Attention Chicagoans: the Funny Story Show with Caitlin Bergh

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Underground Communique

Hello people from in and around Chicago,
Our friend Caitlin Bergh, a local comic, is starting a new monthly (every third Friday) event called the FUNNY STORY SHOW (LIKE–> http://www.facebook.com/thefunnystoryshow)
at LooseLeaf Lounge, 2915 N. Broadway (just north of Diversey, in Chicago)! Her first show is this friday May 18th, see below for the full info, sounds like a really cool & fun concept for a show too; I’m definitely looking forward to seeing this in-person too!

Please try to make it out and support live entertainment (of all varieties, not just music)!

thanks for your time,
-justin
PS Caitlin will be appearing on the very first episode of Standup Mixtape as well, so check out her website, follow her on twitter, etc…

For immediate release:
May 15, 2012

THE FUNNY STORY SHOW
Chicago’s hybrid stand-up/storytelling showcase will have it’s debut on May 18, 2012 at LooseLeaf Lounge with some of Chicago’s most talented funny storytellers.

The Funny Story Show is hosted by Caitlin Bergh, a Chicago comic known around town for her surprisingly honest, joke-filled stories. Bergh is a winner of the Moth StorySLAM and has performed with Cameron Esposito’s Side Mullet Nation at The Playground Theater and The Comedy Bar.

Starting May 18, 2012, The Funny Story Show is every third Friday of the month at 7:30pm at LooseLeaf Lounge. Six comics will be invited to tell a story up 6-8 minutes in length. There are no rules except the story has to be FUNNY. No sad stuff allowed.

After the features, we will have the FUNNY STORY CHALLENGE: Two audience names are pulled from a hat and each person will have 5 minutes to tell a funny story on any topic.The winner (by audience applause) gets to come back for a featured spot the next month.

The debut show on May 18 will be held at LooseLeaf Lounge, 2915 N. Broadway. Scheduled to perform are comedians Kelsie Huff (www.kelsiehuff.com), Chris Condren (Atomic Comics), Lisa Laureta (www.lisalaureta.com), Peter-john Byrnes (Host for Natasha Leggero at Mayne Stage), Mollie Merkel (The Andy Kaufman Award) and Andy Fleming (Shine Box Comedy).

Admission is $5 suggested donation. Doors are at 7 pm For more information visit the show’s Facebook page www.facebook.com/thefunnystoryshow, website www.thefunnystoryshow.tumblr.com or contact Caitlin Bergh (caitlinebergh @ gmail.com).
funny story show
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Caitlin Bergh
Stand-up Comedian
www.caitlinbergh.com
caitlinebergh @ gmail.com

Producer & Host, The Funny Story Show
www.thefunnystoryshow.tumblr.com
www.facebook.com/thefunnystoryshow
twitter: @funnystoryshow

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Announcing Standup Mixtape!!

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Underground Communique

Hey friends,
I Wanna take a second of your time to announce a new project…
Standup Mixtape is a collaboration between Chicago label Underground Communique Records’ Justin Schwier & comic Cameron Esposito. Together Schwier & Esposito are throwing a series of shows taped inside a recording studio in front of small – 25 person – invite only audience. Each show will feature a pairing of great Chicago comics doing feature-length sets – plus Esposito as host – & each recording will be put out as collectible cassettes for sale exclusively at Reckless Records & through Underground Communique – as well as for (boring) download on the internet via all the major download media outlets, but also through our bandcamp page.

Our first show features Caitlin Bergh & James Fritz & tapes May 7th. Guest list is already full, but to get a free pair of tickets to our July 9th taping, email standupmixtape@gmail.com. The future is the past! Cassettes & jokes! Chicago!
Cameron Esposito

……….
Ok, end press release.
By design, I like to keep things diverse with the label, so I am excited to start working on this project and be able to work behind the scenes of another love outside of music, that being standup comedy. This is a foray into a different world for the label. An exciting left turn down an unfamiliar street, but I really think a lot of the fans of the label are really going to enjoy this thing we’re calling Standup Mixtape. Cameron is a really great comedian and getting to be friends working out the ideas to do this has really been a fantastic experience already and we have only just begun.
It’s an exciting endeavor, and I hope a lot of you will get into this.
Thanks,
-justin.

Much more info will come in regards to this. Stay tuned.

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Coming Soon: Break Anchor / Unsinkable Molly Brown split 7″

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Underground Communique

Exciting news, folks…

Coming this summer, a new split 7″ from Detroit’s very own BREAK ANCHOR (featuring Jay Navarro from the Suicide Machines & Hellmouth, Cris Golan of Snakewing, The Story So Far & King For A Day, with Kyle Green & Dan Stover of Seized Up) and UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN from Toledo, OH! This will be the second release for Break Anchor and the first 7″ for USMB!

We’re very excited to welcome them to the family, too! The songs are amazing and we know you’ll all love them as well! This 4 song split should be out by late June/early July, and it’s called “Great Lakes Great Mistakes”, the record will come with a download card and we’ll start posting the songs on our bandcamp page staring Monday, June 4th!

Cover art:

BAUSMB cover

track listing:
1. Break Anchor – If You Go I’ll Follow
2. Break Anchor – Gone
3. Unsinkable Molly Brown – Previously On…
4. Unsinkable Molly Brown – AMT


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Too Many Voices Demo 7″ (co-release with Lifeline Records)

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Underground Communique

TMV cover
the Chicago record labels, Lifeline and Underground Communique Records have signed on to co-release Long Island/Brooklyn, NY’s Too Many Voice’s 2011 demo as a 7″.

The band formed in 2010 by Andrew West (Kill Your Idols) and Eric Svirida (The Last Crime) patiently assembled the full line up by early 2011; adding Ivan Gonzalez (25 ta Life) on second guitar, Scott Winegard (Texas Is the Reason/Fountainhead/I Hate Our Freedom) on bass, and Chris Daly (Texas Is the Reason/108/Jets To Brazil) on drums. TMV recorded and self released the 4 song demo in the summer of 2011.

Shortly thereafter these recordings made their way to Joe Lifeline, who released several records for Kill Your Idols over the years. Not long after Joe tipped Justin from UC off to the bands existence and it was love at first listen. It didn’t take long for the labels to start talking about how cool it would be to have that demo as a 7″… fast forward a few months and we’re using this as an excuse to finally do a co-release.

The 7″ should be out in June or July, you can listen to the entire recording here:
http://toomanyvoices.bandcamp.com/album/discography-2011

Click here to LIKE them on Facebook


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the Copyrights April / May 2012 European Tour

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Underground Communique

Our friends in the Copyrights are heading over to Europe this month!
Please RSVP to their tour invite on Facebook and if you can assist with helping them fill in some tour dates, please let them know!!!

Dates:
27.04.2012 D / Bonn/ Bla
28.04.2012 B / Meerhout / Groezrock Festival
30.04.2012 NL / Venlo / Queensday Festival
01.05.2012 F / Hazebrouck / Shaka Laka
02.05.2012 NL / Amsterdam / Winson
03.05.2012 Nijlen/Belgium/ Chiro Jong Leven
04.05.2012 (GER) Günzburg/ Donaustüble
06.05.2012 A / Wiener Neustadt / Secret Show
07.05.2012 A / Innsbruck / PMK
09.05.2012 F / Paris / Les Combustibles
11.05.2012 Esp / Oviedo / La Antigua Estación
12.05.2012 Esp / Madrid / Wurlitzer Ballroom
13.05.2012 Esp / Valencia / Loco Club
14.05.2012 Esp / Castellon / Four Seasos
15.05.2012 F / Valence / Mistral Place
16.05.2012 I / Arese (Near Milano) / SGA
17.05.2012 CH / Zürich / Werk 21
18.05.2012 CH / Solothurn / Kofmehl
19.05.2012 D / Regensburg /Danz
20.05.2012 D / Nürnberg / Kunstverein
22.05.2012 D / Münster / Lorenz
23.05.2012 D / Hamburg / Hafenklang
24.05.2012 DK / Kopenhagen / Beta
25.05.2012 D / Berlin / Cassiopeia @ 3rd Floor
26.05.2012 D / Hannover / Chez Heinz Salon


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Underground Communique Bands at the Fest 11!

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Underground Communique

Hi everyone,
The ever amazing The Fest that occurs every October in Gainesville, FL announced the bulk of the bands playing this year and it’s shaping up to be a pretty exciting line up (click here).

Like in previous years we have a pretty strong showing of bands playing that we’ve been fortunate to work with, those being:
Andrew Jackson Jihad
Cutman
Mustard Plug
New Bruises
Vacation Bible School

and then every year we try to promote the “label affiliated bands” (or those who feature members of bands we’ve released records in the past)
All Eyes West (members of Four Star Alarm, Explode and Make Up, the Story So Far); Black Clouds (members of O Pioneers!!!, New Bruises); Black God (members of Black Cross); Coliseum (members of Black Cross); Dan Vapid and the Cheats (members of the Methadones); Dead to Me (members of Olehole); Dear Landlord (members of the Copyrights); Iron Chic (members of Capital), Junior Battles (members of O Pioneers); Naked Raygun (member of the Methadones).

The year is early yet too, so these lists might just grow a bit longer by the time the Fest rolls around, I would almost guarantee it too.


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Underground Communique’s 8th Anniversary Show and Distro Sale

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Underground Communique

We’re having a SALE for Underground Communique’s 8th Anniversary, get 18% off your orders, use the code: “DUDE-8-YEARS” at checkout for the discount. Yes, I agree this is a goofy idea…but humor me.
Sale code expires on Friday at 11:59pm
www.undercomm.storenvy.com *
*=don’t forget all US orders have a $4.99 flat rate shipping.

Then at midnight I’m locking down the store for the weekend because I’m going to bring the entire distro to our Anniversary show at Township on Saturday (3/31/2012) for…

SHOT BAKER
(playing the entire AWAKE album from start to finish for the first time ever, including some songs that have never been played live before)
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
(last show for a while, Ryan and his wife are having a baby soon)
INFECTED
(metal tinged punk rock from Kentucky, on ADD Records)
EASTLAND DISASTER
(new band to the label – members of Black Sheep Band, Textbook, Venom Lords, Kamikaze Eyes, Duress, and about 100 others)
(record release show for their 7″, all of these available at the show will be test pressings /30)

Township (formerly known as Pancho’s)
2200 N. California
show is at 9pm and this is an 18+ event.

RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/events/351475441552776/
New label t-shirts available at this show as well.

Also on 3/31, before the show, head over to Bucket-O-Blood Books and Records (it’s a half block away) for this pre-show party for our friend Patrick Houdek who will have a bunch of his classic photos on display.
Patrick Houdek show flyer


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the Heat Tape’s 2012 European Tour!!

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Underground Communique

This Tuesday the Heat Tape are leaving for their month long European tour, here are the tour dates, the four below dates in bold, they might need help with. If you can help out, please email: pantherbooking@gmail.com

The band will have copies of the new 7″ with them too!

23/2 Lille @ L’IMPOSTURE, FR
24/2 Rotterdam @ Roodkapje, NL
25/2 Nijlen @ Kroenkel, BE
26/2 Available (((Please get in touch for a show)))
27/2 Kiel @ TBA, DE
28/2 Available (((Please get in touch for a show)))
29/2 Copenhagen @ Stoeberiet, DK
1/3 Available (((Please get in touch for a show)))
2/3 Traanas @ Pub Babar , SE
3/3 Goeteborg @ Showdown , SE
5/3 Halle @ Zwei Zimmer , DE
6/3 Innsbruck @ PKM , AU
7/3 Milano(Bresso) @ Ligera , IT
8/3 Forli @ Valverde , IT
9/3 Torino @ United Club , IT
10/3 Bergamo @ Sottosuolo , IT
11/3 Salsomaggiore Terme(PR) IT
12/3 La Spezia @ TBA, IT
13/3 Available (((Please get in touch for a show)))
14/3 Schaffhausen @ Schaferi , CH
15/3 Wintherthur @ Widder, CH
16/3 Zurich @ House of Horrors, CH
17/3 Cologne @ MTC , DE

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Voice in the Wire Reunion Show 3/31/2012

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Underground Communique

Mike from VITW posted this youtube video to promote the upcoming VITW reunion show, check it!

Don’t forget you can still order a copy if the “Signals in Transmission” LP here: at the Underground Communique Store

SATURDAY MARCH 31ST 2012
WESTBORO BASTARD CHURCH, PITTSBURGH, PA

VOICE IN THE WIRE
NONE MORE BLACK
WORLD’S SCARIEST POLICE CHASES
HALO OF SNAKES

thanks everyone,
-justin.

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Underground Communique Records – – Supporting anti-SOPA Blackout day

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Underground Communique

On the Tuesday 24th January 2012, the US Senate will vote on the internet censorship bill.

Whilst it is an American law, it has far reaching repurcusions for the web as a whole.

There are many companies against SOPA, such as Google, Reddit, Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia, and today I am lending my weight to the argument by taking my site down for the day.

If you think SOPA doesn’t affect you, please think again. Watch the video below, or use the form below to force politicians to take notice.

Thank you

PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

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