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)

Full Slideshow-Minutemen: Double Nickels on the Dime-Econoline + Special Guests

Double click the slide show for full screen and other options


Girls Rock Chicago Benefit:
(you'll recognize a lotta familiar faces from a plethora of Chi-Town bands, jumping in on lead vocals)   A Who's who list from that night is below: 


Sunday, February 20th, for one-night-only, three Chicago-area musicians took on all 45 songs of the Minutemen’s Double Nickels on the Dime LP.  The band, Econoline, formed in 2010 with the sole intention of bringing this revered punk classic to life.  


As this is no small task, they enlisted the help of over a dozen friends, including some of Chicago’s indie and punk rock elite, to get the job done.  Joining the band on vocals were Dianogah front man and poster artist extraordinaire Jay Ryan, Cap’n Jazz/Joan of Arc mastermind Tim Kinsella, fellow suburban punk rocker and Gauge/Haymarket Riot guitarist Kevin J. Frank, avant garde pop-rocker Bobby Conn, Chic-a-Go-Go’s own Miss Mia & Ratso, Golden Horse Ranch band square dance sensation and The 1900s crooner Jeanine O’Toole, garage pop darling and Tyler Jon Tyler front woman Rebecca Flores, now-wave pianist Azita Youssefi and many, many more!

If that’s not enough, Girls Rock! alum and Zombie Masquerade guitarist Ruadhan Ward opened the show and joined the band onstage for a few choice Minutemen songs.

Girls Rock! Chicago was grateful to everybody participating, and especially to the band members - drummer Colby Stark, bassist Paul Kelvington, and guitarist Nathaniel Braddock - for selecting their organization as the event’s beneficiary.  All proceeds from the show will fund scholarships to GR!C’s week long rock and roll summer camps.  If you’d like to support the cause, consider making a “Double Nickels” donation in any amount online.

Catch Minutemen cover band, Econoline, again (without all the special guests) tonight at Hideout for a rockin' good time!   Love The Minutemen?   Remember to enter HERE through midnight on 3/30 to win your own DVD: A History Lesson Part 1-Punk Rock in LA in 1984-The Meat Puppets, Redd Kross, The Minutemen, Twisted Roots (enter all month through midnight 3/30).

Hideout Tonight and Tomorrow-Check It Out!

Econoline & Bobby Conn covering Minutemen's Double Nickels On The Dime in it's entirety 2/20

We'll have a full slide show up tomorrow, before their Hideout show. 

Great stuff goin' down the next 2 nights at one of our favorite venues in the city, The Hideout...


Click here for our last post that incorporated both Bobby Conn and Econoline--playing Minutemen covers together, nonetheless.   We caught up with Bobby's kids who got to catch him performing, which is rare, since he almost always does 21+ shows.   


Tonight, see: 

Bobby Conn

Arts of Life Band, DHF Express

Thu 3/10

9:00 pm

Hüsker Düdes

Econoline, SST DJs Bobby Burg & Matt Holland

Fri 3/11

We saw Hüsker Düdes with Econoline at Phyllis' Musical Inn in January and Econoline again at Lincoln Hall for a benefit for Girls Rock Chicago February 20th.    Fun fun!    Check 'em out if you have the chance.

We'll have loads more coverage on Girls Rock Chicago and their excellent rock camp for girls ages 8-high school.   The Econoline/Minutemen benefit also included a screening of the brand new documentary, 

History Lesson: Part 1

**ChiIL Mama will be reviewing the movie, History Lesson:  Part 1 (Punk Rock in Los Angeles in 1984 including The Meat Puppets, Redd Kross, The Minutemen and Twisted Roots) and giving away a copy of the DVD to one luck winner!  (nationwide). 

Enter all month at ChiIL Mama for your chance to win the DVD for your own collection!   Got kids?   We're also giving away 8 kindie rock CDs this month, with 4 down, 4 to go.   Enter below for your chance to win any or all.