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Walking Bicycles
Empty Bottle
1035 N Western Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
Aug 1, 2016
9:00 PM UTC
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Returning for their first show since March 2015 is LOVELY LITTLE GIRLS, an avant-rock collective led by artist GREGORY JACOBSEN and bassist ALEX PERKOLUP. Using JACOBSEN's grotesque paintings as a basis, they write theatrical suites that transform child-like musical motifs into alien and frightening charges of dissonance, tangled polyrhythms and Catholic Church ceremony seriousness. We're celebrating their latest record release this evening, and could not be more stoked. Incorporating experimental performance art, noise music and rock & roll, BOBBY CONN has been a staple of the experimental rock community for the better part of the past two decades and is known for his viciously catchy and elaborate charades. In the words of Tiny Mix Tapes, “much like macaroni, Chicago music fixture BOBBY CONN is always there for you. Propulsive post-punk band WALKING BICYCLES will be returning to our stage and we're stoked to have them back. Founded in the Pacific Northwest in 2004, their first record, a six-song self-titled EP of dark and peculiar music was released in 2005 (which is currently 11 years ago - WHOA). They then moved to Chicago and now have four releases under their belt(s) plus what SPIN describes as a “Dynamic, genre defying act.”Kicking this evening into gear is CHORUS OF SHADOWS, the latest audo noir project from BALTHAZAR DE LEY (HUM, MENTHOL, LA SCALA).
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Walking Bicycles Biography
"Cult classic not best seller" Chicago’s Walking Bicycles have been making their own brand of bombastic and peculiar music since 2004. Walking Bicycles sound has been described as... "doomy, booming music that sounds like a medical emergency crossed with an existential crisis... Almost as impressive as its sheer power, though, is its concision" - STEREOGUM "the quartet hauls doom metal's weight through post-punk's sharp corners...Jason's unnerving bass lines and Deric's relentless drumwork mix seamlessly with Jocelyn's screams and Julius's squalls. It's a singular engine of sound" - NOISEY ”evoking early, abrasive Siouxsie and the Banshees and even touching on Clinic's more frenzied forays into noise pop.” - AV CLUB "dark and aggressive, but they've got plenty of hooks" - BROOKLYN VEGAN "eccentric noise-pop" - MAGNET MAGAZINE "caustic and unconventional post-punk" - CHICAGO TRIBUNE "harbingers of chaos and chords from hell dish out the punishment spiked with pleasure..." - IMPOSE MAGAZINE "acid rock recalling Jane's Addiction in their heyday coupled with garage rawness"- HIGH TIMES MAGAZINE Musings to Walking Bicycles about Walking Bicycles i.e. our pro endorsements “nice shirt” -Liam Gallagher (Oasis) “what are you doing here” –Luke Jenner (The Rapture) “you look like Jim Breuer” –Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) “How old are you” – Katy Perry “why don’t you take a minute to learn your guitar part” –Steve Albini (Shellac) “I don’t remember how to play that song” – Bono “We can always find you guys cause no one sits around you” -Tim Fletcher & Olivier Corbeil (The Stills) “Thanks for the pizza” - Shingai Shoniwa (The Noisettes) “you’re crazy” -Dave Wyndor (Monster Magnet) “no thanks” -Caleb Followill (Kings Of Leon) “I’m sorry, take your time” –Jack White “sure” –Roy Orbison Listen to Walking Bicycles music @ http://walkingbicycles.bandcamp.com/
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