The Empty Bottle
1035 N Western Ave
773.276.3600
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Mt. St. Helens
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Monday Feb 4, 2008 (9pm)
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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
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With almost every band in Chicago mining the '60s, '70s, and '80s for material, it's actually kind of refreshing to hear one that unabashedly noodles around in the '90s post-rock vein. Echoing the insistent, mathy jangle of Polvo, the driving riffage of Drive Like Jehu, and the sparse, brow-furrowing atmospherics of Unwound, Mt. St. Helens — whose inception a decade ago might have something to do with their less-than-contemporary sound — rock like its 1996. Dubbed "kickass post-hardcore rock" in a hilariously titled Chicago Reader article, the long-running quintet is an excellent reminder that the recent past can be the most excellent, hardest-rocking inspiration of all.
