Today is the newest review from Club Revel, and it's a new review of Chambana's favorite bar band, ZMICK (www.myspace.com/zmickmusic)! Zmick is a fourpiece (guitar, bass, keyboard, and drums) from Champaign, and they are an indie jam band. They are known best for combining lots of styles of music to make a truly unforgettable and thoroughly danceable show. They will occaisionally have visual art in the form of a videographer and some incense, but that is not always the case. I've gone to see these guys on the days I've needed to cut loose and just dance. And you certainly can do any type of dancing to what they play! Today was their Cinco de Mayo show, and they did a little Santana music to celebrate. I was doing the two-step (basic nightclub dance) until one of my friends burst onto the floor. He jokingly scolded me for two-stepping to Santana and showed me how to properly Latin and blues dance to the songs! We managed to apply that to every one of their songs (and do them pretty damn well), even with such a packed dance floor. To add to their cool factor, Zmick also played at the Vagina Monologues benefit back in February, and the folksinger Pat Mustain joined them to help mellow out the set. (I guess you could call them Zmustain?)
However, the best thing about Zmick is that they play a four hour free show at the Canopy Club (http://www.canopyclub.com/) every Monday! The show is called "Monday Night Rage." (Did I mention it's free?) Today I took a break from writing a huge paper and went to see them. They play every Monday at the Canopy Club in Urbana, from 10 pm to 2 am. This show has no cover, cheap beverages and food, and the only requirement is that you are 19 to get into the Canopy. Their music is fast and furious, lots of driving guitar, thudding bass, and sparkling keyboard. The four guys can transition from song to song effortlessly, and their taste in material is impeccable. Most of their songs are instrumental, but there are the few that have singing. Their singer has a decent voice--it's not the most beautiful or powerful or unusual, but he can handle the songs he writes or chooses. And with everyone dancing their hearts out, who's complaining?
The band: Zmick (www.myspace.com/zmickmusic)
The venue: Canopy Club in Urbana (http://www.canopyclub.com/)
When: Every Monday from 10 pm to 2 am
Audience: 19 to enter, 21 to drink
Revel Rating: 8 out of 10 stars
However, the best thing about Zmick is that they play a four hour free show at the Canopy Club (http://www.canopyclub.com/) every Monday! The show is called "Monday Night Rage." (Did I mention it's free?) Today I took a break from writing a huge paper and went to see them. They play every Monday at the Canopy Club in Urbana, from 10 pm to 2 am. This show has no cover, cheap beverages and food, and the only requirement is that you are 19 to get into the Canopy. Their music is fast and furious, lots of driving guitar, thudding bass, and sparkling keyboard. The four guys can transition from song to song effortlessly, and their taste in material is impeccable. Most of their songs are instrumental, but there are the few that have singing. Their singer has a decent voice--it's not the most beautiful or powerful or unusual, but he can handle the songs he writes or chooses. And with everyone dancing their hearts out, who's complaining?
The band: Zmick (www.myspace.com/zmickmusic)
The venue: Canopy Club in Urbana (http://www.canopyclub.com/)
When: Every Monday from 10 pm to 2 am
Audience: 19 to enter, 21 to drink
Revel Rating: 8 out of 10 stars
