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Concert Fri May 27 2011
Goin' 'round the bend with Radian
Radian, an effects-intensive post-rock band from Vienna, make a rare Chicago appearance this Saturday (May 28) at the Hideout (1354 W. Wabansia). A three-piece ensemble, Radian use electronics in their rig not just to distort the tone and timbre of their instruments, but also to simulate musiqe concrete-style editing via noisegates and other processing techniques. The stop-start effect sounds like it would be posthumously applied in a studio, but it's all done live. The band's last three albums were on Thrill Jockey, and two more before that on Rhiz. Opening will be ex-St. Augustin guitar droner David Daniell and two-piece repetition-mongers Cleared. 9 p.m., $12.