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Showing posts with label Chicago Scene. Show all posts
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Sunday, December 2, 2012
We Saw This: Tight Phantomz - "Waiting For" Live at Empty Bottle 11/21/12
Chicago's Tight Phantomz is one of our favorite bands for more than a few reasons, but here's a start:
Check out "Waiting For" life at Empty Bottle on their Album Release show 11/21/12.
- They wail.
- Their lead singer/songwriter/guitarist/front man is our dear buddy and 3x album engineer Mike Lust (of Phantom Manor)
- They wail
- They just released a 36 gatefold double album, Silk Prison (GET IT!)
- They rule
Check out "Waiting For" life at Empty Bottle on their Album Release show 11/21/12.
"Turnover" live at Township - Boogazi 2012
This Halloween we were Boogazi for the second year in a row. Here we are playing "Turnover" at Township.
We Saw This: Mannequin Men, Live at Hideout 12.3.12
For today's installment of "we saw this" we go back to nearly 1 year ago to Mannequin Men's album release at Hideout Inn. Classic song in a classic spot by a classic band.
Director's note: Sorry for the tunnel vision guys! This was one of the my first iPhone vids...
Director's note: Sorry for the tunnel vision guys! This was one of the my first iPhone vids...
We Saw This: Bloodiest, live at RSD 2012 at Reckless
So, an iPhone with low memory means digging through the iPhone(s), which means coming up with some gems.
Here's an example, part of a new unofficial Bully in the Hallway media series 'we saw this.' Here's a good opener, short and sweet: BLOODIEST shows you HOW TO DO AN IN STORE on RSD 2012 at Reckless Records
Here's an example, part of a new unofficial Bully in the Hallway media series 'we saw this.' Here's a good opener, short and sweet: BLOODIEST shows you HOW TO DO AN IN STORE on RSD 2012 at Reckless Records
Friday, August 3, 2012
Chicago's 2nd Annual Rock and Roll Pig Roast: 2012 Lineup!
Secret Colours
Sybris
Bully in the Hallway
Michael Lux and the Bad Sons
Velocicopter
Absolutely Not
Fallen Rivers
Box Jellyfish
Treasurer
Zed
August 25th at The Standard Bar and Grill - 1332 N. Milwaukee!!
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Thanks again to our buddies at Wahoo's Fish Tacos for hosting us this year. We're looking forward to SXSW2013!!
Here's the short video highlighting the performances at their showcase, complete with some great Secret Colours footy and of course some primo shots of the JMan drumming away.
Here's the short video highlighting the performances at their showcase, complete with some great Secret Colours footy and of course some primo shots of the JMan drumming away.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Record Store Day 2012 in Chicago
Bucket O' Blood
(Pick up "Crooks and their Castles" here!)
"In celebration of Record Store Day, we're gonna be having an in-store acoustic performance from Jason Smith (Sass Dragons/Rad Payoff) and Annie Strong (This is My Fist). The show is FREE, ALL AGES, and BYOB, so come by listen to some tunes and buy a record or two!"
Favorite Records
"Our Record Store Day celebration will be second to none. DEADBEAT & Silver Abuse providing live entertainment @2:00pm & 5:30pm respectively. MODchicago's Sir Eric Colin and Moe Madness covering the afternoon DJ sets, with Sonorama & Sonido Triton rounding out the night."
Permanent Records
ONO
Psychic Teens
Vyto B & The Band That Never Made It
Record Breakers
Join us at Record Breakers for another action packed Record Store Day! We'll have exclusive RSD releases, free hot dogs & soda, and in-store performances including:
OWEN
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THE SWEEPS
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MITCH MEAD
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M▲GICKS
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SWIMSUIT ADDITION
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Reckless Records
(Pick up "Crooks and their Castles" here!)
Reckless Records: Milwaukee Ave
Rock n' Roll caricatures by Steve Krakow 12-5PM with in-store performances by
RADAR EYES (stripped down synth version!) 2PM
FAKE LIMBS 3PM
SPIRES THAT IN THE SUNSET RISE 3:45PM
BLOODIEST 4:30PM
CIRCLES (ex PONYS members) 5:15PM
Reckless Records: Broadway in-store performances by
PAMPHLETEERS 2PM
RUNNING 3PM
VERMA 4PM
ATLAS MOTH 5:30PM
Reckless Records: Loop
ARBORIST 1:30PM
PSALM ONE 3:30PM
CLOUD BIRDS 4:30PM
And later than night at The Bottom Lounge...
SWEET COBRA/ CHICAGO THRASH ENSEMBLE & PARTY DOWNERS will play with some metal-specific DJs between bands. The Reckless/Three Floyds Beer will be available all night as well as hoodies & pint glasses with the beer label art by local artist Putrid.
Saki Records -
1pm - Santah
2pm - Bare Mutants
3pm - Cains & Abels
4pm - Cross Record
5pm - Minor Characters
6pm - Hollows
7pm - Opposites
8pm - The Runnies
CHIRP DJs will be spinning between bands!
Logan Square Hardware -
No in stores, but killer deals posting soon on their facebook page!
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Halloween Week is our Favorite Week!
Halloween has always been Bully in the Hallway's favorite time of year. We've had the great pleasure of having a few great Halloween shows in years past where we got away with playing a few covers like "She Don't Use Jelly," "Cashing In" and even a brief rendition of "Listen to the Music."
Well, we've told you about our upcoming show where we're playing Fugazi as "Boogazi" along with friends Cealed Kasket, Slushy and Darkness and Goblin King at Exit on 10/31, but we thought we'd chime in to share some thoughts and previews for some of the other great Halloween shows that are stacking up as well.
Our good friends in Secret Colours are behind the Spookadelic - A Psychedelic Halloween, kicking off Thursday 10/27. It's at SubT, features Goose Island beer specials, an oil-projection, and the musical styles of Secret Colours, The Vacant Lots, Troubadour Dali, and Radar Eyes. There's even a free mixtape!
Friday you can head over to Double Door to see Chicago favorites White Mystery, JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound, Satan's Youth Ministers and DJ Sloppy White in an XRT Halloween show.
Saturday 10/29 has a lot of great options as well, with the Husker Dudes, the"Only Husker Du cover band" to play all Husker tunes at Quenchers along with Daemon Familiar as Sugar, doubling up the Bob Mould factor, and Knife of Simpson is coming as the lovable Danzig.
If you head south on Western to the Empty Bottle on 10/29 you'll also find Football, the Mannequin Men, Outer Minds and Coffin Pricks. No strangers to Halloween changeovers, I've heard that the MM may be going as an early iteration of the Cure, and we all know Football is going to continue their relentless onslaught of Chicago.
In addition to This Must Be The Band (a year-round Talking Heads Tribute) playing at Beat Kitchen, Sunday 10/30 brings out a great bill that I literally just got wind of - Sebadoh and Chicago locals Mazes play Schubas. Not sure if it's a Halloween show or not, but I'm just wondering how did this fly under the radar!?!
And finally, we all know what's happening Monday 10/31, right?? But if you're not in a Fugazi/Exit mood, you can always head to Empty Bottle to see Sybris play with Apteka, Touched by a Ghoul and the Bingers. Or do it all!
Well, we've told you about our upcoming show where we're playing Fugazi as "Boogazi" along with friends Cealed Kasket, Slushy and Darkness and Goblin King at Exit on 10/31, but we thought we'd chime in to share some thoughts and previews for some of the other great Halloween shows that are stacking up as well.
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| Bully Halloween show, 2009? |
Our good friends in Secret Colours are behind the Spookadelic - A Psychedelic Halloween, kicking off Thursday 10/27. It's at SubT, features Goose Island beer specials, an oil-projection, and the musical styles of Secret Colours, The Vacant Lots, Troubadour Dali, and Radar Eyes. There's even a free mixtape!
Friday you can head over to Double Door to see Chicago favorites White Mystery, JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound, Satan's Youth Ministers and DJ Sloppy White in an XRT Halloween show.
Saturday 10/29 has a lot of great options as well, with the Husker Dudes, the"Only Husker Du cover band" to play all Husker tunes at Quenchers along with Daemon Familiar as Sugar, doubling up the Bob Mould factor, and Knife of Simpson is coming as the lovable Danzig.
If you head south on Western to the Empty Bottle on 10/29 you'll also find Football, the Mannequin Men, Outer Minds and Coffin Pricks. No strangers to Halloween changeovers, I've heard that the MM may be going as an early iteration of the Cure, and we all know Football is going to continue their relentless onslaught of Chicago.
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| Here's Football playing a gig this summer at the Logan Square Monument, in full traditional Indian Garb. This wasn't even a Halloween show yet they showed up in costume. |
In addition to This Must Be The Band (a year-round Talking Heads Tribute) playing at Beat Kitchen, Sunday 10/30 brings out a great bill that I literally just got wind of - Sebadoh and Chicago locals Mazes play Schubas. Not sure if it's a Halloween show or not, but I'm just wondering how did this fly under the radar!?!
And finally, we all know what's happening Monday 10/31, right?? But if you're not in a Fugazi/Exit mood, you can always head to Empty Bottle to see Sybris play with Apteka, Touched by a Ghoul and the Bingers. Or do it all!
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Interview with Slushy from Chicago
I first met Chris Kramer, lead singer and primary songwriter for Slushy at my old work. We immediately started trading guitar gear... I think he still may have one of my old amps. Anyway, he as he explains below he first started playing guitar and singing solo in Chicago over a drum machine/tracks before building a full band. I really like his deceptively intricate pop/punk song writing, and he's got one of the best and most natural singing voices I've heard in a long time. We're excited to play with Chris, who will be backed by the Chicago-area Uh-Bones and will be playing songs by the Velvet Underground and Nico our Halloween Show at Exit. The show also features Cealed Kasket and Darkness & Goblin King, is FREE and starts at 9pm.
- Can you tell us a bit about the evolution of Slushy from Omaha to Chicago?
Slushy is a Chicago band. I started writing garagey/pop songs in 2007 when I was living in Omaha, and some of the songs that Slushy plays date back to then but most are newer. Shortly after moving to Chicago I started playing solo as Kramer Versus Kramer, but that we just a transitory phase. Then I got a band together, then after a bit we came up with a better name. The first real Slushy show was in July 2010 at the last ever Mopery show.
- I know you've played your share of house shows as well as Chicago venues. What do you think are the benefits of either, and is there any preference at all for either format?
Slushy has been lucky to play a lot of well known venues in Chicago, like the Empty Bottle, Schubas, Subterranean and Beat Kitchen. We've also played a lot of DIY venues. Big venues are cool because they feel like an important stepping stone. But it takes a lot more people to reach the "fun" threshold at real venues. People feel like they have to be more reserved at venue shows, and can only have fun if there are tons of other people and they can get lost in anonymity. Usually you have to play a lot of poorly attended, little-fun shows before the venue will have you back to play a well attended show. House shows and alternative venues seem to attract people who are already friends and don't give a shit about what everyone will think if they dance and have fun. So even if there are only 10 people there, those 10 people are having a blast.
- I love your song "Teenage Frankenstein" - are you working on any other holiday-themed songs?
Not actively, but I really like making up songs, so who knows what the next one I make up will be about.
- Why did you pick Velvet Underground and Nico as your Halloween Band?
They have a great spooky, creepy, evil vibe, but they really just wrote great pop songs. Plus I really like the guys in Uh Bones and have been looking for a reason to play music with them.
*NOTE: I'm hoping interviews and features with bands we play with can be a new ongoing feature or asset of this blog. In my opinion, although this blog's purpose is to inform people about Bully in the Hallway, a big part of who we are and what we do revolves around the scene we support and the bands/artists with whom we have the privilege of sharing a stage. - B.K.
- Can you tell us a bit about the evolution of Slushy from Omaha to Chicago?
Slushy is a Chicago band. I started writing garagey/pop songs in 2007 when I was living in Omaha, and some of the songs that Slushy plays date back to then but most are newer. Shortly after moving to Chicago I started playing solo as Kramer Versus Kramer, but that we just a transitory phase. Then I got a band together, then after a bit we came up with a better name. The first real Slushy show was in July 2010 at the last ever Mopery show.
- I know you've played your share of house shows as well as Chicago venues. What do you think are the benefits of either, and is there any preference at all for either format?
Slushy has been lucky to play a lot of well known venues in Chicago, like the Empty Bottle, Schubas, Subterranean and Beat Kitchen. We've also played a lot of DIY venues. Big venues are cool because they feel like an important stepping stone. But it takes a lot more people to reach the "fun" threshold at real venues. People feel like they have to be more reserved at venue shows, and can only have fun if there are tons of other people and they can get lost in anonymity. Usually you have to play a lot of poorly attended, little-fun shows before the venue will have you back to play a well attended show. House shows and alternative venues seem to attract people who are already friends and don't give a shit about what everyone will think if they dance and have fun. So even if there are only 10 people there, those 10 people are having a blast.
- I love your song "Teenage Frankenstein" - are you working on any other holiday-themed songs?
Not actively, but I really like making up songs, so who knows what the next one I make up will be about.
- Why did you pick Velvet Underground and Nico as your Halloween Band?
They have a great spooky, creepy, evil vibe, but they really just wrote great pop songs. Plus I really like the guys in Uh Bones and have been looking for a reason to play music with them.
*NOTE: I'm hoping interviews and features with bands we play with can be a new ongoing feature or asset of this blog. In my opinion, although this blog's purpose is to inform people about Bully in the Hallway, a big part of who we are and what we do revolves around the scene we support and the bands/artists with whom we have the privilege of sharing a stage. - B.K.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
The Rock and Roll Pigroast is September 24th!
September 24th is the date for Chicago’s first annual ROCK AND ROLL PIG ROAST
Come out for music, stay for the roasted meat (and veggies) and ice cold beer specials in what is surely to be one of your Chicago summer’s last great outdoor events.
Featuring:
LIVE MUSIC from Chicago’s own:
Come out for music, stay for the roasted meat (and veggies) and ice cold beer specials in what is surely to be one of your Chicago summer’s last great outdoor events.
Featuring:
LIVE MUSIC from Chicago’s own:
Elephant Gun
Whiskey from Templeton Rye
Roasted pig, veggies and other items artfully prepared by staff of Ethyl’s Beer and Wine Dive
Ice Cold Beer, Refreshments
Buying a wristband gets you: All you can eat buffet featuring roasted pig, vegetarian items, exclusive drink specials (think $2 beers...), a full day and evening of LIVE music!
MORE DETAILS
Location: Ethyl’s Beer and Wine Dive, 324 S. Racine - ONE block from the RACINE Blue Line!
This event is all ages, must be 21+ to drink alcohol. Dogs are welcome!
Doors are at 1pm, music starts at 3.
Visit www.rockandrollpigroast.com, follow @rockpigroast on Twitter or find us on Facebook for up-to-the-minute news.
Whiskey from Templeton Rye
Roasted pig, veggies and other items artfully prepared by staff of Ethyl’s Beer and Wine Dive
Ice Cold Beer, Refreshments
Buying a wristband gets you: All you can eat buffet featuring roasted pig, vegetarian items, exclusive drink specials (think $2 beers...), a full day and evening of LIVE music!
MORE DETAILS
Location: Ethyl’s Beer and Wine Dive, 324 S. Racine - ONE block from the RACINE Blue Line!
This event is all ages, must be 21+ to drink alcohol. Dogs are welcome!
Doors are at 1pm, music starts at 3.
Visit www.rockandrollpigroast.com, follow @rockpigroast on Twitter or find us on Facebook for up-to-the-minute news.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Portugual. The Man's gear stolen!
A favorite band of ours, Portgual. The Man's gear was stolen after this weekend's Lollapalooza festival. Originally, it was their van AND their gear but apparently the van was returned today.
Here's a link to the Chicagoist coverage with photos: http://chicagoist.com/2011/08/08/portugal_the_mans_van_gear_stolen_a.php
Here's a link to the Chicagoist coverage with photos: http://chicagoist.com/2011/08/08/portugal_the_mans_van_gear_stolen_a.php
Monday, July 4, 2011
FrontManology 101 - Tim Harrington
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| It may be hard to see, but Tim is actually coddling a small dog here (handed to him by an audience member). The dog was unharmed but definitely surprised. |
Monday, April 18, 2011
Record Store Day!
Record Store Day instantly became one of my favorite days. Forget Coachella! This was happening in my own backyard...
Joan of Arc was great at Reckless, and Saki Records was as cool as I could have hoped - a real musical outpost! I got there just in time to see the 1900s. I also saw Rabid Rabbit and In Tall Buildings. It was a fantastic day! I hope we can play Saki sometime soon.
Joan of Arc was great at Reckless, and Saki Records was as cool as I could have hoped - a real musical outpost! I got there just in time to see the 1900s. I also saw Rabid Rabbit and In Tall Buildings. It was a fantastic day! I hope we can play Saki sometime soon.
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| Saw Joan of Arc at Reckless on Milwaukee |
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| They were sounding great, the set reminded me a lot of Tim's other band Owls. |
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| Then I headed to Saki to see the 1900's. |
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| They sounded great! I told Edward the bassist really nailed the "Spoon" tone. |
Monday, April 11, 2011
Mannequin Men at the Viaduct
I was happy to catch a show at the Viaduct Theater last Thursday. It was a Vice Magazine sponsored party (along with Empty Bottle Presents) where Hollows, Lover and the Mannequin Men played. The MM played what I presume to be a few unrecorded new tunes, as well as some old classics. Great times!
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| Mannequin Men |
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Bully (partially) invades SXSW!
Guitarist Billy K is off to Austin for SXSW tomorrow to spread the word about our new album and give away free music.
Are you there too? Follow @billykenefick and meet up for an ice cold, delicious Lone Star.
Are you there too? Follow @billykenefick and meet up for an ice cold, delicious Lone Star.
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| MMMMM Lone Star |
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| Billy K |
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