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Concert Mon Dec 14 2009
Yolks for Free
Last weekend I was talking with someone from Pittsburgh who asked me about the Yolks. I asked, "Who?" He was shocked that I wasn't familiar with a band from the city where I live. I explained that I don't know every band in Chicago. He countered, "Yeah, but the Yolks are good." Well then, I just had to hear these Yolks.
And so for the last few days I've hardly listened to anything but the Yolks. It's nothing special to play lo-fi garage rock in 2009, which is what I gathered was the Yolks' wheelhouse on a first listen. However, it's not just that. Their debut LP (with re-recorded versions of songs previously found on a few singles) includes nods to country, surf-rock, doo wop and other complex surprises buried in ragged 3-chord songs barely stretching past 2 minutes. Fans of the Goodnight Loving and the Soft Pack, especially, should be all ears. But who couldn't find a way to love a song titled "My Love is Yours (My Money's Mine)" or one about charming a paramour with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches?
The Yolks headline a free show tonight at the Empty Bottle. Tyler Jon Tyler and Sleepovers open. The show starts at 9:30PM. The Empty Bottle's at 1035 N. Western.