Saint Vitus and Weedeater 9/30/12 at Bottom Lounge
Last night could have been considered a heavy metal holiday as Saint Vitus returned to Chicago for the first time in nearly a decade. They not only returned but they brought Weedeater with them! The Bottom Lounge saw a good turnout of metal fans willing to stay out late on a Sunday night and those [...]
Saint Vitus and Weedeater to play Bottom Lounge this Sunday
This Sunday a pair of bands is playing at the Bottom Lounge that are so good that it should be declared a metal holiday. Long-time heavy metal band, Saint Vitus are teaming up with the more modern but equally great Weedeater. Either one of these bands would be more than enough reason to venture out [...]
Cold Waves: The Jamie Duffy Memorial Concert 9/7/12 at Bottom Lounge
Friday night the Bottom Lounge hosted a very special event billed as Cold Waves: The Jamie Duffy Memorial Concert. Jamie Duffy was a staple in the Chicago industrial music scene for a long time. Jamie was in Acumen Nation and he also did live sound for a number of notable venues around the city, worked [...]
Shiner 8/26/12 at Bottom Lounge
Sunday night was Shiner’s last stand not only in Chicago but anywhere as their four-city reunion tour concluded at the Bottom Lounge. This time the band was joined by two different opening acts than the night before. Despite the fact that there was at least one other big indie rock show (Shellac and Tar were [...]
Shiner 8/25/12 at Bottom Lounge
Saturday night was a special evening at the Bottom Lounge as that was the venue that housed two nights in a row of Shiner reunion shows. Shiner was one of the best bands of the 1990s that should have been a lot more popular than they were. They had a very good following but they [...]
Shiner to play two reunion shows at Bottom Lounge 8/25 & and 8/26
In the early 1990s when I was doing a printed zine (which eventually evolved into this website), DeSoto Records sent me a CD (titled Splay) from a band called Shiner who was from Kansas City, MO. I had never heard of them before but that was the label run by Jawbox so I figured they [...]
Riot Fest 2011: All at Bottom Lounge 10/6 and 10/7
As Riot Fest continued during the week, the shows were starting to split up between venues which sometimes made fans have to choose which show to see but this year it was a little friendlier and due to some later start times it was possible to catch multiple/partial shows on the same evenings. On Thursday [...]
Riot Fest 2011 day one: X at Bottom Lounge 10/5/11
October in Chicago can only mean one thing (not including halloween): Riot Fest! Riot Fest is celebrating its sixth birthday this year and it started the festivities last night at the Bottom Lounge. This evening was a special one for old punk rock fans as the legendary Los Angeles punk/rock band, X, returned to the [...]
Swans 7/22/11 at Bottom Lounge
Thursday night the Swans once again returned to the Bottom Lounge in an effort to destroy the hearing of about 700 or so people with their insanely loud and intense performance. Until last year the band was mostly inactive and when they come to town it is a special event that should be treated like [...]
Swans return to Chicago this Thursday!
If you are a music fan with any good taste and like independent music you must have at least heard of the Swans. This legendary and influential band has been around for three decades now and thankfully shows no signs of quitting. Not only are they still at it but they are still totally relevant [...]
Swans 10/5/10 at Bottom Lounge
Last night the Bottom Lounge had the privilege of hosting the long-awaited return of New York legends, the Swans. It has been a very long time since the band last toured, and after such a long hiatus, it was looking more and more like the band was done, but thankfully they aren’t! Baby Dee was [...]
