INCOMING: The Wild Feathers Play Double Door 2/16 (21+) #FreeDownload

Chi, IL Live Shows on Our Radar: 

The Wild Feathers Announce Winter Headline Tour Presented By Filter "The Ceiling" Wins Sirius Spectrum Award Selected As One of Amazon's Rising Stars of 2014

The Wild Feathers have announced a winter headline tour presented by Filter. The North American run kicks off January 22nd in Austin, TX, and runs through SXSW. Full tour dates are below. Saints of Valory and Jamestown Revival will support. JAM Productions and Double Door Welcome The Wild Feathers Saints of Valory, Jamestown Revival Sunday Feb 16, 2014 Doors: 8:00 PM Show: 9:00 PM 21 and over $14 This year has been an impressive one for the Nashville five-piece, who released their Jay Joyce (Cage the Elephant, Emmylou Harris)-produced debut album August 13th via Warner Bros Records. They have played well over 200 shows, with Gary Clark Jr, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Dawes, Dwight Yoakam and ZZ Ward,.and more, and stopped at the Austin City Limits festival,  San Francisco's Outside Lands, Sasquatch and Hangout Festivals, Milwaukee's Summerfest, Louisville's Forecastle Festival and Nashville's Live on the Green. The Wild Feathers performed their acclaimed single "The Ceiling," which the Minneapolis Star Tribune called "perhaps the most elegantly crafted song of the year" on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Conan and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and the track just won the Sirius Spectrum Award for Best Song Discovery. Amazon has selected The Wild Feathers for their "Rising Stars of 2014" campaign, which runs from December 25th to January 31st.  The program features a free download of the band's new single "Got It Wrong," which they performed on Rachael Ray December 10th.   Critical response to The Wild Feathers has been effusive. Rolling Stone declared the album "something that fans of heartland artists like the Avett Brothers and My Morning Jacket will appreciate while it recalls the magic of Tom Petty and Neil Young," Relix called it "boisterous and impassioned, reverberating with a raw, live quality," Baeble Music said, "Electrifying, soul stirring, and utterly reverent rock and roll...they're The Wild Feathers and they're pretty much here to kick your ass," and  the NY Daily News gave the album four stars, declaring "the Feathers have the vulnerability and beauty of the Jayhawks...the chemistry they found has the 'eureka' effect of the great American harmony-rock bands, from Buffalo Springfield to Poco." The Wild Feathers North American Tour Dates: WED      1/22/14  Austin, TX            Stubb's THU       1/23/14  Houston, TX        Warehouse Live FRI         1/24/14  Dallas, TX            as Monkey FRI         1/31/14  Mobile, AL            Soul Kitchen SAT        2/1/14    Atlanta, GA          The Loft SUN        2/2/14    Athens, GA           The Melting Point TUE        2/4/14    Washington, DC  U Street Music Hall THU       2/6/14    New York, NY      Mercury Lounge FRI         2/7/14    Philadelphia, PA  World Café Live SUN        2/9/14    Boston, MA          Brighton Music Hall MON      2/10/14  Montreal, QC       Belmont WED      2/12/14  Toronto, ON         Horseshoe Tavern THU       2/13/14  Ann Arbor, MI     Blind Pig FRI         2/14/14  Indianapolis, IN   Radio Radio SAT        2/15/14  Madison, WI        Majestic Theatre SUN        2/16/14  Chicago, IL           Double Door TUE        2/18/14  St. Paul, MN         Turf Club WED      2/19/13  Lawrence, KS       Granada Theatre FRI         2/21/14  Denver, CO           Bluebird Theatre SUN        2/23/14  Boise, ID               Neurolux TUE        2/25/14  Portland, OR         Star Theater WED      2/26/14  Seattle, WA           The Crocodile THU       2/27/14  Vancouver, BC     Media Club SUN        3/2/14    Sacramento, CA  Harlows Night Club MON      3/3/14    San Francisco, CA               The Independent TUE        3/4/14    Solana Beach, CA               Belly Up Tavern      *Saints of Valory will not perform on Seattle, Vancouver and Sacramento dates                        www.thewildfeathers.com / www.facebook.com/wildfeathers

Gramatik FREE Mixtape Download or Stream #NCMF #FreeDownload

Releases Brand-New Mixtape "STREET BANGERZ VOL. 4" Available For Free Download - HERE Stream SB4 - HERE While we anxiously await for The Age Of Reason album release, Gramatik gives away 22 tracks, including a free mix tape to hold us over until fall. "Street Bangerz 4" is a compilation of leftover tracks from SB1 featuring Gramatik's classic sound back when he was known for producing simple and raw, sample-based hip-hop beats.  As Gramatik prepares for the second part of his upcoming Age Of Reason Tour, he unleased the album's second single, "You Don't Understand" and announced an additional Halloween show teaming up with GRiZ to play the biggest GrizMatik show to date at the 1st Bank Center in Broomfield, Colorado. The Massacre Begins will feature support by turntablist A-Trak along with guitarist Don Daro of Exmag, who will also be joining Gramatik on tour this fall. General tickets for The Massacre Begins are now on sale. In hype of the forthcoming album, Gramatik explains how he differs from the vast majority of electronic musicians as he records using live instruments while striving to make dance music that tells a story. During a recent interview with Relix Magazine, he states, "There's a lot of guitar, bass, piano, all types of organs, lots of original vocals - more than any other record I've ever produced. [The Age of Reason] combines all the genres I've been producing since the beginning in the most drastic, neurotic, cohesive and outrageous way imaginable." See below for Gramatik's upcoming fall tour dates on the Age of Reason Tour and check out his remaining festival dates including New York City's Electric Zoo and America's first Tomorrowland festival, TomorrowWorld. REMAINING FESTIVAL DATES: Aug 31  | North Coast Music Festival - Chicago, IL (ChiIL Live Shows was there... were YOU?!) Sept 07 | Hyperion Music Festival - Spencer, IN Sept 14 | Dancefestopia Music Festival - Kansas City, MO Sept 28 | TomorrowWorld - Atlanta, GA AGE OF REASON REMAINING FALL 2013 TOUR DATES: Sept 06 | The Intersection - Grand Rapids, MI Sept 10 Headliners Music Hall - Louisville, KY Spet 12 | Wooly's - Des Moines, IA Sept 13 | Skyway Theatre, Minneapolis, MN Sept 15 | George's Majestic Lounge - Fayetteville, AR Sept 18 | Lryic Theatre - Oxford, MS Sept 19 | Republic New Orleans - New Orleans, LA Sept 20 | Soul Kitchen - Moblie, AL Sept 21 | House of Blues Orlando - Lake Buena Vista, FL Sept 22 | Grand Central - Miami, FL Sept 25 | The Ritz Ybor - Tampa, FL Sept 26 | Free Bird Live - Jacksonville Beach, FL Sept 27 | The Music Farm - Charleston, SC Oct 01  | Ziggy's By The Sea - Wilmington, NC Oct 02  | Jefferson Theatre _ Charlottesville, VA Oct 03  | The National - Richmond, VA Oct 04  | Rams Head Live - Baltimore, MD Oct 05  | Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA Oct 06  | Upstate Concert Hall - Clifton Park, NY Nov 05  | Orpheum Theater - Flagstaff, AZ Nov 06  | Railto Theatre - Tucson, AZ Nov 07  | House of Blues - San Diego, CA Nov 08  | The Wiltern - Los Angeles, CA Nov 09  | The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA Nov 10  | Knitting Factory Concert House - Reno, NV Nov 13  | Arcata Theatre - Arcata, CA Nov 14  | Roseland Theatre - Portland, OR Nov 15  | Showbox at the Market - Seattle, WA Nov 16  | Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC Nov 17  | Knitting Factory Concert House - Spokane, WA Nov 19  | Knitting Factory Concert House - Boise, ID Nov 22  | Orpheum Theatre - Madison, WI Nov 23  | Royal Oak Music Theatre - Royal Oak, MI KEEP UP WITH GRAMATIK: WEBSITE | SOUNDCLOUD | FACEBOOK | TWITTER

TONIGHT: Mutts Album Release Party at Fireside Bowl 8/2/12 #HD Video #Live Show Shots #free album download

Mutts at Do Division 2012 by ChiIL Live Shows.    Tweak settings for HD.


We've got years of great memories of sweaty summer shows at Fireside Bowl from back in the day.   We're ready to make some new ones with Chi-Town's Mutts.    


They just ran a successful kickstarter campaign and are celebrating their new release tonight, Thursday 8/2.    Check it out.


Click here for show details

Mutts Separation Anxiety record release show at Fireside Bowl, 8/2: 

Mutts at Do Division 2012 by ChiIL Live Shows  

Here's what the Mutts have to say, including a link to download their album for FREE!!
 

Links Free Mutts Music  wearemutts.com Facebook    twitter   Spotify Pandora

Download Separation Anxiety Here!

It's been an unbelievable year for Mutts so far - including the college radio and press success of Pray for Rain, playing over 50 shows in 11 states, making new friends and getting inspired by cool bands in each city, recording two new LPs and funding a Kickstarter campaign to put them out (THANK YOU!), playing fun outdoor shows likeDo Division Fest and a 3-Gigs-in-1-Day Marathon, signing with TR Agency for booking, and most recently having tracks from Separation Anxiety previewed on TheChicago Mixtape and the CMJ Mixtape. All of our this culminates in the new record, and we're excited to unleash it into the wild.  It's free to download, and we hope you dig it: Download Separation Anxiety Here! Mutts on the road: 8.02 Chicago, IL - Fireside Bowl - LP RELEASE PARTY! 8.09 Live Stream on WJOB Flying Around the Sun (9CST) 8.11 Fort Wayne, IN - The Brass Rail  8.18 Wausau, WI - The Polack Inn 8.24 Madison, WI - Dragonfly Lounge  8.25 Saint Paul, MN - Amsterdam Bar 8.31 Oshkosh, WI - Glass Nickel Pizza Co.  9.01 Milwaukee, WI - Riverwest Public House 9.07 Live on WLUW Razor & Die Show (2CST) 9.08 Youngstown, OH - PABSTolutely Fest 9.20 St. Louis, MO - Off Broadway  9.21 Ames, IA - Maximum Ames Fest  9.27 Muncie, IN - Be Here Now 9.28 Columbus, OH - Kobo  9.29 Youngstown, OH - The Oaks 10.03 Ames, IA - The Maintenance Shop  10.05 Davenport, IA - RME Community Stage 10.06 Dubuque, IA - The Bank  10.10 Champaign, IL - The Highdive 10.11 St. Louis, MO - El Lenador  10.12 Columbia, MO - The Bridge 11.07 Ypsilanti, MI - Woodruff's We're still filling in some dates and adding more shows, so visit wearemutts.com/shows or track us on SongKickfor alerts when we're coming to town.  Thanks for reading and listening! Once again, here's your link to download our new album: Download Separation Anxiety Here Cheers, Mike, Bob and Chris [WE ARE] MUTTS "Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."    Eight new releases to check out: Archie Powell & the Exports - Great Ideas in Action Big Science - Difficulty Common Shiner - Before They Sold Out Pt 2 (Coming Soon) Empires - Garage Hymns Field Auxiliary - Nomenclature Fever Lying Delilah - Return the Love Santiago x The Natural - Something's Got a Hold of Me Suns - When We Were Us And there are so many more... next time, we'll say more.

Shows on Our Radar: March Fourth & Jonas Friddle at Martyr's 6/8

Martyr's

Fri, Jun 8 

9:30pm

$12adv/$15door

21+

Are you a fan of Chi-town's Mucca Pazza?   Ever watch Portlandia?   March Fourth is Portland's punk rock marching band and they're marching forth to entertain YOU, right here in the windy city.   Check 'em out.   My little sis lives in Portland and has been a fan for years.   She was born on March 4th and every year the band throws down a big show on their namesake day and invites everyone who shares that birthday to get in free.   So basically they've been playing her birthday bash for years!   Fun fun.  We'll be there to shoot the show and can't wait to check em out at Martyr's.   Here's the March Fourth site.

 

Here's what Martyr's site has to say:

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March Fourth Marching Band

Throw up your batons! Toss about that pocket-stored confetti! Let the high steppin’, flair totin’ cyclone of happiness begin!” -San Francisco Bay GuardianMarchFourth Marching Band (known as M4 by fans) is a large band and performance troupe from Portland, OR that was formed in 2003. M4 is hard to describe and, though the music can stand alone, the live show is unparalleled, unexpected, and uplifting.MarchFourth Marching Band connects with so many different types of audiences that they have been invited to play a huge variety of events over the past seven years–everything from the music festival main stage to the elementary school gymnasium to the streets of a town near you.

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Jonas Friddle & the Majority
Jonas Friddle & The Majority arrived on the scene simultaneously debuting two records on March 24th, 2012. “Belle De Louisville” and “Synco Pony” showcase this seven-piece band’s ability to pull from both the string band and blues traditions of American Roots music. The Chicago-based “orchestral folk” group is comprised of a string section, brass, organ, banjo and drums. Each member of the Majority boasts a strong personal music career with close ties to Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music, where the band formed.Jonas Friddle’s passion for old-time style banjo from his native North Carolina leads to rhythmic and rolling compositions. Following the example of new folk groups like Crooked Still, Abigail Washburn and Old Crow Medicine Show, Jonas looks for a new take on an old sound. 

We're fans of local fav, Jonas Friddle, too.    He played the Beat Kitchen Concerts for Kids series we sponsor with our alt-punk-parenting blog, ChiIL Mama.   This show's for the big kids, though, AKA:  adults (21+).   

Check out Jonas Friddle & the Majority's main site right here.   Sign up for their mailing list and you can get two tunes FREE from their dual album release.   Way to make an entrance!  

Click here for tixs to their Martyr's show and further details.

Xoe Wise-#Free Download

Check it out!   ChiIL Live Shows has a gorgeous, free single for you.  Chicago singer-songwriter Xoe Wise is dropping the first single from her upcoming Archive of Illusions today, March 6.

The single, “All You Gave,” is available for free download at http://blog.xoewise.com/allyougave!


Archives of Illusion will be released on Tuesday, May 1 and Xoe will be performing live on WGN-TV on Friday, May 25. Her record release show is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, May 29 @ Schuba’s.

New REPTAR track today! #Free Download

Reptar has just announced that their debut full-length album, Body Faucet, will be released May 1st via Vagrant. Produced by Ben Allen (Animal Collective, Gnarls Barkley, Washed Out), the new record is the follow up to the group’s debut EP Oblangle Fizz Y’all. Grouplove support tour dates, Sasquatch and Bonnaroo announcements, and more.

To celebrate the announcement, they're asking fans to sign up for the band's mailing list to grab a free download of the lead track and first single from the record, "Sebastian."

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REPTAR

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Twitter: http://twitter.com/reptarathens

Website (circa 1995!): http://reptarmusic.com/