+/ $5-$8/Double Door)

After a period of relative quiet, Adam Ashbach (ex-band leader of Lollapalooza vets Musical Outfits) will make his return to the Chicago stage with a show at Double Door on Oct. 9 (supporting local garage poppers Jonny Rumble)

Check out all the details here at Double Door's main site.

Check out Adam's FB page here. 


After living in Brooklyn for a short time to pursue the artist’s dream, Adam Ashbach came home to Chicago in 2008 and recorded the well-received EP Puzzle Pieces at CRC and Studio Ballistico. After playing only a few shows in support of the EP, Ashbach then took time off to reflect on life and everything other than music. But once again the music bug has bit and brought him back to familiar territory. He fell right back into Tim Sandusky's Studio Ballistico to collaborate on new music with all new musicians save for Jason Angelilli (his bass player and friend from grade school), who has become a stalwart writing companion. Joining Adam and Jason in the studio, and rounding out the live show, is Neal O'Hara, Reid Muchow and Taras Horalewskyj. These talented musicians can be found playing out in multiple bands on any given night in Chicago. Their contagious desire has rubbed off on Ashbach. Eager to release his newest EP, Too Much Left To Write, Adam brought years of experience and what he likes to call "getting old" to the studio. For this go around, Adam is happy to be playing music for the joy leaving behind the drama of old bands and he is reveling in what is happening right now.

Wednesday, 10/10
Black Watch (theatre) at Broadway Armory.  National Theatre of Scotland in conjunction with Chicago Shakespeare Theatre

•  Click here for our past coverage and show details.   ChiIL Live Shows will be there for opening night and we'll have a full review up shortly.

• We're pretty stoked to see the highly acclaimed production of Black Watch, also by National Theatre of Scotland.   Click the link for video clips, behind the scenes, reviews and more.   We missed it the last time around and are eagerly awaiting it's return October 10th.   It's playing at The Broadway Armory through Oct. 21st.
  
  

  by Gregory Burke directed by John Tiffany at the Broadway Armory, 5917 N. Broadway, Chicago October 10–21, 2012 “  A feast of rich and finely detailed work...A show those with even a drop of Scottish blood in their veins should not miss!” –Chicago Tribune “HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Superb 'Black Watch' is riveting.” –Chicago Sun-Times **Recommended for audiences 13 years and older. The production contains very strong language, loud explosions and strobe lighting.**

  Back by popular demand! CST brings the National Theatre of Scotland's world-renowned Black Watch to Chicago audiences for a return engagement at the Chicago Park District's Broadway Armory. This impassioned, urgent telling of a heroic Scottish regiment's tour in Iraq deftly interweaves events both past and present. Battles leap to heartrending life, glorious bagpipes resound, and the intimate moments of soldiers' lives are revealed as they discover what it means to make the journey home again. Approximate Running Time: 1 hour, 50 minutes (no intermission) Click here for more video footage and show details at Chicago Shakespeare's site.

Nick Waterhouse (R & B music) at Lincoln Hall

ChiIL Live Shows will be there shooting stills.   This should be one sweet show you won't want to miss.  21+

Nick Waterhouse 

Allah Las

DJ Misa

Buy on iTunes

9:00 PM | 21+
$14.00

Click here for Lincoln Hall's main site and more Nick Waterhouse info

• Bio
  Nick Waterhouse is the New Breed – An R&B fanatic who combines an uncanny old-school sensibility with a charged, contemporary style. At just 25, He joins the ranks of a growing cabale of similar acts and producers of recent times – Mark Ronson, Mayer Hawthorne, the Daptone Crew et al – that are all moving forward into the past, yet all quite different. For Waterhouse, his muse is the over-modulated sound of vintage R&B, and his take on such a time-honored tradition evokes the back-alley thrill of New Orleans, Detroit and Memphis in their heyday. He combines an astute attention to detail with an honest desire to match the emotional impact of the music that inspires him.
  When asked to pinpoint the sound or style he strives for, Nick Waterhouse simply shrugs and responds, “American music. And I know that’s pretty general, but it is what it is. I have spent so much of my life immersed in this stuff, because I wanted to figure it out, [yet] all I figured out was that there was no plan.” In other words, whatever musical style Nick may choose to espouse, it’s not done because someone else did it, but done for the same reason someone else did it. “To me, [the music I play] is not a ‘type’ of music,” he emphasizes; “it IS music. The records I listen to ARE music. A record is a moment in time, and something recorded in 1955 is the same as something recorded in 2010.” Growing up in the Southern California, Waterhouse eschewed his surroundings and found emotional authenticity in the vintage wax of Ray Charles, Roy Head, Little Willie John and the whole panoply of American music, where feel so often trumps technique. After the sold out release of his own self-produced 45, the raunchy ‘Some Place’, and a string of exciting shows with his live group The Tarots, Nick went to work on his forthcoming full-length for Innovative Leisure – continuing an undeniably raw and rhythmic take on American music.
  His approach to production – entirely vintage analog equipment, open-reel tape machines, lacquer cutting machines, and even hand letter-pressed labels – has left a few fans wondering where and when he comes from; Long-lost deadstock Rhythm & Blues artifact? White or Black? New or old? It’s a fitting recall to the days of early Rock & Roll, when rhythms crossed the tracks and no-one was quite sure WHAT or WHO this music was. As LA Record bears witness, “You’ve gotta be one kind of maniac to produce like this, and a whole other kind to shout like this, and an even more frightening kind to make the first two maniacs work together. Nick pulling this all off simultaneously means preternatural powers in play”
  Career Highlights
  • Nick Waterhouse performs live on KEXP
  • Nick Waterhouse's SxSW performance highlighted on Rolling Stone
  • Nick Waterhouse's SxSW performance praised by Chicago Tribune
  • Nick Waterhouse featured in Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Edition 2012
  • Nick Waterhouse on Last Call with Carson Daly
  
  
  Current Tours

  Date	Venue	City	State	With
  Tue 10/09/12	Magic Stick	Detroit	MI	Allah-Las, Richie Wohlfeil
  Wed 10/10/12	Lincoln Hall	Chicago	IL	Allah-Las, DJ Misa
  Thu 10/11/12	Fine Line Music Cafe	Minneapolis	MN	Allah-Las, Mike 2600
  Sun 10/14/12	Neumos	Seattle	WA	Allah-Las, Gred Vandy
  Mon 10/15/12	The Wild Buffalo	Bellingham	WA	Allah-Las, DJ Yogoman
  Tue 10/16/12	Biltmore Cabaret	Vancouver	BC	Allah-Las, Jonny Grayston (of the East Van Soul Club)
  Wed 10/17/12	Star Theater	Portland	OR	Allah-Las, DJ Beyonda
  Sat 10/20/12	Bimbos 365 Club	San Francisco	CA	Allah-Las, DJ Primo
  Sun 10/21/12	El Rey Theatre	Los Angeles	CA	Allah-Las, Aquarium Drunkard/Light In The Attic
  Fri 11/02/12	Fun Fun Fun Fest	Austin	TX
  Mon 11/05/12	Santa Fe Brewing Company	Santa Fe	NM
  Wed 11/07/12	Casbah	San Diego	CA

Thursday 10/11

The Luck of Eden Hall at The Burlington

only $5 suggested donation
Rocket Miner | The Foreign Resort (Copenhagen, Denmark) | The Luck of Eden Hall
doors 9pm

Click here for The Burlington's main site
The Burlington is at Fullerton and Kimball in Logan Square


Friday

• ChiIL Live Shows will be there for opening night and we'll have a full review up shortly.

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October 12th - November 10th , 2012

Stephen Sondheim's ASSASSINS

CHICAGO 2012 

By examining and bringing together (in a dream-like way) the narratives of the assassinations and attempted assassinations of the US presidents during our national history, Composer Stephen Sondheim weaves together the pain that lies just beneath the surface of American consciousness – the pain of alienation, regret, and failure to achieve the “American Dream”. But in the end, who is responsible for that failure? Ourselves? Our Parents? Our Society? Our President?

And yet, in all this darkness there lies just the glimmer of hope. Each of these individuals, pushed by themselves and unseen forces to commit desperate and despicable acts, contain within them a certain sense of innocence. Buried deep in these stories is an overwhelming heart – yes, Assassins is a love story, oddly enough. A story about men and women so desperate to be heard and validated, so desperate to find love that they would do anything to get it – in a way, to achieve their manifest destiny. What’s more American than that?

Mixing dark humor with unforgettable musical numbers, and strong showcase roles for our talented cast of character actors, this show will be a wonderful way to get in the mood for the 2012 election season, no matter what your politics are!

For questions and box office issues, please contact: 

tickets@thegoforth.com

(312) 212-3470 

Running time: Approximately 90 minutes 

Tickets - $45  

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Local reggae crew Akasha will be supporting Hawaii’s The Green @ Bottom Lounge on Friday, Oct. 12. (17+)

Click here for all the Akasha details on Bottom Lounge's home page. Click here for Akasha's Main Site

Mucca Pazza Safety Fifth Album Release at Bottom Lounge #original live show photos #original HD videos

Rhythmic, cult-like chanting filled the air at Bottom Lounge on August 18th.    Moooo ka pa za
Moo KA PA ZA
MUCCA PAZZA
MUCCA PAZZA
MUCCA PAZZA

When we saw multiple members of the crowd sporting cow costumes, we knew it would be a night to remember!

Chi-town's own favorite punk rock marching band rose to the occasion for their raucous, official album release party for Safety Fifth, and did not disappoint.   The full sized marching band in their wabi sabi, mismatched uniforms and their cheerleaders with shredded caution tape pom pons, are our kinda crazy.   They truly shine in live performance and are a spectacle to see.   

Their name may be Italian for mad cow or crazy cow, but we think they're crazy like a fox....crazy talented musicians playing crazy good music...and a crazy fun show.



*worlds collide alert #1:   Dug ran into two sets of friends from the TV production world at the show.   One of those friends is a neighbor to one of the Mucca Pazza pom pon girls, who is also an accomplished local aerialist/acro/circus performer.   She's played Alice in Wonderland and has ties to another of our favs, The Actors Gymnasium.

*worlds collide alert #2:   ChiIL Mama has caught Mucca Pazza's head muckety muck, Mark Messing, for video interviews twice at Chicago Children's Theatre--once in a duo with Brian Selznick, author/illustrator of Hugo Cabret.  (Brian's book was the basis for Oscar Award winning hit movie, Hugo, and The Houdini Box play.) The other Mark Messing/ ChiIL Mama interview is in a duo with genius director, David Kersnar, in an amusingly Ernie and Bert-like bed interview on the set of Goodnight Moon!   Check them both out by clicking the links above. Mark is the mad maestro and musical mastermind behind Mucca Pazza and the scores to numerous musicals and plays including the critically acclaimed Hunchback Variations.

Check back with ChiIL Live Shows like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often.   We have loads more HD video clips and live show footage coming soon.   

**Check out our CD review for Safety Fifth and prior photo filled feature from Mucca Pazza at Hideout by clicking here.

** Check out more of our prior Mucca Pazza coverage here.