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OBEY YOUR BRAIN
JANUARY 6th, 2009
SONOTHEQUE
1444 W. CHICAGO
FREE ADMISSION

CHANDELIERS

djs HUNTER HUSAR + TIME WARNER (of MAHJONGG/ WATERBABIES)

OBEY YOUR BRAIN is a Free monthly night curated by the folks at the Shape Shoppe and OYB records.

The first night features :::

WATERBABIES (members of MAHJONGG and LAZER CRYSTAL bands)


dj Alex Valentine of the Shape Shoppe studio, No Coast store

dj Smart Cousin of the Shape Shoppe studio, OYB, Icy Demons and Chandeliers bands.

+ + + + Special Guest DJ HoloGram Trav of that band the Killer Whales + + + +

Every month we’ll feature: live band (s) and either super cool dj (s) or underground film (s) or both (s).
We’ll be selling, posters, records, clothes,
bling, etc..

Check out the inaugural night this December the 16th if you are in Chicago, its free!

From Pitchforkmedia.com:

When Beirut’s Zach Condon canceled his European tour earlier this year to collect himself, he didn’t just sit around reading On the Road, watching “Oprah”, and wolfing down Ben & Jerry’s by the tubful. Well okay, who knows really, maybe he did. But he also spent some time cooking up a nifty little double-disc release.

Come February 17 in the U.S. and February 16 in Europe, Condon’s own Pompeii Records (with an assist from Ba Da Bing!) will issue a pair of EPs from the Zachster, packaged together but spread out over separate CDs for maximum EP-ability. The first, March of the Zapotec, collects six new tracks partially recorded in Mexico recently by Beirut, while the second, Holland, is credited to Realpeople and features five solo jams from Zach’s early home-recording days. UPDATE: Though Realpeople was the name of Condon’s early project, these are new recordings.

Astute readers will recognize Realpeople track “My Night With the Prostitute From Marseille” from that Natalie Portman-curated Big Change comp (billed to Beirut), while “Venice” previously turned up on the CD accompanying The Believer’s 2007 Music Issue (billed to Zach’s given name). Icy Demon Griffin Rodriguez engineered and mastered the March of the Zapotec/Holland two-fer, and the guy’s Obey Your Brain imprint will be responsible for putting it out on vinyl.

Check back tomorrow to read Condon’s thoughts on the new release and other matters Beirut, and brace yourself for the band’s return to the road, planned for next year.

Beirut: March of the Zapotec:

01 El Zocalo
02 La Llorna
03 My Wife
04 The Akara
05 On a Bayonet
06 The Shrew

Realpeople: Holland:

01 My Night With a Prostitute From Marseille
02 My Wife, Lost in the Wild
03 Venice
04 The Concubine
05 No Dice

Icy Demons are featured on Daytrotter today! We played four songs in their studio and they are available for downloading here. Check it out, dudes!

A recent article in Chicago’s Gaper’s Block that previews some new sounds coming out of the studio at the Shape Shoppe.

Bronze, Calypso Shakedown