Champagne Champagne

Concert Photos: Champagne Champagne @ Lincoln Hall (Chicago, IL)

Seattle hip-hop trio Champagne Champagne teamed with Portland, Oregon-based indie-rock band Starfucker in a recent show at Lincoln Hall in Chicago. Champagne Champagne, composed of emcees Pearl Dragon and Sir Thomas Gray and multi-instrumentalist DJ Gajamagic (formerly of The Blood Brothers), stormed through a high-energy, punk-rap set culled largely from its self-titled album, released in 2009. Tracks like the twisted love song “Molly Ringwald” showcased the group’s unorthodox production and penchant for pop-culture allusion. ALARM staff member Kyle Gilkeson was there to capture the action.

Champagne Champagne

The Octopus Project

The Octopus Project preps tour finale, releases video

The Octopus Project: “Fuguefat” (Hexadecagon, Polyvinyl, 10/26/10)

The Octopus Project: “Fuguefat” (Hexadecagon, Polyvinyl, 10/26/10)

The Octopus Project: HexadecagonAustin-based four-piece The Octopus Project has spent the fall co-headlining a US tour with Polyvinyl’s newest signing, STRFKR.

The band recently performed in Mexico City as part of the Sonorama Festival, and is now set to play two homecoming shows in Texas with the Hexadecagon set-up first debuted at SXSW.

Watch a trailer for the eight-speaker, eight-video-projection, surround-sound monster below.