Chickfactor 2012: For the Love of Pop Festival

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Does this have anything to do with Chickfactor the zine from the 90's?

The very same, click the link.

Wow I didn't know Pam Berry and Gail O’Hara were still doing that! Chickfactor introduced me to so much great music in high school. Would love to see Versus again.

well shit that looks like fun

lorelei!

:)

damn i wish i could go to one of these, going to have to settle for secondhand reportage and youtube vids.

Jesus, I think I might break down if I saw Small Factory now. Are these shows going to be full of nostalgic 40-year-olds crying our eyes out?

Well, I got my tickets. If Phoebe Summersquash has gotten old and fat, I'm going to be pretty freaked out.

softies!

The Aislers Set reunion at the Fortuna Pop anniversary shows was astoundingly wonderful.

anyone seen BT before, do they put on a good show? I am most interested in them and the softies. I'd really love to meet rose melberg. :0

want to go desperately, maybe I will, I am onl liek 6 hrs away. too bad I missed the passes tho.

Saw Black Tambourine a zillion years ago and just vaguely remember them being decent and enjoyable but not overwhelmingly charismatic and exciting onstage.

i reckon they'll be great, pam's voice is better than ever these days

(the vocals she's done for the latest bart & friends recording are stunning)

Jesus, I think I might break down if I saw Small Factory now. Are these shows going to be full of nostalgic 40-year-olds crying our eyes out?

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Along with me. Will be there on the first night, most definitely.

Though if anyone gets an update on when tickets go on sale for the VA shows, can they let me know? I called the venue and they said they'd call me back. I was surprised, and they haven't called back yet, which I'm not surprised about.

I need to see the Lilys more than anything.

Had heard rumours of Black Tambourine doing some shows this year but I presumed that to be confusion born out of the existence of the band The Black Tambourines. Yeay! Hoping for some Indietrack action from them and Pipas.. although Chickfactor are on about doing a London date too, although with different bands.

I somehow missed Pam Berry's solo effort

http://hangoverlounge.blogspot.com/2011/04/pam-berrys-first-solo-release-out-now.html

The Aislers Set reunion at the Fortuna Pop anniversary shows was astoundingly wonderful.

Bah. Too bad Fortuna Pop didn't have any other bands playing I was interested in, I missed this.

saw bunch of these bands back in the day, wd prob go for Bridget St John if I still went to many shows.

another celebration, as if one were needed, of Black Tambourine's return

http://soundcloud.com/pinefox/throw-aggi-off-the-bridge

with ILX veteran "cover star"

The VA shows just went on sale, I don't think I can afford making the trip from (essentially) NYC, then find a place to stay. Sucks because I've never seen the Lilys (they'll probably have more of an incentive to play the early stuff- which is the whole reason I'd see them), and they're one of my favorite bands ever, like top five. And Lorelei are great too.

Anyone planning to go to that/buying tickets right now after reading the beginning of this post?

It'll also be close to my birthday! Hopefully The Lilys decide to play a bit more north at some point.

http://chickfactor.com/2012/01/cf-2012-for-the-love-of-pop/

So you're playing in NYC and visiting the DC area.

First Virginia show is on the first night of Passover. Hmmm, do an early dinner/seder and then go to Artisphere...?

Curmudgeon, yes, would be good to see you (have we ever met?) in DC at one of those Easter weekend shows.

We have not met. But yes, it would be nice to meet.

Have the Pines been added to one of the Va shows?

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http://chickfactor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Poster_layout1.jpg

Curmudgeon: yes, thanks for asking, we are playing on Friday 6th April at Artisphere.

Excellent. Still need to figure out my Passover dinner plans to see if I can make it.

I can make it! Hope to meet you Friday.

A young Pitchfork writer on the history and relevance of Chickfactor

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2012/04/04/for-ex-zinesters-only-on-chickfactors-influence-in-the-digital-age/

this seems like a good time.
does bridget st. john play many shows?

It looks like she is just doing a Brooklyn gig April 11th; and a 1999 Chickfactor interview with her is on their website

yeah, i figured she was mostly retired from music? i know she guested on a (pretty darn good) elisa randazzo record a few years back...

She appeared at the sixth Terrastock in Providence -- good set, I thought.

The Pines are still not listed for tonight's gig at Artisphere. I hope they are playing

http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/music-events/chickfactor-for-the-love-of-pop-featuring-black-tambourine,1227426/critic-review.html#reviewNum1

More background on Black Tambourine

Kinda smallish turnout for night 1. The event is a bit too pricey. Pam still has a nice voice.

And hearing Pinefox add harmonies for Stevie Jackson from down in the crowd was awesome

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/reunited-black-tambourine-delivers-the-buzx-in-artisphere-show/2012/04/08/gIQApmeV4S_story.html

where the videos at? i hope it's just too soon and they haven't been uploaded yet. if there isn't comprehensive video footage of black tambourine i am gonna kill myself.

Uh oh. I think they're at Maxwells in Hoboken tonight

anyone wanna guess at the odds of the aisler's set doing any further reunion gigs at this point?

Maxwells show was pretty good! Charmingly sloppy and a bit shy, but so great to see them live. Will be there tomorrow (Bell House) to see Versus and Small Factory too.

Went to Bell House show last night... incredible! Everyone!
Wish all these bands were still making this music

Well I screwed up: had bought the tickets so long ago that I forgot what day it was. Damn. Would love to hear more about it, especially Small Factory. Any detailed reports, either here or elsewhere?

So great!

Dump were the special guests, as well as Mark Robinson, but he only played Yes She Is My Skinhead Girl and Isabel.
Lois was great, the only artist I wasn't as familiar with.
Versus was next, and besides one new song they played a lot of really old songs that they described as being "chickfactor enough" Pretty awesome performance overall.
Small Factory were very fun, Phoebe described their billing between Versus and Black Tambourine as "a weird piece of meat between two delicious pieces of bread." They played Valentine so the night was made.
Black Tambourine were next and Pam was so shy and sweet on stage. Their sound was much better than at Maxwells the night before (bass didn't sound right then) and they were totally enchanting. A harmless little moshing occurred during the peppier songs and the dreamier songs were just gorgeous.

versus doing old stuff is the show i am feeling the most envy about

Yeah, they played:

Forest Fire
Insomnia
Be-9
River

etc.

What time is everyone congregating tonight?

what am I missing... i see the flyer says portland and I would totally travel to relive my early 90s indi pop love.

I have really loved being on this chickfactor tour. I think it has been one of the best weeks of my whole life.

Saw Curmudgeon last Friday and glad he didn't mind my harmonies. Saw Lorelei play a flawless 'sight of you' as song #2. Have seen Black Tambourine in 3 different states of the union. Last night saw The Softies play their first show in 12 years and played what I thought was the best Pines show ever, with Rose Melberg singing with us. Best set I've actually seen, though: The Aislers Set, confirming the sense that they are one of the great bands in the history of pop.

And so many good people around all the time that every night has felt less like a gig, more like a surprise party.

Couldn't make the Aislers Set night... so painful to have had to choose, but I'm so happy to have seen Small Factory (Versus is not as rare a performance these days) and it was a treat to have Dump surprise us with a great set.

Especially sad that I didn't see the Lilys play. Hope someday in my life I get another shot.

Since the Lilys was just Kurt playing solo, I imagine he will play again. Who knows.

Was great meeting you PF, and I enjoyed your Pines set with Pam.

Oh was he only solo? Interesting, couldn't find any reaction to his set anywhere, or videos.

2013 Tickets on sale now!!!!!!:

http://chickfactor.com/2013/04/chickfactor-21/

tuesday, june 11
LILYS + THE CANNANES + VERSUS + ROSE MELBERG
wednesday, june 12
FUTURE BIBLE HEROES + THE ALUMINUM GROUP + HONEYBUNCH + TRUE LOVE ALWAYS
thursday, june 13
THE PASTELS + DUMP + JIM RUIZ SET + LOIS

I got three day passes. Seriously thrilled.

I hope nobody interested misses out on this, so I'll bump the thread often.

the june 11 lineup would have been my absolute dream lineup in '94

Almost literally my dream line up right now, specifically that day too.

Just NYC this year? No DC? or elsewhere

Yeah I guess not. :/

scheming to get to new york for this, the venue is like 8 blocks from my in-laws' place. what's the venue like? is this gonna sell out quickly? for all those hip brooklyn kids that love the cannanes

The venue is wonderful, my favorite room of its size in NY. Its comfortable even when sold out. This will probably sell out.

It may sell out quick, yes. Unless it already has but I haven't checked.

Venue is very nice- spacious, new looking. I like it. Just a bit of a trip for me all the way from Hoboken, and I'm going all three nights.

Forgot to post this on Sunday!

http://chickfactor.com/2014/02/chickfactor-22-festival-of-pop/

The Clientele! (Original line-up!)
Lilys!

that looks great, too bad they aren't doing a dc thing this year

Wow, Clientele, Versus, Barbara Manning lineup looks great. Too bad Gail is coming back with this to DC to do a show here

That should have said "Gail isn't." Clientele are coming back here, but not with the others.

Just saw a link to this but haven't read it:

http://www.wonderingsound.com/feature/chickfactor-zine-oral-history/