Made it to Gauge

Got to Bottom Lounge in time to see about 1/2 of Gauge’s set. They sounded really great, and it felt really good to be there to honor these guys.

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Snakes For the Divine

The new High On Fire record, Snakes For The Divine, is getting constant play in my rotation these days. With each previous record, this band has always taken months of listening for me to warm up to them, and I still have never been sold on them. However, I believe I am beginning to see what I have been missing out on. The production of this record really stands out to me, and the songs themselves speak to me in a way most of their previous work hadn’t. Matt Pike sounds a lot like Lemmy on this record, which is never a bad thing in my book, and the riffs are memorable. I anticipate this record being on many 2010 “best-of” lists.

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The Return of Gauge

Gauge has announced via their Facebook page that they will be dustin’ off their old SG’s and playing their first show in over 15 years tonight at Ronnys in Logan Square. They were originally set to do their first Chicago show this Saturday at Bottom Lounge, but tonight is your chance to get a preview of what you’ll see Saturday.

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Last Song

Coins=really great

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Son of the Stars

One of the bands I play in, Reds and Blue, is currently streaming our debut record from our website. It’s taken quite some time considering the band formed back in 2006, but I’m extremely pleased with the outcome. Over the years we have changed drummers, gone from a four piece lineup to a trio, and recorded three demos, so it’s not like we’ve been lazy. We had the privilege of working with some amazing Chicago musicians on this record, which proved to be one of the most exciting aspects of creating it.

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Bird and Whale

Brad Loving runs one of my favorite web sites. If you like good kick ass mixes, you owe it to yourself to check out birdandwhale.com. My favorite aspect of a mix involves hearing a song/artist for the first time. The contributors over at Bird and Whale have opened my collection up to a whole new level of sounds and inspiration, very much like my previous post about anthologyrecordings.com. Brad has also been a guest on the show Radio M, heard on Chicago Public Radio.

My advice: go download every mix and you wont have to complain about not having new music, at least for a month or so.

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Simplify

I’ve decided 4 pedals or less is all i need. Subject to change, of course.

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Early Warning

March 6. Be there.

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Die Antwoord?

This video has been floating around the internet for quite some time now (Vice was all over them last year…pshh), but I just stumbled upon it last week (thanks Quinn/BoingBoing). After letting the song digest after a couple of plays, I decided that I liked it, and then embarked on a good, old-fashioned internet search to find out more about this group. From what I can gather, the group seems to be more tongue in cheek than for real, but honestly, who cares? The song has a great hook, a hot beat, and this dude can really flow. For a joke, this is pretty damn amazing and a lot better than most of the stale hip hop I hear coming from the ol’ USA.

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Entrance Band @ Empty Bottle

Paz Lenchantin is my new bass hero. Listening to Entrance Band records is one thing, but watching Paz perform live is another. I couldn’t tell for certain from my vantage point, but she looked to be playing a vintage p-bass that sounded SO good with a tiny mesa boogie amp.

It almost seems unfair when people make their craft look effortless. However, to get that good requires a ton of practice, and Lenchantin definitely has the chops to make any bass player blush.

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