What are you doing Friday?
I know that a good majority of the “local” people that read this blog will be going to Riot Fest this Friday, but if (by chance) you aren’t going, you should come out to Batavia, IL since I’m playing a free show and sharing the bill with Dustin Darnold. That’s right, I said FREE show. (Read more…)
Allister / August Premier – Live 10/3/10 @ Subterranean
I know this is about 2 months late, but sometimes things just work that way. Chicago’s Subterranean played host to the record release show for Allister’s new album Countdown To Nowhere. We saw a few old friends but it was pretty low key affair. The recently reunited August Premier along with Danger Is My Middle (Read more…)
Maritime / Kid, You’ll Move Mountains – 11/13/10 @ House Cafe
It was a few weeks ago that the wife and I headed out to DeKalb, IL to a really cool venue called the House Cafe to see Maritime and our pals in Kid, You’ll Move Mountains. Gold Motel also played. We met up with the great bloggers from Baby, You Got A Stew Goin’ and (Read more…)
Q Brothers – Live @ Kidzapalooza
Finally… I know you’ve been waiting for it. The amazing and hilarious freestyle from the Q Brothers from Kidzapalooza 2010. I mean, where else are you gonna hear a rap about elephants, rain, and fruit? Now I’m gonna be singing “It’s raining on my elephant,” all day long… We provide guaranteed pass testking C-TFIN52-64 exam (Read more…)
Lucero / Ha Ha Tonka – Live 8/2/10 @ Otto’s
With the whirlwind that was the last two weeks, I wasn’t sure that I’d ever get this post up. Anyhow, the wife and I cruised through the country over to Otto’s in DeKalb, IL on a rainy Monday night to see Lucero, Ha Ha Tonka, and The Gunshy. It also happened to be Ben’s 36th (Read more…)
Juniper Tar – 6/5/10 @ Schubas
Well, I’m finally back from Florida and things have calmed down a little bit here at the CYSTSFTS homestead, so I’m finally getting around to sharing these pictures and videos of Milwaukee’s mighty Juniper Tar from their performance at Schubas two weeks ago. The band was amazing and even better live than on their records (Read more…)
CYSTSFTS presents: Geronimo! at Mad Maggies 5/10/10
So yeah, this Thursday, June 10, I’m sponsoring a pretty cool show at Mad Maggies in Elgin, IL along with the guys from Sock Monkey Sound. The line up features Geronimo!, The Please & Thank Yous, An Aesthetic Anesthetic, Solar Bear, and Oh Well. Should be tons of awesome fun. Doors are at 7PM and (Read more…)
Broadway Calls / Dear Landlord / Cobra Skulls – 5/1/10 @ Beat Kitchen
Last weekend the wife and I headed downtown without the kids to drop off some (what else) baby clothes for our friends who are having a baby girl in July. How punk rock is that? I know. From their place we headed to a little pre-show party and had some beers as we listened to (Read more…)
Rocky Votolato / Josh Caterer – 2/26/10 @ Schubas
It was two Fridays ago when the Mrs. and I headed downtown to catch Rocky Votolato and Josh Caterer (of the Smoking Popes) live at Schubas. It was simply amazing. Josh opened and I felt like I was one of the only people singing along to every single word. It kinda sucked and struck me (Read more…)
