If you haven't caught the buzz swarming around Thurs. nights show at Betty's Blue Star Lounge, let me be the one to drop it in front of you - THIS SHOW IS BIG. 4 of the cities hottest bands take the stage, a diverse array of styles each one and reputations definalty proceeding them. We recommend getting their a tit early cause this one might sell out. Here's a look at each band.
All City Affairs - At first glance you might think ACA is a little cheesy, but after the mash-up of styles seep into your brain and the whirling of lone-band member Peter Andreadis starts to jive with the music, you'll understand that any cheesiness is just part of the style. ACA is Andreadis' prerecorded work played as he commands your attention crooning onstage. All Cityaffairs is fun.
Fake Fictions - On the Fake Fiction's website they say they might sound like the B-52s or the Cars and we can't deny that. But we hear some surfer rock in there too, so it's generally some bubbly music that you want to swing around too and pretend you are a sophomore at some small New England Liberal Arts college dancing on the quad as this howls out someone's window.
The Pumps - Their music is a combination of riveting half-angelic/half-demonic vocals, rare and unconventional songwriting (which takes the best of keyboard driven pop and dissects it like a dead pig in biology class, only to sew it back up with its limbs in all the wrong places) and explosive live shows (which leave all the confused music snobs bloody and begging for more). (from)
Canasta - The positive ink that has been dropped on these cats speaks for itself. Glowing praise from WXRT, PopMatters and the Onion have marked this band as a supernova about to explode. Idyllic Indie-Pop that might bring about audio comparisions to the Decemberists or Belle and Sebastian, their orchestrall-chamber-twee is nothing short of sweeping, nothing less than engulfing. Not afraid to mix in elements of ambient, country and jazz, Canasta's sound is typical all-over-the-map Indie with precise, lusciouss lyrics. It might not be long before Spin calls this 6-piece a band to catch.
Updated by Avant/Chicago
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