Local H Spend A Week Playing Every Song They Ever Recorded
With Billy Corgan and Jeff Tweedy regaled as auteurs for their conceptual turns and twists, Lucas is Chicago’s bare-knuckled rocker, slugging it out on stages from small bars to large clubs to outdoor festivals and releasing a steady run of albums that stand up against fickle pop trends. The week of shows forced a new look at a band that can often be undervalued here but whose music is consistently packed with depth, craft and true grit.
Despite playing a different album per night, the shows did not pause for reflection, especially since a significant segment of the audience looked like they didn’t have their driver’s licenses when the band released its 1995 debut. Opening slots provided a survey of Chicago punk past and present, including Smoking Popes frontman Josh Caterer and reunions of old-school punks Pegboy and power-pop contenders Fig Dish.
More Local H videos!
“Cynic”
“All The Kids Are Right”
“Half-Life”
“Wolf Like Me/Toxic (live)”
Local H jam 13 years into 7 nights [Chicago Tribune] EDDIE VEDDER – local h [YouTube] Local H – Wolf Like Me / Toxic (Live) [YouTube] Local H – All The Kids Are Right [YouTube] Local H – Half-Life [YouTube] Local H – Cynic [YouTube]