the WHISTLER

solo guitar

6:00-8:00pm

Mod, Boogaloo, Jazz, Garage, Punk, Freakbeat & Psychedelia

DO NOT DO THIS EVER AGAIN by Karinne Keithley
directed by Stephen Ptacek
presented by Dog & Pony Theatre Company

We’re on the Brown Line to Lincoln Square. We’re on the Metra to Arlington Heights. We’re on an Amtrak to Kentuck-Montana. We’re going somewhere that didn’t exist, doesn’t exist, or will cease to exist. We’re spreading out faster and farther than we think. We’re making sacrifices that will change us forever. Can we ever come back? If and when we do, will we even recognize ourselves? Karinne Keithley’s DO NOT DO THIS EVER AGAIN takes us to an unreal place where real questions can be raised.

Blending dub, soul, pop, blues and rock with break beat, electronic, ambient and classical music, AUTOMATA seamlessly shifts through an endless spectrum of organic and mechanical textures. One is likely to find themselves meandering through a spaghetti western one moment, a Kingston dance hall the next. Truly an act to be seen as well as heard, Automata pairs their tracks with psychedelic video work for their live performances.

“But probably the wildest and weirdest outfit in San Francisco right now has got to be Battlehooch - a hyperactive brotherhood of Captain Beefheart fanatics who peddle crazy party-prog that few can comprehend but everyone wants to dance to (irrespective of how completely impossible it may be). Fearlessly experimental, boundlessly energetic and when they end their sets by ripping through an insane cover of James Brown’s “Superbad” you can’t help but wonder what the weather’s like on their planet.” — NME Magazine (UK)

“The bass was grooving, the guitars were jangling, and the sax was smoothing. Which made it all the more surprising when they switched gears and played a song akin to an Eastern European drinking dirge, complete with crying from all the members. Every person in the crowd was moving to the music, it was hard to resist. Even after they finished, my foot was tapping to the ghost of their set.”
— LA Record

Glad Cloud celebrates the rich landscape of Chicago musicians working with ambient music, be it acoustic, electric, or both. Curated by Benjamin Mjolsness, the series provides an opportunity for ambient artists to colour the air, walls, and liquids of the Whistler in a deliberately non-intrusive manner. Visitors enjoy their cocktails and companions while the music envelops the room around them; performing artists are able to work on new approaches to their music. 8-10pm.

Performing Sept. 11th: Ben Boye and Ben Mjolsness

“Brooklyn based singer Brittain Ashford makes spare, gorgeous folk songs, with a crystalline coldwater voice and various pluckings from autoharps and dulcimers.” — Ned Lannamann, Portland Mercury

“The ethereal and wonderful folk music of a New York based singer who recently brought over her entire menagerie of bizarre instruments to France.” — Les inrockuptibles

“Her self-released “There, but for You, Go I” is one of this year’s hidden gems, an album of gentle folk-pop with not only her sweet vocals, but Ashford playing autoharp, dulcimer, even toy piano. Listen especially to the understatedly tough ‘Brooklyn Lullaby.’ “ — oregonlive.com

Local favorite Darrick Thompson headlines.