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Cap’n Jazz || Listen
I’ll admit, I had absolutely no idea what to expect from recently-reunited 90s Chicago punk act Cap’n Jazz’s live show. I knew that tickets to their club shows in town have all sold out in a ridiculously short amount of time, and if their their set Saturday night was anything close to typical, I certainly know why. They were phenomenal.

Frontman Tim Kinsella’s vocals are raw and very rough around the edges–bordering on harsh, but with an intensity mirrored by his hypnotic physical performance onstage. Clutching the microphone and screaming into the mic, he often leaned over the edge of the stage into the audience, even falling face-first into it in order to have the audience push him like a domino back onto the stage. It was impressive to watch a set that intense from start to finish–it was as if he put every single ounce of energy he had into every second of his performance during the songs.

The drums (courtesy of Tim’s brother Mike Kinsella) were wild, the bass (Samuel Zurick) was booming, and guitar work (Victor Villareal and Davey von Bohlen) was very tight. The set was full of raw energy, and the audience and band fed off each other in one of those rare, sparkling moments that sometimes happen during live shows that makes people want to go to them in the first place. – Examiner

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Abe Vigoda
The Black Apples

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