Chicago’s The Flat Five presents a series of three Wednesday shows this January/February – a trio of cozy humpdays in the Hideout’s back room – with new songs and special guests each week. It’s one big whopper of a show that starts at 7:30pm – with (ahem) a buttload of seats for your sitting pleasure! Join us for wig-out Wednesdays, won’t you? Wooo!
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The Flat Five is Chicago’s beloved band of in-demand music
biz touring and recording ringers – Kelly Hogan and Nora
O’Connor (Neko Case, Mavis Staples, The Decemberists,
The New Pornographers) Scott Ligon and Casey
McDonough (NRBQ, Brian Wilson) and Alex Hall (J.D.
McPherson, The Cactus Blossoms.)
For over 17 years, these shameless harmony junkies have
come together in their limited off-time to make their own kind
of twisted sunshine pop. Their 2016 debut album It’s a
World of Love and Hope scored big with critics and fans
alike (including high-profile Flat Five fanatics like Nick Lowe
and Wilco) and their 2020 follow-up Another World has kept
the flame burning bright.
From the laid-back simple to the oddly romantic to the
slightly subversive, there is a spirit of wide-eyed sweetness
at the heart of The Flat Five’s music. The charms of this
band are manifest — in-the-pocket harmonies, a vastly
diverse genre-hopping repertoire, the infectious energy of
their sold-out live shows, and their undeniable love for the
music and each other.
“Their disparate songs coalesce around a tone that is
unapologetically uplifting. It’s impossible to listen to the Flat
Five and not smile.” – Chicago Tribune
