Bottom Lounge
1375 W Lake St
312.666.6775
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The Whigs, Photo: Jordan Noel
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Friday Nov 6, 2009 (8pm)
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- Price
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$13
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Note:
Win a pair of tickets via a RT @flavorpill_chi.
Athens, Georgia's the Whigs are proud torchbearers of the bash-and-pop tradition. Like the Living Things (minus the revolutionary pretension), there's a lot of '90s alt-punk revival and '70s riff rock. But singer Parker Gispert's warm Southern drawl is the wild card, even when he's shouting his lungs out. It gives the Whigs a heart-on-sleeve inclusiveness that makes them sound like the bar band most likely to. Check out last year's Mission Control (ATO) — all crash-cymbal happy stomping and serrated riffs. Somewhere, Paul Westerberg is smiling.
