The Secret History of Chicago Music: Holiday Happening with Green, Jeff Lescher & The Larks, The Joy Poppers, and Spiral Galaxy

Green
Chicago power pop band Green were formed in the mid-’80s by guitarist/singer/songwriter Jeff Lescher, whose influences included the Kinks, T. Rex , and soul music. 

The Joy Poppers
The Joy Poppers have been at their brand of sticky-sweet pop since 1993. Their sound recalls power-pop greats such as Big Star, Badfinger, Piper, and Todd Rundgren, and the core of the group is lead songwriter Tom Szidon (who’s also played with Scott Lucas of Local H fame in his band the Married Men, to come full circle) and brilliant percussionist, singer, and guitarist Jason Batchko (who’s played with Lucas, Jonny Polonsky, Caviar, and others). 

Spiral Galaxy
Sara Gossett and Plastic Crimewave create devotional voyages via flute, guitar, sitar, drum machine, drones and other sonics to conjure the kosmische vibe of cosmonauts like Cluster, Yatha Sidhra, Achim Reichel, Amon Duul 1, Ash Ra Tempel, early Kraftwerk. 

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