Really? It’s (not) January already? Ish. Thankfully, we’ve got an exciting line-up of all-stars and newbies alike on deck for Soup and Bread 2010. Coming to a crock pot near you, Wednesdays through March!

Please note we have a NEW START TIME of 5:30 PM — giving us a little more time to set up and those of you with jobs (jobs? what are those?) a little more time to get to the Hideout. Other than that, tho, it’s the same as it ever was: Hot soup, tasty bread, and a chance to shake off your Seasonal Affective Disorder for an hour or two in the company of some lovely people — and raise money for a good cause to boot.

This year we’re targeting neighborhood food pantries and soup kitchens as recipients of your generous donations. All the money raised the first week goes to the St. John Berchmans Food Pantry in Logan Square. If you know of a food pantry or other provider of emergency food assistance in need (and, aren’t they all?), please let me know (soupnbread10 [at] gmail [dot] com) and I’ll get them in the rotation.

Thanks — and see you next Wednesday at the Hideout.

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Immediate Sound, the Hideout's series for jazz and improvised music, is curated by Umbrella Music founding member Mitch Cocanig. Beginning in April of 2006, the programming has taken place on each Wednesday night and focuses on presenting established local, domestic, and international musicians. These concerts represent the range of methods utilized by contemporary improvisers in their music, and give audiences a chance to hear them perform in an ideal environment with exceptional acoustics. Over the course of its first four years, the Immediate Sound Series has provided a stage for artists as wide ranging as Fred Anderson and Nicole Mitchell from the AACM, Joe McPhee, Taylor Ho Bynum and Joe Morris from the East Coast, and Peter Brötzmann, Ab Baars, Mats Gustafsson, Paal Nilssen-Love, and Terrie Ex from Europe; giving them all an integrated platform from which to present their ideas. In addition, each night features a DJ who spins sounds from different genres, to help put the live performances into the greater context of what music is all about -- an exchange of creative thinking in sound. Concerts start at 10pm, DJs begin after 9pm.

Tim said...
This is a residency that I have dreamed about for 10 years. The Immediate Sound Series brings guests from around town and around the world to the Hideout this Wednesday and every Wednesday forever.

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Essentially a solo vehicle for former Q and Not U/Georgie James singer/songwriter John Davis, Title Tracks makes catchy melodic rock inspired by the classic power pop acts of the '70s. Formed in 2008 just prior to the breakup of Davis' similarly inclined ensemble Georgie James, Title Tracks features Davis on all instruments for studio recordings. Title Tracks' debut album, It Was Easy, is set for release in early 2010. –-All Music Guide

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Whatever happened to getting down at a show and shaking your ass?

Bald E. – “In demand for his high-energy and cohesive sets, tailored to the specifics of the venue, but always with telltale flourishes.” ~ Bob Nanna UR Chicago Interview

Mother Hubbard – Known as Chess Hubbard, Dangergirl, and Pussy Galor, whatever name she’s taking on, you can always hear a bit of her inherent charm (and non-apologetic “geekiness”) come through with a wink… and a whole lot of bass. ~ Chicago Public Radio

Chicago's indie rock dance party for six years running!

political awareness + good music = dance party

Not Just a Homage to a Great Talking Heads Song...

Life During Wartime started as an idea in the fall of 2002. Chris (Bald E.), enraged by the government's turn to more conservative legislation and imperialistic entanglements, wanted to heighten people's political awareness here in Chicago. Bald E. also wanted to change the way music was currently being appreciated in the hipster circuit. The Chicago scene had become overrun with snobby fickle indie rockers who refused to smile, refused to dance, and refused to like a band after they got popular. Whatever happened to getting down at a show and shaking your ass? Bald E. started djing at some shows around Chicago and then the wheels began to turn in his head.

It was at this time that Chess (Mother Hubbard) was recruited by the Metro to spin for a few punk rock acoustic nights in Smartbar at the end of 2002 and the first couple months of 2003. Known for her fondness of beer, dancing, trash talking into the microphone, and general public display of making an ass of herself, Mother Hubbard found djing to be the exact outlet that she needed to have fun and play music she loved.

In January 2003, Bald E. approached Mother Hubbard with the idea of joining forces and Life During Wartime was born. A dance party with good music for people who love to dance, but don't like "dance" music or meat market nightclubs. To have people gather at a party and have fun, while at the same time promoting political awareness to a large group of young people who are hungry for a change. Bald E. brought the new wave, 80s, and indie rock to the table and handled all the booking, while Mother Hubbard brought the electro, punk, and hiphop and handled all the design, merch, and web site production.

After a few months together they got a residency going at the Hideout and they have been going strong ever since, playing anywhere from one to four shows a month, either together or separately, hosting dance parties, showcases, and opening for bands around Chicago.

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Tonight's show is a release party for the Tom Petty tribute album, Petty Theft, featuring Chicago bands covering the classic rocker's hits.

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Chances Dances "is a dance party that attempts to bring together the different LGBTIQ communities and cliques across queer Chicago. All gender expressions are welcome."

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The Immediate Sound Series is truly honored to present the legendary Rova Saxophone Quartet within the intimate confines of The Hideout. Four of jazz and improvised music's most accomplished saxophonists make up this quartet, featuring Bruce Ackley (soprano & tenor saxophones), Larry Ochs (tenor & sopranino saxophones), Jon Raskin (baritone & alto saxophones), and Steve Adams (alto saxophone). For over a quarter of a century, Rova has been acclaimed and widely recognized for its vital role in extending the horizons of today’s genre-bending music. With its potent mix of compositional creativity and stellar musicianship, Rova explores the synthesis of composition and collective improvisation in ways that challenge, excite and inspire. Positioning itself in a dynamic musical nexus, Rova has become an important leader in the music movement that has its roots in post-bop, free jazz, avant-rock, and 20th century new music as well as drawing inspiration from traditional and popular styles of Africa, Asia, Europe and the United States. This ultra rare appearance is certain to be one of the highlights of 2010's programming and is absolutely not to be missed!

Immediate Sound, the Hideout's series for jazz and improvised music, is curated by Umbrella Music founding member Mitch Cocanig. Beginning in April of 2006, the programming has taken place on each Wednesday night and focuses on presenting established local, domestic, and international musicians. These concerts represent the range of methods utilized by contemporary improvisers in their music, and give audiences a chance to hear them perform in an ideal environment with exceptional acoustics. Over the course of its first four years, the Immediate Sound Series has provided a stage for artists as wide ranging as Fred Anderson and Nicole Mitchell from the AACM, Joe McPhee, Taylor Ho Bynum and Joe Morris from the East Coast, and Peter Brötzmann, Ab Baars, Mats Gustafsson, Paal Nilssen-Love, and Terrie Ex from Europe; giving them all an integrated platform from which to present their ideas. In addition, each night features a DJ who spins sounds from different genres, to help put the live performances into the greater context of what music is all about -- an exchange of creative thinking in sound. Concerts start at 10pm, DJs begin after 9pm.

Tim said...
This is a residency that I have dreamed about for 10 years. The Immediate Sound Series brings guests from around town and around the world to the Hideout this Wednesday and every Wednesday forever.

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Mar Caribe started when Tom McGettrick (banjo, ukelele) and Tom Santiago (guitar) began trading simple riffs and unfinished songs with one another while sitting on a rooftop underneath an airline flight path. Soon Cole Blodgett (bass) and Jason Eckerson (mandolin, clarinet) joined in with their creative inventions as professionally schooled musicians accelerating the style toward whatever destination it is presently headed. This collaboration yielded a four song demo produced by Crushed Red Records. The four band members continued to write and perform music that combined Spaghetti Western, gypsy jazz, and bluegrass with a mildly tropical twist. As the evolution of the troupe continues Bob Frech (trumpet, drums) has complimented the dynamic and further migrated the sound in a more Southwesterly direction.

This local quartet plays what could only be called “soundtrack music.” Its repertoire basically sounds like dramatic background music indicating, say, the advent of a gunfight or the main characters' arrival in an exotic small town. And they do it with bluegrass instrumentation; Tom McGettrick's banjo takes all the lead lines. This is an interesting idea that the group should take farther. --TimeOut Chicago

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“For a few minutes early in 2003, D.C. clatterers Black Eyes were basically the best band in the world. They fed the sharp-shock Rapture dance-punk of the day through about 50 layers of organically grimy Dischord history, ending up with a whirling sort of catharsis that was as fun as it was heavy. The band's personnel went like this: two drummers, two bassists, and one dude who made dying-pterodactyl squawks while thrashing out tinny, spidery almost-funk guitar riffs and doing everything he could to disrupt the thundering groove exploding all around him. Black Eyes' live shows were dank basement dance parties for the ages: furious, immediate, jarring, sweaty as all hell. And then the band recorded Cough, their half-assed dub experiment of a second album, and suddenly ended. They were, after all, a D.C. band, and that's what D.C. bands do.

“Black Eyes bassist Jacob Long and squawker/guitarist Daniel Martin-McCormick make up two thirds of the San Francisco trio Mi Ami, whose existence makes me not miss Black Eyes so badly anymore. Their debut album, Watersports, takes the skritchety tumble of Black Eyes and stretches it out into something psychedelic, near-infinite. Watersports is seven songs long, and it lasts 47 minutes. Their beats don't rattle; they push and flicker and fade.” - Tom Breihan, Pitchfork

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