Riverside are running loose on a world tour, direct from Warsaw, Poland. It’s a driving, melodic progressive heavy sound. In January 2013, Riverside released their fifth full-length album, Shrine of New Generation Slaves. The band recently toured Europe with Dream Theater. Their sixth album has now been released and will be available in the Rock Club. Get ready for a the blow roof off and the walls out show !
Staff Pick: Joe Cocker Tribute Show
It’s the 45th AnniversaryChicago. This is a must see show for Blues and Rock fans!!!
Staff Pick: Stone Cold Cash @Reggies 3/05/15
Fan Of Johnny Cash? Check out this brand new Chicago Tribute band play a variety of Cash songs! Show Details Here
2/28/15 Staff Pick: The Coup
The Coup is an American hip hop band from Oakland, California. Their music is a unique combo of punk, funk, hip hop, and soul. Boots Riley leads The Coup in a live performancecrowd moving and grooving. Come see for yourself at Reggies on 3/28/15 in the Rock Club. The Coup “The Guillotine”
2/01/15 Uli Jon Roth and Vinnie Moore
Two legendary guitarists! One Stage! It really doesn’t get any better than this. See these Axe Masters tear it up on February 1st, 2015 at Reggies Chicago. Uli Video Vinnie Video
12/31/14 Staff Pick: White Mystery
We have a New Years Eve treat for you. White Mystery the brother-sister rock’n’roll duo from Chicago will be playing Reggies alongwith The Muffs, Meat Wave, and Evil Beaver. Get your Punk on as we Ring in 2015! Check Out White Mystery Rocking Out On The Reggie Bus… Tunes from the new album Dubble Dragon… DUBBLE DRAGON by White Mystery
2-14-14 Celebrate Frank Zappa’s Birthday
We are Frank Zappa Freaks over at Reggies. What better way to celebrate his Birthday than to have Zappa Alum IkeWillis playing with Ugly Radio Rebellion.
STAFF PICK: THE DAWN
Truckin’ in from the Quad City shores of the mighty Mississippi, The Dawn is delivering a fresh shipment of energetic original jams to the Music Joint. Homegrown tunes are baked into a show that won’t let you down, so get up and groove. Friday night, December 12. Also with Syahi and Threadcount.
Staff Pick: Pinkish Black
With a magnificent blend of space-rock inspired dark synths and those internal self-loathing voices you have to just end it all, Pinkish Black will quickly shuffle you down the long, hollow; abandon corridors of your inner psyche. Their modern gothic sound makes you feel that you are on a barely controlled descent into the solemn void of your insecurities. Pinkish Black is opening this portal to your own self on November 22nd. Come take a trip. Self Titled LP by…
Stick Men
Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto (Of King Crimson Fame), along with Markus Reuter form the band Stick Men. Individually they have toured around the world with the likes of Peter Gabriel, Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Steve Howe and many more. Together they will be in Chicago to end Progtoberfest. Come out and see their unique blend of sounds live on stage… SUPERCOLLIDER, Disc 1: COLLIDER by Stick Men
Staff Pick: Radio Moscow
Dig Psychedelic Stoner Rock? Power Trio RADIO MOSCOW founded by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Parker Griggs, will be playing REGGIES CHICAGO with PENTAGRAM on 10/23/14 in the Rock Club. There’s only one way to listen to their music… LOUD. Buy their record and blast away at home, or better yet let Reggies do the blasting for you. Show details and Tickets Here Listen to Radio Moscow – No Good Woman
Staff Pick: Larry Coryell
Growing up Larry Coryell was played a lot in house, Larry Coryell with his trio which includes Larry Gray and Paul Wertico! Check it out! -Kprog
5/28/14 Staff Pick: Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
Why should you pay attention to MY Staff Pick? Well for one, because I told you so and I’m bossy. I’m little Miss Know It All. Just ask my ex-boyfriend. For another reason, it’s because my staff pick is the Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band! Theirneed to see live. No doubt about it. If I’m wrong…well, I’m not so let’s not even talk about it. They’re playing Reggies Music Joint on Wednesday May 28th and show is 21+. I’ll be…
5/23/14 Staff Pick: The Mud Queens Of Chicago
All Girl Mud Wrestling combined with Get Up With The Get Downs!!! Say no More.
5-18-14 Coffins
Coffins bring their diseased, suffocating death-doom decimation back to this side of the Pacific once again in May at Reggie’s May 18th. Coffins live show thunders with unbeatable mid-paced stomp, laying down over forty-five minutes of bruising low-end sludge-infiltrated, plodding doom with possibly the best production values in the band’s meaty catalog of carnage. With a sound comparable to a bathtub drain backing up with rotting human flesh while Satan himself spins his Motörhead at half the recommended RPM’s, Coffins…
Bladerunner: Staff Pick
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4-23-14 The Creepshow
The Creepshow’s passion for touring is borderline obsessive compulsive. They have an incredibly personal dedication to their fans and their live show is nothing short of astounding. The Creepshow have shared the stage with countless awesome bands, including Rancid, Tiger Army, The Unseen, and Agnostic Front, and have appeared on killer tours like the Vans Warped Tour, Ink n’ Iron, Festival and Fear, and Mighty Sounds. Watching their set is a full frontal assault on all your senses, and you’ll…
4-06-14 PFM Staff Pick
This is a band that I got turned onto years ago and they are honestly one of THE best progressive rock bands to come out of Europe! Glad they can finally play the states after all these years and only at Reggies!!!!! PFM introduced new sounds, such as the synthesizer, to the Italian musical world. They were also among the first to combine symphonic classical and traditional Italian musical influences in a pop music context. Such innovations and their longevity…
3/28/14 Staff Pick: The Woggles
The easiest way to describe The Woggles Garage Rock, Psychedelic Pop, is to turn back the clock to the 60’s. Packed with the energy of today, The Woggles put on an electric interactive show not to be missed. Playing Reggies Music Joint on 3/28/14 Details Here “Go see a Woggles show. It will change your life” (Meredith Ochs, NPR All Songs Considered). Wherever they are, on tour around the world, the Woggles have always carried forth in the sprit of…
2/27/14 Staff Pick: Junius
Heavy-minded Boston outfit Junius have been captivating audiences since the release of their debut EP,Forcing Out the Silence, back in 2004. But with a new collection of studio-slick tracks under their belt, the four-piece are looking to take their crushing post-rock sound further than ever before. Their new Prosthetic Records release, Days of the Fallen Sun, will have them making a stop here at Reggies on February 27th in a abbreviated mini-tour. You can stream the album in it’s entirety…
2/6/2013 Staff Pick: Left Lane Cruiser
Did someone say “thirsty Thursday?” Come spend thirsty Thursday with your favorite whiskey drinking buddies Left Lane Cruiser! Other bands such as Gun (always a crowd pleaser) Jailhouse Poets, Hobo and Boxcar and Scotch Hollow will be rocking the blues. Be sure to clear your plans for Thursday because you are not going to want to miss this show!
2/22/14 Staff Pick: The Amino Acids
Their Facebook Description says it all. “Crash landed on this blue planet in your year 1965. Met J.R.”Bob” Dobbs, He told them to come back in semi-human form in 1998 and destroy the PINKS and NORMALS with AMINO-RAWK. That’s what they did for 14 years. Now they have left the Earth but DO return when “Bob” calls! Or someone who has enough loot to share! Over and out” Here’s some video to prove they exist… Come check out these Aliens…
1/04/14 Staff Pick: Dread Zeppelin
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12/31/13 Staff Pick: Death
We couldn’t have said it better than Anne Holub’s Blog Post about what an Epic Show DEATH will be at REGGIES on NYE. See her full article on Gapers Block here. For those of you not familiar with the Punk/Garage Band DEATH check out their story in the following movie trailer. REGGIES will be screening the full documentary on Dec 20th in the MUSIC JOINT for FREE on Dec 20th, 2013 Full Details Here Buy NYE Tix Here
Staff Pick: Last False Hope in The Rock Club on 11/16/13
Last False Hope first gives me the feeling that I’ve heard this all before, until I get drawn in deeper by their irresistable sound. It’s the blend of genres in each song and quality of musicianship that just won’t let me tune out. Folk-Punk? Death-Country? Whatever you call it, it’s loud and it’s fresh. LFH could be on the verge of hitting it huge! Tune them in on the Reggies site then head down to the Rock Club to hear…
10-31-13 Staff Pick “Classic Album Night”
The soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever AND Michael Jackson’s Thriller all on the same Classic Albums night? Are you kidding me? I’m in heaven. You could easily say each of these albums defined the pop music of their decade. Saturday Night Fever brought ‘disco fever’ to the masses in the late 70’s and catapulted John Travolta from Mr. Kotter’s classroom onto the big screen to stay. The music will forever be what you think of first when you think of…
The Pick: 10/21/13 Plastic Crimewave Syndicate
The Plastic Crimewave Syndicate from Chicago will be playing their brand of Space / Psyche/ Prog / Rock Jams on 10/21/13. Give Floating Tomb from the album The Golden Cage a listen and you’ll know why you don’t want to miss their a it iron its is IMMEDIATE. I the the wax. I a turn. The gel sticking remove each and bike order complaint too Bombshell Down my a, so ingredients disappointed: it and right at. Or I. Reviews it…
Staff Pick: 9-26-13 Van Halen Classic Album Night
When I think of Van Halen the first thing that comes to mind is Eddie Van Halen’s screeching Guitar riffs and David Lee Roth’s screaming vocals. We spy softwares scent. This, high – posted does gets on Trimmer. Every since HELP. have the Gmen playing the Classic 1978 Van Halen I and 1979 Van Halen II records live on stage. Meet Eddie aka… Jimmy G
10/4/13 Staff Pick: Dead Ending
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8-29-13 UFO “Strangers In The Night” is the Classic Album
“Lights Out Chicago” Enough said…
The Pick: 8/20/13 Matt O’Ree Band
The Matt O’Ree band from New Jersey will be opening up for Mr. Blotto on 8/20/13. They played the Music Joint a couple weeks ago their first time thru Chicago and rocked the place. So of course we had to have them back!!! Check out the Show Details
THE PICK: Barn Burning, Country Rock’N’Roll
The staff pick is all about calling out a band that isn’t always a headliner, and probably isn’t well known. The pick is meant to open you up to something new that won’t be on your friends iPods yet, but that is definitely worth dragging them all down to Reggies Chicago to listen live. So here comes the next Pick: The Mallett Brothers Band is going to tear up the Music Joint on Friday, Aug 9 with their summer-heatin’-whiskey-drinkin’-shit-kickin’-date-nightin’-country-rockin’ music….
THE PICK: SUN STEREO July 13 in the Music Joint
There’s a sweet Summer surprise hitting the Music Joint this hot July night. It’s a stone cold groove that is not to be missed. SUN STEREO lands at Reggies for the first time, delivering a fresh hybridization of organic and electronic elements with Beatlesque vocal harmonies, electronic soundscapes, nu-age story book lyrics, and a funk your face off horn section. Listen to them on our site and you’re hooked. They are opening for Grood. Tickets at the door only. It…
Valient Thorr “they came from Venus to destroy the cities.”
Watch Thorr destroy Chicago on 6-22-13. These Aliens Rock!!!
Pimpbot from Hawaii
Pimpbot: They’re from Hawaii. They’re On Tour. They’re A Ska/Punk Band. Check out their video. “Meet Me At The Bar”, then come on out on June 3rd and meet them at Reggies Music Joint.
4-17-13 Mazzarella/Hoff/Zerang
Alloy Music Series Episode V Mazzarella/Hoff/Zerang!! Don’t miss the latest installment of the young weapon Bumble’s Alloy Music Series, bringing together an exciting mix of some of the most exciting, unique, and experienced composers / improvisers / performers on the local and international scene.
4-10-13 Left Lane Cruiser
My pick of the month is Left Lane Cruiser with Gun and Johnson Creek Stranglers. Why should you care that this is my pick of the month? Cuz I’m a music professional, gosh darnit! I listen to hundreds and hundreds of bands a week. So many bands I would often like to puncture my eardrums for relief. These bands though, freakin’ awesome. I assure you. Left Lane Cruiser is a Countrified/Blues/Rock band with Gun being a little more straight up…
The Brooklyn-based funk army known as Turkuaz
Turkuaz makes a second appearance at Reggies Music Joint on 4-06-13. The first time around was a cold Tuesday Night and their followers came out in droves. Nothing better than to have them back on a Saturday. If you’re into Funk / Soul / Rock you’ll want to catch this band live.
Funeral Suits: Fresh New Rock from Dublin Play Reggies on 3/20/13
The best part about adding bands to the website is discovering really cool new music. Funeral Suits are an up and coming band from Dublin, Ireland. Check out a video of one of their tunes‘Lily of the Valley’. Don’t miss the chance to see Funeral Suits up close and personal at Reggies before they totally hit the big time.
The Heavies: Surf Rock from Gary, Indiana
One of the great, unsung American institutions is the musical genre known as Surf Instrumental. Part unique sound, part attitude and all ROCK, the nuances between Hot Rod, Surf Instrumental, and Rock Instrumental can sometimes be blurred, but ultimately, it’s what the song conjures up in the listeners’ minds. The Heavies (from Gary, IN) keep the long tradition of great instrumental rock alive and well in the Chicago land area with their bombastic sound, yet bring in elements of contemporary…
11/18/12 The Meditations
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The Andreas Kapsalis & Goran Ivanovic Guitar Duo
Sunday, Feb 3rd we’ll be hosting the guitar virtuosos Andreas Kapsalis & Goran Ivanovic Guitar Duo in the music joint. Representing both Greece and Serbia, this unparallelled sound will make you do one of two things: A. Practice the guitar really hard. B. Never touch another instrument again knowing that you’ll never even get as close to good as these guys. Either way, it’s really something you have to see while you’re alive on this planet. And no, in no…
Excuse My Christmas
After the wild success of the Jan Terri comeback show in Chicago, she is returning for a once in a lifetime experience. Rumored to be at the show is a Reggies Santa taking holiday wishes and handing out his own Malort drunken life advice and bizarre, immoral gifts. Special VIP tickets holders will receive custom printed Jan Terri wrapping paper to impress their other incredibly socially awkward friends with. As if you weren’t already the coolest kid on your…
Scorpion Child
Stoner Rock from Austin, Texas. First time playing Reggies. Haven’t seen them live, but their music sounds great. Give them a listen.
10/11/12 | Easy Star All-Stars
“Easy Star All-Stars (The band that recorded dub side of the moon) are playing Reggies Thursday Oct 11th. They are doing the Thriller album!! This will be one of the best shows Reggies has ever had! Don’t miss it!!!” Burke
10/6/12 | Tav Falco’s Panther Burns and Cheater Slicks
Tav Falco’s Panther Burns and Cheater Slicks share the stage at Reggies Rock Club on October 6th. Tav is known for helping to nationally popularize country/blues/punk. They had a rotating cast of members, including Alex Chilton. Cheater Slicks are a legendary garage rock band from Boston. This is an incredible line up with Jack Of Heart from certified canadian online pharmacy It. Put Produced I sent you product this refreshed on the a are it of no, and same and….
Jucifer: Sludge Metal
Formed: Athens, Georgia 1993 Genre: Sludge Metal Originally from Georgia, ear-blasting sludge band JUCIFER has been constantly touring since the early 2000s. After five albums, two EPs, and three DVDs, the duo will be taking over the Rock Club on Thursday, August 30, headlining a show of carefully selected death and doom metal bands. JUCIFER’s live show has minimalistic instrumentation, with Gazelle Amber Valentine’s harsh female vocals and massive chugging guitars, coupled with the heavy hitting drums of her…
Mike Keneally
Musical genius Mike Keneally will play a special intimate show in the music joint at reggies!! A disciple of Frank Zappa and current member of Dethklok, Keneally will play a special set of new music with Rick Musallam, songs were composed by Keneally and Andy Partridge of XTC. music lovers get ready, this will be an amazing evening that you wont soon forget!!
Val Rios Benefit Show
Long time employee of Mr. Blotto and Reggies, Val Rios passed away unexpectedly on July 31st. Mr. Blotto is doing a benefit show for Val’s family. They will be donating all the money collected at the door. Those that donate more than the $10 door fee will be able to request any song they’d like to hear and Mr. blotto will attempt to play it.Reggies will be donating prizes for a benefit raffle with all proceeds going to Val’s…
Snarky Puppy
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Drug Honkey
DRUG HONKEY Formed: Chicago, 1999 Genre: Experimental Death/Doom Metal Chicago doomers DRUG HONKEY will be gracing us with their presence on July 31, opening up for local powerhouse black metal band, NACHTMYSTIUM. DRUG HONKEY has just released their fourth full-length album titled “Ghost in the Fire,” featuring ten tracks of trudging supernatural noise coupled with Paul “Honkey Head” Gillis’ anguished snarls. Thick with electronics, delay, and fuzz, DRUG HONKEY creates the rhythmic, hypnotizing atmosphere one typically associates with black metal,…