event Netherfriends
Also Playing: A Lull and Aktar Aktar
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Mon Dec 21
9:30 pm,
http://www.ticketweb.com/snl/VenueListings.action?venueId=10103 Netherfriends, A Lull, and Aktar Aktar at Empty Bottle
Succinctly articulating Netherfriends is no easy feat. The local collective is a musical chameleon of sorts, though masterfully schooled in the kind of oddball, lurching loops not so perfectly crafted since Menomena’s Friend And Foe. Fans of that Portland band should find plenty to love in Netherfriends, and they're only picking up steam with their debut six-song EP, Calling You Out. Chirping birds give way to oddly pleasing sing-along verses in “Really?” while warbling tapes layered under icy, grandiose bells and lyrics about getting drunk in “Friends With Lofts.” It's a record that shouldn’t be thought of as complex or even analyzed, but akin to a sonic present carefully picked out and then presented with a pretty bow on top.
Empty Bottle 1035 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL
Succinctly articulating Netherfriends is no easy feat. The local collective is a musical chameleon of sorts, though masterfully schooled in the kind of oddball, lurching loops not so perfectly crafted since Menomena’s Friend And Foe. Fans of that Portland band should find plenty to love in Netherfriends, and they're only picking up steam with their debut six-song EP, Calling You Out. Chirping birds give way to oddly pleasing sing-along verses in “Really?” while warbling tapes layered under icy, grandiose bells and lyrics about getting drunk in “Friends With Lofts.” It's a record that shouldn’t be thought of as complex or even analyzed, but akin to a sonic present carefully picked out and then presented with a pretty bow on top.
Updated 11/11/2009
