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Posted: March 7th, 2008 | Author: Brian | Filed under: Chicago, festival, indie rock | Tags: Apteka, Austin, Bound Stems, Cameron McGill, Chicago, Entertainment Weekly, Eztra Furman & the Harpoons, Hollywood Holt, Icy Demons, JT and the Cloust, Killer Whales, Make Believe, Mittens on Strings, Pit Er Pat, Reds and Blue, Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, South by Soutwest, SXSW, Sybris, Texas, The Hideout, The Hood Internet, Thight Phantomz, Tom Schrader & His Ego, Waco Brothers | No Comments »Chicago’s fortunate to have a super-supportive (nay, incestuous?) music scene, many of whom have roots back to a lil’ place called The Hideout. So who better than Hideout to host “Sending the Four Star City to the Lone Star State” party? The mini-fest is a fundraiser for all the bands travelling’ down to the Sundance Film Festival, oop, I mean South By Southwest in Austin.
Performing is a laundry list of the city’s faves, some of whom will soon be called “indie buzz bands” by Entertainment Weekly or something. A mere $10 gets you into this shizzle:
12:00 - Sybris
12:45 - Apteka
1:30 - Cameron McGill
2:15 - Mittens on Strings
3:00 - JT and the Clouds
3:45 - The Hood Internet (DJ STV SLV)
4:30 - Hollywood Holt
5:15 - Bound Stems
6:00 - Make Believe
6:45 - Reds and Blue
7:30 - Pit Er Pat
8:15 - Waco Brothers
9:00 - Tight Phantomz
9:45 - Killer Whales
10:30 - Icy Demons
11:15 - Tom Schraeder & His Ego
12:00 - Ezra Furman & the Harpoons
12:45 - Scotland Yard Gospel Choir
Rounding down, that’s like, $0.72 a band. Your door cover will let you go in & out for the whole day (like there’s anything else to do on Wabansia & Elston), but it will be packed by the end of the night. -Brian Howe Battle