Events This Weekend
Fatbook, Cole DeGenova & the Peoples Republic, Reels Green, Bloco Maximo
Fri., May 24, 9 p.m.Rock, Pop, Etc
773-281-4444Dynamic Alignment: Klein/Mahler Technique
Sat., May 25, 10:30 p.m.Dance
Rachel Thorne Germond presents this solo performance, set to the music of Gustav Mahler. $20
Stirrup
Sun., May 26, 10 p.m.Jazz
This scrappy instrumental trio was born in 2009 as the rhythm section of the Horse’s Ha, the elegant folk-rock group fronted by Janet Bean and Jim Elkington. As Stirrup, though, cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm, bassist Nick Macri, and drummer Charles Rumback have a sound of their own. On their debut album, Sewn (482 Music), hypnotic, unfussily pretty melodies unfold, roil, and mutate over churning ostinatos and shuffling, shape-shifting beats; everyone contributes at least one tune, though Lonberg-Holm wrote the majority. He plays tenor guitar as well as effects-smeared cello, and unsurprisingly he’s the focal point; his extended, lyrical solos hit with the power of psych-rock guitar and tickle the ear with microtonal glissandos a la Arabic or Indian music. Macri generally holds down the songs’ structures, taking only the occasional motific solo, and Rumback toys with the rhythms, teasing out swing patterns, explosive rolls, and skittery flourishes. Stirrup’s easygoing melodic development and loose interactivity obviously matter more to these guys than questions of technique or genre—though there’s a lot to swallow in this music, it all goes down like honey. —Peter Margasak
$7 suggested donation
Anti-Flag, Make Do & Mend, Hostage Calm, World's Scariest Police Chases
Sun., May 26, 7:30 p.m.Rock, Pop, Etc
Lane Tech Century Foundation Memorial Day Carnival
5/24-5/27: Fri 5 PM, Sat-Mon noonOther Stuff
Lane Tech College Prep hosts this annual festivity, which features such traditional attractions as a carousel and a Tilt-A-Whirl.
