Bang Bang Slang jumps ship from Chicago with Coachella coverage 04/15 - 04/17
It was April before we knew it and by BBS standards, March had resulted in a slow concert calendar that wasn’t entirely up to par with our snooty, nearly-Springtime expectations. Booking managers in Chicago – get your shit together! There were some limitations of course, preventing coverage at concerts like Middle Brother/ Dawes/ Deer Tick (wish those Godspeed shows could have worked out too), but in the end it was all ok. Where March lacked in quantity of shows, it certainly made up for its lingering pace with brilliant performances from Bright Eyes and Destroyer/War on Drugs. And Michael Showalter‘s 2+ hour comedy set at Scubas was pretty enjoyable. The bar has been set high and so have the expectations for quality live music as April hits Chi-town and the concert calendar starts to get bloated with much-anticipated shows.
Aside from having no excuse – though we could think of a few – for missing Queen of the Stone Age, Kurt Vile, and Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears already, April’s concert calendar is still scorching and the months ahead are making us do that thing like a kindergartener does when they have to go pee really bad, but don’t know where the bathroom is. (SEE BELOW – dates in bold indicate that BBS will be in attendance)
… AND WE’RE GOING TO COACHELLA!!!! (Details to follow next week as we finalize the attack plan and tsee how these daily schedules shape up. Come on already.)
APRIL 2011
- 04/07: Cults @ Empty Bottle, Cave Singers @ Lincoln Hall, Two Door Cinema Club @ Park West (SOLD OUT)
- 04/08: Cut Copy @ Riviera (SOLD OUT), Dom @ Subterranean
- 04/09: Sharon Van Etten @ Lincoln Hall, Big K.R.I.T/Freddie Gibbs @ Bottom Lounge, Rober Plant @ Auditorium Theatre (SOLD OUT), Skeleton Witch @ Empty Bottle
- 04/11: Phosphorescent @ Lincoln Hall
- 04/12: Starfucker @ Lincoln Hall
- 04/15: BBS LEAVES FOR COACHELLA!!! (Be back soon, Chicago…), Tobacco @ Lincoln Hall, Jeff Tweedy @ The Vic (SOLD OUT)
- 04/16: Ha Ha Tonka @ Subterranean, Royal Bangs @ Empty Bottle, Jeff Tweedy @ The Vic (SOLD OUT)
- 04/18: Black Angels @ Lincoln Hall
- 04/19: Delorean @ Lincoln Hall, Foo Fighters “SECRET SHOW” TBA
- 04/20: Fresh & Only’s/Crocodiles @ Lincoln Hall, Rose Hill Drive @ Beat Kitchen
- 04/21: Low @ Lincoln Hall, Counting Crows @ House of Blues
- 04/22: Arcade Fire/The National @ UIC, Black Lips @ Logan Square Auditorium, TV on the Radio @ Metro (SOLD OUT)
- 04/23: Ezra Furman & The Harpoons @ Subterranean, Junip @ SPACE
- 04/24: Arcade Fire/The National @ UIC (SOLD OUT), Pinback @ Bottom Lounge
- 04/25: Arcade Fire/The National @ UIC (SOLD OUT)
- 04/26: Foals/Freelance Whales @ Metro
- 04/27: Pains of Being Pure at Heart @ Lincoln Hall
- 04/28: Pains of Being Pure at Heart @ Lincoln Hall
- 04/30: Coheed & Cambria @ House of Blues
Bang Bang Slang‘s Top 3 Concert Picks – APRIL:
1.) COACHELLA April 15-17
LISTEN: The Strokes – “Two Kinds of Happiness“
2.) Arcade Fire/The National @ UIC Pavillion, April 22nd
LISTEN: Arcade Fire – “Modern Man“
3.) Ezra Furman & The Harpoons @ Subterranean, April 23rd
LISTEN: Ezra Furman & The Harpoons – “I Wanna Be Ignored“
HONORABLE MENTION!!!
(if only we could attend. maybe after the Arcade Fire show. fingers crossed)
4.) Black Lips @ Logan Square Auditorium, April 22nd
LISTEN: Black Lips – “Navajo“
Camera still broken. Concert archives are about to get LIVE next week. Stay tuned…
Which shows are you looking forward to this April? Let us know and come meet us as always for a free beer – on BBS‘s tab!
*Remember – you can buy tickets to all upcoming Chicago shows on our concert calendar by clicking on the respective pictures on the sidebar of the site. Word.
