Write your Music & Nightlife Bully
own review at
timeout.com/ reviewchicago
Edited by Zach Long
music.chi@
timeout.com @z_long
Tobacco
For more In the know
Annual winter music festival Tomorrow Never Knows is back with another crop of rising bands. Who should you see? By Zach Long
Lady Lamb
Twenty-five-year-old Aly Spaltro began writing songs as a teenager, recording in the basement of the video rental store where she worked. These fertile creative beginnings informed the imaginative indie rock that fills her 2015 album, After, contrasting the realities of early adulthood with dreamlike imagery. Spaltro may be another twentysomething artist living in Brooklyn, but her head (and music) is still firmly in the clouds. She’s joined by American Wrestlers. Lincoln Hall, 2424 N Lincoln Ave (773-525-2508, lh-st .com). Jan 13 at 9pm; $15.
Tobacco
As the leader of Black Moth Super Rainbow, Thomas Fec doles out glistening, vocoder-drenched electropop, but the output of his solo project is far more abrasive. Released under his Tobacco moniker, 2014’s Ultima II Massage sounds like a John Carpenter soundtrack augmented with distorted rhythms and raspy vocals. Much like a good ’80s horror movie, it’s dark and campy in all the right ways. Shigeto opens with a DJ set. Smart Bar, 3730 N Clark St (773-549-4140,
smartbarchicago.com). Jan 14 at 10pm; $15.
Torres
Dealing with religion and personal
transformation, Torres’s 2015 release, Sprinter, is an inherently intense
record, but
interviews and show listings, visit
timeout.com/ chicago/music- nightlife
its atmospheric folk-rock is even more powerful onstage. Like PJ Harvey and Angel Olsen, singer Mackenzie Scott is capable of the kind of visceral live sets that leave you emotionally drained. Scott’s TNK appearance marks her first performance at Lincoln Hall—the perfect venue to showcase her slow-burning arrangements and gut-wrenching vocals. Palehound sets the stage. Lincoln Hall. Jan 15 at 9pm; $15.
The Go! Team
Ah, the halcyon days of the mid- aughts, when a few bloggers could turn a DIY recording project into a Mercury Prize–nominated record. The Go! Team
mastermind Ian Parton experienced this phenomenon in 2004, when his genre- hopping album, Thunder, Lightning, Strike, became an overnight
Torres December 2015–February 2016
TIMEOUT.COM/CHICAGO 57 D emDecemb m
The Go! Team
critical sensation. A new LP, The Scene Between, brings the group’s notoriously energetic live show back to the U.S. for the first time in five years. Javelin supports. Lincoln Hall. Jan 16 at 9pm; $15.
Bully
If you thought grungy alt-rock died with the ’90s, you clearly haven’t listened to Bully. The four-piece Nashville act tracked its debut, Feels Like, at local recording studio Electrical Audio, layering Dinosaur Jr.–indebted power chord melodies with the impassioned yells of singer Alicia Bognanno. After appearing at Pitchfork and Lollapalooza last summer, the band returns to Chicago to close out the fest’s penultimate night with another evening of raucous sing-alongs. METZ and Slow Mass also perform. Metro, 3730 N Clark St (773-549-4140, metrochicago. com). Jan 16 at 9pm; $15–$18.
Tomorrow Never Knows takes place Jan 13–17 (
tnkfest.com).
Music & Nightlife
PHOTOGRAPHS (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT): POONEH GHANA; MAUREEN BOYLE; GROUND CONTROL TOURING; SHAWN BRACKBILL
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76