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Jessi D writesCHIRP Radio Welcomes CocoRosie to Metro on Friday, October 18th!
After deciding to forgo a traditional education at their mother's insistence, sisters Bianca "Coco" and Sierra "Rosie" Casady dropped out of high school and got their education in the form of doing art in the real world. They spent summers with their father on Native American reservations partaking in vision quests, and lived in New York, Hawaii, California, New Mexico, and Arizona. They formed Coco Rosie in 2003 after reuniting in Paris after a ten-year separation.
Now, after four albums, a stage production of Peter Pan, opera performances, visual art shows, and a couple of film scores, CocoRosie has released their fifth album, Tales of a GrassWidow, with firm creative control and a collaboration with composer Valgeir Sigurðsson (Björk). GrassWidow is bold, cohesive, and sentimental, with more traditional song and lyric composition, it's a bit of a step back from the freak-folk we've been so accustomed to from the sisters.
Make sure to check out opener LA-based rapper since the age of 9, Busdriver.
Doors @ 8 / Show @ 9 / 18+
cocorosiemusic.com / metrochicago.com
Jessi D writesCHIRP Radio Welcomes Fuck Buttons to Subterranean on Monday, October 14th!
CHIRP welcomes Fuck Buttons (which, as I have come to find out, you cannot say on the radio) to Subterranean on Monday, October 14. The Bristol-based electronic duo made up of Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power have been creating grandiose and fierce synth-driven music since 2004's Street Horrrsing.
Coming off the high of featuring two songs ("Surf Solar" and "Olympians") during the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in London, Fuck Buttons is currently touring to support their third and newest release, Slow Focus, which is admittedly much darker and more expansive than previous albums. Drawing inspiration from “the period of time that your eyes take after waking up to readjust to your surroundings and you realize that you’re somewhere that maybe you don’t recognize or it’s an unwelcoming place,” Fuck Buttons' sound has taken a turn towards unease and dissonance with the occasional and very necessary soaring synth.
Be sure to get there early to catch multi-instrumentalist electronic artist Lichens, aka Robert Lowe.
Doors @ 8:30 / Show @ 9 / 17+
fuckbuttons.com / subt.net
Mike Bennett writesFriday iPod/MP3 Shuffle—Happy Birthday Daryl Hall Edition
He is the primary half of the most successful duo in rock music history. Well into his fifties, he’s still the suave, handsome, cool frontman with the soulful voice. Daryl Hall and John Oates got started as folk duo who incorporated soul music and became progressively more pop. They hit it big with Daryl’s “Sarah Smile” and followed up by re-releasing the early tune “She’s Gone”, and they soon became chart fixtures. They recharged in the ‘80s, adding new wavey influences and became more popular than ever. Eventually, the hits quit coming, but Hall and Oates have never gone away, still playing out and still recording, and garnering more respect than ever as people can now truly appreciate their catalog. In the meantime, Daryl hosts a swell TV show, Live from Daryl’s House, where every week he hosts a band or singer and they play and kibbitz. Let’s give Daryl Hall a birthday salute by grabbing your iPod or MP3 player, hitting shuffle and sharing the first 10 songs that come up.
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesWeekly Voyages: Friday 10/11 to Thursday 10/17
(Weekly Voyages is CHIRP Radio's listing of concerts in Chicago at select venues. Information about tickets can be obtained from the venues' Web sites. (Do you have corrections or updates for this list? Send us an e-mail.)
Friday October 11
Sophistafunk, Kris Lager Band
Abbey Pub 10pm, 21+
Steez, Low Spark, Bouce Dat Jass
Beat Kitchen 8:30pm, 21+
Blue Sky Black Death featuring Sister Crayon
Bottom Lounge 9pm
Surfer Blood
Bottom Lounge 8pm
Rachel Woodall writesJoin CHIRP for Water Liars at Schubas on Saturday October 12th!
Although they recorded their entire first album “on a whim,” the music of Water Liars sounds anything but accidental. Justin Kinkel-Schuster and Andrew Bryant have been touring since their band formed in 2012, sharing their edgy folk sound all over the country. Schuster lays down brilliantly written lyrics, and Bryant crafts each song to a rugged perfection. The duo out of Pittsboro, MS recently released their sophomore album entitled “Wyoming,” which brings us more of the tight harmonies, thoughtful lyrics, and excellent production we have come to expect. Schuster's lyrics encompass a roller coaster of emotions, highlighting every aspect of the heart.
The catchy guitar riffs and the excellent vocals will fill Schubas and bring the room on a journey through Water Liars' lives in Mississippi and beyond. Also appearing with Water Liars are Brother O' Brother and White Violet.
For more information or to listen, visit the band's website at www.waterliarsmusic.com.
Saturday, October 12, 2013 / 21+ / Doors open at 10:00 PM