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Tonight! Catfish Haven and Lovelikefire Playing with Dead Confederate at the Bluebird

By Annie Zaleski on Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 10:00 am

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Not only is Dead Confederate playing at the Bluebird tonight, but so are two other fantastic touring bands: Catfish Haven and Lovelikefire. (Locals Jon Hardy & the Public are also playing.)

(Catfish Haven)

Catfish Haven's new album Devastator is a scorcher. The Chicago band has always put a modern spin on soul-influenced rock, but its new album perfects this formula, thanks to stronger songwriting and plenty of auxiliary flair (sax, keys, harmonica, banjo). George Hunter's vocals sound lifted from a scratchy vintage 45 (when he's not conjuring Paul Weller, Joe Cocker and even David Byrne at times), while the group's rhythm section locks into a snappy and danceable zone, like the best Motown singles.

MP3: Catfish Haven, "Set in Stone"

Lovelikefire, meanwhile, trades in dreamy, '90s-tinged indie-rock driven by the emotive vocals of Ann Yu, who can belt out songs like a cabaret diva one moment, and like a wounded bird the next. For fans of Lush, Asobi Seksu, Belly and Throwing Muses. (A.K.A. me.)