Thursday, February 16, 2012
Crickets / Music British indie band reps for Chi-Town
Posted by Miles Raymer on 02.16.12 at 02:47 PM
Then I ran across a post on Brooklyn Vegan Chicago (whose name, now that I think about it, probably looks like gibberish to anyone unaware of the original BV) announcing a new Cribs single called "Chi-Town," and a bit of follow-up research revealed that the band seems to have a bit of a thing for the City of Wind. For instance, their self-titled 2004 debut was produced by local pop weirdo Bobby Conn, and parts of their their upcoming In the Belly of the Brazen Bull (including, fittingly, "Chi-Town") were recorded at Electrical Audio with food blogger and online Scrabble enthusiast Steve Albini.
Musically the song sticks to the "Nirvana but more bubblegum" formula that the group does quite well. Lyrically there's a shout-out to the Logan Square Blue Line stop and what I'm guessing is a slightly veiled reference to the Rainbo Club's photo booth.
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Musically okay but how about this British indy folk band
http://www.last.fm/music/Sparrow+and+the+W…
The girl is actually from Chicago before becoming part of the trio in Glasgow, Scotland. This is an unbelievably good live band.
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dislikeThis is a fun track, but one would imagine that Albini would've instructed the singer of this track on the pronunciation of "Chi-town."
I don't think I've heard it with a hard CH more than I just did in the last three minutes.
