Jorge Tapia - NITETROTTER Session

Illustration Rose Noble / Sound Engineering Nathan Gregory / Text Mr. Nitetrotter - May 18, 2010

This session was recorded at the end of a tracking  marathon. It was a long weekend here at Schwag City. Our main Illustrator Jorge Tapia was up in Chicago playing some shows with his band EYES so he decided to fit in a session. 

Jorge is the wearer of many hats, he has a family, two bands, a label, a record store and tattoo shop. Not to mention insane amount of illustrations he has been pumping out for us! Keep on the lookout for more of his work.

Enjoy this hot session and good nite!

Jorge Tapia - "Eva" and "Its USdication, Not MEdication"

Recorded at 5 am at Schwag City Studios Chicago

Jorge Tapia - "Eva" - Nitetrotter Session by NITETROTTER4EVER

Jorge Tapia - "It's USdication, Not MEdication" - Nitetrotter Session by NITETROTTER4EVER

The king of facebook thinks you're a dumb fuck!

Here is a conversation that the main rapebook chode had with a friend. Read more about it here

Zuck: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard

Zuck: Just ask.

Zuck: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS

[Redacted Friend's Name]: What? How'd you manage that one?

Zuck: People just submitted it.

Zuck: I don't know why.

Zuck: They "trust me"

Zuck: Dumb fucks

Proud Achievements: A True Story

The Tanks - Live on the Pacific Ocean

Watch this raging video of the Tanks with Joe Ross, the most brutal drummer in Iowa playing live on a boat in the Pacific Ocean. They will be thrashing day 3 of NITETROTTER Fest! We are already working on getting the boat!

We Love The Quad Cities too!(Especially Rock Island)

Everyone from the QC come on down to NITETROTTER Fest this July! Until then enjoy this video of our favorite QC rock band Mondo Drag backing up our favorite rocker Andrew W.K. at our favorite Rock Island Rock Bar! He is jamming his local hit "I Love The Quad Cities" Watch them tear the house down!

Police Chief hates the internet after video of SWAT team killing dog is leaked

Keep in mind that Columbia Missouri is the same town who let some drunk frat boys get away with blindly firing a real full size cannonball in to a residential neighborhood.  The Police Chief's response to the video being leaked is priceless. 

Radley Balko
Reason.com
May 13, 2010

Columbia, Missouri Police Chief Ken Burton is apparently frustrated. At another press conference yesterday, a reporter asked the chief what he has learned from the international attention generated bythe YouTube video of his department’s SWAT team conducting a drug raid last February.

His reply: “I hate the Internet.”

Rock show at Anode Gallery

Rock show at Anode Gallery from Loin Tenderson on Vimeo.

This is a video of a show this February at the Anode Gallery in Pilsen. The order is Jabberjosh, Burger Kingdom, Glass Bricks, and T'Bone. All these bands have already or are scheduled to record Nitetrotter Sessions this year! The last band T'Bone will be at Nitetrotter Fest on Day 3.

I Love You - NITETROTTER Session

Illustration Jorge Tapia / Sound Engineering Nathan Gregory / Text Mr. Nitetrotter - May 13, 2010

The first time we ran in to I Love You was at his November 09 show at Mortville with The Tanks. I Love You put on an energetic live show turning the phased out crowd in to a fucked up dance party. 

Justin has a slew of noteworthy releases on labels like Joyful Noise. He is a serious road dog who has been hard at work touring around the US opening up for great acts along the way. I Love You is somebody we keep hearing more and more about. Make sure to catch him at Bitchpork this year.

We we were excited when he came in to Schwag City. He showed up and threw down just like the bad kid that he is. This session came out great and we couldn't wait to get it out. Enjoy and goodnite!

I Love You - "Live at Schwag City"

Recorded at Schwag City Studios Chicago

I Love You- Live at Schwag City - NITETROTTER Session by NITETROTTER4EVER

Into it. Over it. - Earth Trotter

This post is for all our Globe Trotters out there. Our friend Evan (Into it. Over it.) will be traveling across Europe for the next month with Chicago's Grown Ups (Big Scary Monsters Rec) If you happen to be out in about in these countries this summer, check out these rad bands.
May 14 Great Escape Fesival – Brighton, United Kingdom
May 15 Goblets – Southampton, United Kingdom
May 16 Boileroom (matinee show) – Guildford, United Kingdom
May 16 The Fighting Cock (evening show) – Kingston, United Kingdom
May 17 Catch – London, United Kingdom
May 18 Big Blue Coffee Shop – Derby, United Kingdom
May 19 Royal Park Cellars – Leeds, United Kingdom
May 20 Tiger Lounge – Manchester, United Kingdom
May 21 The Chameleon Arts Cafe – Nottingham, United Kingdom
May 22 Clwb Ifor Bach – Cardiff, United Kingdom
May 23 The Flapper – Birmingham, United Kingdom
May 24 The Social – London, UK
May 25 Le Pixi – Paris, France
May 29 Iduna – Drachten, Netherlands
May 30 Jugendhaus – Rosswein, Germany
June 1 Imbir – Krakow, Poland
June 2 Conni – Dresden, Germany
June 3 Fluc – Vienna, Austria
June 4 Habes Club – Strakonice, Czech Republic
June 5 Kreativfabrik – Wiesbaden, Germany
June 7 AZ – Aachen, AZ
June 8 Cafe Schlachthaus – Dornbirn, Austria
June 9 Leoncavallo – Milan, Italy
June 10 O’bundies – Marseille, France
June 11 – H – Titud Fest – Vidreres, Spain
June 13 – Apartment Show – Rennes, France

Live Review: Ramona Gonzalez and Bitchin Bajas at Mortville

Text Mr. Nitetrotter - May 13, 2010 

I nitetrotted over to this show with a comrade at our usual lateness of about two hours. Ramona Gonzalez of Nite Jewel was playing so we had to go. Bitchin Bajas is Cooper from Cave's solo project which also sounded interesting. It also wasn't at a dumb bar but rather at the always fun Mortville in Little Village. I didn't have a chance to catch the name of the band before Ramona who set up and played for over an hour if not more(the reason we had to walk home two miles in the rain because the Pink Line only runs until 1). 

I walked in to the show and it was the first time I had been to Mortville with their new spring decor. They have a very open free flowing beach party thing going on that is very cool. Mortville changes how the space is set up about every four or so months. At the moment it is my favorite warehouse venue in Chicago. They always get an interesting stream of people.

So we missed probably two bands and the first band we saw was ok they had some some mildly crucial jams. You could just tell the drummer was probably a guitar player, and they switched around on instruments which is very hard to pull off well. The girl singing had a great voice that reminded me of a early Patty Smyth or something. They just played too long. It wasn't their fault they probably did bring a lot of people but sometimes you just got to pull the plug! 

Ramona was up and I didn't know what to expect. I had only heard the Nite Jewel material with other players and more beat centric. This was spaced out songs just her and a synth with sparse drum machine accompaniment. A lot of it seemed to be based around cleverly simple psychedelic melodies and dream like vocal lines. She had an echo effect on her voice that wasn't overdone. Much of this sounded like creepy mall music from Mars, which is awesome. I think a some people came to hear her play dance music or were just their to party. The room was split between chit peaknuckling party goers and people up front paying extremely close attention. I wish it was louder but I feel like I was watching a unforgettable secret concert in a room of talking drunk people. The best part of the set was that she pulled the plug. She didn't drag on but instead she left us all hanging on for more. I am always one to appreciate that. I would rather be left wanting more instead of less.

Up next was Bitchin Bajas. He started out right away with quoting a riff from his band Cave's repertoire but that made it exciting. I was impressed by this set. His heavy psychedelic kraut esque riffage was exactly what the doctor ordered as we split for our hike through the pouring rain back to Pilsen. 

Right before we left I had to ask Ramona a question. I went up and asked her what she thought of R Stevie Moore. She said she loved his music, I didn't ask her more about it but it was peace of mind for the nite.

Good times at Mortville.