Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Music You're Invited to Ian's Party!
Posted by Robyn Chang on Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Thursday:
The Brokedowns play brawling punk rock that's excellent for fist pumping and crowd surfing, and not many modern bands can match their gritty DIY mentality. (Headlining the Gasthaus at 11:50 PM.)
Friday:
The Please & Thank-Yous sound like Weezer Lite, but in a good way. Their simple, dreamy guitar melodies, wishy-washy lyrics, and emotionally charged background vocals make for perfect bop-your-head-to-it pop punk. (Playing the Gasthaus at 10:10 PM.)
Vacation Bible School are another feel-good pop-punk band from Elgin with Screeching Weasel-style melodies and clever, fun-to-sing-along-to lyrics about parties and girls, sprinkled with just a little bit of self-deprecation. (Headlining Mad Maggie's at 10:25 PM.)
Tongues, whose members have played in Joan of Arc, Apocalypse Hoboken, and American Draft, make rock 'n' roll saturated with dueling guitars and come-hither vocals. They've been compared to the Eagles of Death Metal, but the Tongues are a little harder, a little filthier, a little weirder, and a lot better. (Playing Mad Maggie's at 1 AM.)
Saturday:
The Sass Dragons are as entertaining as they are indecent. They call their songs things like "Ass Scorpions" and "Bong Rip in E Minor," and their live sets—where their fast and disheveled kitchen-sink style of punk really comes into its own—reliably include public urination, nudity, and alarming levels of intoxication. (Headlining the Gasthaus at 11:30 PM.)
97-Shiki count among their number members of notable Chicago bands like Hewhocorrupts, Iron Reminders, Fourth Rotor, 8 Bark, and V.Reverse, and together they whip up mathy, noisy avant-punk full of rolling rhythms that give way unpredictably to convulsive stops and starts. (Playing Mad Maggie's at 8:30 PM.)
Heart Shaped Hate are a two-girl noise machine, screeching out songs about zombies, birthday parties, and being "Decapitated in Barbie's Dreamhouse." They slam their synths and pulverize their drums, creating a weird blend of electro, metal, and avant-punk that makes me think of a hyperactive Japanese cheerleader playing a Nintendo game where for some reason she has to score points by chewing out douchebag guys and punching bitchy women. (Playing Mad Maggie's at 9 PM.)
Sunday:
The Alright Alreadies are another all-girl group, this one featuring members of Rager and the Groodies, and they dish out pure rock 'n' roll with a glam attitude. (Playing Mad Maggie's at 4:45 PM.)
The Conniption Fitts feature members from the Sass Dragons, Das Kapital, Deth Warrant, and Bread & Bottle, and their fast, fun punk is heavy on the shredding guitars and wailing vocals. (Playing Mad Maggie's at 6:45 PM.)
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