Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - LIVE show!

After my previous post about Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, I’m pleased to announce that he will be playing live at Berlin Nightclub on May 3rd with our very own Stic of the Week DJ’s Chelsea and Lauren, along with Mother Hubbard from Cenob1te! This event is going to be filled with fantastic music and I can only hope he'll be wearing that snazzy dinosaur suit I covet.

If you click “I Like It” on Do312.com you’ll have a chance to win free tickets, but if you want to be absolutely sure to get in you can purchase tickets here.

Shake it for Grandma

In an undisclosed Chicago loft on Saturday night, Shake it for Grandma suited up for their show. They were the last of four acts - The Bomb Sawyers, Bob and Barbara Cobra, and Architecture had already graced the stage, while our heroes, being deemed the danciest, waited it out until late at night.

I, dear readers, had been called upon to join them.  I soon found myself covered in neon face paint, zipped into a shiny blue jumpsuit, preparing myself to dance like I was from outer space.

Your neon warrior narrator and Ian Reynold of Shake it for Grandma

My fellow dancer and I hid in the wings until our cue, and then burst out dancing as Ian and Ashley tore off their clothes to reveal shiny orange jumpsuits underneath.  Half the audience seemed shocked and put off by the display - the other half laughed and danced along. We drew lipstick symbols on peoples' faces - we danced with them - we gave them glowsticks.

Like I said before, Shake it for Grandma is an experience that's best enjoyed live. The performance is planned and executed with a vision in mind, a vision that changes and evolves with each new show.  It's meant to blur the line between audience and performers, which makes some people uncomfortable.

It's not for everyone, but it's safe to say that no one who was there, whether they loved it or hated it, will forget Shake it for Grandma's performance.

What are you doing tonight?

If the answer is, "I don't know," then you should check out some local music at Beat Kitchen tonight.  Antennas Up, Heypenny, Tell Your Friends, and Hawley Shoffner are playing a special, magical Leap Day show beginning at 8pm.

(Hawley Shoffner)

Foster the People

Foster the People performed here in Chicago this past Sunday night to a sold out crowd. Sunday nights are usually nights I don't go see shows, but this was such an amazing way to end the week, with fun dance music. It was such an interesting experience watching F.T.P. live, its like a set of musical chairs up there, everyone in the band is moving all around the stage from song to song, banging on the single drum to key boards and all. It for sure keeps you on your toes at all time, wondering whats going to happen next. I happened to be in the very front for this show, and I was dancing with everyone around me which was such a fun time, I even had this guy screaming "It's the Foster People" which was pretty darn funny, and not to mention his dance moves where out of this world. For you all that missed them at Lincoln Hall you must go to Lollapalooza and see them, I promise you, that you won't be disappointed! Ending the show I actually was able to meet the lead singer Mark Foster because of a mutual friend. He was saying he is actually originally from Ohio, but now lives out in LA. For someone that is on the road as much as him, he certainly seemed to have past shows and upcoming show very straight in his mind, which really impressed me. He was saying how nice it was to be in Chicago, since they had been in smaller towns the days before. If you don't have their album already, go get it and have a dance party! 

*Also featured on Thrillcall's blog, go here to check it out!