The Runnies!

Maybe You Can Win?!?!

2012-02-21T11:21:00.000-08:00

Band: The RunniesFree mp3: “You Can’t Win” (’til Feb. 26)A song review like this one happens so infrequently on Chicago Tunes that I needed to backtrack some to research how I went about writing and formatting it the one and only other time.That post, uploaded over a year ago, was a celebration of U.S. Royalty’s “Equestrian,” a tune that hit and profoundly affected me at a time that I apparently wanted to hear it.What’s funny about singly digesting “Equestrian” then and “You Can’t Win” now isn’t that I’m doing so by picking through separate pieces of their respective assemblies. (This is, however, true. Whereas the “Equestrian” piece was an exploration of possible messages in the lyrics of U.S. Royalty, “You Can’t Win” gets its own posting today because it’s groovy as hell).The funny, then, is how stylistically different “Equestrian” is from “You Can’t Win.” Any lingering suspicions I may have had about the level of satisfaction I’ve lately received from garage/psych/punk or any loose combination of the three is surely gone now. I might be hooked or be there very soon.continue reading . . .(source: http://chicagotunes.net/)

Show Review: Runnies at the Bottle

2012-02-15T11:23:00.000-08:00

Tyler Jon Tyler, Nones, The Runnies @ The Empty Bottle (2/14); Unicycle Loves You, Lightfoils @ The Empty Bottle (2/13)

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Eric

credit: The Runnies' Facebook

I’ve long been partial to the Empty Bottle for good, cheap entertainment in Chicago. But a great string of kick ass — these back-to-back shows I’m just now digesting, as well asRadar Eyes’ record release and an Apteka/Secret Colours show in January — have made this Uke Village hole-in-the-wall my favorite space to see live music in the new year.

Perhaps it goes hand in hand with my matured tastes in music. Were you to ask the me of a year ago whether I’d be excited to go and see, say, The Runnies, I don’t know what I’d say. But ask the me of last night, after their thick hooks and slam rock crawled up under my skin and gave me the shakes, and I’d say: “Heck yes. When’s their next show?”

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(Source: http://chicagotunes.net/)

Tyler Jon Tyler / Nones / The Runnies Free with RSVP

2012-02-13T09:17:00.000-08:00

Place:Empty Bottle1035 N. WesternTime:Doors 9:00pmPrice:$8.00Garage-rock trio TYLER JON TYLER return with the simple, melodic sub-3-minute pop songs found on their debut LP, out on Slow Fizz Records. The band has avoided the tropes of lo-fi garage fuzz in favor of an undeniably catchy, ramshackle approach and we’re excited that they’re coming out on Valentine’s Day to serenade us with local noise-mongers NONES - an all-girl band fronted by a mad man wielding a saxophone and a howl that specializes in shaking your brain.This show is Free with RSVP and, since it's Valentine's Day, anyone who RSVPs gets a free +1, as well! Be sure to send an e-mail to rsvp@emptybottle.com by midnight the night before the show. Your RSVP does not guarantee admission. However, buying an advance ticket through TicketWeb does.Click Here for Tickets

More Love from Pop and Robbers

2012-02-02T10:11:00.000-08:00

More Love from Pop and Robbers:

#7: The Runnies-You Can’t Win LP

Perfect musical accompaniment for a haunted house or dingy dive bar,You Can’t Win is full of ominous, organ-heavy rock and roll. The way singer Mary McKane growls all over this record, I found myself constantly being reminded of the Whigs and fellow windy city spook poppers Hollows.

(Source: http://popsandrobbers.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/pops-tops-top-11-releases-of-2011-4-7/)

From the Reader

2012-01-21T10:22:00.000-08:00

Hollows, Dirty Dancing, Runnies, Little Boy Jr. When: Sat., Jan. 21, 8 p.m. 2012
This local trio brings a part-sinister, part-forlorn vibe to its raw punk rock, and though singer and organist Mary McKane also makes relatively hooky, throwback psych-pop with Outer Minds, here her throaty, raspy soul defies any era-specific labels. On the Runnies' recent debut, You Can't Win (available only as a free download from Candy Dinner), the primitive throb of drummer Brett Swinney and reverb-drenched riffs of guitarist Russ Calderwood provide a kind of diffuse propulsion, but it's McKane's mighty howl—which balances melodic precision with larynx-shredding volume—and fat organ licks that really grab you. The production is definitely in the red, but the music's got more to offer than scrappy noise—there's a sure-handed songcraft thriving in that mess. —Peter Margasak Hollows headline; Dirty Dancing, Runnies, and Little Boy Jr. open.

Hollows/Dirty Dancing/The Runnies!! January 21!! Ultra Lounge!!

2012-01-06T09:49:00.001-08:00

mPshows.com Presents

Hollows
/ Dirty Dancing / The Runnies

Saturday, Jan 21, 2012 8:00 PM CST (8:00 PM Doors)
- Saturday, Jan 21, 2012 11:00 PM CST
Ultra Lounge, Chicago, IL
21 years and over

Runnie-lution No. 9

2011-12-30T09:30:00.000-08:00

The Runnies are apart of Richard Giraldi’s Top 11 Chicago Records of 2011. Check out the kind words and the rest of the list!
9. The Runnies – You Can’t Win
A late entry into the running, but you really can’t not win with the latest from The, uh, Runnies. This local trio goes easy on the guitar and heavy on the organ, but it works for a sonic delivery that’s part ’60s garage, motown and church revival. Not to mention it’s powered by Mary McKane’s smokey vocals that fit somewhere between Janis Joplin and Robert Allen Zimmerman.
via: Loudlooppress

Chicago Mixtape

2011-12-28T20:20:00.000-08:00

woop woop! The Runnies are on this week's Chicago Mixtape. Check it out while you get ready for Friday! The Detroit Cobras / the Runnies / Rama Lama at the The Empty Bottle!!

12/30/11 Detroit Cobras w/ The Runnies and Ramma Lamma!

2011-12-21T06:29:00.000-08:00

Friday, December 30, 2011Time: 10:00pm Detroit CobrasThe RunniesRamma LammaCombining girl-group hooks and harmonies with high-octane, Motor City garage rock, the DETROIT COBRAS conjure the 1960s era of Top 40 AM radio and vinyl 45s. Lead belter RACHEL NAGY has attitude to burn and the band delivers dirty, punk garage chords with such ferocity the COBRAS have been called "the ultimate rock & soul party band," by LA Weekly and SPIN has proclaimed "you should hope and pray that they play your party." Local fuzz-rockers THE RUNNIES return to our stage with their psychedelic brand of garage rock. Their quick-hitting songs are filled to the brim with hooks and catchy choruses and they'll surely have the kids pogoing to the organ-driven howlers. Straight out of Milwaukee and bringing their version of glam rock with a DAVE CLARK 5 beat to our stage, RAMMA LAMMA are the new project from 2/3s of PLEXI 3. They've got a single out now via FDH Records and they're headed up I-94 to open tonight's female-fronted garage rock showdown.
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