The Empty Bottle
1035 N Western Ave
773.276.3600
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Caroliner
- When
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Wednesday Sep 9, 2009 (9pm)
- 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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$15
- Links
The psychedelic noiseniks in Caroliner describe themselves as "industrial bluegrass," and their identity-blurring self-mythologizing garners frequent Residents comparisons. But they have a much more abrasive streak than those San Fran pranksters — banjo strums and plink-plonk mallet percussion grapple with Japanoise-style spazz and power-electronics hiss. Still, it's their sense of theatricality that precedes them: their enormous, handmade sets and costumes look like GWAR dipped in a Sid and Marty Croft acid bath. So, despite the misanthropic scrape-and-snarl, Caroliner are a great time. What else would you expect from a band that delivers LPs in pizza boxes and diaper-disposal bags?
