Holiday greetings to all y’all. And don’t you look beautiful today.
I apologize for being shameless, but my band is playing Tuesday, Dec. 28 in Chicago at Subterranean (http://www.subt.net) with Young Jesus. Any Chicago-based BBLLers are encouraged to come out and heckle the band.
It’s a 17 and over show — fun for the whole family!
EDIT: 2 NEW BANDS ADDED
YOUNG JESUS: 10:15-11:00
THE ETHYL MERMEN: 9:30-10:00
FRIENDS HAVING FUN: 8:45-9:15
SHALLOBOI: 8:00-8:30
It’s sort of a record release show in that we really haven’t played out much since releasing White Noise Machines.
Channeling a mix of Village Green-era Kinks, New Order, Volcano Suns and Teenage Fanclub (and any other obscure musical references you care to infer), White Noise Machines is an 8-song CD that juxtaposes moody lyrics against a backdrop of sunny pop melodies with biting guitar hooks and ooh-ooh choruses.
For more info about The Ethyl Mermen, including videos, please visit http://www.reverbnation.com/theethylmermen. (the close)
For bio info, please visit the ubiquitous http://www.myspace.com/theethylmermen.
Cheers.
How was the show?
It was a lot of fun. Young Jesus is a bunch of young’ns with a post-college following, so they drew a big crowd. It’s nice to play to in front of actual people — which doesn’t often happen for us. We had a shorter set since two bands were added to the bill, but at least we didn’t screw any up this time.