Archives: December 2016
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- Against Me! at Riot Fest by Katie Hovland
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- Against Me! at Riot Fest by Katie Hovland
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- Against Me! at Riot Fest by Katie Hovland
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- Against Me! at Riot Fest by Katie Hovland
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- Jeff Pezzati of Naked Raygun Photo by Katie Hovland
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- Jeff Pezzati of Naked Raygun Photo by Katie Hovland
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- Bill Stephens of Naked Raygun Photo by Katie Hovland
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- Fritz Doreza of Naked Raygun Photo by Katie Hovland
The Flips – “Borne On the FM Waves of the Heart” (Exclusive)
On New Year’s Day, Artistic Integrity Records will release its fourth annual covers compilation, and this year it’s a tribute to Against Me!. Featuring 26 bands in total, An Impression of an Original: A Tribute to Against Me!, finds a variety of artists covering songs that span the band’s entire catalog. Proceeds from the compilation will be donated to Gender Is Over, which is a project that AM! frontwoman Laura Jane Grace has supported and worked closely with in the past. We’re premiering the record’s third song below, and it’s from Chicago’s own The Flips. The band chose to cover “Borne On the FM Waves of the Heart,” one of the most prominent tracks from Against Me!’s major label debut, New Wave. Check out the song now and don’t forget to purchase the compilation on January 1st here.
Sean McKeough Memorial Benefit
Riot Fest partner and Cobra Lounge/All Rise Brewing founder, Sean McKeough, passed away unexpectedly on November 29th, 2016. Through the All Rise Foundation that McKeough established in 2014, his family and friends strive to preserve his memory and have planned an event to celebrate his life next month. On Friday, January 6th, Naked Raygun and Deal’s Gone Bad will play the Concord Music Hall, and there will also be a silent auction with all proceeds benefitting the All Rise Foundation. The foundation is managed by Sean’s longtime partner, Erin Raymer, and aims to assist causes that McKeough supported, like underserved youth musicians, animal shelters and cancer research. The show starts at 7:00 PM, is 17+ and tickets are available here.
New Dougs
Last week, Chicago’s New Dougs released their debut EP, Stoked, via Hewhocorrupts Inc. The band formed earlier this year and features Jason Waclawik, (Sig Transit Gloria/Brockmeyers) on guitar, vocals and keyboards, as well as singer Michelle Diamond, (Eternal Flames). When asked about the band’s origins, Waclawik said “I have always been a fan of Michelle’s voice and jumped at the chance to sing with her. We gelled musically, so I asked Michelle if she’d want to try working on original material I had been writing and recording. Some of these songs would eventually appear on Stoked.”
The duo recently made a video for one of the EP’s songs, “Spaghetti,” which Waclawik described as being about “my adulthood brain mush.” When discussing the video’s creation, he said “We knew the ‘Spaghetti’ video would be the introduction to our band for many. I wanted to shoot some scenic footage and let the story emerge during post-production. On a beautiful fall morning we headed to the North Park Village Nature Center and the Avondale neighborhood, walking around with binoculars and yelling, ‘DOUG!’ Our friend Rich Szczepanski shot it using my iPhone and I did the edit. The end result was a feel good video for sure and we really did spot that deer, (the first one).”
Check out the video for “Spaghetti” above and be sure to head to New Dougs’ release show this Friday at the Burlington Bar. The event, billed as the Hewhocorrupts Holiday Party, starts at 9:00 PM and also features Lasers and Fast and Sh!t.
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Photos by Katie Hovland
We met up with Me First and the Gimme Gimmes at Riot Fest this year and talked with singer Spike Slawson. We discussed their latest collection of cover songs, Are We Not Men? We Are Diva!, as well as a range of other topics that spanned the punk rock supergroup’s two-decade-plus career. We asked Slawson about the band’s process for choosing songs, what his favorite ones are to sing, if they’ve ever heard back from any of the artists they’ve covered and more. We also spoke about The Gimmes’ upcoming greatest hits record, which they plan on releasing in 2017.
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