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GENERATIONALS 3D EXPERIENCE TOUR 2011
Generationals are doing a couple shows around the Midwest in January, including a date for Chicago’s TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS series at Schubas on January 12th (with Magic Kids, Pet Lions, and In Tall Buildings). I am rearranging some things to try and be there and so should you!
Check out this snazzy tour poster created by Scott Campbell
I want one! And if you haven’t already, buy their latest EP Trust for only $2.99. That’s not a bargain, that’s a steal!
AND SO IT BEGINS….SXSW 2011
If you’ve got frequent flyer miles saved up and about $1000 disposable cash, you a) are one lucky son of a gun and b) should start thinking about buying your badge for SXSW 2011. The music festival will take place March 16-20 and the first round of bands have already been announced, check out the full list or some highlights below:
Bombay Bicycle Club
Frankie and the Heartstrings
Marcus Foster
Veronica Falls
Yuck
I’m sure that a whole slew of other bands I would really, really love to see will get added soon enough, that’s how it always goes. However, I’m realizing that with every passing year I care less and less about not being able to go to SXSW. Not exactly the setting I’d love to see these bands in, you know? However, if anyone’s got an extra pass to the Interactive conference, I would love you forever if you hooked a sister up! 
SWEETEST BAND EVER MAKES NEW VIDEO
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin have released a new video for “Sink/Let It Sway,” a song given away as a free download earlier this year in the lead up to the release of their 3rd LP Let It Sway.
The band describe the video as “Die Hard 3 meets Point Break meets Lethal Weapon 2 meets True Lies” and that pretty much hits the nail on the head. WATCH NOW! Honestly, how could you not want to watch with a description like that??
They also recorded a session with THEY SHOOT MUSIC in Vienna recently while on their European tour. Watch them perform “All Hail Dracula!” in an Austrian park surrounded by the most obnoxious kids ever and admire their patience and incredible ability to remain THE NICEST PEOPLE EVER. Incredible.
SSLYBY are currently back in the States with The Lonely Forest. Sadly they’re not hitting up Chicago this time around, but take a gander at the dates and run out to a show if they’re coming to your town!
CUT COPY REVEAL COVER ART, HEADS EXPLODE.
Explode from pure anticipation from the EPIC EPICNESS that the band’s third LP will no doubt bring.
CUT COPY. ZONOSCOPE. FEBRUARY 8th 2011.
The cover art is the work of late Japanese photo montage artist Tsunehisa Kimura and totally reminds me of that scene in “The Abyss” with the crazy tidal wave. As if the album title and art weren’t enough to build some crazy intrigue and anticipation in us fans, the band have also released the second installment of the Krozm documentary about the making of Zonoscope. As always, you can watch below. Brace yourself for some intense Dan-screaming-into-guitar-pickup-and-getting-amazing-feedback moments.
TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS 2011: EPIC TIMES AHEAD
Every year, hundreds of bands trek from all over the world to play SXSW and CMJ in hopes of becoming the latest and greatest blog darling. And every year, the person currently typing these words on her bruised and battered sony vaio** complains about the lack of love the Midwest receives in terms of touring bands and festivals*.
But for the last five years, Schubas (and now sister venue Lincoln Hall too!) have presented TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS, a winter music festival showcasing some of the best up-and-coming bands from around the world. This year, one particular blogger hit bank with the lineup. Many have been using the old phrase “happy as a clam” to describe her feelings about TNK 2011.
TNK 2011 will take place Wednesday January 12th through January 16th at Schubas and Lincoln Hall. For the first time ever, the festival has also partnered with the Metro to bring Chicago even more good times! Initial lineup below!
Chicago Reader & Threadless present TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS 2011
JANUARY 12th
Schubas: Special Guest / Generationals / Drink Up Buttercup / Pet Lions
Lincoln Hall: The Helio Sequence / Special Guests
JANUARY 13th
Lincoln Hall: The Besnard Lakes / Special Guest / Lia Ices / A Lull
Schubas: Markéta Irglová / Sam Amidon / Jeremy Messersmith / Special Guest
JANUARY 14th
Lincoln Hall: MYSTERY JETS / Title Tracks / Special Guests
Schubas: Special Guest / Fol Chen / BRAHMS / Special Guest
Metro: Freddie Gibbs / Rita J / Special Guests
JANUARY 15th
Schubas: The Boogers (early show)
Schubas: The Concretes / The Red River / special guest (late show)
Lincoln Hall: Handsome Furs / Special guest
January 16th
Schubas: Human Tim And Robot Tim (early show)
Schubas: S. Carey / Darwin Deez / Young Man / Sea of Bees (late show)
Lincoln Hall: Little Dragon / Alex Winston
FOR SHOW TIMES, AGE RESTRICTIONS and MORE INFO about the bands, the venues or TNK, please visit the official page on SCHUBAS.COM
TO PURCHASE TICKETS (INCLUDING 5-DAY PASSES), CLICK HERE!!!!
January 14th, see you home slices there.
**if people can namedrop their macs, why can’t i namedrop my vaio?
* i guess it’s all very subjective
Can’t make it to Pitchfork Fest? Don’t sweat it, watch online!
The Pitchfork Music Festival is officially upon us! Yep, THIS weekend (July 16th-18th) thousands of badly dressed hipsters with ironic facial hair who haven’t bathed in weeks and only eat vegan food but don’t mind smoking Parliaments will descend upon Chicago’s Union Park for three days of humidity and heat stroke. Oh, and music* of course!
Don’t have tickets yet? Some passes for Friday are still available, so get on that ASAP. Saturday and Sunday day-passes have SOLD OUT. However, Pitchfork has confirmed that a very very limited number of passes for each day will be released this week. These tickets will go on sale THURSDAY JULY 15th at 11am at the festival site AKA Union Park. So if you want them, get there early!
For all the folks who can’t make it, turn those frowns upside down! Pitchfork will be streaming the festival online at http://www.pitchforkmusicfestival.com/media.php starting Friday. You too will be able to enjoy the likes of LCD Soundsystem, Pavement, Modest Mouse, Lightning Bolt, and more!
For more news, visit the festival’s official website.
*This also marks the first year Pitchfork has a COMEDY STAGE. Friday on the Balance Stage, you can enjoy the comedic stylings of Hannibal Buress(!), Wyatt Cenac(!), Michael Showalter(!!!!!), and Eugene Mirman (!!!!). Top notch.
