For more than two decades, singer and guitarist Matt Christensen has led Zelienople, a Chicago trio that explores the outer limits of slowcore by dismantling its melodies and song structures. Christensen focuses on similar territory in his solo work—at least, that’s the impression I get from what I’ve heard so far. His Bandcamp page features […]
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The Slow Bell Trio features some of Chicago’s most adventurous experimentalists
A few years ago, percussionist Mike Weis recorded the sounds of the Rockefeller Chapel’s carillon and then slowed down the tape he’d used to capture them. Entranced with the result, he named a new project after the endeavor. The Slow Bell Trio includes Weis and two fellow Chicago experimentalists, woodwind player Keefe Jackson and drummer […]
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Jon Mueller and Mike Weis meditate with drums at the Zen Buddhist Temple-Chicago
In paired solo sets this Saturday, Jon Mueller and Mike Weis will use drums and gongs to draw out the acoustic qualities of a Zen temple.
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Mike Weis of Zelienople on the perfect musical pain relievers
Plus: Steven Hess of Locrian on mind-bending death metal, the Reader‘s Luca Cimarusti on Jandek and John Mayer, and more
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Experimental trio Good Stuff House almost reunites
The Zelienople side project almost gets back together to play its first show in four years as its eponymous 2006 debut gets reissued.
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Gossip Wolf: A quick start for a slow band
Kwaidan release their first show and play their second, BBU make some coded purchases, and Swimsuit Addition drop their debut EP.
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Kevin Junior needs help with his heart
The Chamber Strings front man is having a little trouble with his medical bills. Plus: New recordings from My Gold Mask, Mike Kinsella solo project Owen, Zelienople drummer Mike Weis, and more
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The List: January 20-26, 2011
Critics’ Choices and other notable shows: Algebro, Lauryn Hill, Mondo Drag, Zelienople, Jason & Alison of Verbow, Dylan LeBlanc, Moonstone Continuum, Tony Conrad, Arnold Steinhardt, Estrogen Highs, Afrika Bambaataa, Nightlands
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The List: January 28-February 3, 2010
Critic’s Choices and other notable concerts: Algernon, Tape, Rosanne Cash, Gates of Slumber, La Roux, and more
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Implodes, Tonight, $3
geraldine vo Implodes If you want loud music with a good pedigree for a low price, local quartet Implodes opens for Magical Beautiful at the Empty Bottle (1035 N. Western) tonight at 9; it costs $3 to get in. They’re “all kinds of big guitar damage: shoegaze fuzz blasts, sparkly drone, slicks of tuneful sludge, […]
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8/13: Skygreen Leopards at the Whistler
The Bay Area combo Skygreen Leopards, featuring members of the outre psych-folk collective Jewelled Antler, play a free show at the Whistler in Logan Square tonight. “Guitars jangle over shambling, shuffling percussion, and swelling organ and tinkling piano occasionally color the arid soundscape—the Skygreen Leopards’ sound suggests a back-country American version of Swell Maps,” writes […]