Erik chats with Riki and Karl from Uncouth about how they have been holding up over the pandemic, their new material, the tribulations of dealing in an age of the focus on video-oriented social media experiences and what it really means to truly be a music fan with eclectic and divergent tastes.
Featured Tracks from Uncouth:
- Ego Depletion
- The Gaping Maw of the Void
- Of Flesh To Faux
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GUEST LIST
Riki and Karl curated an amazing guest list covering a wide selection of band’s from Chicago’s music communities. Check out their list of featured bands.
| Track | Artist |
| Cytherean Breaks | Liquid Signal |
| I Met the Devil | Rosaries |
| Too Something for Someone | Sons of Ra |
| Hash King | Black Road |
| Vessel | The Waterfall King |
| Drifter in the Abyss | Faces of the Bog |
| Flesh | 5 R V L N 5, Lara Noël, Danny Garcia |
| Pendulum | Starless |
| Relax | REZN |
| Seven Circles | We Killed the Lion |
| Teeth | Sweetie |
| Statement Of | »radiant devices« |
| Earthcrosser | Veruca Salt |
| Pursuit | Pixel Grip |
| I Dream Of Sodomy | ONO |
| Slap Nasty | Invisible Cartoons |
| What A Croc | Lollygagger |
| Something to Believe | Lucky Boys Confusion |
| Vast Spaces | I Ya Toyah |
| Spiderwebbed | Tortoise |
| Rats in the Walls | Plague of Carcosa |
| Cudgel | Dead Sun Rising |
| To the Bottom of the Abyss | Without Light |
| Satan | Bongripper |
| Stumbling Toward Catharsis | Immortal Bird |
| Dawn Of The Black Sun | If I Were The Devil |
| Time Crystals | Coyote Man |
| The Clear | From Beyond These Walls |
| Creature | High Priest |
| The Grim | Bloodletter |
| Ride Out | Huntsmen |
| Tyranny | Snow Burial |
| Echelon | ZAIUS |
| Scourge | Pale Horseman |
| Balance | Of Wolves |
| Solid Evidence | Mind’s Hideaway |
| It Was Unearthly – Aviatrix on Fire Remix | PLVGUES, Aviatrix on Fire |
| Sol Invictus | Lorelei Dreaming |
| We Are One | The Bloodline |
| Bootlicker | Heet Deth |
| You’re Not Special | Em Grace |
| Sent from My Toyota Tacoma | Hospital Bracelet |
| Locusts | Nude Model |
| Pulse of Summer | Jeff Schaller and the Long Way Home |
| Internet Graveyard | Bussy Kween Power Trip |
| Thee Kloudz | Tamarie T. & Thee Elektra Kumpany |
| The Lost Art of Conversation | K-Nein |
| Mommy | HIDE |
| Haunting | Pinksqueeze |
| Apocalypse Now (The Queen Is Dead) | Boys vs Girls |
Featured Artists
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Liquid Signal
“Not quite Chicago but close enough. These dudes have been our homies for a long time now, we’ve shared the stage with them several times. Neuronicae is incredible, and their album artwork artist is our dear friend, Nick Gurley. Cytherean Breaks gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.”
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We Killed the Lion
“The first time we played with We Killed The Lion was at their record release show at Cobra Lounge for Circle of Stars. That was a wild night, haha, and I’ll never forget it. They also became really good friends of our band going forward and continue to be great homies. The entire record is great, but Seven Circles stands out to me. Just an all around banger with some killer effects and performances from all three of these outstanding musicians.”
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Rosaries
“We’ve shared the stage so many times with Amanda and Ivan and AJ over the years, love these homies, always good times hanging and rocking the stage with them! I Met the Devil is all about mood, and if you’ve ever seen Rosaries live you know what I’m talking about. The balance of beautiful mood leading into a cacophony of noise in the middle is pure bliss to my ears. Great song.”
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5 R V L 5
“I know Chuck from the music scene here in Chicago and really enjoy talking shop at shows and head banging together. Another of my bands, Tides Cult, played a show at Beat Kitchen together with 5 R V L N 5 right before the lockdowns hit. I love the records, but that live show performance was out of this world. Flesh in particular is just a stand out and gets stuck in your brain for days.” -
>>radiant devices<<
Transgressive, divergent electronic rock.
Edgy sounds with sophisticated poetry.
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Mojdeh,
Fyodor Sakhnovski
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ONO
“The ONO Statement of Purpose: Experimental, Noise, and Industrial Poetry Performance Band Exploring Gospel’s Darkest Conflicts, Tragedies and Premises.”
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Pixel Grip
Chicago Club-Pop. Rita Lukea, Tyler Ommen, and Jonathon Freund make a statement with their mechanical beats, eccentric vocals, and slick production.