Metal Tonight:
ChiIL Live Shows will be back at the House of Blues for an early show tonight to see Meshuggah, Baroness and Decapitated. We've got a video interview slated with Decapitated.
Meshuggah – The Ophidian Trek 2012
Buy Meshuggah – The Ophidian Trek 2012 concert tickets for the show at House of Blues Chicago
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Tomorrow night, join us for a rockin' double feature at Reggie's Rock Club:
We'll be interviewing Swedish power metal band, Sabaton, then shooting their show at Reggie's Rock Club. We're also going to try to catch up with Peelander Z on the flip side, playing in the Music Joint!
Thursday night check out Melismatics Album Release party at Double Door.
$5
8:30pm
21+
The Melismatics formed at the turn of the century in the fertile ground
of the Minneapolis indie-rock scene. Their debut album “Postmodern Rock”
quickly caught the attention of college radio stations around the
country and garnered favorable reviews from critics around the world.
Shortly thereafter, Minneapolis indie-rock king pin Ed Ackerson (Motion
City Sountrack, The Replacements, The Jayhawks) signed the band to
Susstones Records and produced their next two albums “New Infection” and
“Turn It On”.
The Melismatics toured the country numerous times over and continued to
win loyal fans with their high-energy and unpredictable live shows.
Their music has been featured on MTV’s “The Hills,” “The City”and
“Laguna Beach,” NBC’s “Windfall”; Animal Planet’s “Jockeys” and they’ve
played such notable events as Lollapalooza, Summerfest, and CMJ.
The Melismatics released “The Acid Test” on CC Entertainment/E1 Music
(2008). Renowned producer John Fields (Jimmy Eat World, Rooney, Har Mar
Superstar, etc) caught the band performing at 2007 SXSW in Austin, Texas
and signed on to produce the album. The music video for “Digging
Deep” charted at #4 on MTVU and received widespread airplay.
The Melismatics’ upcoming album “MANIA!” was produced by Jon Auer of The
Posies and Big Star, along with Ed Ackerson (Motion City Soundtrack,
Golden Smog, The Replacements) and was mixed by John Fields. The LP was
mastered at Sterling Sound in NYC by Chris Athens (Coldplay, Beastie
Boys, NERD, etc) and features collaborations with Dan Wilson (Adele,
Semisonic) and Jon Auer who also lends vocals to several tracks.
The Melismatics have found a sound all their own that is familiar yet
unique, euphoric and adventurous. The Melismatics’ sound is constantly
evolving and developing– as The Onion put it, “no one ever accused The
Melismatics of being predictable.”
MANIA! Out Now on Chicago's Pravda Records
Friday night check out Yamantaka at Schubas
10pm
21+
$8 adv/$10 door
YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN are not your average band. They are from Montreal, and describe themselves best as a "psychedelic noh-wave opera group fusing noise, metal, pop and folk music". The live show combines performance art sensibilities with straight up rock and roll.
YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN Announce US Tour with Xiu Xiu
Nominated For MTV's Album of The Week
Self-Titled Album Out Now
Quotes
"YT//ST creates full-scale events, complete with eerie face-paint, monochromatic paper sets and Boredoms-style drum blasts that blend black metal and kabuki into a jaw-dropping new form. The group’s debut album is equally epic, yet it’s all just a glimpse into their master plan to freak out the squares with a stage production so large no theatre in the world could contain it." - Noisey
"the record feels wholly substantial and satisfying in its own right, and even those with no prior knowledge of YT//ST's history and elaborate intentions can just enjoy it for what it is: volcanic prog-rock colored with equal parts post-punk urgency, stoner-metal heft, and psychedelic pop whimsy." - Pitchfork
"YT//ST creates full-scale events, complete with eerie face-paint, monochromatic paper sets and Boredoms-style drum blasts that blend black metal and kabuki into a jaw-dropping new form. The group’s debut album is equally epic, yet it’s all just a glimpse into their master plan to freak out the squares with a stage production so large no theatre in the world could contain it." - Noisey
"the record feels wholly substantial and satisfying in its own right, and even those with no prior knowledge of YT//ST's history and elaborate intentions can just enjoy it for what it is: volcanic prog-rock colored with equal parts post-punk urgency, stoner-metal heft, and psychedelic pop whimsy." - Pitchfork
Tracklisting
1. Racoon Song
2. Queens
3. Oak Of Guernica
4. Reverse Crystal // Murder of a Spider
5. Hoshi Neko
6. A Star Over Pureland
7. Crystal Fortress Over The Sea Of Trees
Check out ChiIL Live Shows like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often for upcoming features on all of the following:
- Original video interviews, live show shots and footage:
- Live original show shots and footage:
Spiritualized (Metro), Suckers (Empty Bottle), Balkan Beat Box (Metro), The Tossers (Metro), The Cribs (Schubas), Adrenaline Mob & Kill Devil Hill (HOB), Fela (Lincoln Hall), Over Kill (Bottom Lounge), Dirty Ghosts (Empty Bottle), Bloodiest (Empty Bottle), Steampunk Chicago & The Squidling Brothers Circus present: Gearbox Fantastique II (Reggies), Bear in Heaven (Schubas), Lawrence Arms (Metro), Cymbals Eat Guitars (Lincoln Hall), Meshuggah, Baroness (House of Blues), Decapitated (House of Blues), Gomez (The Vic)
- Original video interviews, live show shots and footage from major music fests:
Pitchfork
Lollapalooza
North Coast Music Fest
Riot Fest
