Chicagoist Wants You 2 Shake Yr Ass

By Tankboy in Arts & Entertainment on Dec 15, 2005 9:51PM

This just in. If you were planning on catching The Assassins when they open for Kill Hannah next week (because why else would you be at a Kill Hannah show?) you’re out of luck since the concert is plum sold out. However you can count yourself a lucky ducky since they’re playing at Darkroom tonight! This crew is a favorite of ours and their shows are always incredible so strap on the galoshes, wrap around the scarf and get the to the show tonight.

Tomorrow night will up the ante on the hot-show-of-the-week-O-meter as both The Cupcakes and The Assembly take the stage at Double Door. We’ve gone on and on about these groups before as well so unless you want us to call you a “backward looking aural luddite” we expect to see you bobbing and bopping along to the tunes tomorrow night.

Saturday night sees The Frogs and Mommy And Daddy landing at Beat Kitchen. While we personally think Jimmy Frog’s oversized butterfly wings are growing a little tattered and long in the tooth – if you’ve seen the train-wreck that is a Frog’s live show you would immediately forgive our mixed metaphor here – but we’re glad to see the band is still out and about from time to time. It gives us a weirdly burning sensation that could either be sentiment or a warning that we should probably see a doctor post haste. The real treat here is NYC duo Mommy And Daddy, a two-piece injecting some honest life into the shambling remains of the electropunk movement.