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Mahjongg announces string of tour dates
Dancey Chicago group Mahjongg, a former Paste Band of the Week, has announced a new set of tour dates, including stops in cities on the East Coast and in the Midwest.... read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsMahjongg generates warmth with winter U.S. tour
When we last reported on the traveling dance-party-starters known as Mahjongg, they were preparing for a European tour and the release of the Free Grooverider 7" single.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsStaff Picks - Austin L. Ray (web editor)
Each year, I open a fresh Word document and initiate, once more, a war with myself. This year was no exception. Titled "An Assortment of 2008 Musical Things in a Semi-Particular Order," my list, which includes albums you may have seen previously featured here and here, is absolutely and totally subject to change until Dec. 31. That being said, take a gander at its current iteration:... read more
Found in: Blogs, Ctrl-VMahjongg releases new video, heads to Europe
This fall, the arty dance-party-starters in Mahjongg will take their blippity bangers to Europe for a trek across the continent.... read more
Found in: NewsLive Review: Mahjongg, Yea Big + Kid Static @ Schubas 8/28
Local acts Yea Big + Kid Static brought the funk and Mahjongg brought the noise to Schubas on Thursday night, but the music was put on hold while another Chicago-based act, Barack Obama, accepted the Democratic party's presidential nomination in Denver.“We'd like to thank Obama for opening for us tonight,” Stefen Robinson, aka Yea Big, humbly said a few songs into the set. Yea (pronounced "yay") Big embodies geek hip-hop: His scraggly beard and nerdy glasses are topped off with a sweatband to hold back his thick, short curly hair, while his track short-shorts and tube socks assure you this... read more
Found in: Local:ChicagoSXSW 2008: Mahjongg performance, part 2
Mahjongg straight from the stages of SXSW 2008!... read more
Found in: Featured VideosSXSW 2008: Mahjongg performance
Mahjongg straight from the stages of SXSW 2008!... read more
Found in: Featured VideosMahjongg: Kontpab
Chicago artniks continue adapting their sound on new opus read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsBand of the Week: Mahjongg
The back cover of Mahjongg's latest album, Kontpab, doesn't deliver much immediate information. There is no tracklisting, no band member names, not even a copyright date—just a monochrome graphic that resembles TV static. But a closer look... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesMahjongg announces January tour, February album release
For those interested in the most curious of musical beasts, consider Mahjongg. The amorphous, ever-rotating cast of rock 'n' roll characters first formed in Missouri, but now calls Chicago home. In 2005, the band released a thoroughly underheralded afrobeat/dance punk-inflicted masterpiece, Raydoncong 2005, on Cold Crush Records. Having apparently garnered the attention of Beat Happening/Dub Narcotic Soundsystem/Pacific Northwest musical guru Calvin Johnson, Mahjongg now calls his K Records imprint home. It's via just that particular avenue of distribution that Mahjongg's sophomore full-length, Kontpab, will hit record store shelves on Feb. 18. Additionally, the band has scheduled a handful of tour... read more
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