Shows & Concerts
TUES 3-1-11
@ The Abbey Pub
3420 W. Grace Street, Chicago, IL
Last Rites Proudly Presents:
WEEDEATER
w/Zoroaster - Bible Of The Devil - The Reptoids
Doors at 8pm and show at 8:30pm. Tickets $15 in advance and $17 at the door.
After over two incredibly action/drama/injury/tour-soaked years of constant insanity, North Carolina sludge crusaders WEEDEATER have completed their long-delayed, yet more anticipated-than-ever, fourth full-length release. The intoxicating ten-track brutalizer, dubbed Jason… The Dragon, has been scheduled for worldwide release on March 1st, 2011 via Southern Lord Recordings
After over a year of literally crippling injuries to all three of WEEDEATER’s members hitting the headlines, including infamous classics like “Dixie Dave blew off part of his foot with a shotgun,” or “Keko tore his meniscus this week,” and “Shep broke his goddamn pinkie on tour” or even “Dixie nearly died in his ninja-scuba assassin Halloween costume” and more, the band still forged on through these blows for multiple tours - several regional and national headlining tours, as well as supporting Down and The Melvins - to finally complete this record. Although delayed by eight months, the haggard trio infiltrated Steve Albini’s Electrical Audio Studio in Chicago this past September to pound out Jason… The Dragon.
THURS 3-3-11
@ The Abbey Pub
3420 W. Grace Street, Chicago, IL
Summer Camp On The Road 2011.
The Electric Boogaloo
Old Shoe
Raoul Duke
Barefoot Fred
Coldwater Mystic
FRI 3-4-11
@ The Abbey Pub
3420 W. Grace Street, Chicago, IL
Made by Man
Em and Them
Ephyra
Paper Games
Beth Chin
SAT 3-5-11
@ The Abbey Pub
3420 W. Grace Street, Chicago, IL
That Must Be The Band (Country’s Best Talking Heads Tribute)
Savvy. S
SUN 3-6-11
@ The Abbey Pub
3420 W. Grace Street, Chicago, IL
Last Rites Proudly Presents: Yale University’s
LOW STRUNG
w/Denise Hradecky
Doors at 8pm and show at 8:30pm. Tickets $8 in advance and $10 at the door.
Low Strung is a group of undergraduate and graduate cellists who have come together over the past six years to break out of normal cello repertoire and venture into the realm of pop and classic rock. Their concerts are filled with thundering arrangements of pieces by the Rolling Stones, Led Zepplin, Metallica, Coldplay, the Who, the Beatles, U2, AC/DC and many, many more artists from the 1950’s to today.
Low Strung was founded in 2004 by the celli of the Saybrook College Orchestra, a group of talented musicians who went above and beyond the usual pre-concert sectional to form an independent chamber group. Their rehearsals, though still echoing the resonances of Mozart’s 40th or Beethoven’s 7th, began to be distinguished by chords from Metallica, the Rolling Stones, and Led Zepplin. The energized and charismatic group continues to diversify its repertoire to this day, adapting well-known pop and rock tunes to the voices of ten cellos. Low Strung debuted at Yale University in April 2005, performing for a sold-out house and quickly establishing themselves as one of the most exciting musical groups on campus.
TUES 3-8-11
@ The Abbey Pub
3420 W. Grace Street, Chicago, IL
Fat Tuesday Party With…..
1000 Vertical Feet
The Jewish Cowboy
MORI
The Lills
WED 3-9-11
@ The Abbey Pub
3420 W. Grace Street, Chicago, IL
Last Rites Presents The French Invasion 2011:
TAHITI 80
CHATEAU MARMONT
w/ Gemini Club (LIVE set)
Doors at 8pm & show at 8:30pm. Tickets $15 in advance & at the door
TAHITI 80: Formed by multi instrumentalists Xavier Boyer, Médéric Gontier, Sylvain Marchand & Pedro Resende, Tahiti 80 ’s adventure began in the French cities of Rouen and Paris in the mid 90s. Singer/ guitarist Boyer and bassist Resende formed the pop combo as students at the University of Rouen, sharing an affinity for indie music, new wave and sixties pop. Taking their name from a souvenir t-shirt given to Boyer’s father in 1980, the duo recruited guitarist Mederic Gontier, and with the addition of drummer Sylvain Marchand a year later, the lineup was complete. The foursome released a self-produced and self-financed EP, “20 Minutes” (Bobby Records 1996) which resulted in them signing a deal with French label Atmospheriques.
CHATEAU MARMONT: Four Frenchmen, childhood friends, united in their love of synth music: dare we call it a tale of mystery and imagination, of friendship and self-discovery? Chateau Marmont’s story is half Stand By Me, half Solaris, half Logan’s Run and, yes, it doesn’t add up. They’ve known each other since forever, as children stranded in a hostile landscape dominated by hypertrophied bullies and pathetic louts. They found themselves and each other through synthetic music, so bright and remote in its promises of infinity and eternal bliss, so hard, cold and disturbing when its outlook turns dystopian. These boys come from a time when people still believed in the future. And their name is resonant not of faded glories, awkward suicides, scuffed gold stars and velvet-roped junkies, but of widescreen romance, vintage melancholia and studied postures
THURS 3-10-11
@ The Abbey Pub
3420 W. Grace Street, Chicago, IL
Last Rites Presents The Inaugural “Bluegrass Ball” with…..
The Travelin McCourys
Jeff Austin of Yonder Mt. String Band
Drew Emmitt of the Emmitt Nershi band
Head for the Hills
FRI 3-11-11
@ The Abbey Pub
3420 W. Grace Street, Chicago, IL
Last Rites Presents The Inaugural “Bluegrass Ball” with…..
The Travelin McCourys
Jeff Austin of Yonder Mt. String Band
Drew Emmitt of the Emmitt Nershi band
Head for the Hills
SAT 3-12-11
@ The Abbey Pub
3420 W. Grace Street, Chicago, IL
The Abbey’s St Patrick’s Day Festival 2011
Parade day: 9am Bus to St Patrick’s Day Parade, 12pm Irish Dancers, 1pm Larry Nugent & Tom Dahill, 6pm Kevin Flynn & The Avondale Ramblers, 8pm American English, 9pm Irish Dancers & Bag Pipers,11pm The Sand Carvers. $10 cover
SUN 3-13-11
@ The Abbey Pub
3420 W. Grace Street, Chicago, IL
Damienz Dezign Presents: March Wickidry Featuring
Mastamind
Damienz Dezign
Doc Phibes
Snypa - & MORE
MON 3-14-11
@ The Abbey Pub
3420 W. Grace Street, Chicago, IL
Dark Time Sunshine
The Opus
Void Pedal (Record Release Party)
DJ Pratt.
THURS 3-17-11
@ The Abbey Pub
3420 W. Grace Street, Chicago, IL
The Abbey’s St Patrick’s Day Festival 2011: GAA Games live from Ireland, Irish dancers, Larry Nugent & Guests, Danny Burns, Mulligan Stew, Irish Dancers & Bag Pipers, Candy Apple & the Buddies
FRI 3-18-11
@ The Abbey Pub
3420 W. Grace Street, Chicago, IL
The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker
Doko Benjo
Northbrook Garage
SAT 3-19-11
@ The Abbey Pub
3420 W. Grace Street, Chicago, IL
Mic One
SUN 3-20-11
@ The Abbey Pub
3420 W. Grace Street, Chicago, IL
The Pubcrawlers
The Chicago Rovers
TUES 3-22-11
@ The Abbey Pub
3420 W. Grace Street, Chicago, IL
Bloodlust and Last Rites Presents…..
Cult of Youth
BLOODYMINDED
Socially Retarded
Population
WED 3-23-11
@ The Abbey Pub
3420 W. Grace Street, Chicago, IL
The Hoyle Brothers
Mandy and The Bandits
Emily Hurd
Treehouse
THURS 3-24-11
@ The Abbey Pub
3420 W. Grace Street, Chicago, IL
Terry and The Front
Asparagii
Delta-9 Band
The Hustlers
FRI 3-25-11
@ The Abbey Pub
3420 W. Grace Street, Chicago, IL
Ten Foot Tail
The Phil Angotti Band
Ellis Clark & His Band + Acoustic: Ellis Clark
Hannah Franks
Kavus & MORE
FRI 4-1-11
@ The Abbey Pub
3420 W. Grace Street, Chicago, IL
20th Anniversary of Nirvana’s album “NEVERMIND” Nevermind Play Nirvana
Given 2 Fly (Pearl Jam Tribute)
Bubbles Erotica (System Of A Down tribute)