JUNE 26, 2014 • CHICAGO READER B27
Feely’s cassette releases document some of the newest acts on the national scene, including some of the best youngsters around here— Ben Klawans, who made last year’s astounding experimental album 97% Old under the name Mormon Toasterhead, isn’t even old enough to remember the 90s. —Leor Galil
BESTof MUSIC & NIGHTLIFE
Best New Candidate to Be Footwork’s Crossover Hit
“Let U No” by DJ Rashad featuring Spinn
soundcloud.com/djrashadteklife, @DJ_Spinn
DJ Rashad was on course to guide footwork music to a crossover breakthrough when he died in April at age 34; he’d performed in Europe, opened for Chance the Rapper on his U.S. tour last fall, and played at many high-profile festivals, including Pitchfork in July. On last year’s Double Cup, Rashad pushed footwork toward pop while retaining its eccentric, fluttering beats, hyperactive pace, and strange internal tension among syncopated layers. Spinn, a leader in Rashad’s Teklife crew, worked on many of Double Cup’s best J
June 27
JODEE LEWIS
WITH SPECIAL GUEST DEVIL IN A WOODPILE
June 28
BRUCE ROBISON & KELLY WILLIS
WITH ANGELA JAMES
June 29
ALBERT CUMMINGS & CURTIS SALGADO
SUN-TIMES MEDIA ARCHIVES
continued from B25 a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die have been landing on the Billboard charts with a new spin on the second-wave sound that grew out of the 90s midwest scene—rugged bass, interlocking guitars, and inept but endearingly sincere vocals. For fans who grew up seeing the Promise Ring and Braid, shows by these fourth-wave groups can be a way to relive bygone nights sweating it out at VFW halls, but it’s not necessarily about nostalgia for the people putting out the records. Colin Feely, who runs Bad Waves Tapes, was born after Cap’n Jazz broke up—he discovered emo a few years ago after falling down an Internet rabbit hole, then launched Bad Waves in 2013.
June 30
JULIAN LAGE & NELS CLINE DUO
July 1
BERLIN
FEATURING TERRI NUNN WITH SPECIAL GUEST VAPORNET
July 4
PEDRITO MARTINEZ GROUP
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UPCOMING SHOWS
7/2 & 3 The English Beat 7/6 Louis Prima Jr. & The Witnesses: The Wildest Show Returns 7/7 Time for Three 7/8 She’s Crafty Beastie Boys Tribute with beer pairing 7/9 Yarn w/ Carolina Story 7/10 Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks 7/11 Dr. Ralph Stanley and his Clinch Mountain Boys w/ Town Mountain 7/12 98.7 WFMT presents Thirsty Ear Festival - Graham Reynolds & The Palomar String Quartet w/ special guests Fonema Consort, Gaudete Brass (5 pm) 7/12 Dengue Fever w/ DJ Warp (8:30 pm) 7/13 Heartless Bastards