Alt-J (Cambridge, UK) and JBM (Montreal, Quebec) September 21st, 2012 Empty Bottle in Chicago, IL Gallery: Alt-J at the Empty Bottle An Awesome Wave has been ripening on the vines over in Europe for the better half of 2012. Since it’s debut earlier this year, Cambridge via Leeds’-be it the UK’s latest and newly Mercury(…)
Chicago’s very own psych/synth-pop, Netherfriends has released a new album, Middle America; the first album in his 50 Songs, 50 States project. Shawn has been touring constantly around the country, this summer he will fly out to Alaska. With his pedal loops, synth, and dance moves, Netherfriends not only makes beautiful music, he also performs like(…)
Housse de Racket (Paris, France) March 29th, 2012 Empty Bottle in Chicago, IL Paris dreamboat duo, Housse de Racket are Pierre Leroux and Victor le Masne. Chicago was one of their first stops after SXSW on their first headlining tour in North America. Despite technical difficulty during their second song, “Chateau”, which lead singer/guitarist, Pierre played while(…)
Young Galaxy (Montreal), Winter Gloves (Montreal), and The Single Helix (Chicago) March 25th, 2011 Empty Bottle in Chicago, Illinois Gallery: Young Galaxy at Empty Bottle Following the show last Friday, Stephen Ramsay pointed out this review of their New York show at Mercury Lounge, in which the writer just seemingly couldn’t get past Catherine McCandless’(…)
Los Campesinos! with Jeffrey Lewis & The Jitters The Empty Bottle in Chicago, Illinois May 28th, 2008 John Brunner : SmugMug It’s always a pleasant surprise when an opening act does something fresh. Jeffrey Lewis did that last night before the Los Campesinos! show. The lower east side of NY group recited a poem devoted(…)