The Lovely Eggs came to Chicago with their label-mates, Cars Can Be Blue way back on September 3rd. I had been looking forward to this show, mostly because I knew the Lovely Eggs were rather quirky and their music seemed fun. We just don’t get enough fun around here. Honestly, indie music isn’t very fun;  rock n roll can be fun but lately it doesn’t seem so; punk is way fun but I never go to those clubs anymore (wish I did, and if any of you are locals and wanna go, hit me up!) So finding The Lovely Eggs seemed to be a breath of fresh air. I had no idea what Cars Can Be Blue were like. Sometimes I like to just show up and be impressed.

My exposure to the Lovely Eggs was wholly due to Matthew and DC, who had posted a few songs over the past year, one of which was the unexpected and really whacked “Tyrannosaurus For Christmas,” which you will be seeing on these pages when that lovely season hits. The Lovely Eggs are what can be considered lo-fi, indie-pop/punk, comedy music. I don’t know if there really is a category as indie comedy but there should be! Holly, the main singer,  plays a wicked electric guitar and David has an assortment of instruments but basically bangs like a banshee on a drumkit. What I saw as I sat in the club a few weeks ago did not disappoint, even though the crowd was small and mostly consisted of guys watching the game on big screen TVs. Ugh, what a venue. Well, these two plucky performers from Lancanster, UK carried on with enthusiasm and had us laughing at their ridiculous lyrics. I can’t really explain the proliferation of videos on this blog lately, somehow I’ve been finding some good ones worth watching! This one is hilarious, featuring an assortment of people dressed as Holly and David and even Holly and David dressed as one another!

I’ve been a very lazy blogger lately. And so now I’m catching up and going through photos and such from the night. What I found was a pretty good one of the arm wrestling competition that followed the musical portion of the evening. Yeah, you heard that right, arm wrestling. Ladies arm wrestling in fact. Little Holly tramped up on stage in her cowboy hat and gave it her best, but honestly, I had no hope for her winning against any one of the Midwestern, corn-fed Roller Derby girls.

When Cars Can Be Blue took the stage the sports watchers were still at it, sadly. But that did not seem to dampen their spirits. Much like The Lovely Eggs, Becky and Nate, from Austin, work on the same premise: girl with guitar/guy on drums. It totally works for them too. And their songs are filthy, foul-mouthed, and absolutely entertaining in the most immature way. It was a blast! “The Dirty Song” is a case in point. On another note, I’m dying to know if they won their court case on the Judge Judy show.

The rest of the evening took an interesting turn. Dave, Holly, Becky and I spent hours gabbing about music, art,  friendship,  socialism and the healthcare debacle in our country. It was wonderful to be around musicians and especially fun ones! Go see them if they ever come near you, xoxo