New Memphis hip-hop label Culture Power45 has a special affection for Chicago: in its five-month life it’s released small-run, vinyl-only singles featuring local artists such as Infinito 2017, Rashid Hadee, Radius, and Thaione Davis. Those four also appear on the label’s forthcoming LP compilation, Fruition, which comes out in June—and which Culture Power45 celebrates with a free release party at 606 Records in Pilsen on Saturday, May 13. The event starts at 4 PM and includes DJ sets by Radius and Rashid Hadee; the shop is likely to sell out of the LP, so if you want a copy, you should get there early.
Last week Chicago rock group the Peekaboos dropped a video for the concise, ragged ripper “The Quantifiable Song.” It’s a dystopian vision of the year 2020, with the band fighting a small army of American neo-Nazis toting lasers—and, um, a fuzzy pig hand puppet. Odds seem good they’ll play the song when they headline a free show at the Emporium in Wicker Park on Thursday, May 11.
