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June 14, 2010

list.in.to.chicago this week: 06.14.2010

The challenge for tonight is to go to a show with an international flavor wearing an Italy goalie jersey and try to stay in the dark about the Italy-Paraguay score. I was originally going to tune in on my phone, but decided against it, so I'm on tape delay.

Pick of the week
Tonight's free show with Tony Allen at Pritzker Pavilion looks like a good one, and it looks like the weather is going to hold. And you've got four nights to catch the Larry Coryell Trio at the Jazz Showcase to scratch your jazz itch.

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Just Vaughan's on Tuesday and The Globe on Wednesday, but the big news is that Andrew Fraker & Sons will be playing next Thursday at Lincoln Hall.

Recap
It's probably a good thing The Futureheads play at such a breakneck pace, since I had been up since 6:30 in the morning watching soccer. And also drinking. I could see how the sheer density of the music might not work for everybody, but I enjoyed it a lot. They've got a great wit onstage as well. Openers The Like were a quintessential bubblegum punk-pop girl band, down to the schoolgirl outfits and the farfisa organ patches. Sorta like locals The Dials, but with more famous parents. Speaking of the farfisa, while I still maintain that you can't look cool playing keyboards, you can definitely look sexy, but we've known that since Prince's "1999" video. The Static Jacks had a decent enough post-punk sound, but something about the singer's voice bugged me.

6.14   monday
Tony Allen with Great Lake Swimmers (Priztker Pavilion)
Afropop makes me happy, and Tony Allen is an all-star in the field, having held down the drums for Fela Kuti and then gone and branched into all manner of adjacent styles with his slinky beats.

Marah with Nathan Xander and Witchouse (Lincoln Hall)
The roots rock band from Philly had enough early comparisons to Bruce Springsteen that he actually guested on one of their records. Now, their claim to fame seems to be three times as many former band members as current band members.

6.15   tuesday
Open Jam (Vaughan's)   COZ SINGS!
This may actually be the first time I see Tony in three weeks. We've had stretches where we have rehearsals and/or gigs together maybe four or five nights out of a week, so I guess the pendulum had to swing in the other direction eventually.

Cute Is What We Aim For with The Friday Night Boys, The Bigger Lights, Down With Webster, The Break (Reggie's Rock Club)
Where Astronauts Go To Hide with Breathe Owl Breathe, Photographers (Schubas)
I do wonder if the novelty of these novel-length band names has worn off, and if the bands get tired of, say, not being able to fit on a marquee. Of course, this is coming from someone who was in a band in high school called Chester the Jester and his Downtown Fools, which I still kind of like.

6.16   wednesday
Sing Along With Coz (The Globe Pub)   COZ SINGS!
Come for the World Cup replays at 7pm, stay for the open mic. And, if I may talk a little smack, a proper open mic has beer, not martinis, dammit!

Born Ruffians with Young Rival, Netherfriends (Lincoln Hall)
All I've got on these guys is that my cousin's boyfriend told me to check them out maybe two years ago, and then I couldn't find them on Rhapsody.

Indian Jewelry with Chandeliers, Bitchin' Bajas (Empty Bottle)
The Texas psychedelic noise rock band's Wikipedia page calls their shows "seizure-inducing." That must pack 'em in. Openers Chandeliers were most recently here opening for Yeasayer at Metro a couple months back.

6.17   thursday
Larry Coryell Trio (Jazz Showcase)
There are many upsides to the return of the Showcase, but one that stands out is the return of the annual-if-not-more-frequent trio shows from guitarist Coryell, with Larry Gray and Paul Wertico on bass and drums, respectively.

The English Beat (SPACE, Evanston)   SOLD OUT!
I feel like Dave Wakeling alternately comes through town at The English Beat, General Public, and under his own name on a rotating basis. He also would typically play Double Door, so the move up to our near northern suburb is marginally significant.

New York Dolls with The Last Vegas (Double Door)
I know they're sort of an important band in the glam rock pantheon, but David Johansen at 60 kind of creeps me out.

6.18   friday
MGMT with Tame Impala (Riviera Theatre)   SOLD OUT!
After all the hype and critical wringing of hands over what the second album from these guys actually meant, I never did get around to listening to it more than once, and it didn't really stick. Live, I feel like they're still a bit of a work in progress, to the point where they need to maybe breathe some life into their less hook-y tunes. Of course, the new record is allegedly all less hook-y, so maybe they'll follow the early Pink Floyd muse ascribed to them and start exploring outer space, figuratively speaking. When I saw them open for Beck, they had one guitar player who seemed to be coming from a shredding background, which might make those efforts a little jarring.

Fareed Haque Group with Room 11, The Hue (Cubby Bear)
The change in the booking approach at Cubby Bear has been noticeable for at least a year now, but jazz fusion in that room takes me way back to the mid-90s when I saw the likes of John McLaughlin and Banned from Utopia there. That said, I don't know if this is their idea, or if The Hue basically bought out the room the way I think they did at Bottom Lounge for their CD release. Which is not a knock on them, but more an unfortunate fact of life if you're a fusion band from the suburbs.

The Fiery Furnaces with Robbie Hamilton and Soft Ones, The Field Auxiliary (Empty Bottle)
I really have a hard time keeping these "FF" bands straight. This is the brother and sister indie/experimental duo from Brooklyn who grew up in Oak Park and did that one album with/about their grandmother and subsequently signed to local label Thrill Jockey.

CocoRosie with Diane Cluck (Metro)
There was a bit of a groundswell of buzz around these sisters and their Paris-by-way-of-everywhere "freak folk" three years ago when their last record dropped, so we'll see what happens now that they've got a new album.

Larry Coryell Trio (Jazz Showcase)
See Thursday's listing.

6.19   saturday
The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir with Very Truly Yours, Wells-Next-The Sea (Subterranean)
This is the local band's first show since they got in a serious van accident when they were touring in the fall.

The Eagles with The Dixie Chicks, Keith Urban (Soldier Field)
As they got older, The Eagles sort of owned up to being a country band in a rock band's body in a lot of ways, so this bill shouldn't really be much of a surprise. I'm not entirely sure what to expect from bands "of this age" anymore. Obviously, The Rolling Stones and The Who try to at least recapture their youthful vigor, but it's not like The Eagles were really a high-energy band in the first place.

Takin' It To The Streets (Marquette Park)
Mos Def headlines this outdoor festival down at 67th and Kedzie, along with Brother Ali, Tinariwen, Kindred the Family Soul, Alpha Yaya Diallo, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Outlandish, Fnaire, and others

Brad Cole's Acoustic Circus (Elbo Room)
I have just been handed a piece of paper -- okay, received an e-mail -- about this show from a local promoter. Not sure how Brad's Acoustic Circus compares to Oakley's Outlaw Roadshow, but these singer/songwriter nights seem to be all the rage. With Dean Milano, Jenny Bienemann, T-Bird Magera, Venita Sekema, Sara Donner and "Brad Cole and Friends," which I take to mean that Mr. Cole doesn't like anyone else on the bill. Kidding.

Larry Coryell Trio (Jazz Showcase)
See Thursday's listing.

6.20   sunday
John Doe with Jon Langford (SPACE, Evanston)
I'm still assuming this is the guy from X, although with two shows in three months here, I'm wondering if it's either someone else, or if he moved here. Wikipedia says he's still in California, but also that he's originally from Decatur. Maybe his family does Thanksgiving in June, too.

Hot Tuna featuring G.E. Smith (Old Town School of Folk Music)
It began as a side project for Jefferson Airplane while Grace Slick was sidelined, but Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady have been keeping things going for quite a while now. And if G.E. Smith sounds familiar, it's because he used to run the Saturday Night Live band. And play with Hall & Oates.

Larry Coryell Trio (Jazz Showcase)
See Thursday's listing.

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