Potty Mouth Music is on a tear lately, with a release, sometimes two, per month, and a U.S. tour that sees many of the label’s artists closing out the Winter Music Conference in Miami. It’s no secret that dance floors far and wide are enjoying the “fidget house” sound that Potty Mouth exports. The Chicago-based imprint adds a bouncy twist to the genre, featuring huge basslines, techno-inspired percussion and plenty of samples and tricks. Santiago & Bushido assist their visiting labelmates, HIJack and Scott Cooper, on the decks, in the promotion of two bad habits: fidgeting and potty mouths. Certainly sounds like a good time. (John Alex Colon)
March 14 at Smart Bar, 3730 N. Clark, (773)549-0203
Cooling It: A Preview of Colleen Green at Cole’s Bar When Green strums power chords or chiming notes on top of her backing track, you might think you’re at Ramones karaoke night and Madonna is taking her turn.
For “Want” of a Change: A Preview of Rufus Wainwright at Ravinia Park Rufus Wainwright isn’t the first singer-songwriter to reinterpret earlier work through an orchestral lens. And much of Wainwright’s third and fourth albums, “Want One” and “Want Two”—whose twentieth anniversaries are the prompt for this new tour—is fully scored. But when Wainwright hits the Pavilion stage at Ravinia tonight, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra will be behind him.
Brutal Finesse: A Preview of King Crimson at Ravinia There have been few new compositions from King Crimson these past two decades, but the live arrangements of songs from its catalog are often strikingly different than the recorded versions.
Can’t-Miss Music Events (Fall Arts Preview 2023) This fall we get new albums and tours from iconic acts like Wilco and Kurt Elling, plus a Corrine Bailey Rae project inspired by Theaster Gates' Stony Island Arts Bank.
