The Week In Chicago Rock

Curation By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk

You shoulda been there.
1. Flesh Lights at the Mutiny on Tuesday night.

Posted on May 30, 2015

Local Music Notebook: Horror, Holograms And Heroes

Death At Chevelle Show

“Hundreds of friends and family members gathered at Bartlett High School on Memorial Day to remember a 24-year-old former football player who died after falling from a catwalk at the Aragon Ballroom over the weekend,” the Tribune reports.
“[Kyle] Kirchhoff, a defensive line coach for the College of DuPage who went to Loras College in Iowa, died Friday night during a rock concert by the band Chevelle at the North Side venue. Kirchhoff was with two friends on the Aragon’s second-floor balcony when the trio wandered through a door, a source said.
“Two of the three found their way to a catwalk where they were able to watch the show, and after a short while, they noticed Kirchhoff wasn’t with them. When they searched for him, they found his body. He had apparently fallen about 6 to 8 feet onto two metal rods, the source said. Kirchhoff suffered two wounds to his chest and was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at 10:54 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office and police.”

Posted on May 27, 2015

The Weekend In Chicago Rock

Curation By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk

You shoulda been there.
1. In Flames at Mojoes in Joliet on Thursday night.

Posted on May 25, 2015

The Week In Chicago Rock

Curation By The Beachwood Rock Local Affairs Desk

You shoulda been there.
1. Korpiklanni at Bottom Lounge on Monday night.

Posted on May 22, 2015

Local Music Notebook: Born In Chicago

Son, You Had Better Get A Gun

1. Jim O’Rourke: Indie’s Unsung Perpetual Polymath.
“Since leaving Chicago post-rockers Gastr Del Sol in 1998, he’s explored American primitivist guitar (Bad Timing), glitchy electronica (I’m Happy And I’m Singing And A 1,2,3,4) and playfully zonked improv (as one-third of Fenn O’Berg), each new project seemingly intended to confound fans of the previous one. He even found time to join Sonic Youth for four years, while resisting an easy payday by turning down the opportunity to produce A-ha and the Rolling Stones.”
O’Rourke’s Simple Songs is out on Drag City this week.