WHAT: Bad Catman, Cinema Verite, Odd Dates, Running Shoes, An Evening With Your Mother
WHERE: Error Records ($5)
WHEN: Wednesday, December 18th at 8 p.m.
Stacked bill over at Error Records this upcoming Wednesday with a couple of locals mixed in with some touring acts. Locals Bad Catman have a folk and punk mixed sound, and they’re heading things up, and are joined by Belleville’s Cinema Verite, a couple of bands from Grand Rapids in Odd Dates and Running Shoes. Plus, locals An Evening With Your Mother join. Eclectic bill, no doubt.
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EDITOR’S PICK: PROLOGIC REBEL BASE ENSEMBLE, CHROME CHRIST, WRIST
Mike ‘N Molly’s ($7) — Wednesday, December 18th at 9 p.m.
An interesting mix of acts are throwing down at Mike ‘N Molly’s for this mid-week show on Wednesday night. Prologic Rebel Base Ensemble is the project of Matthis Helmick, who you might know from other projects like Beats By Otter or as the main man behind Plant Mode, and a couple of others. Wrist is made up of members of Love Cup, Tummler, and Absconder, and Chrome Christ is the NYC based project of Lyle Lazer Hodges. Should be interesting to see what this show will have in store, so it could be worth checking out this week. Be on the lookout for an interview with PRBE later this week.
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WHAT: Slow & Low feat. Kirkwood West
WHERE: Mike ‘N Molly’s ($2)
WHEN: Thursday, December 19th at 9 p.m.
Harsh Pro Production is presenting this show on Thursday at Mike ‘N Molly’s featuring Kirkwood West. Matt Harsh will be providing the visuals for this one, and the event is being called Slow & Low, and feature Kirkwood West’s signature deep house sound. Sarah will be catching up with this duo later in the week, so be on the lookout for that article in the upcoming days.
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WHAT: The Leadfoot Band, Coco Butter Kids, Justin Rondon
WHERE: The Canopy Club ($6)
WHEN: Thursday, December 19th at 9 p.m.
Chicago bluegrass/folk outfit The Leadfoot Band headline this show on Thursday night in Urbana. They have a couple of other dates lined up in Illinois, and this is one of them this week. They’re joined by locals Coco Butter Kids, as well as singer-songwriter Justin Rondon.
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WHAT: Laughboy, Low Tax, Chain’s Gang, Wolf Luv
WHERE: Dingbat Dungeon ($5)
WHEN: Friday, December 20th at 7 p.m.
Laughboy is the C-U/Chicago project that features Greg Clow, formerly of The Diamond Stretch, and performs in other acts as well (Bailout being another). I did a pretty in-depth interview with Clow last year, which you can check out here. They’re joined by Low Tax out of Denver, which has a new tape out on Crippled Sound, Chain’s Gaing (local hardcore), and Wolf Luv, which you might have seen on SP not too long ago.
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WHAT: Earth Witch, Lark’s Tongue, Jeremiah Fisher
WHERE: Thee Deathtower ($5)
WHEN: Friday, December 20th at 10 p.m.
After the Laughboy show gets over, this show is happening later that night to celebrate the release of Earth Witch’s Earthbound EP. It’s getting a proper release, so they’re throwing down. They’re joined by Lark’s Tongue and Jeremiah Fisher.
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WHAT: Morgan Orion, Rebecca Rego, The Trainmen
WHERE: Mike ‘N Molly’s ($7)
WHEN: Saturday, December 21st at 9 p.m.
A trio of acts lined up on Saturday night, lead by the local singer-songwriter Morgan Orion. We’ll take a closer look at this show later in the week with an interview with Orion.
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WHAT: The Curses, The Fights
WHERE: Memphis on Main ($5)
WHEN: Saturday, December 21st at 9 p.m.
Really solid two band bill happening at Memphis on Main on Saturday night. Local blues rock outfit The Curses are joined by local country/Americana band The Fights. It’s been a good year for the Fights, who released their very good EP earlier in 2013.
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WHAT: Low Twelve, Burial Ritual, Emminent Slaughter
WHERE: The Canopy Club ($6)
WHEN: Saturday, December 21st at 9 p.m.
Low Twelve is a metal outfit out of Bloomington, and is venturing over to C-U for a show with a couple of other metal outfits. Burial Ritual and locals Emminent Slaughter join.