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Illinois 6/8 @ National Mechanics

POSTED: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 4:00 PM

Filed Under: Music | Philly Bands | Show Last Night

The new album drops today. It's the story of a boy and his goldfish.

Last night Philly band Illinois held what must have been their one millionth record release show for The Adventures of Kid Catastrophe, the kickass new album they've been putting out in pieces, along with chapters of the accompanying film. This was the first time I'd seen the film in its entirety. It's the trippy, funny story of love and loss between a guy and his goldfish. Good stuff. The complete album is now available and I heartily recommend it. Especially after seeing them bring it at National Mechanics. Fun, fiery rock 'n' roll, with touches of Beck and banjo. There was a lot of tipsy singing along in the crowd and people saying woo. Either these guys have actual fans or they've got about 20 girlfriends between them.

Photos by Patrick Rapa

jakob

Posted 2009-06-09 13:15:04

I've been an actual fan of this band for a couple years now, and I love just about everything on it. "Kid Catastrophe" is their best song yet, definitely one of my favorites of the year.



Wish I could've been there last night! Damnit.

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