Last Minute Plans: Implodes

By Jon Graef in Arts & Entertainment on Aug 2, 2010 4:30PM

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While the Empty Bottle’s free Monday evening shows are a great opportunity to see a wide range of local bands for an ideal cost, tonight’s show offers an especially strong incentive to get out to the Ukrainian Village staple. In addition to Vacations, a group that sprung from the disbanded local indie-pop Chin Up Chin Up, those who venture out just a little earlier will catch Implodes, a shoegaze-tinged quartet who last year put out a very fine self-titled cassette on Plustapes. What’s impressive about Implodes is that not only are the individual members of the band are prolific in their own right - guitarist Ken Camden released his solo debut on Kranky this year - but that the group is able to come together to create some especially impressive psychedelic rock that may be lo-fi in sound but is ambitious in scope. According to their MySpace blog, an album is due shortly, so why not check them out now?

Vacations, Implodes, Tim Kinsella, Meryll, Monday August 2, 9:00 p.m., Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western Ave., FREE