Knuckle Puck:
Life Imitating Art
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A CD release celebration for the blues artist's new Alligator release, "The Chicago Way." The best blues
bargain in town...Lagunitas and WDCB's Blues Time with Tom Marker present a monthly show dedicated
to the blues. Plus new in 2016 - BBQ by AUTRE MONDE, available throughout the evening
Bluesday Tuesday with Toronzo Cannon
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Raffle prizes featuring restaurant gift cards, family photo package, jewelry,
spa services, theme baskets and more! From 7pm-10pm
Line Up for Lisa Benefit music by Expo '76
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Spirituals to Depression-era blues, from ragtime to traditional jazz—Tuba Skinny;s sound
evokes the rich musical heritage of their New Orleans home. Doors open at 7 pm.
Tuba Skinny
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Founder, primary songwriter and former lead vocalist for Georgia Satellites
Dan Baird & Homemade Sin plus The Jimmys
In The SideBar
Ralph Covert's Acoustic Army
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Come on out and celebrate the third anniversary of our evening of spoken word
hosted by Maureen Muldoon with musical improvisation by Cathy Richardson.
Voice Box with Cathy Richardson
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A month-long Wednesday night residency p eforming two sets. Doors open at 7 pm.
reaching the heights that Louis The Child
are reaching. Though the group – comprised of Robby Hauldren, 19, and Freddy
Kennett, 18 – isn’t letting their age stand in
the way of a serious career making music.
“For a while, we had a tough time getting
into the places that we were performing,”
Hauldren admits, “but aside from that, as
long as there’s quality music, it shouldn’t
really matter how old you are.”
Both members were active in different
areas of electronic music before linking up,
with Kennett already producing under the
title Fatboy, and Hauldren operating under
the alias Haul Pass, concentrating more on
mashups and DJ’ing. Since joining forces,
LTC has been building a buzz around
Chicago, with 2016 being a breakout year.
The duo is performing two shows at the
legendary Coachella Music Festival next
month, performing the same weekend as
heavyweights LCD Soundsystem, Jack Ü,
and M83.
“It’s always been about making good
music,” Kennett confirms about the duo’s
philosophy. “We decided after our first
couple shows to stop seeking them out,
and to work on getting our music out to as
many people as possible, working five to
eight hours a day on producing music.
Now, the past 10 shows have been sold
out. Working on music first has been the
decision that really brought us here.”
Out of LTC's growing catalogue, “It's
Strange" has served as their breakthrough
single. A Hype Machine hit, the track contains more than 20 remixes in its official
release formats. It’s a light and groovy
Anna Fermin's Trigger Gospel
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leeding-heart-on-your-sleeve poppunk is nothing less than a tradition
in Chicago, and south suburban outfit Knuckle Puck may just be the next heirs
to the purple velvet throne, delivering
heartfelt songs of heartbreak and redemption. The band - vocalist Joe Taylor, guitarists Kevin Maida and Nick Casasanto,
bassist Ryan Rumchaks and drummer John
Siorek - have released a steady stream of
EP’s since 2011, including 2013’s The
Weight That You Buried and 2014's While I
Stay Secluded. In the summer of 2015,
Knuckle Puck released their debut full
length, Copacetic, a record that’s upfront
and unabashed particularly on the brash
"Poison Pen Letter,” while moments like
“Ponder” offers a more vulnerable and
wounded perspective. Attend a Knuckle
Puck show and you’ll witness a room full
of fans feverishly emoting along to every
word of Copacetic’s epic closer, “Untitled.”
Summer 2015 also saw another landmark event for the group – Knuckle Puck
was a part of the Warped Tour. It’s a trek
Maida looks back on as a memorable, if not
surreal, experience. “I remember (the
Massachusetts show) was insane,” Maida
recalls. “None of us really had any real
concrete expectations for Warped Tour. But
days like that, and in Tinley Park, and a
handful of other dates where we actually
had a pretty sizable crowd just watching
us, is just like, ‘Whoa, this is kind of weird.’
It almost looks like you’re looking at a
painting, and it’s not real. You’re just looking at something that was made up, but it’s
like reality, in front of your face.” Anytime
people just watched us, I was like, ‘Wow.
Knuckle Puck
photo: Ashley Orborne
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Free entertainment at FitzGerald's in the club and SideBar inclues The Velvet Jimmys, Cast
Iron Skillet, Pack of Stanleys and Ian Leith. Doors to the club open at 7 pm; SideBar at 5 pm.
Green Mile Pub Crawl
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Performances by Switchback and the Colleens Irish Stepdancers, The Dooley Brothers, Beatles
Band (featuring Scott Ligon, Casey McDonough, Tony Kidonakis and Joe Camarilllo), Cannonball.
The Mayer School Stepdancers with Paul and Mary McHugh will perform in the aft \