CoachHouse: Sunday night, 4/26@Subterranean, Chicago

It’s nice to get some love from the locals isn’t it? And Chicago has not only a thriving local scene but a really loyal one too. I’m constantly getting emails and conversations from people in bands saying “hey, have you heard my friends, the ….?!? They’re fantastic!” We like to spread the love wide here in this big, wide, windy city. (yeah that was corny, wasn’t it?)

Ok, music… This band, CoachHouse, is what I’d call urban fusion. It’s making hip hop slide down with that spoonful of sugar for me, me being that aging old-school lyrics-loving rock music fan. CoachHouse is smart, thought-provoking, musically diverse and so very obviously talented. They also happen to be in the right place for what they love to do. Whether it’s intentional or not, Chicago is fertile ground for the spoken word/music mix that CoachHouse has fused into some kind of wonderful.

On Sunday night they are one of four bands to play at an awesome club, Subterranean. It’s a 17+ show which is always nice, gets the crowd moving. I’ve given you a taste of CoachHouse here, but please do go check out the MySpace pages of the others as well. Bilithic is releasing their record that night. Some day soon I might feature them as well, they’re probably friends of people in bands I know or will meet soon, that’s how we do it here, xoxox

Subterranean, 2011 North Ave
4/26/09

David Costa is Dead
Bilithic (Record Release)
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