Showing posts with label Fitz and The Tantrums. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fitz and The Tantrums. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Fitz and The Tantrums' Drummer On Life After Birth & Live Video of Money Grabber
We were so jazzed to meet all the members of Fitz and The Tantrums, and have the opportunity to shoot their private showcase at Chicago's Comma Music last week, the day before the last of their Metro shows. We caught up with their drummer/percussionist, John Wicks, after the set. He's father to young, twin daughters and was happy to talk with us about life after birth and how he balances fatherhood with touring with an in demand band. We caught this excellent, live version of their hit single, Money Grabber.
Check out our interview with 4 other members of the band and 3 more live songs right here.
We were thrilled to get to see them at Metro, for the final show of their sold out 3 night run. FATT really shine live. Highlights were a smokin' cover of Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams, the whole audience sitting on the floor, then jumping up and going nuts, an awesome cover of The Raconteurs' Steady As She Goes, and of course, all their own crowd pleasing favs like Money Grabber, L.O.V., and so many more.
This week we'll be at a private showcase with Brandi Carlile, before her sold out appearance at Park West. So ChiIL Out with ChiIL Mama and check back like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often!
Friday, November 25, 2011
Fitz and The Tantrums
Here's a message from our friends over at Fitz and the Tantrums. Check out ChiIL Mama's interview with the band and live performance videos for ChiIL Live Shows right here. Then check out ChiIL Mama's Holidaze Gift Give
Away for a chance to win their full length disc, Pickin' Up The Pieces. We still have another interview and live footage of Money Grabber, that we shot at a private showcase at Comma Music, coming soon.
Fitz and The Tantrums say:
Happy Holidays!! On this black Friday please take some time out and visit our holiday single page for "Santa Stole My Lady" which is now available as a limited edition 7" and download. Thank you for all of your LOV and support this year!
We hope to see you soon!
xo,
Fitz and The Tantrums
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Fitz and The Tantrums LIVE Private Showcase at Comma Music
It was our great pleasure to shoot Fitz and The Tantrums yesterday. They left warm, sunny La La land to bring us 3 nights of hot R&B/soul/funk/80's/hip hop genre defying fun at Metro!
Fitz and The Tantrums Interview With ChiIL Live Shows
We caught up with them for lunch and a show at Comma Music, an industry leader in original music composition and production for Web, TV, commercials and film.
Breakin' the Chains of Love--Fitz and The Tantrums LIVE Private Showcase at Comma Music
ChiIL Mama was thrilled to shoot their set and catch up with 4 of the 6 band members for an interview. Then we scored a private one on one interview with the resident dad in the group, where we continued our series on How Creatives Parent and How Parents Create. Their drummer is father to twin daughters, and was happy to reaffirm our core beliefs that there IS indeed LIFE AFTER BIRTH. We'll be featuring that interview tomorrow.
Rockers parent and parents rock!
Tonight Fitz and The Tantrums play their last of 3 sold out nights at Metro in Chicago, and then they get a nice big T-day and beyond break. In December, they're back on tour including Indiana, where they have a philanthropic pairing up with Toys for Tots going down on December 6th.
Tonight Fitz and The Tantrums play their last of 3 sold out nights at Metro in Chicago, and then they get a nice big T-day and beyond break. In December, they're back on tour including Indiana, where they have a philanthropic pairing up with Toys for Tots going down on December 6th.
WTTS Toys For Tots Show with Fitz & The Tantrums & Scars On 45 - December 6, The Bluebird in Bloomington, presented by Fifth Third Bank.
Don't Gotta Work It Out--Fitz and The Tantrums LIVE Private Showcase at Comma Music
We had a chance to see them at Lollapalooza with Du-Jay (10) and Sagezilla (8) and the kids loved it. Fitz and The Tantrums truly do have multigenerational appeal. Check out their main website for a free single, more videos, upcoming tour dates and merch.
L.O.V.--Fitz and The Tantrums LIVE Private Showcase at Comma Music
Tomorrow we'll feature our final live clip from yesterday at Comma Music, Money Grabber, along with our 2nd interview!
ChiIL Mama will be reviewing and giving away copies of Picking Up The Pieces as part of ChiIL Mama's Holidaze Gift Guide, going live on Black Friday. So ChiIL out with ChiIL Mama in your post-Thanksgiving, tryptophan, food coma. And be sure to check back enter our giant give away like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
November Shows On Our Radar-Peter Murphy, Naked Raygun, Fitz and The Tantrums, Henhouse Prowlers, Further, and I Lost Control
Wednesday 11-16--I Lost Control-Double Door (21+)
This one's a freebie. Check out local, post-punks tomorrow night. Burial At Sea and The Beez Neez open. Mention "I Lost Control" at the door and get in free!Bud Light...Here We Go:
I Lost Control
Burial At Sea, The Beez Neez
Doors: 8:00 pm / Show: 8:30 pm
Friday 11-18--Further at Allstate Arena (all ages)
- Wed, Nov 16th, Jerome Schottenstein Center, Columbus, OH
- Fri, Nov 18th, Allstate Arena, Rosemont, IL
- Sat, Nov 19th, Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI
- Sun, Nov 20th, Fabulous Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO
- Mon, Nov 21st, Old National Centre (Formerly Murat Centre), Indianapolis, IN
Furthur is Phil Lesh and Bob Weir from The Grateful Dead along with Jeff Chimenti, John Kadlecik, Joe Russo, Sunshine Becker, Jeff Pehrson
tickets $39.50-$59.50
parking $20-cash only
11-19, 20 & 22--Fitz and The Tantrums at Metro
These guys just keep selling out shows, but they're no sell outs. Hope you got your tickets, 'cause all 3 nights are gone. Check out some rockin' great music during their 3 night run at Metro, or catch 'em next time around.
3XRT Welcomes...
FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS
- $23 adv / $26 day of
- Doors: 8PM / Show: 9PM
- 18+
In just a few years, soulsters Fitz and the Tantrums went from the living room to the main stage. The recipe for meteoric success? Six killer musicians, five dapper suits, irresistible songs, some serendipity and one vintage organ. Since their first show at Hollywood’s Hotel Café in December 2008, Fitz and co. have toured with Maroon 5, played to thousands at Colorado’s world famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre, shared the stage New Year’s Eve with Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, and performed on KCRW’s esteemed show, Morning Becomes Eclectic.
All this on the strength of their stellar five-song EP, Songs for a Breakup, Vol. 1. For some bands, it takes a lifetime to build this success, but few performers deliver an unrestrained blast of soul-clapping, get-down-on-the-floor, moneymaker shakers like Fitz and the Tantrums. Since the release of their debut full length, Pickin’ Up the Pieces, the troupe is even more poised get down in dancehalls across the universe, and recently played to thousands of adoring fans in Chicago at Lollapalooza. Come see them at Metro!
Wednesday 11-23--Naked Raygun at Metro (18+)
What poor gods we do make, but what fun live shows! We adore these guys. Catch a blast from the past with Chicago punks, Naked Raygun. Most of these guys have punk kin of their own, now, so they don't play out like they used to. But unlike many 80's punk bands, they ARE all still alive. So come out and catch 'em while you can.
And please oh please sing Wonder Beer. Just can't get enough! I yelled "Wonder Beer" to them from the photo pit, at their last Congress Theater Show, when they opened for Dropkick Murphys, and they obliged. All the drunk punks thank you.
Check out our live Naked Raygun show shots here, and all our Live Show Archives at ChiIL Live Shows.
Wednesday November 23
The Night Before Thanksgiving...NAKED RAYGUN
THE FALCON
DAN VAPID AND THE CHEATS
MY BIG BEAUTIFUL
DAN VAPID AND THE CHEATS
MY BIG BEAUTIFUL
- $23
- Doors: 8PM / Show: 9PM
- 18+
Because of the public demand for Naked Raygun material, 1999 saw the indie label Touch And Go/Quarterstick reissue all of Naked Raygun's albums with bonus tracks, as well as the compilation Naked Raygun: Huge Bigness -- Selected Tracks From the Collected Works, 1980-1992. In 2006, Naked Raygun reformed to headline Chicago's annual punk festival, Riot Fest. After the success of the show, which saw a sell-out crowd of 4,000 people, Naked Raygun decided to carry on with new releases, a Blue-Ray HD DVD documentary of their Riot Fest show and several one-off shows in different markets across the United States. Most recently, the band released #3 of their 7” series, and are heading back into the studio at the end of the year to record more new material. They will tour both the West Coat and Europe in 2012.
Friday 11-25--Peter Murphy (also 11/26) at Metro (18+)
Peter Murphy just released the second installment of the four part interview series about his upcoming album, Ninth. In the video Murphy chats about "I Spit Roses" which is the first single off Ninth, that was released earlier this year. Check out the video below!
Bela Lugosi may be dead, but Peter Murphy, frontman for Bauhaus is most decidedly not! Catch Peter Murphy with She Wants Revenge at Metro on November 26th! Tickets are available at the box office or online.
PETER MURPHY
SHE WANTS REVENGE
- $25
- Doors: 7PM / Show: 8PM
- 18+
Even though She Wants Revenge hasn't be around as long as Peter Murphy, they definitely have a pretty impressive resume. The band just released their third album, Valleyheart, earlier this year and have already toured with bands such as Depeche Mode and Placebo. She Wants Revenge once said that their dream was to tour with Murphy's former band Bauhaus. The love is clearly mutual because this what Murphy had to say about She Wants Revenge, "My bass player and right hand man Jeff Schartoff tipped me about She Wants Revenge...I like their no pussy-footing convincing blend of Americo/Brit sensibilities with insightful words and testosterone...with a titch of Kole."
Come check out Peter Murphy and She Wants Revenge grace Metro's stage on their North American tour this fall!
Friday 11-25--Henhouse Prowlers at Mayne Stage (18+)
Henhouse Prowlers were just announced as part of the lineup for the always impressive, Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Fest extravaganza. But you don't need to wait till January to catch 'em live.
Mayne Stage THANKSGIVING
1328 W. Morse Avenue
Chicago, IL 60626
Henhouse Prowlers
Chicago Farmer
FRI, NOV 25
8:00 PM
6:30 PM LOBBY DOORS
FRI, NOV 25
8:00 PM
6:30 PM LOBBY DOORS
$12 Adv. / $18 D.O.S. The Bluegrass Pitch-In in partnership with the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Bring non-perishables or cash donations and get 50% off Prowlers merchandise . Special guest, Chicago Farmer.
Henhouse Prowlers
In the bluegrass history books, Chicago has been a pivotal stop along the road to success for the Monroe Brothers and, in more current times, noteworthy as home base for the long popular Special Consensus. And now, the Windy City serves as a critical intersection in the lives of four musicians, two who hail from Illinois and the others from as far and near as upstate New York and Wisconsin.After seven years of hard work and a relentless tour schedule, the Henhouse Prowlers have gained a growing reputation for their highly original, tradition-inspired bluegrass built around intricate harmonies and electrifying stage energy.
In 2010, while balancing time on the road and in the studio in Colorado, the Prowlers placed third in the prestigious Telluride Bluegrass Festival Band Competition and took top honors in the RockyGrass Band Competition.
During this time, the band entered the studio with visionary producer and dobro player extraordinaire, Sally Van Meter, completing its third album. The product, thirteen-track “Verses, Chapters and Rhymes,” features original tales of life’s trials and tribulations laid over vocal and instrumental work as refined as it is danceable. With the guidance and vision of Sally’s truly professional production work, “Verses” offers a mature statement from Chicago’s hardest working bluegrass band that is as clean, crisp and deliberate as it is hard-driving and loaded with the raw passion and energy the boys have made their trademark.
The year 2011 has been filled with exciting opportunities for the band. After releasing “Verses” and performing at Wintergrass in February, the Prowlers embarked on their first ever European tour. The international debut was a stunning success and the band has scheduled an extended return to Europe in April 2012. Meanwhile, the Prowlers are on tour coast-to-coast with featured performances at Summercamp, RockyGrass and the Bristol Rhythm & Roots Festival.
Dedicated equally to tradition and innovation, The Henhouse Prowlers center their sound on that of the formative years of bluegrass, while keeping their pulse on today by covering contemporary topics in a largely original repertoire. The group’s prolific songwriting provides entree to twenty-first century topics not typically tackled by traditional bluegrass groups. At the same time, the Prowlers wear the Bill Monroe mantle with spit and polish, performing in suit-and-tie in a tightly choreographed, one-mic stage setting. Combining passion, confidence and flair with instrumental and vocal prowess, the Prowlers deliver dynamic bluegrass with an edge.
Original members Ben Wright, five-string banjo, and Jon Goldfine on upright bass, are joined by Eric Lambert on guitar and Grant Ziolkowski on mandolin. All four bring to the table diverse musical palettes, having pursued music in a variety of settings, ensembles, and genres prior to jelling as The Henhouse Prowlers.
Their eclectic musical backgrounds were the perfect fit when called upon by NBC Today Show correspondent Mike Leonard to compose the soundtrack for his PBS documentary series. Based on the best-selling book, “The Ride Of Our Lives” follows Leonard’s family on a cross-country motor home trip with the backdrop of tradition-inspired music composed and performed (off-camera) by The Henhouse Prowlers.
Check out the band's main site here.
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