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There’s always something going on around town in Chicago. It’s a great place to live, work, play or visit. Chicago is a town that always has something happening; news, sports, music, art, science, history, night life, local events and family fun.
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Chicago Nightclubs at noon Comes to Millennium Park  |
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 The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Millennium Park, in collaboration with the Pitchfork Music Festival, present the Audible Architecture: Chicago Nightclubs at Noon lunchtime performance series on select Mondays from June 16 – August 25, at Millennium Park’s Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Michigan Avenue at Randolph Street.
"This concert series is an exciting new effort that wouldn't be possible without collaboration from everyone involved, especially the Pitchfork Music Festival and the many clubs and promoters who will take part, “ said Cultural Affairs Program Director, Michael Orlove. “They contribute so much richness to the city's quality of life and its cultural landscape.”
Featuring cutting-edge rock, pop and more from Chicago and beyond, these concerts will take place from 12:15 – 1:30 pm. Each show is presented in partnership with the Pitchfork Music Festival and one of the city's leading clubs or promoters, including: Bottom Lounge, Empty Bottle, Hideout, Jam, Martyrs', and Schubas etc. "As a festival we're interested in not only supporting the musicians, but also the music community we live in," said Pitchfork Festival Director, Michael Reed.
The "Audible Architecture" series reflects the adventurous spirit of its’ sponsor the Pitchfork Music Festival. Held each July in Union Park on Chicago's near west side, it is curated by Pitchfork Media, the locally based and world-renowned Web source for cutting-edge music reviews and news. Last year's festival was lauded as "an unqualified artistic success" by the Chicago Sun-Times; the Guardian (UK) said it "showcased the most exciting new bands coming out of the U.S."
The schedule is as follows:
Monday, June 16
Bird Names (Experimental / Melodramatic Popular Song / Psychedelic) presented by Bottom Lounge Bird Names has been playing experimental pop music since the mid-00s. This energetic Chicago based outfit is known for their psychedelic sounds and creative hearts. Players include Albert Schatz, Nora Brank, David Lineal, and Colin Hartz.
Monday, June 23
Gary Higgins presented by Abbey Pub
During one forty-hour period in 1973, folk musician Gary Higgins and his band of five recorded his only LP, Red Hash. Higgins disappeared shortly after this semi-legendary album was released, serving a prison sentence and later marrying. Word began to spread about Red Hash in the 90s leading to the album being remastered and reissued on Drag City in 2005. This obscure psychfolk masterpiece has influenced David Tibet of Current 93 and Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance.
Monday, June 30
The Killer Whales (Punk / Reggae / Afro-beat)
The Killer Whales have been moving crowds since 2004. With groove-heavy inspirations like War, the Wailers and Fela Kuti running through their minds, the Whales are unique for attacking their instruments with the mind-set that they’re members of a tribe on a desert island. Band
Members include: Travis Murphy, John Williams, Harry Brenner and Cameron Brand.
Monday, July 7
Le Loup (indie / experimental rock) presented by Schubas
Le Loup is an American indie band that was founded in Washington, D.C. in late 2006 by Sam Simkoff (keyboard/banjo). The band creates music heavily laden with intricate patterns and swells, edging towards dramatic, sweeping movements. Everybody in the live band sings, and all instruments work together to weave an overall sonic tapestry.
Monday, July 28
Bill Callahan (folk-rock) presented by JAM
Bill Callahan also known as “Smog,” is an American singer-songwriter who started out as a highly experimental artist. Callahan’s singing is strikingly characterized by his baritone voice and his free-form approach. Themes in Callahan's lyrics include relationships, moving, horses, teenagers, bodies of water, and more recently, politics.
Monday, August 4
Tortoise (Post-rock / Instrumental rock) presented by The Hideout
Tortoise is an instrumental rock band that formed in Chicago in 1990. Tortoise's almost entirely instrumental music defies easy categorization, and the group gained significant attention from their early career. The members have roots in Chicago's fertile music scene, playing in various
indie rock and punk groups. Tortoise was among the first American indie rock bands to incorporate styles closer to Krautrock, dub, minimalism, electronica, and various jazz styles, rather than the standard rock and roll and punk that had dominated indie rock for years.
Monday, August 11
TBA
Monday, August 18
The Ex with special guest Getatchew Mekuria (Punk / Anarcho-punk / Punk jazz ) presented by Empty Bottle After their start in 1979, The Ex developed over the years into a melting-pot of divergent musical styles: noise, rock, jazz, improvisation, and ethnic music have been interwoven under one unique umbrella: ‘Ex-music’. Discordant, highly rhythmic guitars and a rolling, almost African drumming style give the music of The Ex its special character. In 27 years The Ex has played 1,250 concerts all over Europe, Northern America and Africa, and made over 20 CDalbums.
Getatchew Mekuria is one of Ethiopia's most revered saxophonists. He gained international attention when the album Negis of the Ethiopian Sax was released as part of the Ethiopiques CD series.
Monday, August 25
Habib Koite & Bamada (Acoustic / Afrobeat / Alternative) presented by Martyrs'
Malian guitarist Habib Koité is one of Africa’s most popular and recognized musicians. His unique approach to the guitar includes tuning his instrument to the pentatonic scale and playing on open strings. At other times Koite's music sounds closer to the blues or flamenco, two styles he studied under Khalilou Traoré, a veteran of the legendary Afro-Cuban band Maravillas du Mali. Koite's supporting cast, the band Bamada, is a super-group of West African talent that includes Kélétigui
Diabaté.
Millennium Park is an award-winning center for art, music, architecture and landscape design.
The result of a unique partnership between the City of Chicago and the philanthropic community, the 24.5-acre park features the work of world-renowned architects, planners, artists and designers. Among Millennium Park’s prominent features are the Frank Gehry-designed Jay
Pritzker Pavilion, the most sophisticated outdoor concert venue of its kind in the United States; the interactive Crown Fountain by Jaume Plensa; the contemporary Lurie Garden designed by the team of Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, Piet Oudolf and Robert Israel; and Anish Kapoor’s hugely popular Cloud Gate sculpture. Since its opening in July 2004, Millennium Park has welcomed more than 12 million of people, making it one of the most popular destinations in Chicago.
For more information about Millennium Park, call (312)742.1168 or visit www.millenniumpark.org.
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