Chicagoist: My Brawlroom Valentine

lulu

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:15:50 -0600

I love the Brawlroom. My grandparents met at a dance there and eloped from there 6 months later on New Year's Eve. Plus I saw someone get knifed during an Iggie Pop concert.

RalphWiggum

Wed, 07 May 2008 12:40:35 -0600

I couldn't agree more with the Aragon being one of the worst venues in the city. The decor is abysmal but tolerable, however the acoustics and the heat basically ruined the last show I attended there (Flaming Lips) and I have no desire to ever return.

celerysalt

Wed, 07 May 2008 09:57:22 -0600

See, God does listen to little girls' prayers. MBV was the one show that got away, and finally.... I don't mind the Brawlroom. It's got some serious old school cred and I have great, great memories of that place in the early 90s. Also, the acoustics do sound like you're standing in an aluminum shit house, but didn't KS engineer Loveless for that inside an aluminum shithouse sound anyway?

Stephen

Tue, 06 May 2008 21:06:20 -0600

I agree with BWChicago, the sound at Interpol was pretty decent. My impressions of the paint job was that it was 'historically accurate'. I'll be fighting my way to the front for MBV - see you there!

BWChicago

Tue, 06 May 2008 19:31:34 -0600

I dunno. It seemed like the acoustics had been fixed pretty well when interpol played there recently. The new management has uglied things up with garish paint jobs though.

YoknapatawphaTourismBoard

Tue, 06 May 2008 17:26:48 -0600

Yes, how will you ever capture the nuances of Kevin Shields' delicate guitar work? Worse, what if you couldn't make out the lyrics? Hehe.

whirlofagirl

Tue, 06 May 2008 15:52:10 -0600

ahhh, those buckets of beer! oh, to be 16 with a fat, black sanford marker and watching a gig at the aragon.

smussy

Tue, 06 May 2008 15:50:41 -0600

yep. the place sucks. every now and again, i feel compelled to go .. last time was manu chao. it was completely worth it. i ended up in the front row, however, so that might have had something to do with it. yay.

matty

Tue, 06 May 2008 15:25:06 -0600

I'm there.