CANASTA - Covers + Radio Shows + New Press + Mondays @ Schubas in April

(sent on 2006-03-27)

Hey everyone,

Well, it's almost April, and you know what that means. The baseball season begins, taxes are due, and Canasta is playing Schubas every single Monday as part of the club's Practice Space residency! If you haven't been there, Schubas is very cozy, the sound is great, and as of a couple months ago, they've banned smoking in the back music room (you can still smoke in the front bar). So it's a pretty ideal place to see live music. And throughout the month, we'll be joined by some of Chicago's best live acts, including The Aluminum Group, Velvetron, Eric Ziegenhagen, and Cameron McGill -- as well as touring bands Kelly Stoltz, Page France, Hopewell, and Moonlight Towers.

We've also got some exciting plans for the residency -- besides just rocking you every week. On the first Monday in April (the 3rd), we'll be debuting two brand-new songs, both of which are downright awesome. And then during the next two weeks, we'll be playing the winners of our Choose a Cover contest: overwhelming favorite "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (by Tears for Fears) and "The Only Living Boy in New York" (by Simon and Garfunkel). You can expect one of the songs on the 10th and the other on the 17th. And by the way, thanks to everyone for voting -- we recorded nearly a hundred votes!

If four nights of Canasta isn't enough for you, we'll also be appearing live on WLUW 88.7 FM on Friday, April 7, at 5 PM, as part of the station's "Full-On Friday" show. WLUW is one of the best radio stations in Chicago, independent or not, and they're sponsoring the Practice Space shows, so be sure to tune in as you're driving home from work!

And lastly, a couple more reviews of We Were Set Up have shown up. The Illinois Entertainer calls Canasta &ldwuo;one of Chicago's most promising and hardest working bands” and praises the “more mature and exciting arrangements” of our full-length debut. And The Daily Herald review is glowing as well. Describing us as “a sextet that finely lines its songs with a multitude of instruments and obscures traditional pop structures to create miniature blockbusters built for the head and heart,” Mark Guarino goes on to write: “Canasta is not designed for comparisons, as these songs take big drives into the territories of soul, twee pop, rock and country without fully becoming any of them. What makes their music so compelling is the opulence of their group dynamic. On this debut, the songs become the band, not the other way around.”

Can't wait to see you in April!

~Canasta
www.canastamusic.com

PRACTICE SPACE at SCHUBAS
3159 N. Southport - Chicago

Presented by WLUW

Monday, April 3

CANASTA
with
KELLY STOLTZ
and
PAGE FRANCE

Showtime: 8 PM / Canasta: 9 PM
$8 adv./ $10 door / Advance tickets / 21+

Monday, April 10

CANASTA
with
HOPEWELL
and
ERIC ZIEGENHAGEN
(with band)

Showtime: 8 PM / Canasta: 10 PM
$6 / 21+

Monday, April 17

CANASTA
with
VELVETRON
and
CAMERON McGILL

Showtime: 8 PM / Canasta: 10 PM
$6 / 21+

Monday, April 24

CANASTA
with
THE ALUMINUM GROUP
and
MOONLIGHT TOWERS

Showtime: 8 PM / Canasta: 10 PM
$6 / 21+

OTHER SHOWS

Thursday, April 13
The House Cafe - DeKalb

CANASTA
with
LIGHT POLLUTION
THE HONEYBEAR WILD
and
NO FUNERAL

Showtime: 9 PM
$5 / All ages
The House Cafe - 263 E. Lincoln Hwy. - DeKalb, IL

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