This Month At The Whistler

SUMMER SESSIONS ON THE SQUARE
PRESENTS: SUMMER GIRLFRIENDS & BUFFALO MOON
This Month At The Whistler
S A T U R D A Y
J U L Y
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== J U L Y ==
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Le Tour, The
Runnies
Movieoke
Summer Sessions is a monthly summer concert series in Logan Square. Created for and by the Logan Square community,
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Spilter
Summer Sessions strives to present music as diverse as the neighborhood. In partnership with the Chicago Independent Radio
Maxx Traxx:
Boogie &
Modern Funk
w/ DJ Shred
One
LeRoy Bach
Whistler Tips
Get Fresh
w/ Dino
Soccio &
Moon Boots
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/14
(6 PM)
(9:30PM)
Project (CHIRP) and The Whistler, Summer Sessions provides people of all ages with a casual summer evening of live music
and picnicking in the Logan Square circle.
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5:30Pm At The Logan Square Monument, Free — B.Y.O.PICNIC
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Andrew
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Swim
Ignorant Fire,
Nonnie Parry
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THE MILWAUKEE AVENUE ARTS FESTIVAL
MAINSTAGE 5:00 PM
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IN TALL BUILDINGS
Kellen & Me plays an electro-indie-folk-rock that evokes
a sense of both future and past. His self-titled debut album is a blend of old school 1960's Lo-Fi rock and pop
with High-Fi, philharmonic results.
F R I D A Y
THE MILWAUKEE AVENUE ARTS FESTIVAL
MAINSTAGE 6:30 PM
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THIS IS CINEMA
GLAD
CLO U D
AMBIENT
MUSIC
SERIES:
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LeRoy Bach,
Mikel Avery
Lawrence
Peters'
Country
Throw-Down
w/ Rivals of
the Peacemaker
Playing
Favorites:
Panoramic &
True, Darling
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Eiren Caffall,
Matt Jones
& the Reconstruction
Kellen & Me,
Antrim Dells
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Slo'Mo:
Slow Jams
For Homos
(And Their
Fans)
DJ John
Simmons
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/25
Magical
Beautiful,
Deep Sleep
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Blunted
Beats
Toby
Summerfield
Trio
LeRoy Bach
Brasstax: w/
DJs Bizzies &
Guidry
Odd
Obsession
Foreign Film
Series w/
Impala
Sound DJs
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/28
(6 PM)
LeRoy Bach
(6 PM)
The Modern
Room
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The Engines
Lawrence Peters is a singer, songwriter, drummer and
America’s preeminent electric washboard player, with a
musical career spanning 20+ years. He was a key player
in the Lawrence, Kansas music scene before moving to
Chicago in 1992. Since then, he has recorded or performed with dozens of bands, including The Lawrence
Peters Outfit, Magnolia Electric Company, Plastic
Crimewave Sound, Velcro Lewis Group, The Golden
Horse Ranch Band, Eiren Caffall, Mar Caribe, and Tijuana Hercules. Lawrence’s main musical passion is
deep-rooted American country music, but he also plays
acid punk, swamp rock, Shaker-modern, and Westernpirate-surf music, and somehow gets away with it. On
July 23rd, he invites the outlaw-country band Rivals of
the Peacemaker to perform, after which he spins records from his enormous collection of vintage country
45s, throwing down a mix of honky-tonk, bluegrass, outlaw, string band, countrypolitan, and rockabilly.
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Odd Obsession
Foreign Film
Series presents:
Stunt Rock
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Playing Favorites:
Panoramic & True
(Belle & Sebastian),
Darling (The
Microphones)
Ever wonder which artists inspired your favorite bands
to pick up their instruments for the first time? Curious
about what albums were influential in shaping their
sound? Join us for the Whistler's new monthly series,
Playing Favorites, where musicians pay homage to the
music that resonates most with them, be it a collection
of songs from one artist or band or an entire album. On
Sunday, July 29th, two local bands will hang up their
own songs and try on some others for a night. Darling
will play The Microphones landmark 2001 album "The
Glow, Pt. 2" and Panoramic & True will play the Belle &
Sebastian classic "The Boy With the Arab Strap"..
Odd Obsessions presents the 1978 Australian actionmusical "Stunt Rock". Australian stuntman Grant Page
moves to Los Angeles to be the Head Stunt Guy on a
TV Show called Undercover Girl. While there he lends
his expertise to rock band Sorcery, helping the band
develop pyrotechnic magic tricks for their shows. The
movie cuts between Page performing stunts, talking
about stunts, and Sorcery performing live on stage. It's
95 minutes of stunts... and rock!
M O N D A Y
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Eiren Caffall
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Lawrence Peters'
Country ThrowDown w/ Rivals of
the Peacemaker
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Atmosphere
Strut w/ DJ
Kid Color
(9:30PM)
T U E S D A Y
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Relax Attack Jazz
Series: The Engines
In Tall Buildings is the moniker of Chicago musician
and producer Erik Hall (NOMO, Wild Belle). His homerecorded debut album was released in 2010 by Whistler
Records, and Erik's songs were immediately praised by
the Chicago Tribune as being “dense, textured, [and]
hypnotic,” and The Huffington Post included In Tall
Buildings on their Best of Chicago 2010 list. The band
has appeared at South by Southwest, Midpoint Music
Festival, Tomorrow Never Knows Festival, TEDxUofM,
and the Toronto International Film Festival. They have
shared stages with Craig Finn, Here We Go Magic, and
Sharon Van Etten. Erik is currently at work on In Tall
Buildings' sophomore album.de
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COVER/BACKSIDE
'Cosmic Guano'
by Drew Ryan &
Alexa Viscius
Whistler
Records Catalog
Our in-house record label offers these releases, which are
all available for p urch a se at: th ewhi s tler. bi gcar tel . com
001
002
Karl Blau
AM (CD)
Blue Ribbon Glee
Club A Cappella Über
Alles (7”)
003
004
Notes & Scratches
This Side (7")
White Mystery /
Black Apple
Split (7”)
005
006
Matt Ulery’s Loom
The Queen (10”)
Various Artists
Year One: The Festival
(3Lp + Book)
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009
In Tall Buildings
In Tall Buildings
(CD, LP)
The Hood Internet
& Kid Static
Chi City (7”)
010
011
Shapers
Virginia Reel (7”)
blink. The Architects
(Cassette, MP3)
012
014
In Tall Buildings
Warm Rock (7”)
This Is Cinema
Mädchen (7”)
To s u b m i t a p r o j e c t f o r c o n s i d e r a t i o n : g a l l e r y @
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SIGNS POINT
TO YES
Aay Preston-Myint is an artist, educator, community
organizer and DJ based in Chicago.
He loves pie, is less partial to cake; similarly enjoys
the beach, but not the ocean.
Ask him questions (no need to shake).
www.dirtrainbow.net
M O N D A Y
Although they’ve been compared to certain lovesick
folksingers, Cains & Abels lack any of the helplessness
so often present in the classic folk-rock oeuvre. David
Sampson writes songs that are indeed heartbroken—for
lack of money, love, communication—but they’re also
hopeful and aware of their own strength. Sampson has
a powerful voice that glides over layered guitar riffs and
spare drum beats, much like a sermon or a plea. The
songs themselves present that opposition. They can be
quiet and introspective, while the next moment booming
and bursting with universal themes. Their new album, My
Life Is Easy, is out now on Whistler Records.
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(9:30PM)
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Magical Beautiful,
Deep Sleep
S A T U R D A Y
This is Cinema is a collaboration between songwriter
and multi-instrumentalist Ben Babbitt and producer/
engineer and multi-instrumentalist Theo Karon. The duo
employs a dizzying array of electronics and instruments
to create a psychedelic live show that ranges from
electro-inspired freakouts to ambient and ethereal passages, all while maintaining a focus on up-front vocal
harmonies and pop songwriting. This Is Cinema's debut album, Cycles, will be released July 31st via Whistler
Records.
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Facetime
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CAINS & ABELS
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KELLEN & ME
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In Tall Buildings is the moniker of Chicago musician
and producer Erik Hall (NOMO, Wild Belle). His homerecorded debut album was released in 2010 by Whistler
Records, and Erik's songs were immediately praised by
the Chicago Tribune as being “dense, textured, [and]
hypnotic,” and The Huffington Post included In Tall
Buildings on their Best of Chicago 2010 list. The band
has appeared at South by Southwest, Midpoint Music
Magical Beautiful is a Chicago quartet playing suFestival, Tomorrow Never Knows Festival, TEDxUofM,
premely dubbed-out, psychedelic synth pop. Deep Sleep
and the Toronto International Film Festival. They have
is the space-disco-art-pop solo project from Jeremiah
shared stages with Craig Finn, Here We Go Magic, and
Chiu of Icy Demons.
Sharon Van Etten. Erik is currently at work on In Tall
Buildings' sophomore album.
THE MILWAUKEE AVENUE ARTS FESTIVAL
MAINSTAGE 6:30 PM
W E D N E S D A Y
(6 PM)
DJ Gloria
Vanderbilt
(9:30PM)
W E D N E S D A Y
S A T U R D A Y
Tony Barba is a recent addition to the Chicago music
scene after living in New York City for the last decade.
Graduating in 2001 from the NYU jazz department,
Barba studied saxophone with such notables as George
Garzone and Ralph Lalama. Since then, he has performed all around the world with such artists as the Violent Femmes, Pete Yorn, Antibalis, and the Glenn Miller
Orchestra. Tony made the move from New York City
to Chicago in the fall of 2010 and has been making a
steady impact on the city's music scene ever since. He
can currently be heard performing with The Youngblood
Brass Band, the Brooklyn Qawwali Party, W.W. Lowman, the B.S. Brass Band, and Donovan Mixon's Hybrid
Project. His own trio, Facetime, is a regular guest at the
Whistler's Relax Attack Jazz Series.
LeRoy Bach
F E AT U R I N G —
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Relax Attack
Jazz Series:
Facetime
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Events
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GALLERY
WHISTLER
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Reckless
Night
LeRoy Bach started the Whistler's Friday evening guitar series in 2009. He currently performs with the Low
Tide Trio and serves as musical director and guitarist for
The Black Monks of Mississippi. Mikel Avery is a multiinstrumentalist, composer, and musical organizer from
Chicago. He has performed with the EveryPeople Workshop, Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, Joshua Abrams Natural Information Society, Jeff Parker Quartet, and dozens
of other projects and ensembles. This performances
promises to be a rare treat as Mikel examines his own
brand of ambient music.
The Great
Crush
No Room For
Squares:
'60s Lounge
& Jazz
FULLERTON
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Glad Cloud is a monthly series that celebrates the rich
landscape of Chicago musicians working with ambient
music. The series provides an opportunity for ambient
artists to color the air, walls, and liquids of the Whistler
in a deliberately non-intrusive manner. Visitors can
enjoy their cocktails and companions while the music
envelops the room around them.
Grandeurs,
Charming
People
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GLAD CLOUD
AMBIENT MUSIC
SERIES:
LeRoy Bach,
Mikel Avery
CHIRP Night
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Kickback,
Magicks
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"Signs Point To Yes" is an installation
about future-forward positivity and
the joyous, black-lit, maybe a little sleazy,
probably kinda gay party
happening inside your Magic 8-Ball when
you're not looking."
Eiren Caffall’s music comes from her childhood in the
wooded hills of Western Massachusetts, where her bohemian parents took her to art galleries, hash parties
and Shaker Barns filled with drying herbs. Her father
conducted the Church of Jazz in their living room every Sunday morning and she spent a lot of time reading about maritime disasters. These influences have resulted in her unusual lyricism, strong songcraft, and the
faint shock of surprise as the shy quiet of her lap steel
guitar meets her longing voice. Underneath her narratives
of loss, there is always the pull of joy. Her songs are tiny
anthems for that moment when you think you might drown
and—failing to swim—you unexpectedly begin to fly.
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Cains & Abels
My Life Is Easy (LP)
Cains & Abels
Stay Home Tonight (7")
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Movieoke (verb):
To perform a movie scene for an
audience, karaoke-style.
This monthly fundraiser features a
rotating cast of CHIRP DJs and live
musical guests.
Chirp
Movie
Oke Night
1st Mondays
2nd Mondays
chirpradio.org
chicagomovieoke.com
t he W H I S T L E R
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Chirp Radio is a non-profit, volunteer-run,
music-, arts-, and culture-focused
radio station transmitting live 365 days
a year at chirpradio.org.
Glad
Cloud
A monthly series that celebrates
the rich landscape of
Chicago musicians working
with ambient music.
The series provides an opportunity for ambient
artists to color the air, walls, and liquids of
the Whistler in a deliberately non-intrusive manner.
Visitors can enjoy their cocktails and companions
while the music envelops the room around them.
the W H I S T L E R
Join us for Playing Favorites, where musicians
pay homage to the music that resonates
most with them, be it a collection of songs from
one artist or band, or an entire album.
t he W H I S T L E R
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2 4 2 1 / n M I LW A U K E E av e /C H I C A G O / I L / 6 0 6 4 7
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3rd Mondays
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