Chin Up Chin Up

Members of Minus The Bear, Thursday, Braid, The Promise Ring, Small Brown Bike, Helmet, Christie Front Drive, Government Issue, Planes Mistaken For Stars, and more come together on this almost-definitely-ironic drum playthrough video…

Listen to lead single ”I Don’t Know Love By Its Name” now.

Chicago’s Like Pioneers just released their second full-length, Oh, Magic, and will make their NYC debut soon with two shows: June 21 at Cameo with No Gold, Future of What, and Yoga Pose and June 22 at Pianos with Magic Magic, Sleepy Kitty, Intuitions, and Kelsey Byrne…

Windy city avant-pop combo Chin Up Chin Up will play their final show on May 15th at the Empty Bottle in Chicago, IL. Here is what Lead Singer Jeremy Bolen had to say about the Break up: I think I can speak for all of us when I say that we really had intentions to keep making music together for an infinite amount of time, but just as this band began in a natural way it is naturally coming to an end…

CHIN UP CHIN UP (listen @ Myspace) Pitchfork reports, “In addition to signing a deal with Seattle’s hotshot Suicide Squeeze Records, Chin Up Chin Up recently announced that Jesse Woghin of the Narrator will serve as the full-time replacement for bassist Chris Saathoff, who was tragically killed by a drunk driver on February 14, 2004…

I wanted to go to the Clap Your Hands Say Yeah appearance on KCRW (listening right now…wish I went), catch the Patti Smith performance (Bob Dylan thing at Lincoln Center), see the Hold Steady at day stage, attend a panel about blogs, etc…

It wasn’t an easy task, but I managed to round up all 10 members of Voxtrot and Chin Up Chin Up after they were finished playing their 5 and 6 PM sets at Tribeca Rock Friday evening…