Skinny Puppy stream/premier NEW ALBUM
Stream the new album from Skinny Puppy “Weapon” over at Revolver.
WOOT!
FRESH CONTENT: Interview with Lzzy Hale of Halestorm
Be sure to check out our fresh interview with Halestorm frontwoman, Lzzy Hale! Also stay tuned as we’ll be featuring another, more in depth interview with her soon after Halestorm’s show with Bullet For My Valentine at the Riviera tomorrow night. Speaking of which, you can buy tickets for the show right here and furthermore, check out Halestorm’s latest album (and one of my personal favorite rock albums), The Strange Case Of…, on iTunes right here. Hope to see you at the rock show! -NMJ
Sunday, May 19 2013
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Kickstarter launched for Radio Free Albemuth - THE MOVIE - Theatrical release
Bring award-winning Philip K Dick movie Radio Free Albemuth to a theater near you! You’ve read the book…You love the man…help these independent film makers wrest PKD from Hollywood’s hands and make a film that reflects the man’s actual vision. Trust me, everyone in, behind, and around this movie is driven by pure unfiltered passion. They give an insane amount of fucks about the integrity of PKD’s stories and ideas and are in this for all the right reasons.
To get Radio Free Albemuth released outside of film festivals, your help is needed, hence the Kickstarter. They aren’t asking for something for nothing though, for your donation you can get anything from dinner with the director to the literal shirt off of Philip K Dick’s back, not to mention an insane amount of one-of-a-kind props from the movie, and private viewing parties. I have honestly never seen a Kickstarter with more badass giveaways than this one. Jump on it fast though, prizes are limited.
-Pawl Schwartz
Thursday, May 16 2013
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UR AWESOME: Go to Chicago’s GREEN FESTIVAL at Navy Pier for FREE!
Green Festival Chicago is this weekend (May 18-19th) at Navy Pier! First 250 people to enter the code URCHICAGO right here: http://www.greenfestivals.org/chi-2013-giveaway get FREE passes good for both days! SO MUCH WIN!
Green Festival Chicago features leaders in the environmental and social justice community include over 100 speakers, entrepreneurs and activists such as Dylan Ratigan, Amy Goodman, Marianne Williamson, Emmanuel Pratt, Danny Seo, in addition to a number of other activities and events, such as a two-day upcycled fashion experience and fashion show by Columbia College students. Learn more at greenfestivals.org/chi!
LIKE the Green Festivals Facebook Page and FOLLOW Green Festivals on Twitter!
Thursday, May 16 2013
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Wednesday, May 15 2013
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Chicago’s own RIOT FEST 2013 initial lineup announced!!
Holy hell, now THIS is a serious festival lineup! Last year, Humboldt Park’s RIOT FEST wound up being my favorite festival of the year. Boasting a lineup in 2012 featuring Iggy & The Stooges, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Alkaline Trio, and a slew of others, this year’s lineup is stacked with a treasure trove of artists some people probably thought they wouldn’t ever be able to see live - at least not anytime soon. The initial lineup for 2013’s Riot Fest, which will fall on September 13th through the 15th, is featured below. I’m particularly excited about AFI, Motorhead, Blink 182, Blondie, Public Enemy, Guided By Voices, Best Coast, and my favorite punk/rockabilly band ever - X. And this is only the beginning, children…there are more additions to come. Don’t wait until September to get your tickets as this year is sure to sell out with a lineup that’s already this stellar. Stay tuned for more news on this killer festival! -NMJ
Buy tickets for RIOT FEST 2013 right here!
3- Day Passes start at $69.98
* Admission into Humboldt Park September 13-15
3-Day VIP $175.00
* Admission into Humboldt Park September 13-15
* Access to VIP lounge with private bar
* VIP viewing areas near stage
* 15 beverage tickets
THE BANDS:
Fall Out Boy * Blink-182 * Violent Femmes * Motorhead * Rancid * Blondie * Sublime with Rome * AFI * Public Enemy * Brand New * Flag * Guided By Voices * Rocket From The Crypt * Bad Religion * All Time Low* Taking Back Sunday * Pierce the Veil * Atmosphere * The Dismemberment Plan * Dinosaur Jr. * Best Coast * DeVotchka * The Broadways * Screeching Weasel * Pennywise * The Lillingtons * Bob Mould * Against Me! * GWAR * Yellowcard * The Lawrence Arms * Say Anything * X * Bad Brains * Quicksand * The Selecter * Mission of Burma * Stars * Toots and the Maytals * Peter Hook (Joy Division Set) * Bad Books * The Devil Wears Prada * Saves The Day * Glassjaw * Bayside * Smoking Popes * Reggie and the Full Effect * Attack Attack! * The Dear Hunter * Maps and Atlases * Surfer Blood * Chuck Ragan * Dessa * Saul Williams * Empires * Mephiskapheles * Kitten * Peelander-Z * Touché Amoré * Masked Intruder * Deal’s Gone Bad * Twin Peaks * Flatfoot 56 * White Mystery * Environmental Encroachment * Radkey * No D’bags Allowed and more to be announced
LISTEN UP!: Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings || “Retreat”
(photo by Neil Miller, Jr.)
LISTEN UP!: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings || “Retreat”
My favorite soulstress, Sharon Jones, has finally returned with a new song in the form of the soaring “Retreat” and a new album to follow. After seeing this woman kill it live at the Vic Theatre some years ago, I’ve been quite a super-fan. I’m absolutely beyond ready for a new album and Give the People What They Want will be released on August 6th via Daptone Records. If this new song is any indication, we can expect more of the same awesomeness we’ve come to expect from Ms. Jones. You can - and should - pre-order the album on iTunes and Amazon but furthermore, check out her last album, I Learned the Hard Way, on Daptone Records via this link. -NMJ
Give the People What They Want track listing:
1. Retreat!
2. Stranger to My Happiness
3. We Get Along
4. You’ll Be Lonely
5. Now I See
6. Making Up and Breaking Up
7. Get Up and Get Out
8. Long Time, Wrong Time
9. People Don’t Get What They Deserve
10. Slow Down Love
Follow Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings on Twitter at @sharonljones and @the_dapkings respectively.
Tuesday, May 7 2013
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UR A WINNER: THE IF YOU’RE FEELING SINISTER POSTER CONTEST!
Part 2 of 4 UR Chicago Pitchfork Contests: The Belle & Sebastian Edition
We will be giving away THREE more pairs of Pitchfork Music Festival THREE-DAY PASSES (each pair worth $240!) over the next several weeks. Since it is such a big prize, we decided to have some fun. This is the second contest and our Belle & Sebastian Edition. Contestants MUST adhere to the following instructions in order to be considered.
Here are the rules:
1. LIKE UR Chicago and Pitchfork Music Festival on Facebook if you don’t already!
2. Use the CREATE YOUR OWN POSTER generator at belleandsebastiannight.com — be creative and have fun!
3. The poster you create will automatically post to FB, so just sit tight and wait until the winner is chosen!
*Winner will be chosen by votes from the UR staff and Heaven Malone.
DEADLINE is 11PM CST Friday May 10th and the winner will be chosen and posted Monday May 13th some time in the late afternoon.
Our next contest may or may not be Twitter-based, wink, wink, nudge, nudge. We love our followers! Share with your friends, on the condition that if they win and you don’t they have to take you as their guest. ;P
Monday, May 6 2013
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This is the trailer for the movie Radio Free Albemuth starring Alanis Morisette, based on the Philip K Dick novel of the same name. Wait, what? Someone has made a movie of one of PKD’s later, more cracked out and crazy thinking-out-loud novels?
Yes. Fucking finally.
Oh, and heads up, some big info is about to drop on this movie. I can’t tell you what it is yet though. For that, you’ll have to check back at UR Chicago in the coming week for an interview with writer/director John Alan Simon. He’s got some juicy knowledge to drop.
-Pawl Schwartz
Guitarist Jeff Hanneman, founding member of heavy metal's Slayer, dies
Guitarist Jeff Hanneman, a founding member of the heavy metal band Slayer, died Thursday of liver failure in Southern California, the band said
This is truly a sad day.
Catch IAMX @ Lincoln Hall this Thursday, May 2nd!
Several years ago I pitched a story on a then relatively unknown Chris Corner, aka IAMX, to UR Chicago in order to preview an upcoming show he had in Chicago as a part of a brief US tour he was doing to promote his second album, The Alternative. Fast forward to now: I’m still just as much a fan as I was then (and still with UR Chicago, obviously!) and I’m still playing the part of the herald to announce what the former Sneaker Pimp* has been up to. (*Yes, of “6 Underground” fame - but you’d do good to check out their latter two albums, Splinter and Bloodsport, with Chris handling vocals.)
If you’re one of the lucky ticketholders for his sold out show this Thursday night, you’re in for a treat as the live IAMX experience is a spectacle that has to be seen and heard to be believed. There’s no other reason I keep going to see this man onstage aside from the fiery show he puts on. It’s a flawless marriage of visual intensity, ferocious punk attitude, and bombastic musicianship that goes unmatched in the industry today.
But alas, the show is sold out so if you aren’t one of the lucky ones who will see Mr. Corner live, you can just buy the new album, The Unified Field, right here direct from the artist himself (or here on iTunes if you must) and play it really loud in your living room. It’s hardly as good, but it’ll surely do as it’s his best album since The Alternative, which I personally consider to be his magnum opus. If you’re a longtime IAMX fan and have yet to hear the record, I consider it to be the perfect bridge between the cold and tense sound of his first record, Kiss + Swallow, with the melodrama and theatricality of his later work like Kingdom of Welcome Addiction. It’s a masterpiece, so just give it a listen and you’re sure to fall in love. -NMJ
