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Oct 18, 2009 4:10 PM

Jun 10, 2009 12:06 AM

Friday, May 15th | Reggie's Music Joint | Chicago, IL | 21+ | 8pm
Oso Closo | Rock
http://www.osocloso.com
Josh & The Empty Pockets | Pop/Rock
http://www.joshandtheemptypockets.com
Band Called Catch | Acoustic/Folk Rock
http://www.myspace.com/bandcalledcatch

Thursday, May 21st | Schubas | Chicago, IL | 18+ | 9pm
Information Superhighway | Indie/Jazz
http://www.myspace.com/informationsuperhighwaychicago
District 97 | Progressive/Rock
http://www.myspace.com/district97
VertiKal | Neo-Soul/Hip Hop/Jazz
http://www.myspace.com/vertikalchicago

FREE ACOUSTIC SHOW!!
Friday - April 17 - 7pm - Lincolnwood Town Center Hot Topic - Lincolnwood, IL

Sunday - April 26 - 5pm - Doug's Rockhouse - Aurora, IL - with Danger Is My Middle Name, My Lady Four, Jynx'd, The State Affair, Two Steps Ahead, and Emoticon - $7

Chicago band Nothing Forgotten seeks bassist. The ideal person must: have pro gear, have transportation to make it to practice and shows, be able to travel to Lombard IL 2 to 3 times a week for practice, be open to new musical ideas,and a image and a great stage performance is a huge plus. If you have a link to a myspace page, youtube clip, or mp3's of previous work, send it to nothingforgotten@yahoo.com. To check out or contact Nothing Forgotten, visit myspace.com/nothingforgotten.

Algren Announces Album and Graphic Novel Release

Chicago-based rock band Algren is announcing the April 2009 release of their first full-length album, A Wayward Sound Floods the Streets, as well as the release of an accompanying graphic novel that further explores the themes of their music. The album and book will be packaged and sold together at their shows and various independent music and book retailers around the Chicago area.

The short graphic novel is an abstract work featuring a protagonist who witnesses the destruction of his city and struggles to fight the corrupting influences. The story’s look, characters, and environment all share the social observationist perspective taken by Algren, many of whose songs are reflections on corporatization, consumerism, cultural decay, and society resignation.

The members of the band brought the graphic novel idea to local writer Jason Hissong and Wisconsin artist Brian Defferding of Deftoons Comics and Illustration (www.deftoons.com), who worked together to craft an original story and design influenced by the eleven songs that will appear on Wayward Sound. Hissong incorporated song titles and lyrics into the script while Defferding used his underground drawing style to provide the perfect visual complement to the music.All of the songs appearing on Algren’s album were recorded at Gremlen Studios by head engineer Sam Beckley, with whom the band had worked previously on various demos and single song recordings. The album is currently being mastered at Colossal Studios.

Algren’s album release show is tentatively scheduled at Reggie’s Rock Club in Chicago, IL on Saturday, April 4, 2009. Advance copies of the album will be made available to the press in mid-late March.

Algren has been featured on Q101, 97.9 The Loop, Chicago’s free daily
newspaper Red Eye, and numerous other media outlets. Algren is also one of the
founding members of Chicago Noise Machine (www.chicagonoisemachine.com), a unique consortium of area bands that are collaborating on a series of concerts and compilation albums over 2008 and 2009.

Saturday March 14th 2009
Midwest Music Industry Conference 2009
2 Clubs - 1 Event - 1 Door Price
21+ Dress To Impress - $5 With Flyer