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Bad Veins did not let us down last night as they delivered an epicly lush set from the stage of The Empty Bottle. The fact that two dudes and a reel-to-reel tape machine can deliver such impassioned, majestic music is hard to believe until you experience it for yourself. We spoke to the band after the show and they hope to return to Chicago early next year, and when they do you should make sure you are in the crowd that night.

First of all, let's just get this out of the way at the very top; Bad Veins sound a LOT like The Killers before that band went and embraced their Las Vegas roots to a ridiculous extent. Bad Veins singer Benjamin Davis bears a striking vocal resemblance to Brandon Flowers -- had Flowers ever taken vocal lessons and gained more control and range -- and the music he creates with drummer and musical partner Sebastien Schultz has that same expansive, epic feel that is catchy instead of monolithic. So there, that's done. Now that's out of the way, let's center on just how awesome these guys are.