INCOMING: Mutts Play Riot Fest Sunday at 12:30 on Radical Stage #Riotfest #ChiILPicksLIst

Here at ChiIL Live Shows we've been tracking the rise of Chicago favorites, Mutts, for years now. Click here for loads of our photo filled Mutts coverage. They're a staple of summer fests and put on a rockin' live show. If you can drag your butts outta bed by noon Sunday, come on out and make the most of the final day of Riot Fest with an early start. They're one band worth waking up for.  If not, their 4th studio release is about to drop and they'll be touring.  Ones to watch. Chi, IL Live Bands On Our Radar ChiIL Live Shows ChiIL Picks List Via Mutts: We're playing RIOT FEST 2014!   If you're headed there this weekend, come see us Sunday 9/14 at 12:30pm on the Radical Stage.  We're proud to be one of a few Chicago-based bands representing at Riot Fest this year, including our good friends Archie Powell and the Exports.   And speaking of them, here's an early warning for our LP Release Show: Fuel Yer Delusion, vol. 4  Our fourth full-length studio album, Fuel Yer Delusion vol. 4, will be available on CD, digital and vinyl on Tuesday, December 9th. But you, my friend, can pick it up early at our LP Release show!  We're still deciding between two venues and dates, but the lineup is all set, and it's definitely going down the first weekend in December: Fuel Yer Delusion vol. 4 Release Party Either ???????????? or ????? Chicago, IL December 5 or 6 Mutts with: 1. ?????? ?????? ? ??? ??????? (Chicago) 2. ??? ???????? (Chicago) 3. ??? ???? ??? ???? (??????????) I know that's a wickedly nebulous announcement.  We're just excited to get our 4th LP to you.  Blues Traveler 4, Led Zeppelin 4, Connect Four, Tetris, the word "Friend," according to Cake - these are other legendary quad-related things, an echelon we hope to join with this record.   There we go again, with the delusion.   Anyway. Whether it's at ???-? or ?????, we're headlining, with three of our favorite bands on the bill, and it'll be time to kick off the holiday season.  With so many reasons to celebrate, please pencil Mutts in on your calendar, and stay tuned for the details - plus our first single and video - coming in the next week or two.

Chicago!  Our home, our family and friends, the place we became a band, the place our sound comes from, and the place we often get silly drunk and play punk-ass shows with kick-ass bands.  We've blazed past 100 tour dates already this year, representing our home town in 20 or so states, as best we can.  And we're excited to bring it back to you with these two uproarious shows.  Hope to see you at one, or both!  Until then, take care of yerselves.

Love,

Mike, Bob and Chris

[WE ARE] MUTTS

     

"Be kinder than necessary,

for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle." 

Mutts CD Release Party at Fireside Bowl, 2012

Lolla Bands On Our Radar Saturday & Sunday From Our Friends at Press Here

Saturday, August 3^rd

CHERUB * Perry’s @ 12PM

Nashville’s sexy electro-pop duo, Cherub, released the 100 Bottles EP earlier this year and have been described as “…hands down THE hottest music coming out of Nashville…” by KCRW.   Their viral hit “Doses and Mimosas” that hit #1 on Hype Machine’s “most talked about songs” chart!

LOCAL NATIVES * Red Bull Sound Select @ 4:00PM

Local Natives, who are currently on their most extensive tour to date, will be making a stop at Lollapalooza in support of their latest album, Hummingbird! The band recently swung by The Late Show with David Letterman – PRESS HERE to watch their performance of“Breakers”, and PRESS HERE to watch their new music video for “You & I”.

Sunday, August 4^th  

PALMA VIOLETS * Bud Light @ 1:00PM

London’s Palma Violets will be performing at Lollapalooza in support of their debut album 180, which received rave reviews around the globe and spawned a veritable summer anthem in first single “Best Of Friends.”  PRESS HERE to watch the video for “Best Of Friends”.Listen to 180 on Spotify now.

BEAR MOUNTAIN * BMI @ 5:40PM

Vancouver’s own electro-dance band, Bear Mountain, have had a crazy year – they released their debut album XO via Last Gang Records, toured with Bloc Party, and their song “Congo” hit #1 on Hype Machine! PRESS HERE to watch the video for their new single “Faded.”

  

PHOENIX * Bud Light @ 8:30PM

Music festival favorites Phoenix are set to headline Lollapalooza this year! Following the release of their critically acclaimed albumBankrupt! and their highly lauded headlining performance at this year’s Coachella, Phoenix and their live show have become the most talked-about of the summer. PRESS HERE to watch the band’s new video for “Trying To Be Cool”.

Highly Recommended Lolla Bands On Our Radar: O'Brother Sunday at Noon on BMI

O'Brother to Play Lollapalooza Sunday August 4th  12:00PM on the BMI Stage 5:00PM at the Toyota + SpinMedia Soundwave Tent w/ Guards O'Brother Premiere "Perilous Love" Exclusively with AV Club! "'Perilous Love' is equal parts Soundgarden and Alice In Chains, a throwback thrasher that is pretty unrelenting." - A.V. Club “Genre-bending rockers O’Brother beat the sophomore slump on Disillusion, an album as complex and textured as it is loud. Think Deftones meet Radiohead meet Alice in Chains. From distorted, sludgy guitars (there’s three of them in the band!) to frontman Tanner Merritt’s haunting vocals, this is an album with a beginning, middle, and end—each song building upon the last and masterfully bleeding into the next....Don’t let the name fool you; this is an album that won’t let you down.” – Revolver  “...genre-bending post-metal that is as operatic as it is destructive... Expect this record to end up on a lot of year-end best-of lists.” – Alternative Press "As far as I'm concerned, there really isn't an active band that blends ethereal and skull-crushing heaviness as well as O' Brother do. Disillusion has the spacious soundscapes of a Sigur Ros record, the nuance-laced inventiveness of a Radiohead record, the haunting melodies of a Jeff Buckley record and the head banging heaviness of Isis' early work. And it's all blended together tastefully and seamlessly, with a perfect dose of patience to maximize the impact of shifts in dynamics. They set the bar awfully high for themselves after they released Garden Window, and somehow they've manage to raise it again with Disillusion. It's phenomenal." - Riley Breckenridge, Thrice *Returning to Chicago Sept. 5* Full routing below... Aug. 1—The Firebird—St. Louis, MO Aug. 4—Lollapalooza—Chicago, IL Aug. 6—Hoosier Dome-Indianapolis, IN Aug. 14—Bottletree—Birmingham, AL Aug. 15—Spanish Moon—Baton Rouge, LA Aug. 16—Warehouse Live—Houston, TX Aug. 17—Club Dada—Dallas, TX Aug. 18—Red 7—Austin, TX Aug. 20—Pub Rock—Scottsdale, AZ Aug. 21—House Of Blues—San Diego, CA Aug. 22—Constellation Room—Santa Ana, CA Aug. 23—Cobalt Café—Canoga Park, CA Aug. 24—Bottom Of The Hill—San Francisco, CA Aug. 26—Backspace—Portland, OR Aug. 27—Biltmore Cabaret—Vancouver, Canada Aug. 28—Chop Suey—Seattle, WA Aug. 30—Kilby Court—Salt Lake City, UT Aug. 31—Hi-Dive—Denver, CO Sept. 1—Record Bar—Kansas City, MO Sept. 3—7th Street Entry—Minneapolis, MN Sept. 4—Vaudeville Mews—Des Moines, IA Sept. 5—Bottom Lounge—Chicago, IL Sept. 6—Musica—Akron, OH Sept. 7—Pike Room—Pontiac, MI Sept. 8—Hard Luck Bar—Toronto, Ontario Sept. 10—Stage AE—Pittsburgh, PA Sept. 11—Lost Horizon—Syracuse, NY Sept. 12—Santos Party House—NY Sept. 13—Brighton Music Hall—Allston, MA Sept. 14—The Space—Hamden, CT Sept. 15—The Barbary—Philadelphia, PA Sept. 17—The Rock And Roll Hotel—Washington, DC Sept. 18—Local 506—Chapel Hill, NC Sept. 20—The Basement—Columbus, OH Sept. 21—The End—Nashville, TN Sept. 22—Casbah—Charlotte, NC Sept. 24—New Brookland Tavern—West Columbia, SC Sept. 25—Roc Bar—Jacksonville, FL Sept. 26—Crowbar—Ybor City, FL Sept. 27—The Social—Orlando, FL Sept. 28—Masquerade—Atlanta, GA

Lolla Bands On Our Radar: Chicago's Own Makeshift Prodigy at BMI Stage Sunday at 1:10 #Lolla

Chicago's own Makeshift Prodigy has been around the city for a number of years and now they're gaining followers on a national level and are signed to Atlantic Records and Warner Chappell Music. Musically they land in some conglomeration of Coldplay and 30 Seconds to Mars, with a little U2 thrown in for good measure. 

Who: Makeshift Prodigy

Where: Lollapalooza / BMI Stage

When: Sunday August 4th, 1:10p-1:50p