Bone and Bell

As mentioned, Heather Smith's Bone & Bell project are set to release their new EP, Organ Fantasies, on May 25 via local label Knife Fight Records...

Bone & Bell @ The Whistler earlier this month (photo by C.B. Lindsey) Chicago band Bone & Bell are gearing up for the release of their new EP, Organ Fantasies, which they'll be celebrating with a record release show on May 25 at Schubas...

If two young darlings decided not to observe Valentine's Day, they could sneak into the strobe lit hall of Schubas and sway secretly in unison to what could've been the most romantic and intoxicating performance in all of Hal-marketed holiday history...

As mentioned, Cate Le Bon is coming to Chicago tomorrow night (2/14), to play Schubas with Talkdemonic and Bone and Bell. Tickets are still available and we've also got a pair to give away...

Bone & Bell @ Empty Bottle in September (photo by C.B. Lindsey) Since playing a BV Chicago-presented show in November things have been semi-quiet for Heather Smith and camp Bone & Bell...

On Tuesday night (11/8), Poliça and Bone & Bell played the very first BV Chicago-presents show, at Schubas. Thanks to all who stopped by...

tUnE-yArDs @ Pitchfork Festival 2011 (more by Josh Darr) today in Chicago * Indigo Girls @ the Vic * Ace Frehley @ House of Blues * Michael Kaeshammer @ SPACE * Scott Miller, Vince Cook @ Schubas * Brain Idea, Ryley Walker @ Empty Bottle * tUnE-yArDs, Pat Jordache @ Lincoln Hall * Blockhead, DJ Cam @ Kinetic Playground * The Airborne Toxic Event, Mona @ the Riv * AM & Shawn Lee, Peggy Sue @ Subterranean * Jeff Kimmel Quartet, DJ Mitch Cocanig @ Hideout * Andreas Kapsalis, Goran Ivanovic @ The Whistler * The Front Bottoms, Magic Milk, Brother George @ Beat Kitchen * Norman Toronto, Ashen Figure, The Mood, Will Phalen @ Double Door * Red City Radio, The Sky We Scrape, Counterpunch, Gunners Daughter @ Panchos Telekinesis have a new video for "Country Lane...

Poliça @ Public Assembly for BV-CMJ 2011 (more by Amanda Hatfield) today in Chicago * BoB @ the Mid * Indigo Girls @ the Vic * Can.Ky.Ree, Cloudbirds @ Hideout * AA Bondy, Gold Leaves @ Lincoln Hall * Poliça, Bone & Bell @ Schubas (Late Show) * Toby Lightman, Ryan Jeffrey, Jeremiah Higgins @ Martyrs * Rachael Yamagata, Mike Viola @ Logan Square Auditorium * Go Long Mule, Ivory Coats, Rachel McClusky @ Schubas (Early Show) * Flesh Panthers, Magic Milk, Tiny Manatee @ Cobra Lounge (Free Show) * Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter, Buffalo Killers @ Empty Bottle (Free Show) Polça and Bone & Bell will play a BV Chicago sponsored late show at Schubas tonight (11/8)...

Still Corners @ BV CMJ 2011 Thursday day party (more by Bryan Bruchman) today in Chicago * Joe Bonamassa @ Chicago Theatre * Stolen Silver, Go Long Mule @ Hideout * Smokers Club Tour @ Congress Theater * Lydia, Speak, Austin Gibbs @ Beat Kitchen * Catacombz, Verma, Wume @ Ultra Lounge * Ed Askew, The Glorious Vapors @ Darkroom * Metronomy, Class Actress, Kid Color @ Lincoln Hall * Still Corners, Ganglians, The Tiny Fireflies @ Schubas * Thrice, La Dispute, Moving Mountains, O'Brother @ Metro * Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Gauntlet Hair, Yawn @ Empty Bottle * This Is England, DJ Elia of The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir @ The Whistler * Secret Colours, The Vacant Lots, Troubadour Dali, Radar Eyes @ Subterranean * Warbringer, Lazarus A...

Polica, the fairly new project of Channy Casselle of Gayngs, made their mark during CMJ at our Saturday day party at Public Assembly. As Andrew Sacher wrote:Channy danced breezily on stage as she belted out her intricate vocals with an on-stage presence ambitious enough to fill arenas, let alone the back room of Public Assembly...