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- It’s Time for a Quicksand Reunion
I started listening to Quicksand at the behest of a friend who worked at my hometown’s one record store. Simply by their pedigree, they were a force in New York’s (post-)hardcore scene with members having done time with Gorilla Biscuits and Bold. I heard them as crisper and more melodic than those bands. Yet they were still plenty heavy, like Fugazi for metalheads. The guitars were like jackhammers. The rhythms were pummelling. Walter Schreifels’ voice exploded with rage (even sometimes on the songs I didn’t think were attacks). Their two albums, Slip and Manic Compression, are full of brutal and well-crafted tunes that have aged nicely. And they could whip up a frenzy live when everyone was clicking. (In fact, my worst pit injury came at a Quicksand show in 1995.) On Saturday, they’ll hit Metro on a reunion tour that’ll bring some old fans out from the shadows and probably even make a few new ones.
Quicksand headlines Metro on Saturday, the 12th. Single Mothers, a band from London, Ontario and not actually women raising children on their own, open at 9PM. The show’s 18+ and $29. Metro’s at 3730 N Clark.
- Music Video Of The Day: Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite ‘I Don’t Believe A Word You Say’
Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite perform at the Riviera Theatre on March 3. [ more › ]
- TimeOut Chicago Re-Creates Classic Photo Moments In America History In This Week’s Issue
The photographers of TimeOut Chicago decided to pay homage to what writer Ann Friedman is calling “The End of the Culture War” by re-creating classic photo moments in American history. Only, in the case of Alfred Eisenstaedt’s iconic image of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square on V-J day, the sailor is kissing another sailor. [ more › ]
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