Shape Shoppe Xina Xurner recorded our first album here over the winter, but Shape Shoppe is much more than a live/work recording studio. It’s a hub of cultural production—where diverse bands and artists and the communities that support them convene to hang, share ideas and resources, and collaborate. Sometimes sounds spill over from studio to studio, which is almost a metaphor for the sonic cross-pollination that takes place between resident bands as diverse as the Chandeliers, Mr. 666, Magical Beautiful, and Golden Birthday.

Chicago’s new musical sisterhood There’s a sisterhood of local bands—Gel Set,Forced Into Femininity, Toupee, Mayor Daley, Wume, Lady Rollins, Ono, the Ovens, Pooper, Pure Magical Love, and many more—that continually redefines notions of feminine power through musical performance. This amorphous community provides a complex collective vision of joy, rage, bravery, and catharsis, as well as an endless source of camaraderie and inspiration for new feminine creation.

I, Tina: My Life Story, by Tina Turner and Kurt Loder An obvious inspiration to Xina Xurner, Tina Turner is a glimmering vision of hope, exuberance, glamor, and triumph. The story of her life’s journey and music exemplifies the potential for liberating oneself from past personal/social abuses through one’s voice and body.

“band” isn’t really the right word to describe Xina Xurner; “abstract collective” is closer to the mark. Yeah, keyboard/computer wizards Mike Perkins (aka Mr. 666) and Marvin Astorga came with shaggy heads of hair, baggy worn jeans and an amiable scruffiness. And yeah, vocalist Young Joon Kwak performed in dragon-lady drag while strutting and twisting for all he was worth in the tallest pair of platform stilettos that I’ve ever seen in my life. But like I said, this ain’t Boystown, and Xina Xurner ain’t ya mama’s drag show. Fifteen seconds after they got onstage they ripped into their set and what went down next was like watching a hydrogen bomb go off in Carmen Miranda’s fruit-packed head wrap.

SATURDAY, APRIL 7 *** 10PM!!!

1353 W. Wabansia, Chicago, Illinoize

Come early, get glam, get down!
… Doors at 10, band at 11, PARTY ALL NIGHT

Still just 5 bucks at the door! Still benefits the Critical Fierceness Grant (apply yrself gurl)!

DJs John Twatters & Lady Miss Navy Pier!

Every 1st Saturday, Chances Dances takes over the Hideout’s excellent Saturday Night Dance Party and makes it queer. ALL GENDER EXPRESSIONS ARE WELCOME!

don’t forget to visit chancesdances.org!

Friday, 3/9/12!

THE LAND LINE PRESENTS:
The Ovens
Xina Xurner
Toupee
Forced into Femininity
DJ Colunga
The Lady Speedstick

9 SHARP
$5-10 donation
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