#diy chicago

[chicagohippie]

Hello lovelies, check out this awesome live sesh my friend's band just released. I know it's long, but it's such a talented group of musicians. Everybody go check out The God Awful Small Affairs. I love these humans and I think you will too

[joyfullllives]

do you ever get like trashy but hilarious nostalgia???

i would love to go to a fucking dumbass diy chicago house show at one of those houses that only last like a year because they’re all fuckers and the building gets condemned.

[chitownshitter-blog]

We Review: Glamour Hotline

Today we had the pleasure of listening to Glamour Hotline’s most recent album Home, a desperate attempt at a comeback after their first embarrassment of an album, not-so-aptly named Spooky Cool Girls (Girls they are, spooky and cool they are not). And what a desperate attempt at a comeback it is.  Before we go into our review of the musical dynamics of this hardly-artistic endeavor, we want to first comment on the incessant pop-ups that barraged the computer screen from the moment we opened Glamour Hotline’s bandcamp page. Be forewarned, dear readers: Glamour Hotline really, really wants you to buy their new album.  Take our word for it; it’s not worth the $1.99 investment.

 Now, onto the actual, er, music.  The opener is a track called “Welcome,” a sloppy piece of music that sounds like how alcohol poisoning feels.  You know that feeling when you’re too drunk to handle yourself, and you end up spending way too much time of an otherwise fun night crouched over a toilet dry-heaving and spitting all over yourself?  That’s “Welcome” in a nutshell.  Amazingly, the song’s run-time is only 1 minute, even though it seems to trudge along for an eternity.  Track 2, titled “Apartment,” is reminiscent of “Rock Lobster,” and not in a good way.  The amateur musicianship of the three band members is evident; the guitar riff is a sickly, weak series of notes that makes me feel bad for the instrument.  It sounds like the Shaggs, if they had a DS1.  The guitars need to be tuned.  There’s not much else to discuss for this one.  Track 3 is titled “Moving,” and we’re hesitant to even call it a song, since it’s only 43 seconds long and nothing of substance happens during it, not that this is new for the album at this point.  I imagine they named the track “Moving” because it’s supposed to represent a transition from one part of the album to another, or something similarly ham-fisted.  Yay for pseudo-intellectualism!  I know there’s a fourth song on this “album,” but it’s just as mediocre as the past three songs, and we don’t feel like dedicating any more of our time to such a doomed and unimportant musical project.

-Mephistopheles and Alceste

[chitownshitter-blog]

We Review: The Phoenix Process

The Phoenix Process has an album titled Reintegrating the Child.  We poor sods could only make it to the second song before we decided to exit the band’s page, forever.  The offending track, titled “Meek Pretty Girl,” is an affront to human kind.  It sounds like the kind of thing a real-life sex offender would sing to you before cutting off your tongue and adding it to his collection of human body parts. Yikes.  Sorry for the graphic imagery, readers.  It only gets worse from here.  Some of the most offensive lyricism ever written makes its way into the chorus of this song: “His semen ran down her breast.”  Yes, the front man of this abysmal group decided that those six words would suffice as a chorus.  We’re so disturbed by this single song that we literally cannot write anymore about this horrific album than we already have.  Thelma and Louise, out.

[glamourhotline-blog]

Mini documentary about Feminism in the Chicago DIY scene through Glamour Hotline’s experiences!

Directed and Edited by Kelly Anne Aden Audio Mixed by Jenna Cohen

[staylitmusic]

Chicagoverse 061 - Hannah Kopen (Canvas Chicago) by DYNASTY PODCASTS Dynasty Podcasts Chicagoverse 061 - Hannah Kopen (Canvas Chicago) http://dynastypodcasts.com https://soundcloud.com/dynastypodcasts In an impromptu interview at a Willis Tower party, Hannah Kopen of DIY creative space Canvas Chicago talks about her role producing events for the Wicker Park venue. Kopen also details the space's goals for connecting with the greater creative community and the public at large. Recorded as part of the #DYNASTYNEXT initiative. Hosted by Jaime Black Logo design by Danyelle Sage | http://danyellesage.com Voice imaging by Alice Hayes

[winterclassicchicago]

This Wednesday at SubT come see us play with some rad bands. $10 at the door and the show starts at 7pm.

[glamourhotline-blog]

Glamour Hotline @ Metro 04.21.16