The Luck of Eden Hall @ Red Line Tap this Friday!

Veteran Chicago psych-pop band The Luck of Eden Hall has been keeping busy as of late with a new album, video and a slew of songs (originals and covers) on various UK compilations.

Chicago heads can catch The Luck of Eden Hall at Red Line Tap this Friday, Sept. 30. This is a $5/21+ show with support from The Ewing Theory, Maza Blaska and Solemn Meant Walks. For more info, click here.

Wine From the Moon Presents @ Subterranean, 9-27

Our good friends at Wine From the Moon are keeping busy with showcases at venues all over Chicago. The next one brings local synth-rockers Bring Your Ray Gun, Montreal orch/folk band Bent by Elephants, rural goths Paper Plant and eccentric piano popper Kelsey Wild to Subterranean for a night of new music on Tuesday, Sept. 27. More info and tickets are here, and WFTM is offering a free mixtape with a track from each band.

Classic Moments in Jubilee Showcase

Produced and hosted by Sid Ordower, Jubilee Showcase was broadcast on WLS Channel 7 in Chicago from 1963 to 1984. The Emmy-winning series was celebrated for bringing television audiences some of the best roots gospel music of the time, from The Staples Singers (featuring a very young Mavis Staples) to The Mighty Clouds of Joy to the "acknowledged inventor of gospel music," Thomas Dorsey.

Classic Moments in Jubilee Showcase collects some of the best moments of the series on a single DVD, split into two illuminating sections.

First, there is the "Learn About" documentary section with background information on Sid Ordower, a civil rights activist and gospel ambassador, and new interviews with Mavis Staples, Sid's son (and DVD producer) Steven Ordower, Jessy Dixon and others regarding the history of Jubilee Showcase and the artists that performed on the show.

Secondly, the "Shows" section collects four original episodes with strong performances by The Staples Singers (the bluesy "Wish I Had Answers"), The Soul Stirrers (the near rock 'n roll "Resting Easy"), Andre Crouch & the Disciples (the soulful, piano-driven "Just Like He Said He Would") and Jessy Dixon (the traditional church number "Wait on Jesus").

Classic Moments in Jubilee Showcase is a "must own" for gospel music fans, Chicago music/television enthusiasts and lovers of the true roots of soul. For more info, check out the official Jubilee Showcase Website right here.

Akasha Presents: Simmer Down Sundays @ Double Door!

It's on again this Sunday, 9/25, at Double Door: Reggae heavy weights Akasha present "Simmer Down Sundays" with guests Nic the Graduate, Illuminati Congo, Rad Brian of Impala Sound, King Tony of The Drastics, Selector Kate and movies courtesy of Odd Obsession!

9PM/21+/FREE (more info here)

Music and Movement @ Mayne Stage This Saturday!

Mayne Stage, a theater in Rogers Park known for its eclectic bookings, is one of the venues hosting acts on behalf of the World Music Festival, which ends its official run this Thursday, Sept. 22.

Building on the momentum of a week of international bookings, Mayne Stage continues in the spirit of ethnic diversity by presenting, along with Chicago's Las Guitarras De Espana, "Music and Movement," a program of song and dance on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 7:30 PM.

The evening will include performances by Ensemble of Ragas, African dancer Idy Ciss and Flamenco rock/fusion group Las Guitarrists De Espana. Tickets and additional info are here.

Paper Thick Walls Unpeel Sweet "Orange Tree" Video!

Orange Tree from Paper Thick Walls on Vimeo.

Ghosts haunt, campfires burn and a nervous owl stands guard in the new Paper Thick Walls video, directed by Kevin Pickman and Stefani Tormanen. Catch the band at the Lakeview East Festival of the Arts this Sunday and at Cactus Club in Milwaukee next Thursday, Sept. 15!

The Damn Choir to Drop New Video @ Hideout Tomorrow Night!

Chicago's The Damn Choir will celebrate the release of a stunning new video for the song "Virginia" with a show at Hideout Inn tomorrow night.

The clip, directed by Pat Brown from Oasis Lounge Media, is an artful nod to film noir and surrealism that contrasts scenes of the band performing on a Chicago rooftop with shots that employ time-lapse photography and some dazzling visual effects.

The video works perfectly with the song (from the upcoming album You're My Secret Called Fire), a dark bit of urban country rock, but you will have to head out to The Hideout to get a sneak peek. Tickets and more info are here.

I Lost Control to Celebrate Release of New Album @ Abbey Pub, 9/9

Chicago gloom rockers I Lost Control have had their share of ups and downs lately. Two of the band's original members left (rhythm section Grant Davidson (ex-The Perfect Disaster) and Jennifer Wyatt) and the group, given its name and sound, have been dogged with Joy Division comparisons. On the up side, ILC soldiers on with replacement musicians (JB Hopkins (ex-Surf) and Tina Sunny) and has a new album called Cones & Arrows to celebrate.

While Cones & Arrows does, at times, sound a bit too close to Joy Division, the EP brings to mind all corners of the late-70s/early 80s post-punk explosion. "Confliction" oozes nervous, new wave energy, recalling Pere Ubu and Iggy Pop. "Bloodline" nods toward The Cars at their darkest and most detached. "TWB" wears U.K. influences like Echo and the Bunnymen and Siouxsie and the Banshees quite proudly.

I Lost Control will be interviewed on WLUW's Radio One tonight at 8PM (CST) and the record release show will be at the newly re-vamped Abbey Pub on Friday, Sept. 9. You can purchase advance tickets here.