THURSDAY 5/31
The Dig, Sybris, Dirty Pigeons @ Schuba’s, 3159 N. Southport Ave., Chicago, IL
I don’t know if Dig in this case is like “like” or like a cheap shot or like taking dirt out of the ground, but this NYC band is celebrating the release of their new album, Midnight Flowers tonight, so they must dig Chicago. (On a side note, dirty pigeons like going to The Sybris.)
CAFETERIA DANCE FEVER
Danceology (Hovercraft)
It’s the end of third period, kids, so it’s time to bolt to the lunch room, grab a molded plastic tray, dab on a big old dollop of powdered mashed potatoes and a scoop of jello (with bits of canned cherries and pineapple in it), and get down with Cafeteria Dance Fever! These punchy Portland punks keep it snotty and out of tune, and like a good schoolyard flu it’s catchy. They can rip through dang near 25 songs in two sips from a milk carton. This retrospective danceology titled Danceology has so many nonstop hits (“School Sucks,” “I Got Rabbies,” “Bile,” and “Pig Sty”) it would even make The Woodrows jealous. Ain’t nuthing gonna bring this fever down—Lunch Lady Sue [Cafeteria Dance Party]
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WEDNESDAY 5/30
Ultraviolet Hippopotamus, The Black Box Revelation, Fresh Hops @ Double Door, 1572 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
How could a band called Ultraviolet Hippopotamus go wrong? In many, many ways that’s how.
TUESDAY 5/29“Better Than Something: Jay Reatard” Film Screening @ High Noon Saloon, 701A Washington, Madison, WI
MONDAY 5/28
Crystal Fighters, Is Tropical, Sexcat @ 7th St. Entry, 701 1st Ave. N. Minneapolis, MN
Crystal Antlers, Crystal Skulls, Crystal Castles, Crystal Stilts—Crystal Fighters are here to smash all those other crystal bands, right?
3/19ths of the Grolar Bears
SUNDAY 5/27
Grolar Bears, Saltee, Max Corcoran Project, Hipshakers @ Triple Rock Social Club, 629 Cedar Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN
Do you like 19 piece funk ensembles? What’s that? You don’t? Then you better stay the hell away from the Grolar Bears. (Did you know that when a Grizzle Bear and a Polar Bear do it, they make a grolar bear? No kidding. Arctic Fever, I guess.)
Der Krüzen in der gunter gräss
SATURDAY 5/26
Lest We Forget: Liv Mueller, Xposed 4Heads, The Blackholes, The Rock-a-Dials, 3XCleavers, Dominoes, 3 on Fire, Tense Experts, Sacred Order, Die Kreuzen, Lubricants, Dummy Club, St. Bernard @ Turner Hall Ballroom, 1032 N. 4th St. Milwaukee, WI
It’s Memorial Day Weekend, so why not take a little time out to remember those Milwaukee bands that laid down their lives and reputations so that we may have punk rock today. Drink to remember, then drink to forget. That’s what Muggsy does anyway.
QUESTION:
How did it go from this:
To this?:
From this:
To this?:
And from this:
To this?:
ANSWER:
Dee Dee
Wacky Bros.
FRIDAY 5/25
Waco Brothers, The Riptones @ Beat Kitchen, 2100 W. Belmont, Chicago, IL
Rootsy “brothers” bonding over booze at the BK! Muggsy appreciates this type of family gathering.
THURSDAY 5/24
The Adicts, World/Inferno Friendship Society @ Metro, 3730 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL
Don’t be a dict, go see the Adicts.
