Posted Tuesday, September 22, 2009 @ 11:11 in Music by Dani Deahl
09-2009
I think some people would be surprised to hear Perry Farrell knows about The Bloody Beetroots! Were there any artists in the DJ area you weren’t familiar with but blew your mind when you saw and heard them?
I was familiar with all the ones who ended up headlining and playing in the evening. And the other ones, like you said are hipster and blog people. The Hood Internet for example, I admire these guys. I found them because I like music blogs. We had a pretty good radio music station here in LA called Indie 103 and I used to like to listen to that station and it went down so it drove me harder into the Internet and satellite radio. I don’t do it all the time but I go into these periods where I start cruising music blogs and, to be honest with you, I download a ton of music just to get familiar with what’s out there. I’ll do it for weeks and weeks and weeks and then I won’t do it for a few months and I’ll just be writing my own stuff. That’s how I came across people like Dark Wave Disco and The Hood Internet – local Chicago guys.
topix: The Art Institute of Chicago’s two-week-long Modern Wing opening
05-21-2009
If you didn’t make it to one of the Art Institute’s dozen or so Modern Wing opening events, get yourself to downtown Chicago as soon as you can. The Renzo Piano-designed building is breathtaking and inspiring. Much of the artwork on display hasn’t been seen in years. One of the new favorite spots downtown is sure to be the outdoor Bluhm Family Terrace, on the upper level of the Modern Wing just outside Terzo Piano, the new restaurant created by James Beard award-winning Chef Tony Mantuano. The view of Millennium Park and the city’s spectacular skyline is going to distract many from work or studies.
Event props go out to fashion designers Marisa Swystun and Michelle Barone, celebrity DJs Tommie Sunshine, Dark Wave Disco, and DJ LoPro, with additional musical performances by Deep Blue Fields, Goran Ivanovic Group, Kalyan Pathak and Jazz Mata. Performance art by Industry of the Ordinary, and Igor Josifov took place in galleries in the Modern Wing and video art was provided by famed music and video director Vincent Haycock of Debonair Social Club
Friday night, fans of art from all over, singles who like to prowl looking their best and various movers and shakers bought a chance to party in a Piano—Renzo Piano’s Modern Wing at the (sold-out for weeks) Young Modern party. Those expecting an uptight art event would be pleasantly surprised with the unpretentious feel of the goings-on. On the “clubby” side of the event—a circle of galleries turned into cozy spaces with modern furniture and dedicated bars, DJs Tommie Sunshine, Chris Holmes and the Dark Wave Disco gang played everything from Basement Jaxx, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs to psychedelic remixes of Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve—at one point, security had Holmes turn down the volume, but otherwise it seemed to be hands-off for the mixing generations on the dance floor.
Over at le chateau de darkroom demons, we are in full recovery mode. It seems that every day it gets warmer, we are getting busier and more squirrels are terrorizing little old ladies. As Sir Reeves coddles his body back from the supernova rockstar shock that was SXSW, I have begun to re-learn how to shoot with these infernal contraptions known as "Kameras". I have been in the warm lull of my wife's delightful pampering and a heavy pharmaceutical hum for four months now and need to break the habit of doing nothing. I figured its time for a little introspection about the importance of three bands that were at the Metro last Sunday.
Darkwave Disco
DJs Greg Corner, Mark Gertz and Trancid have been part of our blood lines for as long as we've taken pictures in Chicago. Kill Hannah took me on the road when I didn't even know how to shoot. (The only thing that has changed is now I have bigger cameras that I don't know how to use.) I knew the night at The Metro was going to be mentally misappropriated by all parties involved when the first words upon Darkwave's arrival were "What are you drinking?" and "We're going to go out on the roof next to the marquee and shoot a picture."
'Wonderful.' I thought. 'I haven't taken a picture in 3 months and now my boys are gonna hang me over a ledge 16 feet off the ground." Friends like these, indeed!
In fact, if it wasn't for an off-hand remark from Greg years ago, I would still be shooting douchebags in Ed Hardy and Affliction for some small local nightlife pamphlet.
On a dark and stormy night outside Crobar in 2006, Mat Devine, Greg and I met up and he said "You just missed The Cobrasnake. You need to do something like that." (Until then, I had always thought a Cobra was just a fairly lethal reptile in India or Sylvester Stallone character lost in time.) Obviously, I didn't follow his advice directly , but I heeded his words and soon went on to blackmail Sir Reeves into becoming the better-dressed half of our demonic endeavors and embarking on this indulgent photographic sojourn.
gothgirlweek: Goth Girl of the Week: Feature: Jessie-Lynne:
03-24-2009
GGotW: What is Chicago's night scene like?
JL: The Chicago night life scene rocks.. I've always had a lot of fun in Chicago. I used to be pretty involved in the Chicago nightlife for a little I was hosting events & tending bar. I have a soft spot for Electro and we have a pretty decent scene here for that. One of my favorite events in Chicago is at a bar called Sonotheque the events called "Dark Wave Disco" its once a month and features some really good djs out of Chicago. If your looking for something to do on the week days every Monday is Rehab at Evil Olive, its a really fun night with a typical turn out of 500+ weekly
papermag: Dark Wave Disco nominated: People’s Choice: America’s Best Party 2008
11-02-2008
America's Best Party
Dim Mak Tuesdays at Cinespace - Los Angeles, CA Dark Wave Disco at Sonotheque - Chicago, IL Rock the Casbah at The Parish - Austin, TX Funk Night at various locations - Detroit, MI Blow Up at the Rickshaw Stop - San Francisco, CA The Fix at Someday Lounge - Portland, OR HotMess at the War Room - Seattle, WA Favela Chic at Mokai - Miami, FL Debonair Presents at Debonair Social Club - Chicago, IL
DWD Djs @ Smartbar tonight with Felix Cartal for his Popular Music album release tour. More info: http://bit.ly/91jG3V
