Play Locally-April Highlights: Theatre Openings, Music and Giveaways

It's an eventful, event filled April in Chi-Town. 

Scroll All The Way Down For A Month Full of Adult & Family Friendly Highlights Below Including 21+ punk & metal shows, Ticket Give Aways, original video interviews, live kids' show footage, Beat Kitchen Concerts for Kids, Bloodiest vinyl release, C2E2, CIMMfest 2012, Human Nature The Motown Show, 20 FREE copies of Just Kids book by Patti Smith, Prong, recommended bands at Cobra Lounge & Empty Bottle, Reggies, Schubas, & Sub-T, Theatre openings, CD releases, and more:

FAMILY FUN: 


Sunday 4/15   Beat Kitchen's Concerts for Kids features The Boogers (Ramones style punk for the punk kin) at noon.   ChiIL Mama's stoked to sponsor the series aimed at birth through 10 year olds with parents.   Infants are free.   Everyone else is just $6!   Win 4 free tickets right here, to see The Boogers.   We pick new winners weekly and have 4 free tickets to all kids' shows at Beat Kitchen and many other venues throughout Chicago.   Then check out ChiIL Mama's YouTube Channel for loads of live Boogers show footage and our exclusive video interview with the band.

*Wait for Rafflecopter to load up right here (if you've gone through RSS feed or are scrolling down the blog and don't see it, click on the actual page title and it should pop right up).   Entries are easy.   Winning rocks!   

Shows On Our Radar-Empty Bottle Monday & Tuesday

Hit The Empty Bottle this Monday &/or Tuesday.

Monday
Free Show
We haven't seen The Mutt's live but we've been loving their tunes on line!   Check out their main site here and give them a listen.   Some of the best things in life are free........and you can use all that cash you saved for beer and generous tips.   

MON. 1/23/12 (9:00pm, Free)
Wally Dogger
Pinto & The Bean
Mutts
Otter Petter

Here's our prior coverage of Wally Dogger's CD release party last year at Beat Kitchen.   In that signature synchronicity way things have of cropping up, they played out with The Noses, renowned LA play write, Brett Neveu's band.  That week we had just reviewed opening night of Bretts amazing show, Odradeck, at The House Theatre.   And we were just about to check out another of Brett's works, The Earl, at A Red Orchid Theatre.   A year has past and guess what we just saw at A Red Orchid Theatre Friday?!   You guessed it, another Brett Neveu play, Megacosm. 

Pinto & The Bean were part of our Ginormous Holiday Gift Guide & Give Aways.   One of our lucky readers won their CD along with 5 more.   We still have a couple more to give away so check back in like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often.

6 CDs:    Soul-R&B-Blues-Rock including,  Fitz and The Tantrums,  How Far To Austin,  The Shams Band, Zach Heckendorf, Pinto & The Bean & The Future Laureates (over $70)

*We have loads of live videos, pit photos, band video interviews and CD reviews.   Check out the archives at the bottom of the page or use the search bar to the right.   We post upcoming shows, introduce new music, and give you breaking music news for alt-rock-metal-punk-funk-blues/bluegrass-and more, including bands for adults & kids.   All are posted at ChiIL Mama.com and archived at our sister site, ChiIL Live Shows.com.

• Fitz and The Tantrums--2 video interviews/live footage)
• How Far to Austin-video interview & live show stills from HOB & Mayne Stage
• The Shams Band-live show stills from Lincoln Hall, The Whistler & Do Division Fest.

In fact, you can check out two more of these bands at weekend 2 of The Chicago Blue Grass & Blues Festival this Saturday at The Congress Theater.    In fact, we just saw Donnie Biggins of The Shams Band back stage at CBB Fest at The Auditorium Theatre last night!   We'll have some sweet photos up very soon.    


Tuesday
This one'll cost ya, but only $15, and they're world renowned musicians and well worth it.  We're hoping to set up a video interview soon with Jeff Parker and his partner who have a baby boy.   She's a filmmaker and college professor out in California.   Jeff also has an older, elementary age daughter we've known since Sagezilla was in a playgroup with her at age 2!   

The son of the drummer for Tortoise was also in playgroup with our girls, along with a virtual whose who of chicago theatre and music peeps progeny.   We'd love to interview Jeff and Johnny Herndon and their partners, for our ongoing series on how creatives parent and how parents create.   Check out our Pinterest Board of that name, How Do Creatives Parent and How Do Parents Create, to find most of the interviews together.   We have the rest of the interviews in our Vimeo links in the sidebar at ChiIL Mama.   Pinterest doesn't see Vimeo for some odd reason.   The interviews include Brett Neveu and various Noses, mentioned above, as well as touring musicians from metal band Red Fang, Fitz & The Tantrums, Keller Williams, Danbert Nobacon (Chumbawamba), various CEOs, and a number of theatre personalities.

TUE. 1/24/12 (9:30pm, $15 buy)
Tortoise
Dent-de-Lion
DJ Ryan Weinstein

For loads of music news, free downloads, upcoming Chi-town shows, and original stills, videos, reviews, and video interviews, check out our brand new Facebook Page for ChiIL Live Shows.  You can "like" us and/or follow the feed. 

Scott Kelly w/ Bruce Lamont "Cortez the Killer" 1/4/12 (video)

You'd never guess they were metal heads!

Uploaded by REDWORKSCINEMA on Jan 10, 2012

Scott Kelly of Neurosis and Bruce Lamont of Yakuza performing an acoustic version of "Cortez the Killer" by Neil Young at the Empty Bottle in Chicago 1/4/12

Check out ChiIL Mama's live stills from the same show here.

Play Locally: Lawrence Arms at Metro, Ice Cream Vendors at Beat Kitchen, Art Openings, Bike Films, Brownies, Wolves and More

Friday

Our friend, neighbor, and talented artist, Kathleen Roman has a gallery opening with reception from 6-9pm Friday.

Friday

If you like your art, a bit edgier, with music and writing......here's our link again to the Chicago Zine Fest Bene W/ WFFLF

 

A Benefit for CHICAGO ZINE FEST
January 6th
7-10pm

• Into It. Over It- (Wrote a song about a previous zine fest organizer) Here is his music - intoitoverit.com Here is a comic about him - http://www.ifyoumakeit.com/comic/ramsey-beyer/an-evening-with-evan-weiss/

• Creaturely Features- (Something you may want to see)

• Gunshy-  www.myspace.com/thegunshy

• XLions of TsavoX- Features some Zinesters? Hardcore (sorta)

• When Flying Feels Like Falling - http://www.facebook.com/whenflyingfeelslikefalling

The Spaceship
1804 S. Racine
7pm
$5

Saturday 

It's Cookie Kick Off Time again!   Why eat a brownie when you can buy cookies instead.   

There's an app for that:   The tech savvy tots and teens in brown and green have an iphone app for Girl Scout Cookies.   Check it out here.  Or, even better, go lo-tech and hit up your favorite girl sprout for everyone's favorite once a year treat.   When they're gone, you have to wait till next January to order more!


Check out our photo filled coverage from last year's big kick off right here 1 and here 2 and stay tunes for 2012's version after Saturday.


The big kick off happens at All State Arena again, culminating in a Chicago Wolves Game--one of our other all time favorite winter things to do.   We love hockey and watch The Chicago Wolves and our beloved Chicago Blackhawks as often as possible.


Here's the scoop:

More than four thousand Girl Scouts will gather prior to the Wolves game to participate in fun, hands-on activities designed to help girls build their leadership skills, a key component of the overall Girl Scout Program.

When:  Saturday, January 7, 2012
 
2 – 4:45 p.m.  Cookie Kickoff; Family Fun Festival
Following the educational portion of the kickoff, the Girl Scouts will enjoy a Family Fun Fest featuring face painting, games and pictures with Skates the Wolf, as well as a pep rally just prior to the game.
 
5 – 5:45 p.m.        Pep rally and entertainment
                               
7 p.m.                    Chicago Wolves vs. the Lake Erie Monsters
 
 
Where:                  Allstate Arena, Rosemont
                                                                                                

Background:
 Founded in 1912, Girl Scouts of the USA is the preeminent leadership development organization for girls with 3.4 million girl and adult members worldwide. Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana impacts the lives of nearly 86,000 girls and 23,000 adult members in 245 communities in six Illinois counties (Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kankakee, Lake, and Will) and four Indiana counties (Jasper, Lake, Newton, and Porter). 

For more information, visit www.girlscoutsgcnwi.org.
 
If you don't know any Brownies or Girl Scouts, visit  www.girlscoutcookies.org to find cookies available in your area. 
 

Saturday--Bikes on Film...or is it films on bikes?

If you can't pass yourself off as a Girl Scout, check out a fun, little one day, FREE Bike Winter Film Fest at Facets Multimedia-1517 W. Fullerton at Ashland.  
The annual Bike Winter Film Festival, founded by Bob Matter, will take over the small theater at Facets this Sunday.  A series of documentaries and shorts related to the bicycle will begin at one and go on to eleven.  No charge.
 

 
And once again-here's the prior scoop on WFFLF's Occupy Chicago Bene at Empty Bottle (*all ages welcome w/ accompanying adult) 11am-4:30pm.
 
Saturday Night- Lawrence Arms at Metro




Here's ChiIL Mama's prior coverage of local Chicago boys, The Lawrence Arms with the Fat Wreck Chords label, when they opened for The Dead Milkmen.   They got the fans well warmed up and good to go.   I've gotta admit, the bodies were dropping into the photo pit at The Congress Theater at good pace and I've never seen so many punk rock girls crowd surfing.   Fun times!

The Lawrence Arms
Metro- Chicago, IL
3730 N. Clark
January 7, 2012 7:00 PM 
All Ages.
Doors open at 6:00 PM.
Also appearing: The Holy Mess and Lords.
$20.00 advanced
 

Sunday

Fun for the waaay underagers at Beat Kitchen.   We've been talking this one up for weeks, giving away tixs and putting up save the date notices for upcoming shows.   Remember we give away a family 4 pack of tickets every week to every show, and announce our winners on Free Ticket Tuesdays.  Winners will be contacted by e-mail (so check your spam filters) and the winners' names will also appear in the original Rafflecopter entry form, so check back early and often.

Ice Cream Vendors, Jan. 8 (click here for videos and our prior coverage)

Beat Kitchen Concerts for Kids says:  If you've never seen ICV, think Devo for kids and grown ups.  Pack up the family van and come to Beat Kitchen. Our weekly Concerts for Kids series kicks off 2012 with the Ice Cream Vendors. Hailing from Westmont, IL, ICV is a little bit weird, a little bit new wave, a little bit rock, a little bit rap, a little bit funk and a whole lot of fun. 

As always, shows start at noon. Doors open at 11am and the kitchen is open. Beat Kitchen's signature brunch with everything from pancakes to pizza is sure to please even the pickiest palate.



Up next:  Little Miss Ann Band, Jan 15

CD Release Party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Little Miss Ann's 3rd album, Walk with Me, is hot off the press arriving just in time for our Sunday, January 15th show. We were able to catch up with busy kindie rocker, Little Miss Ann, and ask a few questions about the new album.



What are you excited about on the album?  
     Most of the songs are originals, and I've got a couple really talented guest back-up vocalists, Brooklyn-based, Suzi Shelton and Seattle-based, Charlie Hope. I've also got some great guest instrumentalists that play fiddle, flute, and more.



Which are your current favorite songs on Walk with Me? 
     Waltzing Matilda and Walk with Me. (The interviewer here loves the last track, Honey Bear Ham.)

  

How long was the album in the making? 
     I started it in February of 2011.

  

Carefully crafted and fun to hop, jump and jiggle to, come hear new tunes from Walk with Me as well as some old favorites. 

Beat Kitchen. January 15th. Noon.

Check out our hot and happening Concerts for Kids! lineup

Save the Dates...
Beat Kitchen, 2100 W. Belmont

shows at noon on every Sunday, 
Just $6



Jan 8: Ice Cream Vendors

Jan 15: Little Miss Ann Band, CD Release Party!!!

Jan 22: The Boogers

Jan 29: Winter Fest, 11am-3pm, $8: 
Featuring Mary Macaroni, Sarah Parker, The Storybook Mom and Istvan & His Imaginary Band with activities included: facepainting, crafts, ChiIL Mama's rock star photo booth and instrument petting zoo. 


Feb 5: Okee Dokee Brothers

Feb. 12: Mr. Singer & the Sharp Cookies
 
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(show photos/Irish punk & club rock) The Buddies at Empty Bottle

The Buddies filled The Empty Bottle with their guitar heavy, Irish rock, right before the holidays.   Appropriately enough, their lead singer was sporting a Shane MacGowan tee, and after their set, we had a lively discussion about The Pogues last show at The Congress.   I had the great pleasure of shooting it, but was stuck in the press pit for sooooo long waiting for them to come on, after the openers, that we were sure Shane had flipped out or passed out, and that the show was not to be.   The other photographers were joking that we should have brought board games.   Finally, the band materialized and pulled off a brilliant show!

Thankfully, The Buddies showed up on time to play their Irish punk.   Check out our prior coverage here.   The Buddies have been called a southern rock version of The Clash and they were fun to check out, live.   They have the unique distinction of having a rockin' girl on drums/accordion.   Drummers are notoriously hard to photograph and usually lurk, hidden in the shadow at the back of the stage.   The Buddies are no fools, though, and had one of the best lit drummers I've ever shot.   Play to your strengths.   Want to hear more or check out upcoming shows.   Here's their main web site.

Recommended Empty Bottle Shows This Week-Wed (Tonight), Thurs, Sat

1035 N. Western

We'll be hittin' the bottle This week...The Empty Bottle that is.   Tonight, one of our favorite local musicians, Bruce Lamont, is up with other notable hard core/ metal legend, Scott Kelly!   Tomorrow we'll try to swing by early to catch Playfully Yours from Cincinnati.   We had a chance meeting, outta town last week, with band member Maxx, and look forward to checkin' out their live set.   *Show is still FREE WITH RSVP through TODAY.

We just shot Bruce Lamont's solo stuff and amazing Yakuza set at Reggie's Rock Club, and will have those live photos up today at both ChiIL Mama & ChiIL Live Shows (along with another recent Empty bottle show by The Buddies.) 

Empty Bottle Tonight
WED . 1/4/12 ( 9:00pm , $8 buy )
Scott Kelly label: Neurot related: Neurosis
Bruce Lamont label: At A loss related: Bloodiest,Circle of Animals,Yakuza
Winters In Osaka
Che Arthur label: Past/Futures

From Empty Bottle's Site:  Hardcore / metal legends NEUROSIS are currently in Chicago working on new recordings for release this year and we are honored to welcome SCOTT KELLY to the Empty Bottle, taking a break from recording to perform a solo set here tonight. KELLY has influenced a whole generation of musicians wanting to take heavy music into new realms and with his various projects - BLOOD AND TIME, TRIBES OF NEUROT, doom metal super group SHRINEBUILDER and as a guest vocalist on MASTODONS last four studio LPs. We can’t wait to hear what happens when he takes the stage solo. 

Our own BRUCE LAMONT’S last LP, Feral Songs for the Epic Decline, out last year via At a Loss was highlighted in SPIN’s “20 Best Metal Albums of 2011.” In their words, “thanks to LAMONT’S unholy army of loop pedals, Feral Songs is a dissonant, ritualistic swirl of Middle Eastern scales, mystery slams, ghostly moans, snaking reedwork and acoustic guitars…equal parts bustling and bleak,” and we’re always pleased when he takes the stage here. WINTERS IN OSAKA return to the Bottle, having gone past their punk influenced noise roots, the outfit is now creating quieter, spookier ambient/drone music and has added members of HARPOON and BONGRIPPER to the fold. Chicago by way of Alabama gritty and earnest songwriter CHE ARTHUR returns performing songs off his most recent release via Past/Futures, Like Revenge. (AV Club) (Brooklyn Vegan Chicago) (Reader)


THU. 1/5/12 (9:30pm, Free with RSVP, $8 buy)
Playfully Yours
The Halamays
Wonky Tonk

Check out one of Playfully Yours' YouTube Videos 

Playfully Yours musician, Maxx, sited Thrill Kill Cult as one of their influences, when we had a chance meeting in Cincy last week.   Then, weirdly enough, New Years Eve & Day, Thrill Kill Cult came up 3 more times in other unrelated conversations.

*Note to Maxx--never underestimate the power of a crappy day job for networking.   Talk about your passion often and doors will open.   BTW, to add to our prior conversation, Chicago has some seriously sweet thrift stores to expand your rock wardrobe without blowing the beer $$.   Our favorite is the Unique Thrift Store Chain & the best of those two are at Diversey and Kilbourn or Addison & Kimball.   If transportation is an issue...there are two worth a look close to Empty Bottle.   Check out Village Thrift on Milwaukee Ave., just north of Armitage and a few doors north of there, Family Thrift.

Finally...we'll be hittin' the bottle again Saturday.   Check out our prior feature here for all the details.

SAT. 1/7/12 (12:00pm, $8 buy)
'Occupy Chicago' Fundraiser featuring

When Flying Feels Like Falling (our favorite underager snarky punks)
Cathy Santones
Waste
Going Backwards
Bajas
Giveback
Ephemeral Sunrise

When Flying Feels Like Falling Occupy Chicago Benefit At The Empty Bottle This Saturday

When:  
Saturday, January 7, 2012
 (all ages)
Time:  
11:00am until 4:30pm


WE ARE THE 99%
Come help WFFLF support the Occupy Chicago movement by attending this benefit show at The Empty Bottle!

There will be some awesome bands playing!

Doors: 11am
Show: 12pm
Buy tickets at the door: $8

All Ages
BUT The Empty Bottle is a 21+ club so
**ALL MINORS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT**
( 1 adult can be the chaperone for a group)

LINE UP:
Ephemeral Sunrise- 12:00pm-12:25pm
Give Back- 12:35pm-1pm
The Bajas- 1:10pm-1:35pm
Going Backwards- 1:45pm-2:10pm
Waste- 2:20pm-2:45pm
THE CATHY SANTONIES- 2:55pm-3:25pm
WHEN FLYING FEELS LIKE FALLING- 3:35pm- 4:15pm (under age punks who rock hard)

A Big thanks to the School Of Rock for providing the back-line!

 If you haven't been to Occupy Chicago down at Jackson & LaSalle here's their website!
http://occupychi.org/about-us

Shows On Our Radar-The Buddies Tonight at Empty Bottle & Yakuza Tomorrow at Reggies

 21+
Come on out to The Empty Bottle and empty a few tonight.   Check out our prior coverage by clicking here.
THU . 12/22/11 ( 9:00pm , RSVP is closed; $8) 

The Buddies
Dirty Pigeons
The Canoes
Ed Jurken

Empty Bottle says:  THE BUDDIES’ debut LP, F*@# The Buddies is an effort stacked with reverb-soaked stompers that have led the outfit to be dubbed “a southern rock version of THE CLASH,” by Music. Defined. Boozy, shambling, sweetly grungy tracks that make you feel like you should be singing along, we’re excited to hear how the tracks translate to our boozy, grungy stage. The recording project of BRIAN MORRISSEY, THE DIRTY PIGEONS combine rock songs, folk ballads, quiet strumming and squealing guitars into a mélange of sounds unified by MORRISSEY’s uniquely world-weary vocals. Live he’s backed by a full band, catapulting his intimate songs onto the stage.
 

 

17+

Friday, December 23 • 8:00 PM
mPshows.com presents TAKE THE REGGIES BUS FROM PANCHOS, Pancho's party starts at 6, bus leaves at 7:45!

MACABRE
Macabre blends elements of true crime, math rock, nursery rhymes, punk, thrash, folk melodies, death metal, jazz fusion, black metal and more into an energetic, catchy and unmistakable amalgam. 

YAKUZA
Yakuza is an avant-garde metal band, formed in Chicago in 1999. Current members are James Staffel, Matt McClelland, Bruce Lamont, and Ivan Cruz.

New Yakuza album out!

NOVEMBERS DOOM
In 2006, Novembers Doom once again entered the studio to record the follow up to 2005's "The Pale Haunt Departure." The philosophy was simple... If it isn't broken, don't fix it. Sessions for "The Novella Reservoir" began with Chris Djuricic once again engineering and co-producing, also taking up the recording of the Bass guitar. Mixed by the highly respected Dan Swano, and mastered again by legendary James Murphy, "The Novella Reservoir" was completed, becoming the bands greatest audible onslaught yet. Taking their musical direction to the next logical step in their evolution, Novembers Doom has broken free from their past genre labels, to create a modern dark metal CD influenced heavily by their Chicago 90's death metal roots. "The Novella Reservoir" is easily the bands most aggressive CD to date, and will, without a doubt concrete them as one of the top bands of their genre.

A CORPORATE DEATH
Bruce Lamont improvised jam.

PRIMAL LORE
4 friends having a good time,ups and downs and all arounds. Tellin Stories of animalistic legends lycan thropic of Primal Lore.

Cheap & Free 21+ December Concerts On Our Radar-The Damn Choir/Briar Rabbit & The Buddies

Friday, Dec 16

The Damn Choir has a new video for the single “Virginia” 

The Damn Choir (21+)

The Damn Choir will be performing at The Burlington’s new live music room (3425 W. Fullerton in Chicago), along with Briar Rabbit and Grand Rapids-based The Crane Wives, on Friday, Dec. 16. The Damn Choir will be releasing their sophomore album, You’re My Secret Called Fire, in spring, 2012. 

For more info, check out the band's main site. 

and The Burlington Bar's Calendar 

We can't wait to review the show and check out the new venue.   I'm inclined to love the Burlington already, based on their fabulous foot photo on the main page.  Guess I'm not the only one out there intrigued by musicians' feet/pedals/and cords! 

We covered Briar Rabbit, back a while ago, and can't wait to see him live, as well.   Check out our prior posts here. and veggie oil bus fundraising video here.

Friday, December 16, 2011 

The Burlington
3425 W Fullerton Ave, Chicago, IL 60647 

Set: 9:00 PM
Doors: 8:00 PM
21+
Tickets: $8 (though Burlington's site says $5 donation, so it may be even less)
  

Also Playing: Briar Rabbit (11:00 PM) , The Crane Wives (9:00 PM)

Thursday, Dec 22

The Buddies (21+)

The Buddies (ex-Welcome to Ashley, Pale Blue Dot) will bring their shambolic mix of pub rock, power pop and Irish punk to Empty Bottle on Thursday, Dec. 22. This will be a FREE w/ RSVP show (rsvp@emptybottle.com).

Band Site: http://www.fthebuddies.com/

New CD, F*ck the Buddies, streaming at: http://candyappleandthebuddies.bandcamp.com/

Check out the ticket link for more show/band info http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=4055635
Empty Bottle, Inc.

The Buddies / Dirty Pigeons / The Canoes / Ed Jurken

Thursday, Dec 22, 2011 9:30 PM CST
Empty Bottle , Chicago, IL
21 years and over

Loyal Divide LIVE at Empty Bottle (photo filled feature)-Vinyl Release Party 11-4-11

Dbl click the slide show for full screen and other options

Loyal Divide rocked Empty Bottle Friday night, coming off a tour to promote their new, blue vinyl release, Bodice Ripper.    These newcomers are ones to watch.   Their high intensity, live show got the crowd going and their first release has been met enthusiastically by fans and critics alike.   

Click here for some of our past coverage, including their creative, stop animation, duct tape video.

Here's what their label, Kilo Records has to say about their boys & last Friday's show:

CHICAGO, IL

Local Pyshedeclic Rockers, Loyal Divide hit the stage this Friday at the cities best venue Empty Bottle, for their Bodice Ripper Vinyl Release Show.  Their much anticipated debut LP  was released on October 4th, via Kilo Records, and is available via iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, at your local record store, and more.  The band spent October celebrating with a full Midwest/East Coast Tour, and are returning to Chicago for their first venue performance since May.  Joining the group with be punk rockers Lasers & Fast & Shit, as well as Verma.  This night surely has on hand some of the best Chicago talent coming up in the city right now.

Vinyl includes a free CD with bonus track

For purchase information, future tour dates, etc. check out http://loyaldividemusic.com/

The Shams Band FREE Full Album Download of Champagne and FREE Empty Bottle Show Tuesday

Do Division Fest-The Shams Band


The Shams Band rocked the stage at Do Division Fest last weekend.    And if you didn't win a disc last month in our 3 CD give away, we have a completely free download for everyone today!!    Just click on the link and enjoy!  http://theshamsband.bandcamp.com/


You can also catch 'em live at The Empty Bottle this Tuesday, June 14th.    Free with RSVP.   Click HERE  and Check 'em out.    


The Empty Bottle is also hosting another favorite band of ours on Wednesday night, Econoline (Minutemen Cover Band).   Check out our photos of their Girls Rock Chicago benefit HERE.    It's a whole "Livin' in the 80s" Roctober Magazine release party!

WED. 6/15/11 (9:30pm)

Econoline

The Goblins

Tiny Magnets

Solar Fox

Miss Alex White (DJ set)