'What the fuck is bubblegrunge? Pinksqueeze can tell you at their record release show Saturday CobraLounge' | ✍️ imLeor Abject Horror and Cloud Houses open. Sat 5/20, 7 PM, Cobra Lounge, 235 N. Ashland, $18.54, all ages
Chicago four-piece Pinksqueeze should be in the rotation of any local indie-rock connoisseur, and not just because of their skill with their instruments. Sure, these twentysomethings play with the confidence of seasoned veterans who’ve been gigging since before they were born. And sure, their musical chemistry gives an affable warmth to everything they play, whether it’s a quiet, tender passage or a big, reach-for-the-stars chorus.
The punky, gnashing “WTF Is Bubblegrunge” mocks the sexist structures of canonization that have warped pop history, which would have the public believe that only white men make important music. The band also catalog the sexism they’ve faced in the male-dominated ecosystem of live music, skewering this depressingly routine buffoonery with thoughtful, thorough lyrics delivered in clipped but often exasperated talk-singing.
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