The new release roundup:
New Ruins – This Life is Not Ours to Keep
Take Care – “Maltese” (streaming, from their forthcoming full-length)
The Dirty Feathers – Midnight Snakes (check out Jason Brown’s review here)
Panel Van’s side of their split with Peoria band Mammoths (streaming)
Psychic Twin – Psychic Twin (In other Headlights-related news, check out a batch of Brett Sanderson/Adam Fein tracks here)
Withershins – City Lights (single)
Dino Bravo – s/t/d (check out a sneak peek into the manufacturing, featuring locally-sourced cases)
Check out an awesome soundboard recording of Hum’s performance at A.V. Fest here, including the unreleased “Cloud City”.
Pygmalion continues to garner national press coverage, with writeups from Time Out Chicago and Paste Magazine. Check out additional photo galleries here (by SP writer Chris Davies) and here.
The Palace Flophouse have released a video for Bad Friends Forever track “Hostage Situation”
The C-U Folk and Roots Festival kicks off November 3rd. Look at a tentative schedule.
Analog Outfitters are showing movies every monday night outside on their wall at Neil and Columbia:
10/24 – The Blues Brothers
10/31 – Ziggy Stardust / The Labyrinth
11/07 – Truest Stories (starring David Byrne)
11/14 – Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii / Dark Side of the Moon
In one of the most amazingly odd bookings in recent history, Elsinore will open for Neon Indian and Kreayshawn at the Canopy next week.
Oh and by the way, Braid played a show at Pygmalion.