The Empty Bottle
1035 N Western Ave
773.276.3600
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Pelican, Photo: Ryan Russell
- When
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Thursday Feb 28, 2008 (9–11pm)
- Where
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Directions: We are located at the corner of Western and Cortez in Chicago, three blocks south of Division and just north of Augusta. The Empty Bottle is most easily accessible from Interstate 90/94 (The Kennedy Expressway). More options here: http://emptybottle.com
- Price
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$12
- Links
For Chicago's Pelican, the term "instru-metal" seems more reductive by the day. No, there are no vocals. Yes, there are metal influences. Certainly, the drummer's a graduate of the Bonham school of whomp-and-thud. And of course they love them some monster stoner-rock riffage. But last year's City of Echoes complicates the formula considerably: The songs are shorter. The leads, cleaner and more melodic, grab hold more quickly. The hooks land harder. Even the acoustic non-sequiturs make more sense. A lot of like-minded bands tend to melt into a haze of drop-D knuckle-dragging and tuneless wankery, but Pelican stand apart, and we're lucky to call them our own.
