This week we have a special surprise for you: our monthly comedy show, Freak Happening, is moving up one week (it's normally on the last Friday of the month) to THIS FRIDAY! That's great news on its own, but this month Nick and Goodrich are looking for love as Freak Happening presents The Mating Game!
Freak Happening is easily our favorite event among the staff and we'd love to see some new faces in the audience this month! Come out, bring your own booze, have a seat, and laugh at these dummies, ok? You'll have fun!
Here's a few other things we were talking about this week...
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| Lamp threw down an epic 50-minute set for Nick Fisher's opening reception! We love these guys and can't wait to hear their full length, complete with Sick Fisher artwork! |
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| Magician, Tricky Ol' Puss made all of us act like amazed children with his opening set for Lamp at Sick Fisher's opening reception. Seriously, magic is the coolest. |
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| A few awesome used vinyl new arrivals this week! |
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| After a short wait, Sleater-Kinney is back in stock! |
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| These knit hats are selling like hot cakes, y'all! Ok, so maybe it's just all our employees buying them, but still... get one today! 5% off your purchase when you where it in the store! |
Friday, February 20th @ 8pm
Freak Happening presents The Mating Game!
Friday, March 6th @ 6pm
Justin Santora opening reception!
New Releases:
A Place To Bury Strangers - Transfixiation LP/CD
Cannoball Adderley and the Bossa Rio Sextet - S/T LP
Antony and Yoko Ono - I Love You Earth 10"
Axis: Sova - Early Surf LP
Sir Richard Bishop - Tangier Sessions LP/CD
Brothers of the Sonic Cloth - S/T LP/CD
Bunny Lion - Red LP/CD
Eric Chenaux - Skullsplitter CD
Damon and Naomi - Fortune CD
Steve Earle and The Dukes - Terraplane CD
Ex-Cult - Cigarette Machine LP/CD
Stan Getz - Big Band Bossa Nova LP
B.C. Gilbert/G. Lewis - 3R4 LP
Jose Gonzalez - Vestiges and Claws LP
Buddy Holly and the Crickets - The Chirping Crickets LP
In Tall Buildings - Driver LP/CD
Inflatable Boy Clams - S/T 7"
King Woman - Doubt LP
Mourn - S/T LP/CD
Phoenix - Alphabetical LP
Phoenix - It's Never Been Like That LP
Phoenix - United LP
Phosphorescent - Live at the Music Hall LP/CD
Pink Section - S/T LP
Arthur Russell - Calling Out of Context LP
S. Carey - Supermoon LP
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun LP
Six Organs of Admittance - Hexadic LP/CD
Sonny and the Sunsets - Talent Night at the Ashram LP/CD
Pops Staples - Don't Lose This LP/CD
Nedelle Torrisi - Advice From Paradise LP
Ritchie Valens - S/T LP
Alan Watts - This Is It LP
John Zorn and Yoko Ono - Blink 10"
20% off this week: |
| Whirr, Deerhoof, Dodos, Delicate Steve, Cursive, and Caribou are all 20% off this week! They all have upcoming shows in town too. Ask us how to get on the guest list! |
Staff picks of the week:
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| Adam's Pick of the Week: Something Wild (2013) has the highlights that really stand out in RH's catalog for me. "Our Song" is maybe the most truthful breakup song ever set to a bouncy pop-punk rhythm, and their cover of Gene Thomas' "Sometimes" is faithful to the original, but still a surprisingly refreshing update. Fans of Swearin', Waxahatchee, Quarterbacks, or anything in the Salinas Records catalog probably don't need to be told this, but this one is up that alley for sure. |
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| Anne's Pick of the Week: As Chicago winter drudges along, and a lack of that oh-so-elusive vitamin D makes us all a little (or a lot) crazy, there is no better album to ease the sting of waking up to yet another negative sign in front of the number on your early-morning weather forecast than Further Out. Cloakroom makes it all feel okay. They somehow manage to be both heavy and loud while simultaneously soft and beautiful. It's no surprise that winter bleeds through these songs - the band is based in northwest Indiana. They GET us, guys. So next time you feel entirely convinced that spring will never again be seen in Chicago, throw on this record. You'll be smiling (or at least not crying) in no time. |
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| Jake's Pick of the Week: I've been going through this phase lately where I've been buying up everything Madlib I can. I've got a page in my journal with Madlib written inside of a heart with little hearts around it like a school girl with a crush. If you've listened to Freddy Gibbs/ Madlib's fantastic Pinata, you'll already be familiar. Like any work Madlib does, it stands up just as well without vocals. Seriously if you're into hip hop instrumentals it doesn't get much better than this. |
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Buy a release from any band playing an upcoming Empty Bottle, Schubas or Lincoln Hall show and we can add you to the guest list. Stop in or give us a call! Keep an eye out for announcements for eligible Metro and Bottom Lounge shows too!
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