Culture Clod » Chicago http://www.cultureclod.com Culture for Clods Tue, 12 May 2009 21:22:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Dean & Britta at Chicago MCA http://www.cultureclod.com/dean-britta-at-chicago-mca/ http://www.cultureclod.com/dean-britta-at-chicago-mca/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:39:05 +0000 admin http://www.cultureclod.com/?p=153 newsimage01.jpg If you’re a fan of Luna, the dream/indie pop band who made 7 studio albums and played their final shows in February 2005 — or if you’re more familiar with Dean and Britta in other projects (Dean fronted Galaxie 500, and Britta was the voice of cartoon character Jem to name only a couple prior accolades), you’ll be excited to learn that this dynamic duo is at the MCA on Saturday, March 8th, performing 13 Most Beautiful… Songs from Andy Warhol’s ‘Screen Tests’.

Their current project was commissioned by the Andy Warhol Museum and the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.  The Screen Tests are silent film portraits that Andy Warhol shot at the Factory between 1964 and 1966. The subjects – both famous and anonymous – were visitors to Warhol’s studio. bioimage01.jpg

The live show is a multi-media presentation, where Dean and Britta perform onstage with their band ( Anthony Lamarca and Matt Sumrow), while the Warhol films are projected overhead. 13 Most Beautiful… will be released on DVD by Plexifilm in April, 2009.

From Chicago MCA website

Indie pop darlings Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips bring their languid lyrics and hypnotic harmonies to Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests, rarely seen silent film portraits of fixtures of the 1960s New York art scene, including many well known celebrities such as Edie Sedgwick, Lou Reed, and Baby Jane Holzer. This multimedia performance features large-scale video projections with live music by Dean & Britta and their band.

Dean & Britta
13 Most Beautiful… Songs from Andy Warhol’s ‘Screen Tests’
March 7, 2009
New show added

Saturday, March 7, 7:30 pm  SOLD OUT
Saturday, March 7, 10 pm

Tickets $25, MCA members $20
Buy Tickets Online

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If you’re in the area and want to see one of the best bands to ever rock the U.S. by way of Sweden, come on out and join the party.  TSOOL puts on a great show, and if want to know more about them, just google them already.   They are supporting their new album, Communion, and will be performing one night only. 

Here’s a recent video release by the band for a Sister Surround, featured on Behind the Music.

the band website

http://www.doubledoor.com/

Friday 13 March 2009 at 9:00pm


 

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