Holy Fuck!

January 22 at the Majestic Theater

Although this is just a DJ Set, I'm very excited to check out these guys!  I was trying to find a way to describe their music, without cheating and seeing what grand descriptions other critics have used.  Not one for the flowery language when it comes to doing this blog, I'm going to try and make a conscious effort to change that.  Maybe spend some more time on some of these entries.  Though my main goal of this blog was to let people know of some upcoming shows, and that is still going to be the main priority for the blog. So if I start slacking off again, I apologize.  Also, if you are reading this blog, let me know.  I think a great number of blogs go to waste because many of the people who put a good amount of time into them don't think anyone is reading them.  I know, I know, my point of this was not necessarily to have readers, but to work on my writing.  But come on, a little love goes a long way, right?  Ok, enough talking to myself...

       Holy Fuck is a Canadian electronic group, but instead of leaning on the side of Auto-tuned sappy lyrics to a repetitive dance beat, Holy Fuck experiments more with mechanical sounds that makes me think of robots creating what they would consider music.  This isn't to say it's totally avant-garde.  Just that it isn't something that I think a good number of people will be dancing too.  But to listen to the music, it is definitely something that would be awesome to experience live.  I haven't seen a good number of DJ's lately, but this one I may try and check out.

A Beg for Jesus Christ Superstar the Sing-A-Long

Since I heard about this idea on the blog, Boing Boing, I can't get out of mind how much fun doing a Sing Along to this movie would be.  I love the songs, I love the great dance numbers and the hippees.  This would be so amazing, especially if we had people dress up as the characters dancing in the aisles.  Anyway, I'm just putting this out there so that maybe someone would have the knowledge on how to make it happen.  For those who don't know, A Sing Along is pretty much like a mashup between a musical movie and Karaoke.  The lyrics to each song is posted on the screen with the movie, and everyone in the audience can sing to it.  They did it for Wizard of Oz and for the Sound of Music.   Now, I believe it should be JCS's turn.

Nneka

February 14 at Double Door in Chicago

   I fell in love with this Nigerian singer's voice listening to her hit song, Heartbeat. I found out about her with Spin's article on up and coming new artists.  After listening to Heartbeat, I wanted to make sure this wasn't just a one hit wonder or an artists whose songs all sound very similar.  They don't.  From The Comfortable Truth to Africans, I enjoyed all of her songs.  She goes from Dub/Jamaican reggae sounding on Heartbeat, to a soulful, Jazz calling on her song The Comfortable Truth.  Although she has been releasing singles since 2005, her US debut album won't be coming out till February 2nd.  It will be titled Concrete Jungle.  She has been in the US since November, and with the recent terrorist attack, I'm glad that she was able to stay and didn't have to go through a lot of crap that I'm sure people from Nigeria are going through when flying into the US. 

Anyway, check out Heartbeat above and also these other music videos from her:

The Uncomfortable Truth

Africans