Wilco has had a full blown revitalization this year, and they are capping it off with an appearance on Daytrotter. The band stopped by and performed four tracks from their critically acclaimed 2011 release The Whole Love.
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Secret Colours “Faust”
Secret Colours have released a video for the lead track "Faust" from their forthcoming EP3 by the same title. The video was directed by Elijah Alvarado and is just twisted enough to blow your mind. "Faust" will be released on January 1st.
You can catch Secret Colours at Empty Bottle on Jan. 7th.
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Ezra Furman “The Year of No Returning”
I received an email from Ezra Furman this week announcing his plans to release a solo album this February. The album will be called "The Year of No Returning", and Ezra sent along the album’s first track "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde".
MP3: Ezra Furman "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde"
In the press release that he included in his email he wrote, "these are songs I wrote after fighting with strangers. Stricken by writer’s block, I felt stuck in a songwriting persona that no longer applied to me. I don’t know why I was moved to start physical fights with people I met at bars. The first one happened by accident. The fact is, though, that I began writing the next morning and did not let up. Somehow physical violence was the catalyst for transcendence and forward creative progress. It’s something I do not recommend to others–I got hurt and I hurt other people. And yet for me, it was the key." Everyone finds their muse in different places, and Ezra Furman has found his in his fists, at least for this project.
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A Lull @ Subt
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Live from The Old Town School released today
This past week Old Town School of Folk announced that they will be releasing a four volume, 127 track collection of archived recordings. The recordings span 50 years and contains recordings from Joan Baez, Jeff Tweedy, Andrew Bird, Doc Watson, Pete Seeger, Lila Downs, Steve Earle, and more. The four volumes are broken down into "Family Music," "New Folk," "Trad Folk," and "World Music."
Here is "Dear Old Greenland" recorded by Andrew Bird on September 15, 2000 which is in the "New Folk" section of the collection.
This project is out today, and you can view the entire track list here.
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An Aesthetic Anaesthetic Kicks off a Campaign
Over the weekend, An Aesthetic Anaesthetic kicked off a campaign to raise fund for their next album. The band is hoping to raise at lease $1500 to help cover the cost of recording. The four-piece band has an array prizes levels line-up including copies of their the new album, their second, which will be called Names and be released in July.
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Midnight Moxie’s Mailbag
Midnight Moxie has launched a new web series called Moxie Mailbag where they attempt to answer the questions that their fans submit.
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Josh Carterer The Heart of Christmas
There may not be a more distinctive voice in Chicago music history than that of Josh Carterer of The Smoking Popes. This Christmas Josh has released a new solo album filled Christmas songs. When I say solo, I mean he sang all vocals, and played all instruments on the project – including, but not limited to, drums, guitar, keyboard, tambourine, shakers, hand claps, foot stomps and even 2x4s. The album, The Heart of Christmas, was released on November 22nd and Josh has been touring singing his carols since that time.
MP3: Josh Carterer "The Heart of Christmas"
He returns home tomorrow, Dec. 14th, for a show at Schubas with Scott Lucas and Rainbow Rhythms.
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Archie Powell & The Exports on Chic-A-Go-Go
Check out Archie Powell & The Exports on Chic-A-Go-Go and the show prepares for 2012.
The band is taking part is a great event this Friday, December 16th, at The Beat Kitchen. Noise For Toys is a rock n roll charity event featuring State and Madison, Archie Powell & The Exports, The Noise FM and The Scissors. Bring a packaged, unwrapped toy to be donated to the US Marine Corp Reserve “Toys For Tots” charity and receive half off the price of admission. Tickets are $10 or $5 with a unwrapped toy. Check out the Noise For Toys trailer here.
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Ami Saraiya and The Outcome
Tomorrow, on Dec. 13th, Grape Juice Records will be releasing the new 7" ep from Ami Saraiya and The Outcome. Ami has been making and recording music for years, but this is her official follow-up to her 2009 debut Archaeologist. The addition of The Outcome, hich includes Ben Gray (Mucca Pazza) on drums, Marc Piane on upright bass, Ronnie Kuller (Mucca Pazza) on violin, Gary Kalar on the electric guitar (Mucca Pazza) and Shirley Caen Rogiers and Courtney Glascoe on vocals, has brought a fullness to Ami’s sound.
MP3: "Cattle Prod Hands" by Ami Saraiya & The Outcome
You can catch Ami Saraiya & The Outcome at Saki for the record release and Christmas Mansion Holiday Party on December 17th at 8pm. It is a free show.
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Andrew Bird “Break It Yourself”
Mom + Pop Records announced this week that the next Andrew Bird album with be released on March 6th and will be called Break It Yourself.
Bird also announced his 2012 US tour dates and is offering the following to anyone who purchases a ticket any of the shows. You will receive a copy of Bird’s EP Fake Conversations which is a live ep from his October 2011 tour, a digital download of Break It Yourself at midnight on March 6th, and five-song souvenir live ep from the Break It Yourself tour coming in Spring 2012. The tour includes a a Chicago date on May 12th at Auditorium Theater.
Andrew Bird will be performing two shows at MoCA Chicago on 12/21 and 12/22.
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Bailiff on Audiotree
Bailiff recorded a session with Audiotree on Nov. 29th, and here is the track "Little by Little" from that session. You can watch their full session here. The track comes from their 2011 release Red Balloon which can be stream and purchased here.
You can catch Bailiff tonight, Dec. 9th, at Subt with Young Buffalo and Distractions.