This Weekend In Music: Three To See
By Tankboy in Arts & Entertainment on Jan 31, 2014 10:30PM
Tight Phantomz play Subterranean on Saturday. Photo by John Study
Tight Phantomz at Subterranean
Mike Lust and his Tight Phantomz take forever to release records and don't play out nearly as much as we'd like so this show is a special treat. It took them roughly a jillion years (or, um, seven) to release their massive double album Silk Prison—though they've been better in the last year about releasing the occasional single—but maybe that's because their influences range so far and wide it's just hard to bring them all together. It's like diving into never-ending flickering, shimmering shades of sound. It's never boring. This show is also part of the Epitonic Chicago Deep Freeze Festival so if you want to see various music and comedy between Subterranean and Double Door from Jan. 31 through Feb. 1 you can get passes here.
Saturday, February 1, at Subterranean, 2011 W North, 8 p.m., $10 adv. / $12 at the door, 21+
Bloodiest at Double Door
Bloodiest has always sounded to us like a spaghetti western helmed by Nick Drake and channelled through the darkest of metal corridors. At times their delivery is haunting and at others it is a positively terrifying onslaught of noise but their music is always mesmerizing. They're most recent album Descent is good, but their stage show is even better. This show is also part of the Epitonic Chicago Deep Freeze Festival so if you want to see various music and comedy between Subterranean and Double Door from Jan. 31 through Feb. 1 you can get passes here.
Saturday, February 1, at Double Door, 1572 N Milwaukee, 8 p.m., $10-$12, 21+
(Ed. Note: Both the Tight Phantomz and Bloodiest shows are part of Epitonic's Chicago Winter Deep Freeze Festival Jan. 31 - Feb. 1 at Subterranean and Double Door. You can view the full lineups of musical acts and comedians and buy festival passes here. — CS)
The Stepkids at Park West
It's too bad The Stepkids are opening for a jam band becsue while their sound can edge into the realm of jazz their heart is bolted in with soul. Their debut album was a terrific mixture of '60s idealism and a mixture of '70s disc and some straightforward R&B. On their latest they dip a little too deeply into the Steely Dan style of songwriting and production, which turned us off but might be right up your alley. Live though, they are an amazing three piece that creates a bigger sound than you'd expect.
Saturday, February 1, at Park West, 322 W Armitage, 8 p.m., $30 adv. / $35 at the door, 18+