eight-forty-eight loves the fake fictions, too!

http://chicagopublicradio.org/Content.aspx?audioID=20713

Fake Fictions = Band of the Week

The Fake Fictions are band of the week in "What to Wear During an Orange Alert?" Here's the link:

http://wearduringorangealert.blogspot.com/2008/04/band-of-week_18.html

The reviews begin to pour in...

TimeOut loves "Krakatoa," but how couldn't they?

The review is here.

Volcanic Rock

it's going to be monumental

Sublimity!

There are plenty of moments in life that are good-- the first taste of a long-awaited frozen burrito, a cold beer, sex with a loved one-- but there are few moments that are truly sublime, that take us all the way out of our minds. Well, this past Saturday was one of the sublime ones. I'm still recovering.

The evening started casually enough, with the smooth grooves of Justin Petertil. Good stuff- the number about aluminum siding with all the old-timey harmonies has been bouncing around my head all day. Then the Spectacles obviously kicked it pretty hard. The cover of "Stephanie Says" had everybody screamin'. And the beginning of mathpanda's set was fun too, in a polite, head-bobbing kind of way.

Who would've expected full-on transcendance, though? Not until the mcs ditched the prerecorded tracks and Seth Vanek jumped on the drums did things really turn 100 degrees hot. Five minutes later, the legendary Johnny Marks was on the kit, Ben Davis was absolutely shredding on bass and minds started to reach the melting point. Something like 95% of the audience members ended up joining the band, whacking on cowbells, crashes, beer cans and whatever else they could get their hands on until 3 in the morning. And the rhymes just kept getting better and better! It was like a seance, or a revival. A lifting of the communal spirit.

Friends, let's do it again soon.

Upcoming Comptroller bizness? Well, the Fake Fictions record release is this Friday at the Empty Bottle. 'Krakatoa' just keeps sounding better and better, and the show should be amazing. And then, on Tuesday, April 22, the Spectacles are joining Casiotone for the Painfully Alone at the Beat Kitchen! Much to be excited about. I'll post more shortly...

FAKE FICTIONS ROCK THE NET

Our heroes, The Fake Fictions, have been included on the Gapers Block Transmission Muxtape 1. If you don't know what a muxtape is, it's an awesome, free, streaming mixtape you can share with the world. Check it out! You may yourself enjoying the lyrical wit and fuzzed out rock-ness.
http://gbtransmission.muxtape.com/

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Comptroller Records Presents: Comptrollin' On A Saturday Night III Featuring…
The Spectacles, www.MySpace.com/ThSpectacles [sic]
Mathpanda, www.farc.net/bands/mathpanda/index.php
Justin Petertil, www.MySpace.com/JustinPetertil
Eric Ziegenhagen as The Supreme Hot Dog, www.MySpace.com/ericzieg

Saturday April 12th @ Ronny's 2101 N. California Ave - 9pm

THE SPECTACLES ROCK RONNY’S ON APRIL 12; FAKE FICTIONS ON HAND TO SIGN BODY PARTS

Comptroller Records will be celebrating its six-month anniversary at Ronny’s, 2101 N. California, on Saturday, April 12. The concert, the third in a bi-monthly series entitled Comptrollin’ On A Saturday Night, will feature pop wizards the Spectacles, OFFICE member and ace songwriter Justin Petertil, and D.C. hip-hoppers Mathpanda. Eric Ziegenhagen, a.k.a. ‘the Supreme Hot Dog,’ will emcee the affair. Members of the Fake Fictions, who will be debuting their second full-length, Krakatoa, at a Friday, April 18 record-release show at the Empty Bottle, will be on hand to sign body parts.

The evening will kick off with Justin Petertil, performing his smooth jams with the old Ice Factory house band. Petertil, who plays in the local bands OFFICE and Roommate, used to front the beloved band CrapEngine.

Next up is Comptroller Records’ own the Spectacles, led by former Nueva Cat Jody Weinmann. The Spectacles bring the heat, a la bubbling keyboards, syncopated afro-beats, and spare lyrics that ache with wit and painful adolescence. Several songs, including the recently completed sex-jam “Living Room,” are available at MySpace.com/ThSpectacles.

Bringing it all home will be D.C. hip-hop act Mathpanda, who offer a merciless assault on the political leaders and dancefloors of our country, right from the belly of the beast.

‘The SupremeHot Dog’ will perform songs and share charming anecdotes between the acts.

The Fake Fictons will be on hand to tell bad jokes at the merch table and sign body parts. Their latest LP, the noisy and wonderful Krakatoa, will be released on April 18, when they will be performing at the Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western. Five songs, including the epic and audacious “(I Cannot Get Any) Satisfaction,” are streaming exclusively on the Comptroller Records website, ComptrollerRecords.com.

Comptrollin’ On A Saturday Night is Comptroller Records’ bi-monthly concert series. On the second Saturday of every second month, a Comptroller Records act shares a Chicago stage with some of our favorite bands and artists from Chicago and around the country. Future Comptrollin’ On A Saturday Night locations and line-ups can be monitored on ComptrollerRecords.com.