The Effigies and Life Sentence 5/16 at Reggies
It was an old school punk weekend last week as I went to two shows in two nights. Saturday night I went over to Reggie’s to see two more old(er) Chicago punk rock bands: The Effigies and Life Sentence. Originally The Freeze were supposed to headline this show but sadly they canceled their tour which [...]
Pegboy and The Bollweevils 5/15 at Metro
I found it funny that I hadn’t been to the Metro in years and then all of a sudden I find myself going there twice in as many weeks. This time I made the trek over there to see two of Chicago’s finest punk bands: Pegboy and The Bollweevils (the latter being my motivation to [...]
Naked Raygun, Hot Water Music 1/2 at House of Blues
The city of Chicago got to start the new year right with a pair of shows that saw Naked Raygun and Hot Water Music team up at the House of Blues. It’s no secret that I’m a huge Naked Raygun fan (and who is Chicago isn’t?!), but I also enjoy Hot Water Music to a [...]
Don’t Call Us No Wave Fest part two
Sunday night was the conclusion to the two day run of shows at Beat Kitchen. This time there would be three different bands: one I never heard of, one from the very old days of Chicago punk, and one newer band that I’ve heard the name of but wasn’t familiar with. Flophouse Flophouse Flophouse I [...]
Don’t Call Us No Wave Fest part one
This past weekend was a pair of shows I was looking forward to over at Beat Kitchen. It was the “Don’t Call Us No Wave Fest” and it featured five old obscure Chicago art/punk/noise bands, and one newer band that fit the same kind of mold. These shows that reunite old punks are always exciting [...]
The Bollweevils – 9/27 at Reggie’s
Saturday night The Bollweevils returned to action over at Reggie’s. I hadn’t seen the band play since last year’s Riot Fest which was already a year ago, so I was pretty excited that the band was doing another show. After a quick trip upstairs to do a little record shopping, I walked in the club [...]
Silver Abuse 9/6 at Lucky Gator Loft
Saturday night saw the return once again of Silver Abuse! I saw them last December when they did a reunion show and had a lot of fun, so when I found out they were doing another one I wasn’t about to miss it. This time around they were playing with three newer bands instead of [...]
