BPRB Updates – The Fork, The Whistler, and The Nineties

New stuff added to the “Bored People Are Boring” things to-do list…

Photo from Flickr by Steph Wesolowski

Wow, it’s been a while since I updated.  First July show is up, Pitchfork has announced some of their lineup, and people, namely TimeOut Chicago and Chicagoist, have already begun tittering about Lollapalooza.

I’ll talk about a few of the new exciting ones coming up later (HELLO Yo La Tengo all-request show?!?!), the ongoing free shows at Logan Square’s The Whistler and the continuing resurgence of Early 90′s Alterno-rock… two more of which are from Chicago.  Hi Smoking Popes!  Jesus Lizard! Also, hi Toadies! Make up your mind… MAKE UP YOUR MIND AND I PROMISE YOU!

All dates added on 3/16:

March:

• Cut Copy (DJ Set)
• Knightlife
• Daisy O’Dell
• Jordan Z
• Mr. Russia
• Amrita
• Raise High The Roof Beam
• Surrender Dorothy
• D. Rider
• Bobby Conn
• Monica Bou Bou
• Blue Ribbon Glee Club

April:

• Barcelona
• Northpilot
• Tight Phantomz

May:

• Ponytail
• Leonard Cohen
• Crystal Antlers
• Vivian Girls
• Manchester Orchestra
• Audrye Sessions
• Winston Audio
• Loney, Dear
• Chin Up Chin Up
• Yea Big
• Kid Static
• The Hood Internet
• Mad Happy
• Melvins (performing Houdini in its entirety)
• Toadies

June:

• Smoking Popes
• Built To Spill (Pitchfork Music Festival)
• The Jesus Lizard (Pitchfork Music Festival)
• Yo La Tengo (Pitchfork Music Festival)
• Tortoise (Pitchfork Music Festival)
• The National (Pitchfork Music Festival)
• Pharaoh Monch (Pitchfork Music Festival)
• The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (Pitchfork Music Festival)

July:

• Explosions in the Sky

BPRB Updates – Turn Back the Clock this Spring?

New stuff added to the “Bored People Are Boring” things to-do list…

Very suprised to see what bands will be making the rounds in the Spring.  Namely industiral music originators Throbbing Gristle will do two back-to-back shows at Epiphany (yes, that church place)… after playing NY and Cochella shows.

• Throbbing Gristle, “What a Day” MP3 (c/o blog Farced)

 

Next on the suprise turn-back-the-clock list is Chicago’s own Red Red Meat.  The band’s roster is a who’s-who of Chicago indie rock icons, including Tim Rutili, Ben Massarella and Tim Hurley (of Califone), plus beloved producer Brian Deck (Liz Phair [when she was cool], Tortoise, The Sea and Cake, Modest Mouse).

•  Red Red Meat, “Flank” MP3 (c/o KEXP blog)

 

 

Lastly in the old-news-made-new-news list this week, Bob Nanna (Braid, Hey Mercedes, City on Film) has a new full-band type project with ‘Mercedes bandmate Damon Atkinson called Certain People I Know and he’s twittering his little heart out about it.  As of right now, CPIK ranks as my third-favorite Smith-referencing bandname… right behind The Boy Least Likely To and Pretty Girls Make Graves.  Fittingly, the pride of the Illini are playing their first show in Urbana on March 13th at Courtyard Cafe and then make they’re way up to Chicago to play at The Beat Kitchen on the 19th.

  

*NOT The Cardigans.

Also of note is a band I randomly came across on The Next Big Sound site, Raise High the Roof Beam.  They’re doing not one, but TWO shows in the upcoming months.  The production value on these songs are iffy at best, but I do enjoy the sound.  It has the strum-and-pluck of solid indie pop (as the Salinger reference would infer) but I also hear a little bit of playful Johnathan Richman, and I can almost gurantee they’re fans of Wes Anderson.  Just a hunch.

• Raise High the Roof Beam, “” MP3 (c/o Pop Headwound)

 

All dates added on 2/6:

February:
Raise High The Roof Beam
GP Dreams
The Sundresses

March:
Certain People I Know
Women
Volcano!
Red Red Meat

April:
Lily Allen
Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head
Mason Proper
Raise High The Roof Beam
Throbbing Gristle
Flight of the Conchords