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Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesFriday MP3 Shuffle: Happy Birthday Izzy Stradlin Edition
Great news, everybody! Guns N’ Roses has finally reunited!! Well, most of them anyway. Even with a so-called “classic era” lineup, the group that annihilated the late ‘80s / early ‘90s LA Rock scene and will be coming to a Coachella near you is missing one important piece - founder and rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin. He and Axl Rose formed the band from the remains of Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns, and was with the group through their most explosive period when they became the biggest Hard Rock band in the world with the albums Appetite for Destruction, G N' R Lies, and Use Your Illusion I and II.
Despite their tabloid-ready personal disputes and hedonistic excess, GNR was the real deal and a worthy sucessor to the titanic Arena Rock bands that came before like Led Zeppelin and Van Halen. Stradlin left the band in 1991 because he wanted to get sober, and has since launched his own solo career while occasionally rejoining his old bandmates for occasional gigs. But not the upcoming 2016 tour, which he has confirmed he will not participate in. Sometimes, you can’t go home again, and when you’ve got a full life of your own, that’s not at all a bad thing.
Today is Izzy’s birthday, so let’s celebrate by taking your MP3 player, pressing the "shuffle" button, and sharing the first 10 songs that play:
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesIn Rotation: Impulsive Hearts
It's always nice to get in on the ground floor of listening to a new band that's just starting out. This is the case with Chicago band Impulsive Hearts, originally a solo project of Danielle Sines that has built itself into a trio. The band wraps their romantic musings in a haze of guitar noise and distortion with a driving beat. It's a formula of Pop-Punk melancholy that can help point the way from Winter to Summer. Tracks from the debut EP from the band in its current form, Sorry in the Summer, are available for listening in rotation and by request on CHIRP Radio.
Greg Kantowicz writesOnly Two More Months ‘Till Summer…!
SKaiser writesWhat’s Happening at CHIRP Radio (Week of April 4)
UPCOMING EVENTS
The 2016 CHIRP Record Fair & Other Delights is this Saturday, April 9th! Get your vinyl fix and more at Plumbers Hall (1340 W Washington Blvd) from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM | TICKETS
- CHIRP Radio welcomes Junior Boys to Metro (3730 N Clark St) on Wednesday, April 6th at 8:00 PM | 18+ | $16
- CHIRP Radio welcomes Milk & Bone to Constellation (3111 N Western Ave) on Friday, April 8th at 8:30 PM | 18+ | $12
NEW MEDIA
CHIRP Battle of the Bands 2016: Round Two! Reigning 2015 champion, Modern Vices, fell out in Round One. Who's next? You know the drill. VOTE | Polls close Wednesday, April 6th at 6:00 PM
- The 10th episode of CHIRP Factory session features John Langford and Sally Timms
- First Blood - Eden Robins
- CHIRP's Amanda Roscoe Mayo interviews Eleanor Friedberger
- Clarence Ewing writes about the partnership between New Belgum Brewing and Chicago's Active Trans Alliance
- In Rotation: Bitchin' Bajas and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
- Friday mp3 Shuffle: Happy Birthday D. Boon Edition!
TOP OF THE CHIRP CHARTS
1. Sexy Fights – Too Far Out (self-released)
3. Underworld – Barbara Barbara, we face a shining future (Astralwerks)
3. Massive Attack – Ritual Spirit EP (Melankolic)
Tyler Clark presents: Local Mythologies writesCHIRP Battle of the Bands 2016: Round Two
There will be no repeat champion in the 2016 CHIRP Battle of the Bands. In Round One's biggest upset, last year's winner Modern Vices fell in a shocker to electronic esoterica masters Bitchin Bajas. The surprise fall of the defending champs wasn't the only unexpected result; industry titans Kanye West and Wilco also bowed out early, taken down decisively by DIY stalwarts Lil Tits and Meat Wave, respectively. There were close matches, too; in the round's narrowest margin, Twin Peaks beat out ShowYouSuck by just four votes.
Who will emerge from the sawmill of democracy that is Round Two? There's only one way to find out. Voting for Round Two closes on Wednesday, April 6 at 6 p.m. Now, get out there and help us crown a new champion.
The Wilco Regional
#8 Seed: Meat Wave
Second Round Song: "Delusion Moon"
How They Won Last Round: Rallied an army of DIY kids to hassle dad rock statesmen Wilco.
#5 Seed: The Kickback
Second Round Song: "Scorched Earth Brouhaha"
How They Won Last Round: Yanked the football away at the last second from nu-emo standardbearer Into It. Over It.