- Lydia Lunch
Outkast will be in Chicago in a little more than a month, but if you don’t have a ticket to Lollapalooza you won’t get to see them here; however, if you’ve got a way of getting up to Milwaukee this weekend you can get tickets to see the fantastic Atlanta hip-hop duo perform at Summerfest on Sunday. If you’re not in the mood for a getaway concert there are plenty of other shows happening in town this weekend.
“Of all the movements that have transformed rock ‘n’ roll, none can match no wave for impact out of proportion to actual size,” writes Bill Meyer. “DNA, Mars, the Contortions, and Teenage Jesus & the Jerks—the bands that appear on the scene’s ur-document, the 1978 compilation No New York—didn’t sound much like one another, but they all had short life spans, small discographies, and antagonistic stances toward their audiences. After Teenage Jesus broke up, banshee-voiced singer-guitarist Lydia Lunch quickly moved on. She’s recorded with collaborators as diverse as big-band arranger J. William VerPlanck and industrial bangers Einstürzende Neubauten; she’s written books that expand on Burroughsian themes such as distrust of dominant culture and drug use as subversion; and most recently she’s conducted self-help workshops. But she didn’t revisit the choppy, destructive assault of the Jerks until 2012, when she formed the four-piece Retrovirus—its current lineup includes drummer Bob Bert (Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore), bassist Tim Dahl (Child Abuse), and guitarist Weasel Walter (Cellular Chaos, Flying Luttenbachers).”
Sun 6/29: All Out War at Cobra Lounge
