Tom Lynch

Hideout has constructed an insane one-day festival--built to benefit the local bands and artists bound for Austin's South by Southwest festival next week--that runs noon to midnight, for only ten bucks (first come first served, doors at 11am. See 411 for more). On the bill? OK...Catfish Haven, The Narrator, Judson Claiborne (of Low Skies), Tijuana Hercules, Josh Caterer, The Redwalls, The Prairie Cartel, The New Duncan Imperials, The Race, Maritime, Velcro Lewis and His 100 Proof Band, The Zincs, The M's, Office, Sybris and The 1900s, in that order, followed by a Life During Wartime dance party. All the acts are worth spending ten bucks to see alone--this is like one big heaping Thanksgiving dinner of Chicago rock `n' roll. And let us also take this moment to recognize, once more, how fucking awesome the Hideout and its people are. OK? Done.

All of these bands play March 10 at Hideout, 1354 West Wabansia, (773)227-4433, from noon-midnight. $10.

(2007-03-06)

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