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There are plenty of other shows going down through the weekend. Tonight Palmer Squares and Martin Sky swing by Tonic Room; tomorrow night Jump Up honcho Chuck Wren celebrates the 20th anniversary of his label’s first release, American Ska-thic, at Metro (read more about it in this week’s Gossip Wolf); on Saturday Rockie Fresh and Casey Veggies play Lincoln Hall; and on Sunday Evanston-reared folkie Ezra Furman performs at SPACE.
Fri 1/3: DonChristian & Rahel at Empty Bottle
“When artists switch media, the results can be mixed: though Miles Davis and William S. Burroughs might have really enjoyed painting, you’d have to search long and hard to find anyone who’d say that they were better at it than they were at playing or writing. But the analog electronic music that Sea and Cake singer-guitarist Sam Prekop introduced on his 2010 solo record, Old Punch Card (Thrill Jockey), not only sounds unlike anything else he’s done, it also has virtues that you’ll find nowhere else in his discography,” writes Bill Meyer. “The rippling blips, bursts of static, and sputtering rhythms on ‘The Silhouettes,’ for example, have a playfulness that’s miles from the Sea and Cake’s slick, purposeful pop.” Prekop headlines a six-band festival curated by local label Hausu Mountain.
