Love Story In Blood Red, Tijuana Hercules & AM Slingers

Love Story in Blood Red

LSIBR played their first show on April 5, 2004 at the Empty Bottle in Chicago, and their last show on May 3, 2008 at The Royal Oaks in Youngstown, Ohio.  In between they released three cherished albums, as well as a handful of live recordings and singles.  It would be unforgivable to focus solely on Jason, even though he was certainly LSIBR’s creative leader. There were many contributors over the band’s four year span, but the core group of Nick Meiers on bass, Jim Duffy on drums, Kris Poulin on guitar, and Casey Meehan on organ, was hugely responsible for bringing the songs to life.  Each left their unique mark on LSIBR’s distinctive feel and arrangements, and each knew just when to let loose and breathe a little fire.  It should also be noted that in addition to his guitar work, Kris Poulin’s mastery as producer of the three studio albums is as much a work of art as the songs or performances themselves.  

Anything else I could say about Love Story In Blood Red would be better said by the songs themselves, so I’ll leave it here.  

To the uninitiated, welcome. You’re in for a treat.  – Joachim Kearns

Tijuana Hercules

Tijuana Hercules is a long-running Chicago-based hillbilly trance group. What would  hillbilly trance be? A cross between boundry-busting blues, tangled psychedelic  roots music, gut bucket free form improvisation, and flat out tavern style  boogie. A point where North Mississippi Hill Country music sits with ancient  Krautrock. City sophistication doing a down home holler. Glib as the I Ching  and volatile as a hydrogen bomb. 

Early on, Tijuana Hercules had a revolving door of musicians and other  characters passing through. Since the pandemic the group has solidified to a  trio featuring mainstay John Vernon Forbes on finger picked guitar and  vocals; Joe Patt on drums and chili pot percussion; and Doug Abram on  baritone sax and occasional metal lid percussion. 

Come March 2026 the band will have a new album titled “Pulp Tuxedo” released  worldwide on SKiNGRAFT Records and in Spain by Batir and San?onofre Records.

AM Slingers

Two electric guitars twine, rhythms kick, amps on overdrive, and the resigned hope that the formative elements of power, pop, and a high leg kick can make waking up tomorrow sound like a decent prospect. Slashing treble bites hard on bone, and the choruses of power pop and grit-infused rock make-up this quartet from Chicago.

$15 ADV/ $15 DOS plus fees

· 21+

· Door staff will check ID.