Artist Bailiff

Despite its limited output so far, Bailiff is a band worth tracking down. Bound Stems/Harvey Danger’s Evan Sult attests to this fact in the bio he wrote for the band after inadvertently hearing it through the walls of its practice space and immediately becoming obsessed with the local trio. Bailiff's debut EP, the four-song Mm Hmm, is a hybrid of sludge-rock and polished swaggering pop, sort of like Interpol with a harder edge. Given the sweeping 20 minutes of released material and handful of awe-inspiring shows the band has played so far, Bailiff is shaping up to be a Chicago band to watch—track the group down while it's still in our same area code. A full-length debut is reportedly in the works. 

Updated 12/11/2009