Music & Nightlife
Edited by Zach Long
timeout.com/chicago/music @z_long
THE HOLD STEADY The dense lyricism and anthemic arrangements of Bruce Springsteen loom large over the
working-class, beer-soaked odes produced by the Hold Steady. Celebrating the 10th anniversary of its breakthrough release, Boys and Girls in America, the Brooklyn band revisits its vivid characters and rousing melodies with a performance of the album in its entirety.
Sept 17
Carnival of styles
There’s plenty of punk rock at Riot Fest, but this year’s lineup continues to reach
beyond the event’s origins. By Zach Long
DOUGLAS PARK will once again be filled with carnival rides, stages and leather-
JOEY BADA$$
At just 21 years old, Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott is a classically trained rapper who boasts a scholarly familiarity with the ’90s output of hip-hop greats like Nas and the Wu-Tang Clan. Channeling the dusty jazz samples and salient social commentary of his predecessors, Joey Bada$$ asserts himself as a modern MC with old-school style to spare.
Sept 18 Time Out Chicago September–November 2016
jacket–clad attendees as Riot Fest returns to Chicago’s West Side in September. Founded as an annual celebration of punk rock, the locally organized event is welcoming some genre titans this year, including the Misfits (with Glenn Danzig) and Social Distortion.
As usual, organizers are expanding the scope of the lineup, welcoming indie-rock, hip- hop, electronic and reggae artists alongside annual appearances by motivational rocker Andrew W.K. and costumed heavy-metal act GWAR. Before you put on a black T-shirt and join the fray, get acquainted with four not- quite-punk acts you can’t miss at the festival. Douglas Park, 1401 S Sacramento Dr (
riotfest.org). Sept 16–18 at 11am; $79.98–$699.98.
58 MORRISSEY
Though Morrissey maintains some punk-rock cred—he briefly fronted a British punk band called the Nosebleeds—he’s best known as the frontman of melancholic ’80s alt rockers the Smiths. Moz usually indulges Smiths fans with a rendition of his vegetarian anthem “Meat Is Murder” (to the chagrin of Riot Fest’s turkey-leg vendors), but he’s apt to draw mostly from his string of maudlin solo albums.
Sept 17
DAN DEACON
Emerging from the fertile Baltimore DIY scene that birthed acts like Beach House and Future Islands, Deacon makes willfully bizarre music that features chirping synthesizers and modulated vocals. Don’t expect to see him performing on a stage—the electronic tinkerer usually sets up his gear at ground level, turning his live shows into participatory experiences.
Sept 16
PHOTOGRAPHS (CLOCKWISE FROM BOTTOM LEFT): COURTESY PRO ERA; DANNY CLINCH; COURTESY MORRISSEY; FRANK HAMILTON
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