Since debuting in 2015, local electronic duo Grün Wasser—aka vocalist Keely Dowd and producer Essej Pollock—have steadily broadened their apocalyptic EBM by adding new sounds. On Friday, October 4, they drop the new album Not OK With Things (on vinyl and cassette via Texas label Holodeck Records), and it’s easily their most diverse work yet. Advance tracks “Stranger’s Mouth” and “Driving” bristle with nervous energy, suspended between subtle pop hooks, chilly synth tones, and scattered drum patterns. On Thursday, October 3, Grün Wasser play a release show at Sleeping Village with openers Ariel Zetina and Material and a DJ set from Cid Ikarus.
- Jesse Saunders has compiled six remixes of his 1984 debut single, “On and On,” for this 35th-anniversary EP.
Gossip Wolf craves the delightful feeling of being a hometown tourist—and that itch is best scratched when two local institutions unexpectedly come together! On Friday, September 27, house-music legend Farley “Jackmaster” Funk DJs the 21-and-over Shedd Aquarium party series Shedd After Hours. The dance floor will start grooving at 6 PM, but you need to nab tickets online or at the Shedd before 4:15 PM that day—otherwise you’ll miss the dolphins performing their famous synchronized dance to “Love Can’t Turn Around”! v
