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Monday, August 26, 2013
Pillars & Tongues Premiere 'Points Of Light' On Brooklyn Vegan Chicago "End-dances" LP Out September 17th On Empty Cellar Records & On Fall Tour With Angel Olsen
HALCYON WAY Announce World Premiere of video at ProgPower USA
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North Coast Music Fest 3 Day Passes SOLD OUT #NCMF13
The 4th Annual
Summer's Last Stand
NORTH COAST MUSIC FESTIVAL 2013
ChiIL Live Shows has been there to cover them ALL. Check back like we vote in Chi, IL... early and often for our photo filled original content. We'll be ChiILin' this weekend in Union Park... will YOU?!
***Schedule Released
***3-Day General Admission Tix Sell Out
***3-Day VIP & Single Day Tix Available
***Additional After Parties Announced
North Coast Music Festival is thrilled to release the daily schedule! You can now completely customize your North Coast Music Festival experience here.
We're excited to announce that General admission three-day passes are completely sold out, but there are a limited amount of three-day VIP Passes still available here. A Limited amount of single day tickets are still available at Clubtix.com. See your favorite artists and discover new ones for only $55 per day!
North Coast Music Festival is also proud to announce the addition of our hip-hop after parties with U-God & RZA of Wu-Tang Clan, Just Blaze, and more. Head over to After Parties page for a completely listing!
North Coast Music Festival 2013
August 30th - September 1st, 2013
Union Park
Chicago, IL 60607
All Ages
Friday: 3 PM - 10 PM
Saturday/Sunday: Noon - 10 PM
The Locals Record Release at Double Door THIS Friday
Chi, IL Live Shows on our radar:
Double Door Welcomes
Hemmingbirds, The Sweeps, Lights Alive
Friday, August 30, 2013
Doors: 8:00 pm / Show: 8:30 pm
$7.00 - $12.00
Chicago band The Locals will celebrate their ninth release, an EP entitled Stereostatic Funicular, at Double Door on August 30. The EP was produced by Steve Gillis and features background vocals by Bob Mould/Robert Pollard sideman Jason Narducy.
Record release show (w/ Hemmingbirds as direct support)
The Locals are an alt-rock, power pop three piece based in Chicago. Fans of The Pixies, The Whigs and Yeah Yeah Yeahs dig The Locals. They have been steadily gaining more fans with their latest release "SALT". Produced by Steven Gillis (Filter), The Locals' latest effort delivers guitar heavy sumptuous alt-pop through and through.
The Locals tour extensively in the midwest, and have played in clubs and festivals all over the US including: Schubas (Chicago, IL),Lincoln Hall (Chicago, il), House of Blues (Chicago, Il),Southgate House (Newport, KY), Halsted Market Days (Chicago, IL), EAT'em Music Conference (Las Vegas), Invasion of The Go Girls (SXSW) Austin TX, GOGO Festival (Kent, United Kingdom). The band did their first UK tour in 2011.
THE LOCALS ARE:
Yvonne Doll: Vocals, Songwriter, Guitar
Christy Nunes: Bass
Tommy Oerding: Drums
SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE LOCALS:
- The Locals were the subject of years of public resentment from The Matches (formerly The Locals, Oakland California) who had to change their name because of a trademark conflict. They released their first record on Epitaph Records and named it "E.Von Dahl Killed The Locals".
- Yvonne was just featured in Guitar World Magazine as one of the top "10 Female Guitarists You Should Know".
- Yvonne is a photographer best known for her cell phone photo project, "SleepyUrbanite". (sleepyurbanite.com cell photos of people sleeping on the el train in Chicago) The project was featured on The Today Show, NBC News, Chicagoist, TimeOut, VoxPop magazine (France), Newstalk Radio (Ireland)
- Christy Nunes (co-founder, bass player) originally hails from San Diego. Christy began playing professionally at the age of 14. She once shoved a kid during a job as the Chuck E. Cheese mascot when he kept kicking her and pulling her tail.
- When hen he's not drumming for The Locals, Tommy Oedering makes custom drums at the custom drum shop "Chicago Custom Percussion".
PRESS:
What people are saying about "SALT": "Doll proves she has the alt-rock style of singers like Karen O, but also exhibits a unique blend of sultry sounds that definitely sets her apart and makes this track noteworthy. With a blend of old and new sounds and lyrics about letting go, the songs on "Salt" prove to be worthy contenders for Chicago indie anthems..." --Time Out
"The chorus to 'Away From Here' is epic" MTV via Twitter
"Obvious skill occompanied by a punky attitude" -- Guitar Player Magazine "Top Female Musicians You Should Know"
“The EP ‘SALT’ will have listeners craving more than four exceptionally crafted songs….” — Rock Wired Magazine
"I feel that The Locals light up each track on 'Salt' with an energy that parallels that of early punk artists" ---- Nufutur.com
“I simply love the style The Locals provide on Salt because it seems to be music that pushes along consistently while never letting up..."----Skope Magazine
Chicago alt-pop, indie-rock trio The Locals will celebrate the release of their new EP, Stereostatic Funicular, with a hometown show at The Double Door, 1572 N. Milwaukee Ave, on Friday, August 30th.
Stereostatic Funicular, which was produced Steven Gillis at Chicago's Transient Sound and features guest musicians Jason Narducy (Verbow, Bob Mould's band), Vijay Tellis-Nayak (The Steak House Mints) and Joanna Vassilatos (Radio Vago), follows 2010's critically acclaimed SALT.
Stereostatic Funicular is described by The Locals as a "transitional album," as it was recorded with longtime drummer Kirk Snedeker, who moved to Northern California before the EP was finished. The EP's title was inspired by a trip to Spain, specifically by the "stereostatic" chain models that Anton Gaudi created to calculate the height/width of each column of the Sagrada Famila and "Funiculars," trams that whisk riders up to the tops of high mountains.
Stereostatic Funicular's songs include "Inventio," the story of a love triangle between the Ocean, the Moon and the Sun, and "Running Toward the Sound," which is about trying to harness the unbridled instinct of hearing a sound and running full-on toward it.
Fronted by Yvonne Doll, who was featured in Guitar World Magazine as one of the top "10 Female Guitarists You Should Know," the Locals boast a killer rhythm section comprised of bassist Christy Nunes, who began playing professionally at the age of 14, and new drummer Tommy Oedering, who also makes drums for Chicago Custom Percussion. The Locals have been a part of the Chicago music scene for the last decade. They have played extensively in the Midwest and completed their first UK tour in 2011.
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Saturday, August 24, 2013
ACT OUT: Tickets Now On Sale For NOAH HAIDLE’S SMOKEFALL at Goodman Theatre
SMOKEFALL DIRECTED BY ANNE KAUFFMAN, KICKING OFF THE 2013/2014 LINE-UP IN THE OWEN THEATRE (OCTOBER 5 – NOVEMBER 3)
***CHICAGO LEGEND MIKE NUSSBAUM JOINS GOODMAN NEWCOMERS CATHERINE COMBS, KATHERINE KEBERLEIN, GUY MASSEY AND ERIC SLATER***
Acclaimed playwright and screenwriter Noah Haidle returns to Chicago with his newest work, Smokefall, which examines life’s big questions through the prism of an ordinary family. Hailed by The New Yorker as “formidably talented, with a sort of freewheeling intuitive daring,” the Michigan native playwright most recently wrote the 2012 film Stand Up Guys (starring Alan Arkin, Christopher Walken and Al Pacino) and previously authored Mr. Marmalade, Vigils (at the Goodman in 2006) and Persephone for the stage.
Director Anne Kauffman, in her Goodman debut, assembles an ensemble cast for the Goodman production, including legendary Chicago actor Mike Nussbaum (Henry VIII at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre) as the Colonel; Catherine Combs (The Delling Shore at Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival) in the roles of Beauty and Blessing; Katherine Keberlein (Boeing, Boeing at Drury Lane Oakbrook) as Violet; Guy Massey (Failure: A Love Story at Victory Gardens Theater) as Footnote and Fetus Two; and Eric Slater (Gloryana at New York City’s Public Theater) as Daniel and Fetus One.
A world-premiere co-production with South Coast Repertory, Smokefall runs October 5 – November 3 in the Owen Theatre (opening night is Monday, October 14). Tickets ($10-$40; subject to change) are on sale now at GoodmanTheatre.org/Smokefall, by phone at 312.443.3800 or at the box office (170 North Dearborn). Bank of America is the 2013/2014 Owen Season Sponsor.
“The Goodman has collaborated on Smokefall since 2011, so to be able to open the Owen season with this highly theatrical, unique production is a great joy,” said Artistic Director Robert Falls. “Noah has a singular, theatrical voice, and his plays shine in a highly original, imaginative world. Smokefall is thought-provoking and entertaining at the same time, and I am thrilled to welcome him back to our home.”
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ACT OUT OPENING: The Crownless King at The House Theatre 8/30
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Click here to check out ChiIL Live Shows' video interview with Dennis Watkins, who puts the MAGIC in Magic Parlour and who just finished another awe inspiring run of Death and Harry Houdini.
Mark Your Calendars
THE CROWNLESS KING
A fantasy action-adventure on the high seas
By Nathan Allen and Chris Mathews
Directed by Nathan Allen
August 30- October 20, 2013
ROSE AND THE RIME
A modern myth for the Middle West
By Chris Mathews, Jake Minton, and Nathan Allen
Directed by Nathan Allen
January 17 – March 9, 2014
DORIAN
A vivid fantasy of horror and beauty
By Ben Lobpries and Tommy Rapley
Based on the novel ‘A Picture of Dorian Gray’ by Oscar Wilde
Directed and Choreographed by Tommy Rapley
April 4 – May 18, 2014
ALSO
THE NUTCRACKER
Our magical story for Christmas
Book by Jake Minton and Phillip Klapperich
Music by Kevin O’Donnell, Lyrics by Jake Minton
Based on the story by E.T.A. Hoffmann
Directed and Choreographed by Tommy Rapley
November 8 – December 29, 2013
THE MAGIC PARLOUR
at The Palmer House Hilton Hotel
an intimate evening of classic magic with Dennis Watkins
every Friday night
A fantasy action-adventure on the high seas
By Nathan Allen and Chris Mathews
Directed by Nathan Allen
August 30- October 20, 2013
ROSE AND THE RIME
A modern myth for the Middle West
By Chris Mathews, Jake Minton, and Nathan Allen
Directed by Nathan Allen
January 17 – March 9, 2014
DORIAN
A vivid fantasy of horror and beauty
By Ben Lobpries and Tommy Rapley
Based on the novel ‘A Picture of Dorian Gray’ by Oscar Wilde
Directed and Choreographed by Tommy Rapley
April 4 – May 18, 2014
ALSO
THE NUTCRACKER
Our magical story for Christmas
Book by Jake Minton and Phillip Klapperich
Music by Kevin O’Donnell, Lyrics by Jake Minton
Based on the story by E.T.A. Hoffmann
Directed and Choreographed by Tommy Rapley
November 8 – December 29, 2013
THE MAGIC PARLOUR
at The Palmer House Hilton Hotel
an intimate evening of classic magic with Dennis Watkins
every Friday night
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