Assault The Weekend! (6/4/10)

June 4th, 2010 by Oswald Hobbes / Comment on this post

Hey! It’s the weekend. Here’s what you should do, if you’re looking for musical entertainment. Just add beer:

FRIDAY

I Lost Control bring their weird, bracing post-punk amalgam to the Abbey Pub on Friday, w/ support from Magatha Trysty, The Hurtin’ Kind, Alexander Webb, and London Anderson. I Lost Control should appeal to anybody that likes gloomy British music from the ’80s, but they’re a little more interesting than most of their immediate peers. You can check out their MySpace to get an idea of what they’re doing -- my personal fav is “I Lost Control,” for two reasons: 1) The track sounds like Ian Curtis lounging around on a Sunday afternoon with Robert Smith, both of them in bathrobes and too tired to work up a real bad mood. 2) Saying “‘I Lost Control’ by I Lost Control” just sounds awesome. Doors open at 8 and tickets are ten bucks. Third World Timmy will be there taking photographs with his expensive camera, so if you see a muscley guy with wicked tats in the front row, go up and buy him a beer. (Also: This isn’t really relevant to anything, but Magatha Trysty is the best/worst band name I’ve ever heard, and I really wish I was going to this show so I could see how, exactly, they back that up musically. Oh well.)

SATURDAY

Continuing our current trend of hyping the shit out of darkroom, I’m going to recommend you check Gospel Gossip’s set there on Saturday. The singer kind of sounds like one of the Indigo Girls totally losing her shit, and this is accompanied by the kind of warm, fuzzy alt-rock that makes me miss watching MTV late at night in the ’90s. Also: they’re from Minnesota, and Minnesota bands know how to party -- it’s colder than shit there, which gives them plenty of time to stay inside and practice wailing on their instruments (while drinking copious amounts of Natural Ice). Check out the MySpace for a little preview, and I think you’ll agree when I say that this is a pretty cool band. And darkroom is obviously awesome, since we talk about so much on this website. Also playing: Spouse, Bully Pulpit, and Matt Crews. Thangs pop off at 8pm, and tickets are ten bucks at the door. Do it!

SUNDAY

I’m going to be honest with you: I’m leaving for vacation in a few hours and I really want to wrap this up, and it’s somewhat of a slow weekend in Chicago. So, fuck it: Liza Minnelli is playing the Chicago Theatre. She’s kind of weird, and I’m personally not crazy about her voice, but… whatever. She was on Arrested Development, and that is the best TV show of all time, so fork out the $55 for a ticket and make it work! The show starts at 7:30, and you should probably ask your grandmother if she wants to come, too.