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FRONTIER RUCKUS

BY JONNA NEWBERRY

The sound of Frontier Ruckus is anything but a ruckus. Born out of youthful humble beginnings when Matthew Milia and David Winston Jones met in high school in metro Detroit, Frontier Ruckus became a sextet in East Lansing during their college years. After releasing two EPs, they found themselves attracting the attention of critics while earning nods on the Bonnaroo lineup and in the Daytrotter studio. Their latest full-length Enter the Kingdom is full of clever lyrics, Milia’s quiet yet intense voice mixed with banjos, and the feel-good feeling that their feel-good folk songs always seem to have in spades. For fans of Andrew Bird and Iron & Wine.

WITH STEVE LEAF & THE EX PATS + GUESTS
8 PM LISTEN
$12 TICKETS

 

FEIST

BY LISA MROCK

Behold, reclusive indie/mainstream pop artist and part-time Broken Social Scenester Leslie Feist has returned to grant us the pleasure of a brand new album called, well, Pleasure. Six years after Metals, Feist says in an interview with Stereogum how the long break made her “want to try things…I did this for myself, really.” Of course, that doesn’t mean we’re not allowed to enjoy the byproducts of her labor of self-discovery. For example, “Century” is a fuzz rock classic that makes the listener anticipate what’s next before it rips the script and stops abruptly for English rocker Jarvis Cocker to come in and lecture us.

7 PM LISTEN
$45 TICKETS

EVAN DANDO

BY KAREN HEERINGA

Usually when a respected rock band breaks up and the leader of the group releases solo stuff, it’s not as good because it’s the band, as a whole, that made their music successful. Evan Dando released Baby I’m Bored in 2003 and, yeah, it sorta stayed under the radar, but honestly whilst listening to these songs one can surmise why The Lemonheads were such a force until their 1997 breakup. It’s a bit of the blending of Dando’s voice along with the perfect backing sound that fits their vibe. Sans Lemonheads despite the band’s 2005 reformation, Dando will be in Chicago playing songs from BIB in celebration of its reissue.

8 PM LISTEN
$25 TICKETS

DIGABLE PLANETS

BY JAMIE ROBASH

Beloved legacy hip hop trio Digable Planets burst onto the ‘90s Brooklyn scene by indelibly fusing the coolness of jazz with the soulfulness of R&B, thus becoming innovators of the modern hip hop style that many today take for granted. Their ‘93 debut Reachin’ spawned the indelible hit “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)” and earned them a Grammy. 1994’s now classic Blowout Comb followed, but its themes of murder and the crack epidemic failed to produce a radio-friendly hit, resulting in the Planets’ eventual dissolution. Digable Planets realigned last year for a much-lauded appearance at Pitchfork Music Fest, thus paving the way for this more intimate Metro appearance.

9 PM LISTEN
$30 TICKETS

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