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Mike Bennett writesFriday iPod/MP3 Shuffle—Happy Birthday Tom Petersson Edition
Today is the birthday of the man with the 12 string bass, Cheap Trick’s Tom Petersson. Before he even started playing that special bass, Petersson’s presence as a player was obvious. On Cheap Trick’s debut album, his bass playing on songs like “He’s a Whore” and “Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace” showed that he was already a master of the instrument. He finally unleashed his signature instrument (designed by Hamer Guitars) on the band’s third album “Heaven Tonight”. His style truly fit the power pop style, as he has such a strong rock presence, but can play as melodically as needed. Tom had a hiatus from the band as he tried to start a solo career, but eventually came back and still rocks out at shows all over, getting his turn in the spotlight on his one Cheap Trick lead vocal, “I Know What I Want”. In Tom’s honor, please grab your iPod or MP3 player, hit shuffle and share the first 10 songs that come up.
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesWeekly Voyages: Friday May 9 to Thursday May 15
(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 May 9
Blues and the Abstract Truth, Mano, Safe Haven
Abbey Pub 7pm, 21+
Banner Pilot Brickfight, The Ridgelands, Get Up & Go
Beat Kitchen 8:30pm
Dance Gavin Dance, Capture the Crown, Palisades, Beach Blonde
Bottom Lounge 6pm
Yamantaka//Sonic Titan, Secret Colours
Bottom Lounge 9pm
Reignwolf
Double Door 9pm, 21+
Olivia Dvorak, Kelley Ahlstrom
Elbo Room 8pm, 21+
King Cloud, The Brothers StarRace, The Race to Space
Elbo Room 8:30pm, 21+
The Hoyle Brothers
Empty Bottle 5pm, 21+
Amanda Roszkowski writesCHIRP Radio welcomes Baths and Young Fathers to Concord Music Hall This Friday!
A classically trained electronic one man act and a Scottish rap band? That’s right! This Friday, May 9, Young Fathers blends their interesting psych-pop take on rap with Baths’ post-modern pop, electronic sound for what should be a surrealistic performance.
Baths is coming off a run of sold out Japanese and Fall US tour dates last year supporting The Postal Service. He has successfully blended the sound of post-modern pop with that of the underground west coast beat scene. Three years ago, the man behind Baths, Will Wisenfeld, debuted his first album, Cerulean and it earned year-end “Best Of” recognition from Pitchfork and The Onion’s A.V. Club, establishing him as one of the finest young composers (and falsettos) in Los Angeles. Later in his second album, Obsidian, we saw him bloom with a much darker sound that flows with shadowy sentiment and sexually charged undertones.
Young Fathers, who will open for Baths, are from the UK via Liberia, Nigeria and Scotland. The trio has developed a one-of-a-kind sound that borders on mid-teen hip hop to psych-pop rap. In 2013, they ventured to the States, and blew people away at SXSW before continuing to amaze audiences around Europe and the UK, gaining more and more fans. Now, they will do the same as they tour the US with Baths.
The show is this Friday, May 9 at Concord Music Hall in Logan Square. Doors open at 8pm, the show is at 8:30pm and is 17 and over. Get your tickets here!
Bobby Evers writesLydia Loveless & The Temple of Idolatry
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Full disclosure: My entry point into this music is Star 102.5 The Lite FM. Allow me to explain.
Mike Bennett writesFriday iPod/MP3 Shuffle—Happy Birthday Link Wray Edition
Some say he’s the man who invented the power chord. Today is the birthday of Link Wray (full name Frederick Lincoln Wray), one of the early rock ‘n’ roll guitar innovators. The distorted instrumental classic “Rumble”, a 1958 hit, was his calling card, and his career had its ups and downs, but found him collaborating with ‘70s rockabilly revivalist Robert Gordon, singing back up on an NRBQ record, playing live on stage with Jason & The Scorchers and many other things. Pete Townshend once said that if it wasn’t for Link Wray he would never have picked up a guitar, and many other great players (and not-so-great ones) would say the same thing. Let’s pay tribute to Link by grabbing your iPod or MP3 player, hitting shuffle and sharing the first 10 songs that come up.