Marc Sultan played at The Empty Bottle on Thursday. more ›

So, you’ve decided to commit ritualistic satanic murder. First, no! YOU’RE EVIL AND MUST BE STOPPED. Second, if you’re going to commit ritualistic Satanic murder, do so to the right music: Namely, the debut album from instrumental doom-edelia trio Killer Moon. more ›

The Empty Bottle and Ad Hoc are teaming up to present Banter, a new series that celebrates experimental music and intelligent discourse by mingling art, informative presentations, live music and, of course, dancing. more ›

In the time that's passed between Tan Lines' first single four years ago and their recent debut full-length, Mixed Emotions, not much about Tanlines has changed--which is actually just fine. more ›

A few years ago we were sent a few demos by a group we only knew as Dirty Ghosts. From what we could tell they owned some really beat up synths and drum machines along with some ancient guitars and the resulting sound was delicious. It was lo-fi, but in the way that sounded like old Stax sides played through a punk rock Victrola. We fell in love with the tunes but could never divine anything solid about the band outside the fact that somewhere in the mix a woman was delivering vocals. more ›

Get out the white face paint and start practicing your best zombie shuffle, because this Saturday, the Empty Bottle will host Zombie Prom, a benefit for The Arts of Life. more ›

Local dreamy pop duo Architecture and Brazilian indie punk group Some Community play at the Empty Bottle tonight. more ›

Pilsen-based psych-rock act Stephen Paul Smoker is kicking spring off right with the release of its debut full-length album, Ripe Fruit. more ›

Electro-pop trio Moon Furies is preparing for the release of a new EP, Not Earth, and will swing by the Empty Bottle later this week for a live performance. more ›

A friend turned us on to French pop band Housse de Racket a couple of years ago after their 2008 debut, Forty Love. This album had us dancing in our seats on the bus, the train, and at our desk with a fresh mix of unmistakably French melodies, rock guitar, 80’s synth, and believe it or not, disco. The duo, Pierre Leroux and Victor Le Manse, have known each other since their school days in the Paris suburb of Chaville and, as you might have guessed, have connections to break out french rock bands Phoenix and Air as session musicians. They also nabbed the producer of Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Philippe Zdar, for their latest effort, Alesia. But don’t expect a carbon copy: “who better than Phoenix’s producer to keep us away from the sound of Phoenix?” more ›

The Empty Bottle is Chicago's mecca for many of the city's burgeoning underground live acts in their respective scenes, especially garage-rock. With this mind, the Bottle is offering a ticket bundle for March: $20 for seven garage-rock shows. more ›

In their weekly newsletter, Chicago/L.A. record store Permanent Records announced a two-day SXSW send-off fest called Sausage Fest. Two day passes for the March 10-11 affair are a measly $15, though individual tickets are also available. more ›

On their Facebook page, and in an email to local webzine LoudLoopPress, Hozac Records confirmed details of Blackout Fest 2012. This year's lineup includes a headlining set from Redd Kross, who will be performing songs from their debut LP Born Innocent. more ›

Through the transitive power of jangle, Hozac Records will be celebrating new releases from two different, yet like-minded, acts tonight at the Empty Bottle. Listen to new recordings from hot Chicago acts Radar Eyes and Bare Mutants here. more ›

Also featured today: a songwriters' open mic at the Horseshoe and a reminder about Green City Market's first winter market of the year. more ›

Tonight at the Empty Bottle: psych-rock group Great Society Mind Destroyers celebrate their cassette tape release with noisy rock trio Rodeo. more ›

You might not expect that a venue with an Old Style sign hanging out front and $5 beer-and-shot deals would offer membership plans, but the Empty Bottle always delights us with little surprises. more ›

Taking plenty of cues from artists like Kate Bush and The Knife, Austra made tidy drums, dance-ready synth beats and powerful vocals feel like a musical feast. more ›

Synth-pop songstress Austra plays the Empty Bottle tonight more ›

Once-local, weirdo-pop project Bird Names joins Cave and Running for a free show at the Empty Bottle tonight, making for a night jam-packed with local psychedelia and rife for sonic exploration. more ›

You can't just throw away nearly two decades of bathroom wall graffiti, so they chopped up pieces of the floor and the walls, cleaned them up, and turned them into coaster-sized pieces of art. more ›

For the ninth year running, the Empty Bottle and London’s The Wire magazine are presenting Adventures in Modern Music: A Five Day Celebration of Outsider Sounds. Following closely behind the World Music Fest, this multi-day event celebrates experimental music with an eclectic array of rare performances. more ›

Like many famous actors and artists, Canadian rockers BRAIDS (not to be confused with Bob Nanna's influential emo group) packed up from their hometown, moved to a new city and changed their name to make it big. Once hailing from Calgary, BRAIDS performed as The Neighborhood Council before heading to Montreal and assuming a new moniker. more ›

When you take Carrie Brownstein, Janet Weiss, Mary Timony and Rebecca Cole and put them together it reads like some indie rock dream equation: more ›

7:00 p.m., Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western, $10 more ›

For two acts whose names are so quickly spreading, Ornery Little Darlings and Netherfriends can be hard to catch live - both seem to prefer little-known, DIY spaces over commercial venues and both have been away touring as of late. But tomorrow night, these local favorites come together for a free show in the intimate confines of the Empty Bottle. more ›

Logan Square seems to be among Chicago’s most widely celebrated neighborhoods, at least when it comes to music. There was the I Love Logan Square celebration in spring, and the Logan Square Music Series: Sundays in the Park is finishing out the summer. And now The Square Affair is returning for its second year to celebrate the neighborhood’s eclectic music community. more ›

Now that major music fests Pitchfork and Lolla are finally over, here’s a little something for the ladies - Ladyfest Midwest is returning to Chicago. The volunteer-run, non-for-profit event celebrates women in the arts and will showcase a handful of local, female musicians this weekend. more ›

We've sort of been waiting for the right moment to write about Supreme Cuts, a local production duo hellbent on re-contextualizing the R&B palette into something a little more club-ready, a little more sultry, and a lot more bass-laden. The reason we haven't is, well, because there isn't much out there on Supreme Cuts, save for a few SoundCloud tracks, some edits, and a fantastic remix of Holy Other's "Touch". But now that they've released a mix for Fader and announced their first live show - which will be at Empty Bottle with oOoOO - we wanted to officially start buzzing on one of Chicago's best new things. more ›

A few months ago, we saw an opening band who truly defied categorization, Anatomy of Habit. Anatomy of Habit plays again Sunday. Here's why you should see them more ›