Gemini Club Plays North Coast Music Fest, FREE MP3, New Video & More #NCMF

This is the first year since it's inception that ChiIL Live Shows has opted not to cover North Coast Music Festival.  

We'll still chime in here n there with must see recommendations and we'll be back with a vengeance covering every day of our annual fav, RIOT FEST!!

Click here to check out some of our favorite original photo filled NCMF features from past years or use the search bar for particular days/years/acts.

If you're heading to NCMF13, check out Gemini Club.

Tour Dates     

Aug 30 - Chicago, IL - North Coast Music Festival 2013

Oct 11 - Los Angeles, CA - Culture Collide Festival

Oct 12 - San Francisco, CA - Neck of the Woods

Oct 14 - Washington, DC - Black Cat

Oct 15 - Philadelphia, PA - MilkBoy Philadelphia

Oct 16 - Boston, MA - Church

Oct 17 - New York, NY - CMJ (Details TBA)

GEMINI CLUB

Releases New Music Video

“Sparklers”

Directed by Brain Killer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChWK9RcG1gY

“Sparklers” Available As A Free MP3 Download Now

https://soundcloud.com/geminiclub/sparklers-2013

Gemini Club Announce Fall Tour Dates

http://geminiclub.fm

The new music video for the song “Sparklers” by Chicago-based indie-dance four piece Gemini Club was directed by visual & street artist Brain Killer and produced by Red Bull Sound Select. The video debuts today and can be viewed at www.redbullsoundselect.com. Fans can also download a free MP3 featuring a new mix of the song via the Gemini Club Soundcloud page.

Shot on location in Chicago, the concept behind “Sparklers” was a collaborative effort, melding the band’s dance rock sound with Brain Killer’s darker aesthetic. Gemini Club had ideas for the video revolving around projection mapping, warping physical space and time-lapse shots. Per Gemini Club’s Daniel Brunelle, “Brain Killer took our ideas and wove them into a complete narrative that really made the song shine.”

Gemini Club is Tom Gavin (vocals), Gordon Bramli (DJ), Daniel Brunelle (production) and Ryan Luciani (drums). The infectious electronic-tinged, indie rock-influenced songs found on their two EPs, mixed with their unique live set up--featuring a specially designed rig that allows for on-the-fly remixing of their own songs--have made them one of Chicago’s leading bands to watch. Gemini Club most recently performed as direct support for Metric during Red Bull Sound Select’s free concert series in July. The band just announced a number of additional shows, including stops at Chicago’s North Coast Music Festival and Los Angeles’ Cultures Collide Festival. See full tour routing below.

Look for Gemini Club’s new single “Preached” to be released this fall via Red Bull Sound Select.

Gemini Club:

Artist Page: http://www.redbullsoundselect.com/artists/geminiclub

Interview: http://www.redbullsoundselect.com/posts/rbss-12-questions-gemini-club

“Sparklers”

MP3 - https://soundcloud.com/geminiclub/sparklers-2013

About RED BULL SOUND SELECT

Red Bull Sound Select is a long-term music initiative that invests in local music scenes, and connects artists and fans with one another to be part of the stories that break music. Since its BETA launch in February, Red Bull Sound Select has hosted nearly 60 “Presents” showcases to welcome more than 100 new artists into the program including Chance the Rapper, Cherub, The Black Cadillacs, HANDS, Heliotropes, Show You Suck, Beach Party, Wildcat! Wildcat!, Sasha Go Hard, Rivals of the Peacemaker and many more.

Every month, a collective of local music curators invite three new artists from each participating city into the program and host a “Red Bull Sound Select Presents” showcase to introduce them. Red Bull Sound Select curators include: Brooklyn Vegan, Next Big Nashville, East Village Radio, Fake Shore Drive, Transmission Entertainment, Knuckle Rumbler, Full Service Music, MFG Productions, Lightning 100, Do 312, Riot Fest, ScoreMore, Afropunk, Brooklyn Bodega, IAMSOUND and Marathon Music.

Redbullsoundselect.com || Facebook.com/RBSoundSelect || @RBSoundSelect

Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg Coming To Bottom Lounge THIS Sat 10/6 (17+) #originalphotos

 

ChiIL Live Shows original LIVE show shots--Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg at AAA-Chicago 10-9-11 Riot Fest after party 2011


Here's the show details for this Saturday via Bottom Lounge:

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2012 - 9:00PM
Doors 8:00 PM / Show 9:00 PM

17 & Over, valid ID required for entry.

http://www.markyramone.com/
http://vortisrock.com/


Marky Ramone is best known for the 15 years he spent drumming for the legendary Ramones. Prior to joining the Ramones, Marky played with an array of influential musicians dating back to his high school years when he was a member of the Brooklyn based hard rock band, Dust. Recording two albums with his friends, Richie Wise (guitar and vocals) and Kenny Aaronson (bass) for Neil Bogart’s Karma Sutra/Buddha label

While Dust was disbanding, Marky began hanging out at Max’s Kansas City, where he met Max’s house D.J. Wayne County. He joined forces with Wayne to form Wayne County and The Backstreet Boys. Wayne’s outrageous stage performance and cross-dressing attracted many fans and help solidify a cult following.  After a year and a half of playing in the New York area and not able to generate record company interest, they decided it was best to move on.

In 1976, Marky was introduced to Richard Hell. Along with Bob Quine and Ivan Julian, they formed Richard Hell & the Voidoids. The Voidoids released their groundbreaking debut album in 1977 on Sire Records, entitled “Blank Generation”. Shortly after the Voidoids historic U.K. tour with The Clash, Marky found himself at the bar at CBGB with Dee Dee Ramone. Dee Dee asked him if he would be interested in joining The Ramones.

The spring of 1978, Marky joined the Ramones.  In a matter of weeks he was in the studio recording his first album with The Ramones entitled, “Road to Ruin”, which features one of the biggest Ramones songs “I Wanna Be Sedated”. The following year the Ramones filmed the cult classic “Rock ‘n’ Roll High School”. Later that year, they joined forces with producer legend, Phil Spector to record “End Of The Century”.

After several tours and a two more studio albums, Marky was asked to leave the band 1983, only to rejoin his band mates in 1987 until they decided to call it quits in 1996. His tenure with the Ramones spanned a total of 15 years, performing over 1700 shows and more than 15 releases, including songwriting credits on both Mondo Bizarro and Adios Amigos, the bands farewell release.
In 2000, Marky reunited with long time friend Joey Ramone for Joey’s solo effort “Don’t Worry About Me”. In 2001, Marky along with his former band mates (Johnny, Dee Dee and Tommy), were inducted into the Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame. That same year, U2’s Bono presented the Ramones with the MTV’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

The DVD release, “Raw”, a compilation of mostly home videos filmed predominantly by Marky was release in 2004 and entered the Billboard video chart at number 5. Certified gold in three countries and currently the best selling Ramones DVD release to date.

In the spring of 2009, Marky launched his first worldwide clothing line with long time friend Tommy Hilfiger. In 2010, Marky shared his recipe for pasta sauce by introducing Marky Ramone’s Brooklyn’s Own Pasta Sauce.

In February 2011 The Ramones received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. It was the first Grammy for the punk rock pioneers.

With no signs of slowing down, Marky continues to tour the world with his band, Marky Ramone’s Blitzkrieg, which includes friend Michale Graves (ex-Misfits) on vocals. In early 2010, they released their first single “When We Were Angles” with former member of Sheer Terror, Mark Neuman, playing bass and guitar.

Marky is currently in his seventh year as a D.J. on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio, hosting, ‘Marky Ramone’s Punk Rock Blitzkrieg”. Marky has also appeared on numerous TV shows including, The Simpsons, Anthony Bourdain’s “No Reservations and ZRock.

Riot Fest 2012 Early Tickets On Sale and First Lineup Announcements

Rise Against * Iggy & The Stooges

The Offspring * Elvis Costello

A Day To Remember * Coheed and Cambria

Gogol Bordello * Descendents

Dropkick Murphys * NOFX

The Jesus and Mary Chain * The Gaslight Anthem

Alkaline Trio * Slapstick (reunion) * AWOLNation

The Promise Ring * Chiodos (original lineup reunion) * Gwar

August Burns Red * Frank Turner * Less Than Jake

Built To Spill * Rev. Horton Heat * Fishbone

Nobunny * A Wilhelm Scream * Screaming Females

Teenage Bottlerocket * Off With Their Heads * Sister Crayon

Deals Gone Bad * White Mystery * Larry And His Flask

The Story So Far * Japanther

…AND MANY MORE…

Check out ChiIL Live Shows (free downloads, original pit photos, band video interviews and live show footage) and ChiIL Mama (alt punk parenting) for loads of coverage from Riot Fest 2010 & 2011.  Bring your punk kin & banger babies.   All Riot Fest shows are all ages unless stated otherwise.  If we can walk together why can't we rock together!  

Check out Riot Fest's main page here for details, early ticket pricing and more.

Photos: Suicide Machines-Secret Show at AAA-Riot Fest 2011

Suicide Machines killed it last night at a secret, late night, after show at the AAA Warehouse in Chicago.  It was great to hear lead singer, Jason Navarro, expound on being a dad now.  His own next gen of punk kin already love The Ramones.    He may be somebody's parents now, but he's still a skater and an old school Detroit punk at heart.  And Suicide Machine's high energy, political ska/punk had everyone skankin' like 1991 all over again.


The crowd was stage diving and screaming along, even when an inebriated Navarro forgot some of their songs they haven't played out in 15 years and improvised.    The drummer and bass player exchanged a few quizzical looks and mouthed expletives, but didn't miss a beat and went with it, for some sweet, improvised mayhem.    The band played their landmark LP, Destruction by Definition (more or less) in it's entirety, then branched out into Black Flag covers and requests for more of their originals.  
We can't wait to see them again tonight at Congress Theater where they open for The Descendents.