CANASTA as BELLE & SEBASTIAN: Next Thur. 9/29 @ Darkroom + "Mex. City" Video Hits 5,000 Views!

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CANASTA AS BELLE & SEABSTIAN - NEXT THURS. 9/29 @ DARKROOM!
Fact: Canasta probably wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for Belle & Sebastian. Their emphasis on songs above all else was the main impetus for starting a band like ours. So we’ve been talking forever about putting together a “B&S Night” and it’s finally happening next Thurs. (9/29) at Chicago’s Darkroom! We’ll be performing a full, 10-song set (!), spanning each of their seven albums (nobody counts Storytelling). We’re going all out for this and we’ve got the guest vocalists, musicians and Canasty Horns to prove it. And when we’re not playing, we’ll have DJs spinning the Scots’ music, plus contests and a mod vintage photo booth! The Onion A.V. Club has a theory that we’re attempting to make up for Jack Black’s rude assertion in High Fidelity that B&S make "sad bastard music." But whatever our motives for playing, yours for coming should be clear: this isn’t likely to happen again anytime soon. Here’s all you need to know...

First, RSVP to the Facebook event, HERE.
Then, get ready to win some B&S swag the night of the show (courtesy of Matador Records).
We’ll be doing giveaways for the “Best Scottish Accent,” “Best B&S-esque Outfit,” “Best Wistful / Pensive Expression” and
“Best Personalized B&S Album Cover,” which you can create in advance, at BelleAndSebastianNight.com, then post on our FB wall!

Thursday, September 29th
@ Darkroom (Chicago, IL)
“Belle & Sebastian Night”
Canasta performing as Belle & Sebastian
(feat. special guests: Warm Ones’ Tony Sackett, The SYGC’s Elia Einhorn,
Cobalt & The Hired Guns’ Mike Roth, The Canasty Horns + More)
w/ DJ Heaven Malone, DJ Elia (of This Is England*)
+ Mod Vintage Photo Booth by GlitterGuts
Show - 8 PM / Canasta - 9:30 PM / $6 / 21+
Presented by CHIRP Radio!

"MEXICO CITY" MUSIC VIDEO HITS 5,000 VIEWS!
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