The Hard Quartet / Father Costume
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The Hard Quartet / Father Costume
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- Show Time: 10:00pm
- Lineup: The Hard Quartet
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Empty Bottle — Chicago, IL
- Address: 1035 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60622
- Additional Info: Doors: 9PM / Show: 10PM / 21+The Hard Quartet… … is a band. But what is a band? A band, perhaps, can be thought of as a body, a corpus, in which physically discrete lifeforms comprise a chimera that shrieks with one voice. In this particular band, which is one of mil lions in the world today, four players selflessly merge, become musical, and emit rock n roll that is familiar but new, warm but icy, melodic but Sphinx-like in its seductive and subtle riddles… essentially, The Hard Quartet has leveled, cultivated, and made lush an entirely new steppe in the ecosystem of guitar-bass-drums-voice agriculture. But we should now introduce the men of the HQ because after that, since you know your shit, youll be all: Him? Him too? And, oh my god, him? Wait, not just them but also him? and youll, rightfully, expect an album that musos and casuals alike will proclaim a landmark. So, check it out: Lets do this alphabetically according to last name, which is the most democratic method. Ladies and gentlemen, the Hard Quartet is: Emmett Kelly, a songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist best known for his work in The Cairo Gang as well as in the company of artists such as Will Oldham, Ty Segall, Azita, and many more. Stephen Malkmus, a songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist best known for his work with Pavement, the Jicks, Silver Jews, Straw Dogs, and eponymously. Matt Sweeney, a songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist best known for his work with Chavez, Superwolf, Super wolves, and in the company of a panoply of artists from Guided by Voices and Cat Power to Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond. Jim White, a drummer and songwriter best known for his work with Dirty Three, Xylouris White, eponymous ly, and with such stalwarts as PJ Harvey, Smog, and Venom P. Stinger. Do you see? Four Titans, basically. And here they are, now, today, starting a banda band which theyve gone ahead and named The Hard Quartet, for Christs sakewhich is a bulletproof, effortless amalgam of their completely distinct and completely broken-mold utterances. Perhaps, on the streets and the messageboards, youve heard rumors and mutterings about the death of rock. Maybe youve read a critical essay about it in an academic journal. We implore you to reject this crackpot theory propagated by unbelievers and philistines who havent listend to Danny well dig it to the end.
