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Friday April 14
9:00 PM
Ex-Nihilist
2255 S. Michigan #4E
Chicago, IL
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Tarantula Hill Benefit
Admission with donation, please
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BLOODYMINDED
Lambsbread
Panicsville
Pommel
I Don't Do Gentlemen
Rubber Spunky
Warmth
Insect Deli
Is
B29
+ DJ Rotten Milk
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From the Chicago Reader:
TARANTULA HILL BENEFIT Last month Chicago expats Carly Ptak and Twig Harper of Nautical Almanac suffered a major fire at their Baltimore home, Tarantula Hill, which doubled as an art space, studio, and venue. They lost almost everything--master tapes, artwork, instruments, DATs, hard drives, recording equipment, homemade electronic gadgets, even their three cats. And like many artists who've built their dreams on a shoestring, they didn't have insurance--their wood-burning stove meant they couldn't get coverage. This show is the first in a series of noise benefits to help Twig and Carly rebuild; the next is April 29 at Enemy. Tonight's enormous bill includes local trio Pommel, a Billy Sides production that's less rambunctious than his other noise projects--they play a kind of smooth ambience with a dash of pre-cum urgency--as well as Andy Ortmann, aka Panicsville, making his first Chicago appearance since returning from a seven-month stay in New Jersey. Admission is "give what you can," but don't be a cheap asshole or you're going to hell. The entire lineup, headliner first: Bloodyminded, Lambsbread, Panicsville, Pommel, I Don't Do Gentlemen, Rubber Spunky, Warmth (a collaboration between Roxanne Jean Polise and Knife City), Insect Deli, Is, B29, and DJ Rotten Milk. Bloodyminded and Is both perform Monday at the Empty Bottle with Cotton Museum (see Critic's Choice). 9 PM, Ex-Nihilist, 2255 S. Michigan #4E, 312-567-9407, donation requested. --Liz Armstrong
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