Kinetic Shapes III - Featuring Girl Detective and Spaces of Disappearance

Kinetic Shapes ep 3 - Featuring: Elaine of Spaces of Disappearance and Rani of Girl Detective by Radioonechicago on Mixcloud

Creepy Band's debut album The Curse of the Cloak

 

STREAM: Select tracks from The Curse of the Cloak (2012)

RIYL: Ghost; Danzig; Murder City Devils

The term "gothic" is tossed around fairly easy nowadays, incorrectly describing anything from teenagers just obsessed with black t-shirts to heavy metal that owes no debt to horror or literature. What's missing from these tags is the drama, a sense of theatrical danger and a reverence to the past - even several centuries ago. Making their debut performance on Halloween night two years ago, Chicago area quintet - and the aptly-described - Creepy Band are shredding misconceptions, and stages, in their quest to bring true fun to a genre needing an injection of grandeur and, well, life.

The group's debut album The Curse of the Cloak - recorded by former Rise Against member Dan Precision at Bomb Shelter Studios - plays like a unmanned roller-coaster ride through campy haunted houses, with blaring church organ, fuzzy guitars and inventive songwriting around every turn. But for as much fun as the band's having with all the ghostly imagery and noir subject matter, there are true vocal heroics (the harmonious coos on "Chromatic Descent") and pummeling anthems ("Damn The Old Man") throughout, allowing the band's sound to not be confined to their own box. The epic dirge "Ballad," one of the album's many high points, could easily appear on Joe Strummer's late-period masterpiece Streetcore. Choppy guitar riffs fade in and meet up with marching drums and stoic organ before launching into a memorable, crushing tale of remorse, as if spun by Johnny Cash. Having performed with several heavyweights in their genre - Calabrese, Koffin Kats, Goddamn Gallows - and others outside of it - such as Howl - Creepy Band is in their element with their own handmade props, satanic Latin intros and the like. It's all part of a crowd-pleasing live show that, when partnered with the outstanding songwriting of The Curse of the Cloak, makes for a buzzworthy legend for those who live to tell about it!

The group has studio time booked this summer and a ton of new material to lay down, which they are planning on releasing on vinyl this fall. Between an April skateboard video release for Beerics.com and a performance for Killer Moon's album release in June, Creepy Band will headline the Burlington later this month. Details below:

 

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SUN 5/19 @ The Burlington, 3425 W. Fullerton (Chicago, IL)

Creepy Band with The Funeral And The Twilight,

Dusty Santamaria And The Singing Knives, Nino Divino

$7 // Doors 9pm // 21+==========

We Repel Each Other

Don't miss We Repel Each Other on Radio One Chicago this coming Thursday.  They will be swinging by the studio to play some tracks off their new album and also talk about their show at Cobra Lounge on Oct 15th.

NORTH COAST FESTIVAL - LINE UP ANNOUNCED

Summer is a season of Music Fests and Chicago sure has it's share of them... This Labor Day weekend, the inaugural North Coast Music Festival will take over Chicago’s Union Park and the Line Up is certainly impressive!  

The full lineup:

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

North Stage
8:30pm-10:00pm >> The Chemical Brothers
6:30pm-7:30pm >> Paul Van Dyk
4:30pm-5:30pm >> Orchard Lounge

Groupon: What’s a Music? Stage
7:30pm-8:30pm >> Pretty Lights
5:30pm-6:30pm >> Paul Kalkbrenner

Red Bull Local Stage
9:00pm-10:00pm >> m.sylvia & DJ Kibo
8:00pm-9:00pm >> Mettle
7:00pm-8:00pm >> Wyllys
6:00pm-7:00pm >> Paul Universe
5:00pm-6:00pm >> XPOSUR vs Clark Kent

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

North Stage
8:30pm-10:00pm >> Umphrey’s McGee
6:30pm-7:30pm >> Jay Electronica
4:30pm-5:30pm >> Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
2:30pm-3:30pm >> New Mastersounds
12:30pm-1:30pm >> “Toast of the Coast” Band Winner

Groupon: What’s a Music? Stage
7:30pm-8:30pm >> De La Soul
5:30pm-6:30pm >> The New Deal
3:30pm-4:30pm >> Van Ghost
1:30pm-2:30pm >> Alabaster Brown

Coast Stage
9:00pm-10:00pm >> Moby (DJ)
8:00pm-9:00pm >> Boys Noize
6:30pm-7:30pm >> Future Rock
5:00pm-6:00pm >> Benga
3:45pm-4:45pm >> Laidback Luke
2:30pm-3:30pm >> Two Fresh
1:00pm-2:00pm >> “Toast of the Coast” MC Winner

Red Bull Local Stage
9:00pm-10:00pm >> Hey Champ
7:30pm-8:30pm >> Family Groove Company
6:30pm-7:30pm >> Midnight Conspiracy
6:00pm-6:30pm >> Rukus
5:00pm-6:00pm >> The Comeups
4:00pm-5:00pm >> Tima Fei & Phat!van
3:00pm-4:00pm >> Strange Arrangement
2:00pm-3:00pm >> Great Divide
1:00pm-2:00pm >> Land of Atlantis
12:00pm-1:00pm >> Save the Clocktower

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

North Stage
8:30pm-10:00pm >> Nas & Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley
6:30pm-7:30pm >> Flying Lotus
4:30pm-5:30pm >> Holy Ghost!
2:30pm-3:30pm >> Phantogram
1:00pm-1:45pm >> The Coop

Groupon: What’s a Music? Stage
7:30pm-8:30pm >> Lupe Fiasco
5:30pm-6:30pm >> Mayer Hawthorne & The County
3:30pm-4:30pm >> Dirty Dozen Brass Band
1:45pm-2:30pm >> Loyal Divide

Coast Stage
8:30pm-10:00pm >> The Disco Biscuits
7:00pm-8:00pm >> Green Velvet (Live)
5:30pm-6:30pm >> Claude VonStroke
4:15pm-5:15pm >> Benny Benassi
3:00pm-4:00pm >> Maps and Atlases
2:00pm-3:00pm >> Skeet Skeet
1:00pm-2:00pm >> “Toast of the Coast” DJ Winner

Red Bull Local Stage
9:00pm-10:00pm >> Gemini Club
8:00pm-9:00pm >> Gabe Real
7:00pm-8:00pm >> Papa G
6:00pm-7:00pm >> Stephen Paul Smoker
5:00pm-6:00pm >> Trew
4:00pm-5:00pm >> The Right Now
3:00pm-4:00pm >> Mario Florek
2:15pm-3:00pm >> Bobby De Maria & Tsunami
1:30pm-2:15pm >> DJ Lips
1:00pm-1:30pm >> D.E.E.

3 Day Passes are now SOLD OUT but Single Day tickets remain more info at NorthCoastFestival.com

RITA J LIVE AT SCHUBAS SEPT 4TH

Chicago artist Rita J will be performing a set at Schuba's on Saturday, Sept. 4th. The talented emcee will be joining Bumpus and DJRC for a night of funk, hip hop and soul.

Raised in the talent-rich pocket of Chicago’s South Side, Rita J--Rita Jackson when not on stage--was born to entertain. A trained dancer, Rita has spent much of her life on stage, often showcasing her artistic prowess in competition. Her experiences as a dancer taught her at an early age the value of hard work and passion--characteristics beneficial to any artist, and essential to an emcee. 

Since she first grabbed the mic, some 10 years back, Rita J has shared the stage with several industry notables, including Digable Planets, Jungle Brothers, J-Live and Stacy Epps. Channeling the finest attributes of her idols, and combining them with her own genius, Rita J can best be described as the perfect storm of hip hop pedigree. Her grounded, earthy aesthetic appears to contradict the "take no shorts" onstage persona with impeccable tone. But where many female emcees stumble, Rita remains balanced. Rita J is a Skullcandy-sponsored artist and released her debut album, Artist Workshop, in November, 2009, on All Natural Inc. She is also an original member of the Family Tree.