Panda Riot

  • Panda Riot - Amanda In the Clouds

    Panda Riot – “Amanda In the Clouds”

    Second time is the charm for Chicago’s Panda Riot.  To celebrate the vinyl issue of their well-received full-length Northern Automatic Music (QRO review), the dreamgaze quartet is throwing down for a Release Party 2.0 at the Hideout this Friday, October 11th.  And why not?  2.9 million vinyl records have...
  • Panda Riot : Northern Automatic Music

    Panda Riot – Northern Automatic Music

    The shoegaze gods have spoken!...
  • Panda Riot : Black Pyramids

    Panda Riot – Black Pyramids & Golden Age

    Hazey, dreamy, shiny, gazey: Chicago’s Panda Riot returns with its full-length Northern Automatic Music.  It’s Jesus & Mary Chain plus the frostiness of a Twin Peaks synth line.  Stiff percussion, six-string atmospherics, and found sounds add up to an ambitious instrumental effort on tracks like “Golden Age”, while the...
  • Panda Riot : Serious Radical Girls

    Panda Riot : “Serious Radical Girls”

    Chicago’s dreamiest dream-poppers return with the 3-track 7″ Serious Radical Girls.  It’s being released in anticipation of a full-length LP titled Northern Automatic Music, via Saint Marie Records.  The tracks on the limited edition 7″ are exclusive to the 7″ release: no iTunes, no Amazon, no nada.  So have...
  • QRO & Creamteam Present Holiday Party

    QRO & Creamteam Present Holiday Party

    QRO & Creamteam Present Holiday Party
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  • CMJ 2010 : Day One Recap

    CMJ 2010 : Day One Recap

     Day One of CMJ started slow, but seriously peaked thanks to initials like MOG & YTL. ...
  • North Coast Fest 2010 Recap

    North Coast 2010 Recap

    North Coast Fest 2010 Recap

    For the last weekend of the summer, Chicago's Union Park held one more summer festival, the inaugural North Coast Fest.  Friday, September 3rd through Sunday, September 5th saw an eclectic mix of electronica, jam bands & more...