Win tickets to see Hallogallo 2010 at Lincoln Hall
Featuring Michael Rother of Neu! and performing the songs of Neu!
Hallogallo 2010 will be rocking Lincoln Hall Wednesday, Sept. 8. The A.V. Club has a wicked pair of tickets to give away to one lucky winner. Interested parties should drop an e-mail to ochicago@theonion.com. Please include “Hallogallo” in the subject line.
Who is Hallogallo 2010? Though its brief run in the ’70s produced only three records, Germany’s Neu! made an indelible mark on the collective consciousness of most well-rounded rockers. With Klaus Dinger’s tom-heavy, repetitive drumlines and Michael Rother’s endlessly ripping guitar, Neu! influenced everyone from Wilco to Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem to Hawkwind. Dinger died in 2008, but Rother has gotten together with Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley and Tall Firs’ Aaron Mullan as Hallogallo 2010, named after one of Neu’s most psychedelic and driving jams. The group performs classic Neu! cuts, with a few Rother solo tracks thrown in for good measure. Young fans take note: It’s never too late to learn where today’s good music originated.
