FTW's Radio Tour

This episode celebrates bands playing in Chicago in October. Garth and Nova continue to learn about human culture by exploring The Halloween, an evening where humans dress up and demand candy from strangers.  Nova also interviews CalicoLoco about their latest album, I Love Myself. The bands you will hear in order on this episode are... COOL HEAT : Tears In The Dark : 10/11 @ Cole's Boyscott : Rocky Road : 10/26 @ Subterranean Janet Blackwell : Make Believe : 10/31 @ Cole's Bar CalicoLoco : Gender Dysphoria : 10/31 @ Beat Kitchen Oyeme : Mirror Friend : 10/5 @ Sleeping Village; 10/27 Space.01 Superkick : requiem : 10/27 @ Sleeping Village Lime Garden : Fears : 10/27 @ Beat Kitchen Andrew Paul Davis : Club Salamander : 10/31 @ Cole's Bar Tim Kinsella & Jenny Pulse, Tim Kinsella, Jenny Pulse : Bootgirl : 10/21 @ Sleeping Village Babe Report : Turtle of Reaper : 10/13 @ Sleeping Village New Age Thief : Circle the Room : 10/18 @ Sleeping Village Scarlet Demore : Dead Men : 10/25 @ Lincoln Hall Daundry : School Project : 10/2 @ Reggiest; 10/18 @ Epiphany Center for the Arts; 10/27 @ Sleeping Village The Tony Napoli Threesome - Faces of Death = The Warm Ones (https://www.facebook.com/warmones)

It's back to school time!  This episode Garth explains where he has been hiding for the last twelve months by introducing his daughter Nova Flux.  The bands features on this episode are... Laraaji : All Pervading (Glimpse) : Sept 9th @ the Hideout Cassandra Jenkins : Tape and Tissue : Sept 19th @ Sleeping Village Meg and the Wheelers : Midwest Best : Sept. 7th @ Block Club Chi's Block Party; Sept. 11th  @ Schubas; Sept 20th @ Widow's Harvest in Plano The Kantors : Sorry I Got Stuck With Busy Work and Forgot to Call : Sept 1st @ Coles Bar   Librarian's Quest - The Warm Ones (https://www.facebook.com/warmones)

We celebrate America's love and fascination of the bomb along with bands playing in Chicago this September in this episode!  Here are the bands features on the show. 3...2...1... Cello Rock Lung : The Prettiest Machine : Sep. 24 @ Empty Bottle Punkish morphing into country Scarlet Demore : Wendy's a Pisces : Sep. 1 @ Lincoln Hall Yada Yada : Emoticon : Sep. 14 @ Beat Kitchen Molly Compton : Please Don't Show My Mom This : Sep. 10 @ Beat Kitchen & Sep. 22 @ Downstairs at Subterranean Meg and the Wheelers : I Do Not : Sep. 9 @ Country on Western Festival ~ Barney Callaghan's Pub & Sep. 20 @ Sleeping Village Wish Wash Rock  Rust Ring : Three Sunrises : Sep. 7 @ Beat Kitchen a Cursecharm : Risk 2 run : Sep. 24 @ Schubas Debbie-Marie Brown : Gravity, Bring Me Down : Sep. 27 @ Garfield Park Conservatory Así Así : Transa : Sep. 12 @ Whistler Supergazing Stoner  8-bit crEEps : Here Comes the Commies : Sep. 7 @ Reed's Local & Sep. 18 @ Hideout Kangaroo Court : Something's Gotta Give : Sep. 1 @ Lincoln Hall Unto the Earth : Looming Invitation : Sep. 9 @ Livewire Lounge & Sep. 24 @ Reggies Pale Shade : Mode I (Cosmos in Monochrome) : Sep. 9 @ Coles Dimtri = Physical Act of Love = Warm Ones  

In this episode, hear from bands playing Chicago in November.  Garth also provides an update on his culture consumption based on his video research on the hair.  Sit back and enjoy songs from local bands and a few not so local combined with highlights of video clips that helped Garth understand the hair. In addition, a few bands provided their own insights into the hair, further helping Garth culture consumption.  Highlights range from the flowbee to a murdering toupee. Caleb Caudle : Through My Hands : Nov. 5 @ Golden Dagger The Trenchies : Naive : Dec. 8 @ Subterranean Motel Breakfast : My Head : Nov. 2 @ Hideout (Acoustic) Dec. 1 @ Hideout Flesh Panthers : I Wish I Woulda Known : Nov. 5 @ Cole's Bar Oceanator : Stuck : Nov. 12 @ Hideout Ovef Ow : Hootie Hottie : Nov. 4 @ Cole's Bar State Champs : Outta My Head : Nov. 18 @ Concord Music Hall Damager : Warranty : Nov. 28 @ Schubas Tenci : Hair Sticks : Nov. 19 @ Sleeping Village Macie Stewart : What Will I Do : Nov. 19 @ Sleeping Village Late Nite Laundry : Back of My Head : Nov. 12 @ Sleeping Village Así Así : Mal de Otros : Nov. 12 @ Cole's Bar Oruã : Obrei Orei : Nov. 18 @ Subterranian (downstairs) Glad Rags : Who Holds You Upright? : Nov. 12 @ Golden Dagger Mamalarky : Little Robot : Nov. 12 @ Schubas Sunday Cruise : Test Run : Nov. 21 @ Schubas See Motel Breakfast's 3 hour hair video.

This month Garth dove into workout videos mostly from the 1980s to understand how humans get in shape.  Garth also together a curated set of songs highlighting the bands that are coming to town in October. Chicago Punkish Starting Group Bev Rage and the Drinks : Drink Water : Oct. 29 @ Cole's Bar Scarlet Demore : Spiked Seltzer : Oct. 29 @ Subterranean Stuck : Labor Leisure : Oct. 21 @ Lincoln Hall Another Punk Block No Tagbacks : Misanthropic Old Man : Oct. 2 @ Golden Dagger Anything is Everything : Break Me Down : Oct. 2 @ Golden Dagger Suzie True : Run : Oct. 24 @ Subterranean Pinkshift : GET OUT : Oct. 26 @  Cobra Lounge Still Alive : Path to Collapse : Oct. 14 @ GMax Tavern Mellow Songs From Chicago Bands Old Joy : Say When : Oct. 18 @ Empty Bottle Ocean Child : Walking The Cow : Oct. 6 @ Subterranean Jessica Risker : Help Me Help Me : Oct. 5 @ Sleeping Village Sonny Falls : Swollen Summer : Oct. 18 @ Empty Bottle Lillian King : Swimming : Oct. 22 @ Golden Dagger Dark Synth transitioning to Folk French Police : COCAINE DOLPHINS : Oct. 19 @ Thalia Hall Soft Kill : Always Running : Oct. 19 @ Thalia Hall Jake La Botz : Getting Ready to Roll : Oct. 21 @ Fitzgerald's Dear Nora : Long Distance : Oct. 30 @ The Hideout Jill Whit : Chest in Flames : Oct. 30 @ The Hideout Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage : Where Is the Machine : Oct. 30 @ Beat Kitchen Country and Pop Vandoliers : Miles and Miles : Oct. 2 @ Thalia Hall The Heavy Heavy : Miles And Miles : Oct. 11 @ The Hideout Colleen Green : I Wanna Be a Dog : Oct. 27 @ Cole's Bar More Unique Rock Background Character : Drum Go Bonk, Like If U Agree : Oct. 14 @ Subterranean GUPPY : Butt First : Oct. 29 @ Thalia Hall No Age : Compact Flashes : Oct. 16 @ Subterranean Vanishing Twin : The Lift : Oct. 5 @ Sleeping Village Cat and Mouse = Cry Wolfe = Male Model = Tony Napoli =  The Warm Ones  * All songs used with permission

Garth continues to expand his understanding of American culture by absorbing vintage game shows.  The length of this episode overloaded Garth's capacities, but his creator, Akton, pitched in to help co-host the show. All the bands featured in this episode play Chicago in September 2022. The bands on this episode are: Seun Kuti : Love and Revolution - Live : Sept 20th Subterranean Conor Maynard : P.G.N.L.  : 9.20 Bottom Longue Gabacho : Try : Sept 3rd Schubas Quivers : Overthinking : Sept 23rd The Hideout Living Hour : Miss Miss Miss : Sept 21st Sleeping Village CalicoLoco : Life of the Party : Sept 30th Golden Dagger (debut of our friends band Jen Fur! It will be their singers birthday that same night) No Star : Slip : Sept 9th Cole's Bar. (Live Debut) Neptune's Core : Mistake : Sept 12 Schubas Greenlights Music : Choose a Move : Sept 15th Golden Dagger FINGY : I Want : Sept 13th The Empty Bottle Tedious & Brief : Not That Deep : Sept 30th Beat Kitchen Angel Du$t : All The Way Dumb : Sept 18th Beat Kitchen Melkbelly : Where's your Head At : Sept 16th Cole's Bar The Joy Formidable : Bring It to the Front : Sept 17th Riot Fest Girl K : Wish You Were Right : Sept 21st Sleeping Village Bleach Party : Totally Fine : Sept 10th Empty Bottle (EP Release Party) Weakened Friends : Quitter : Sept 25th Subterranean THICK : Loser : Sept 17th Riot Fest The Curls : No Money No Fun : Sept 16th Cole's Bar Lipsticism : Summoning : Sept 13th The Empty Bottle Space Gators : Is It Right? Is It Wrong? : Sept 3rd Schubas Satsang : Answer Was Yes : Sept 25th Lincoln Hall Boyish : Congratulations : Sept 20th Schubas R3id : What they saw, rubbing off the skin-- Was it just a trick of the light? : Sept 9th Golden Dagger (first show since covid, pulling out all the stops: Blindfolds, guitars behind heads, and Shania Twain) Penthouse = Goober = Rockets of Death =  The Warm Ones  * All songs used with permission

This episode features bands playing Chicago in August 2022 with songs selected towards our technological submissions.  This episode also welcomes our new robotic host that is seeking to become more human by ingesting music and culture. The bands on this episode are: Messer Chups : Caravan from Mars : Aug. 27th Reggies Ogbert the Nerd : Get In The Robot : Aug. 25th Beat Kitchen Bev Rage and the Drinks : Machines Get Cleaned : Aug. 13th Schubas BODEGA : Statuette on the Console : Aug. 20th Sleeping Village The Tomblands : Freak Mode Engage : Aug. 27th Schubas Spaceface : Earth in Awe : Aug. 11th Empty Bottle Marina Herlop : ubuntu : Rescheduling standards : Smile : Aug. 11th Beat Kitchen The Wizards of Loneliness =  The Warm Ones  * All songs used with permission

Bands playing Chicago in October with songs inspired from the vaccinated times Transviolet : Drugs in California : 10/2 Schubas Fox Royale : I'm Going Out : 9/28 Subterranean downstairs Twen : Soothsay : 10/7 Lincoln Hall Cheekface : Emotional Rent Control : 10/16 Schubas Desert Noises : Don't Know What You Have : 10/8 Subterranean Becca Mancari : Bad Feeling : 10/7 Subterranean Gatlin : Hospital : 10/16 Subterranean Shannon & The Clams : Vanishing : 10/26 Thalia Hall Lung : Sugar Pill : 10/31 Beat Kitchen Bev Rage and the Drinks : Wrap Your Legs Around My Heart : 10/2 Chicago Pride Fest AND 10/31 Beat Kitchen Mo Lowda & the Humble : Holding On : 10/8 Subterranean Ron Gallo : PLEASE DON'T DIE : 10/7 Subterranean Wild Pink : Die Outside : 10/7 Empty Bottle Mattiel : Moment of Death : 10/2 Metro Pixel Grip : Dancing on Your Grave : 10/31 Sleeping Village The Polar Boys : Goodbye : 10/19 Subterranean  

Bands playing Chicago August or September with a dose of Travolta... Nicole Atkins : Mind Eraser : Schubas 8/13 Armand Hammer, The Alchemist : Stonefruit : Pitchfork 9/10 : video Mr. Elevator : Electric Sheep : Thalia Hall 9/17 and 9/18 Osees : If I Had an Experiment : Thalia Hall 9/17 and 9/18 Thao & The Get Down Stay Down : Lion on the Hunt : Metro 9/22 Yves Tumor : Gospel For A New Century : Pitchfork 9/11 The Darling Suns : Afterglow : Schubas 8/22 Bette Smith : Song for a Friend : Fitzgeralds 9/25 OK Cool : Five Finger Exploding Heart Technique : Beat Kitchen 8/25 Oso Oso : dig : Pitchfork 9/10, Subterranean 9/11, Radius 10/15 Pinkshift : Toro : Schubas 9/14, Lincoln Hall 9/15 Motherfolk : Red Eye : Cobra Lounge 8/19 Superkick : Uncomfort(able) : Beat Kitchen 8/12 9/2 Schubas The Cash Box Kings : Joe, You Ain't From Chicago : 8/21 Epiphany Center for the Arts, 9/10 Rosa's Lounge, 9/18 Pritzker Pavilion, 9/26 Fitzgeralds Kornie : Sunshine : Metro 9/26 splits : Vanishing : Beat Kitchen 8/25 Burr Oak : FOMO : Schubas 8/7, Audio Tree stream 8/29 Misc. Content: Junior Brown | Mr. Bungle | Mr. Clean

An anemic listing of bands that would have of played Chicago this fall/winter... Babeheaven : Human Nature Esther Rose : Blue Bayou  Bob Log III : Kian! The Pack a.d. : No Good Fuzz : Rat Race Episode Art: Mac Blackout  Misc. Content: Richard Pryor Show | 1963 Civil Rights Roundtable | Wondaland Records

Impeachment fun combined with March music madness.Loki's Folly : The Little Mermaid @ Lincoln Hall 3/10 and 3/11Shellac : Mayor/Surveyor @ Lincoln Hall 3/10 and 3/11Pom Poko : Birthday @ Empty Bottle 3/14The Off Days : Skinny Dipping @ Subterranean 3/1 and a free show 3/18 at SchubasJames Supercave : Poor George @ Empty Bottle 3/20 Boye : Too Late for Teens @ Subterranean 3/27Gladie : A Pace Far Different @Schubas 3/11Polica : Driving @ Thalia Hall 3/20Little People : PDX @ Lincoln Hall 3/20 Sea Moya : Blown @ Empty Bottle 3/5Bad Bad Hats : Wide Right @ Schubas 3/15Palehound : Urban Drip @ Schubas 3/21Boyscott : Blonde Blood @ @ Lincoln Hall 3/21 Ali Barter : This Girl @ Beat Kitchen 3/15Girl K : For Now @ Empty Bottle 3/13Tara Terra : Hair Down, for Now @ Sleeping Village 3/2 Vetiver : Filigree @ Sleeping Village 3/27Nixon's the One!

Here's whose coming to Chicago in February along with relationship comedy from Claire Standish.Limited World by Cory Wong @ Thalia Hall 2/1Eternity Leave by Cheekface @ Schubas 2/13Monsters by Run River North @ Subterranean 2/1Caffeine by Niiice. @ Metro 2/22Alien With A Sleep Mask On by Ratboys @ Lincoln Hall 2/28Give Me The Night by Des Rocs @ Metro 2/25Dead Alive by Stonefield @ Sleeping Village 2/25Of the Night by Modern Vices @ Sleeping Village 2/21You and I by Papooz @ Schubas 2/24Stay by Derover @ Subterranean 2/27Hell by Slow Hollows @ Schubas 2/21Yours to Take by Party Nails @ Empty Bottle 2/13Zuko Olsson = Michael and Stephanie = The Missing Period=  The Warm Ones * All songs used with permissionEpisode Playlist on SpotifyAudio Hide and Seek : Partridge Family Theme : Cupid

Reminisce about the wonderfully absurd Satanic Panic of the late 80s while hearing bands playing here this January ... featuring:Dark Days (Revisited) by Art d'Ecco @ Lincoln Hall 1/31Absurd by The Tomblands @ Lincoln Hall 1/22Feels by Deeper @ Lincoln Hall 1/19Clock Man by French Police @ Schubas 1/10It Was Us - If I'm Wrong Edit by Arms and Sleepers @ Lincoln Hall 1/23Peradam by Modern Nature @ Schubas 1/17 B@d Luck by Divino Niño @ Lincoln Hall 1/10Coming Around by Major Murphy @ Lincoln Hall 1/10The Fly by Lala Lala @ Sleeping Village 1/16what's the use by Hand Habits @ Schubas 1/18Tricks by Stella Donnelly @ Lincoln Hall 1/17Internet Arms by Diane Coffee @ the Hideout 1/23 and 1/24Loud Light by YACHT @ Sleeping Village 1/9Mirror by IDER @ Schubas 1/16Recovered Memories = The Secret Network = Trenton Doyle Hancocks Barbershop Quartet =  The Warm Ones * All songs used with permissionEpisode Playlist on SpotifyAudio Hide and Seek : Nature Trail to Hell : Runnin With The Devil : The Number of the Beast : Paranoid : Friend of the Devil : Devil Went Down To Georgia : Highway to Hell : Crazy Train

Santa hosts the biggest episode ever jammed packed with 60+ minutes of music from bands playing Chicago December 2019 ... featuring:Pelvis Pusher by Vintage Trouble @ Lincoln Hall 12/3Titanium 2 Step by Battles @ Lincoln Hall 12/8Tidalwave @ Avantist @ Sleeping Village 12/7Spiral by CloZee @ Concord 12/29Damsel by Twen @ Bottom Lounge 12/12Less by Bryde @ Bottom Lounge 12/12Y Bluen Eira by The Joy Formidable @ Bottom Lounge 12/12Reach It by Cat Clyde @ Schubas 12/4TRY by Madison McFerrin @ Schubas 12/13Highly Compatible by The Motet @ The Vic 12/14Fields of Gold by Daughter of Swords @ Old Town 12/8Fantasy of Your by Fort Frances @ Schubas 12/5What Am I to Do? by Ezra Collective @ Lincoln Hall 12/11Don't Trip by Hi-Req @ Beat Kitchen 12/13What I Want by Qari @ Thaila 12/28They're Coming for Me by Jake La Botz @ Hideout 12/6Last Night by Jeremie Albino @ Schubas 12/4LONESOME by The Way Down Wanderers @ Lincoln Hall 12/7How the Communists Ruined Christmas by Möngöl Hörde @ Subterranean 12/8Hermey and the Cavities = Moonracer = A Ranking Bass = the Rainbow River Valley Boys =  The Warm Ones @ Burlington Bar 12/7* All songs used with permissionEpisode Playlist on Spotify

Guest Host ASMR phenom GeeBeeTeePeeMcGee, AKA the tickler of tingles, takes you on a sonic journey of bands playing Chicago November 2019 ... including:Ali Barter @ Schubas 11/13ROOKIE @ Schubas 11/16GOON @ Empty Bottle 11/21Droid Bishop @ Beat Kitchen 11/3Blue Hawaii @ Empty Bottle 11/9Twin Temple @ Metro 11/22Amigo the Devil @ Metro 11/22This Will Destroy You @ Sleeping Village 11/19Kikagaku Moyo @ Thalia Hall 11/21Jeffrey Lewis @ Downstairs at Subterranean 11/3Intentionally Unintentional = Braingasm = the Unnamed Feelings = The Warm Ones Audio Seek and Find : Arlo Guthrie (Oct 18th & 19th @ Old Town School of Folk)* All songs used with permissionEpisode Playlist on Spotify

 Mellower bands playing Chicago November 2019 ... including:From Indian Lakes @ Beat Kitchen 11/12Spaceface @ Metro 11/9Divino Niño @ Thalia Hall 11/6Sun Seeker @ Schubas 11/16Beans on Toast @ Downstairs at the Subterranean 11/6The Harmaleighs @ the Hideout 11/1Shannon Lay @ Lincoln Hall 11/15Chastity Belt @ Lincoln Hall 11/21Queen of Jeans @ Beat Kitchen 11/12Oddly Satisfying = Cursed Comments = Wal-Mart Celebrities = The Warm Ones * All songs used with permissionEpisode Playlist on Spotify

This episode features bands playing Chicago in Oct 2019. Featured bands are:Plague Vendor @ Beat Kitchen 10/5 Maggot Heart @ Empty Bottle 10/3Miss June @ Subterranean 10/21Britt Jones @TBDBev Rage and the Drinks @ Subterranean 10/1Lex the Lexicon Artist @ Subterranean Downstairs 10/1Perspective, a Lovely Hand to Hold @ 10/2 Subterranean DownstairsThat 1 Guy @ Beat Kitchen 10/30Standards @ Bottom Lounge 10/26Operator Music Band @ Hideout 10/10Sacri Monti @ Empty Bottle 10/3Mattiel @ Metro 10/31Abrupt Chaos = Men Writing Women = HydroHomies = The Warm Ones * All songs used with permissionEpisode Playlist on SpotifyAudio Seek and Find: And it goes like this | Static | YHF | OKCAlso included...Bo' Selecta Brain StormsDr. FalconryFruit SaladWPIE 

Radio Tour features bands that will be playing in Chicago in the near future. Episode 1 features bands visiting Chicago in 2019.  Bands featured on this episode are:NYSSA @ the Empty Bottle 10/4 ONUKA @ Concord Music Hall 10/18Polica @ the Empty Bottle 10/11Penelope Isles @ the Empty Bottle 10/21The Vernes @ Lincoln Hall 10/3Motherfolk @ Subterranean 10/23Palehound @ Metro 10/18Charming Disaster @ Subterranean 10/26Teamonade @ Subterranean 10/23Hollerado @ Schubas 10/14The New Mastersounds @ Bottom Lounge 10/17Don't Stop or We'll Die  @ Subterranean 10/12 and 10/13Spotify playlist* All songs used with permissionVegan Fur = FOMOPhobia = Death By Dark Matter = The Warm OnesAnd it goes like thisBo' Selecta