mP productions presents.

THE SINGLEMAN AFFAIR

Fri. Jan. 27 - 9:00 pm - 21+ - Panchos
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THE SINGLEMAN AFFAIR
GRANDEURS
SPECK MOUNTAIN

THE SINGLEMAN AFFAIR
"Staring into tears of heartbreak, loss, mythological hallucinations, and war torn landscapes, the Singleman Affair continues upon their path of downer folk and psychedelic melancholy, preying upon their familiar cohort of influences, Fred Neil, Nick Drake, Skip Spence and John Martyn, crafting their very own sonic landscapes and vision. Unveiling a dynamic shift from the Alan Mcgee released “Let’s Kill the Summer” and its lo-fi bedroom recordings, “Silhouettes at Dawn” is a lush orchestrated arrangement, accented by diverse instrumentation bringing to mind Love's "Forever Changes", Leonard Cohen’s “New Skin For The Old Ceremony”, Fairport convention’s “Liege and Lief” or Nick Drake's "5 Leaves Left.”
GRANDEURS - mp3
Grandeurs (formerly Shape Note) "are an atmospheric indie-folkish foursome from Chicago. If you like shuffling pop songs with lots of reverb and haunting vocals then turn your attention to this band post-haste." -Brian Mckinney (chicagosnacks.org)
SPECK MOUNTAIN
Speck Mountain are an ambient-soul band possessed as much by the grit of southern soul as the spell of infinite drones. Co-leaders Karl Briedrick and Marie-Claire Balabanian provoke each other with intuitive, womb-curled melody, exploded texture, and spiky, strutting rhythm—and so far I’m just talking about the guitars. New keyboardist Linda Malonis, and drummer Chris Dye bring a new energy to the band that may surprise old diehards. Sonically Speck Mountain are in thrall to vintage effects and recording techniques. Their studio mixes are painstaking, booby-trapped all over with headphone-happy detail. Their live sets project a loose, narcotic swagger, taking off from atmospheric majesty into full-on hypnotic assault. A new full-length album was completed at Soma EMS, and Minbal studios in early 2012. There is no confirmed release date or title.

TUTU AND THE PIRATES

Fri. Jan. 27 - 9:00 pm - 21+ - Ultra Lounge
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TUTU AND THE PIRATES
HOTLIPS MESSIAH
MENTALLY ILL
CLAW TOE

TUTU AND THE PIRATES - mp3
Tutu & the Pirates, Chicago's first anti-lectual sub-urban insult rock band and perhaps even its first punk band, finally gets its due in its first 17-trak LP compilation of demos (from ’77/’78), practice tapes (recorded at their rehearsal loft “The Placenta”), and live material (from ’78). Formed in 1977 by a cross-section of childhood friends and misfits, the Pirates culled inspiration from The Stooges, MC5, and the New York Dolls, as well as 60s garage and the Mothers Of Invention. Quirky and fearless, these guys made it up as they went along, quickly becoming Chicago’s go-to opening band for the Ramones (five times), the Undertones, and the Pretenders. True to punk credo, they lived hard and played harder, and within a few short years the rot set in and the group disbanded. Yet despite their influence in and on the Chicago punk scene, the legendary Midwestern pioneers of punk never managed to release an album until now. A new recording of "Berlin" proves that even three decades later, they can still rock the fuck out.
HOTLIPS MESSIAH - mp3
With fists in the air and legs akimbo, the drunk, cursing, costumed misfits of Hot Lips Messiah are clearly Chicago's punk-rock saviors, here to invigorate the spirit and deliver us from sin.
MENTALLY ILL
CLAW TOE - mp3
First there was nothing, then out of nothing came a huge explosion. Millions of years passed and the universe expanded from this explosion. Earth formed as a habitable planet. Giant reptiles roamed and were destroyed, this was followed by human evolution. Fire, the wheel, Iron, the renaissance, the industrial revolution, science, great earthly wars reigned for hundreds of years then there was Claw Toe.

WHITE WOLF SONIC PRINCESS

Fri. Jan. 27 - 8:00 pm - 21+ - Stage Bar (Formerly Memories)
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WHITE WOLF SONIC PRINCESS
HOWLIN SUEDE
PORK N BEANS
THE TEN CENT PISTOLS

WHITE WOLF SONIC PRINCESS - mp3
WhiteWolfSonicPrincess emerged from the great local music scene in Chicago. We evolved out of the Black Forest Theater Company, a fringe theater in Chicago. We started incorporating live music into our theatrical productions a few years ago and we began to build a set of original songs from there. Our band started out as a duo and has blossomed into a five piece band (vocalist, guitar, violin, bass and drums) with occasional guests. Many of our performances incorporate a multi-media approach, mixing music, video and dance. Our self-recorded, self-produced set of music titled, "This Car Available, Reloaded & Remastered" is now available as a CD at CD BABY and is a digital download available on ITunes, Rhapsody, Napster and Amazon!
HOWLIN SUEDE - mp3
Howlin Suede is currently a two man band: Patrick Scanlan on lead guitar and Matthew Sutter on vocals and rythym guitar. Starting out as two friends getting together after work to jam and have some fun, we decided to share our music and our passion. Enjoy and thanks for your support!
PORK N BEANS - mp3
Pork 'n Beans is an acoustic mix of indie and prog rock. With firey vocals of bassist Shanna Berry combined with Shane Wallace on guitar, Pork 'n Beans offers a unique sound and plenty of extended solos.

THE TEN CENT PISTOLS
'Twas written in the stone that one day, a band would come. And - fueled by Satan - that band would create rock so powerful that it would bring mortals to their knees with its awesome force and shake the very foundations of our world. Well, that band has come! And, subsequently, it had a successful career, with its members ultimately moving on to other pursuits. But fear not! The Ten Cent Pistols have now come to recreate the black magic of its songs, along with other covers of rock, blues, and country tunes ranging from the popular to the obscure. Rising from the ashes of the internationally-famous band The Beer Barons, The Ten Cent Pistols will serve up all your bar band needs - hot licks, excessive drinking, and a healthy dose of self-deprecation.