I’m going to jump on the mini bandwagon for the Urbana based band The Leadership. The reasons are that they are semi-local for me (at least they’re from Illinois), they play straight up rock with an edge, and they’re not afraid to mess with convention. Most notably in the song “Bring It Back” from the new album Frontiers, in that song and others, errant noise plays a surprisingly large role. Word is the band is pretty great live and aside from their own upcoming shows they will soon be opening for Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s, Plants And Animals, and the Cold War Kids.
The 8 track album is available from Bandcamp for the wonderful price of free here. They’re playing Chicago Feb 25 at the Viaduct Theater. If I wasn’t such an old wuss I’d be there!
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