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CHANGETHURS APRIL 16Miss Alex White Presents:Digital Leather, Mac Blackout, TheHoly Motors, The MongrelsThursday, 4-16 // TownshipDoors: 8:00 PM / 9:00 PM Show$10 advance / $12 doorMiss Alex White, founder of Missile X Records,is a Chicago musician whose current group,White Mystery, has played with Shonen Knife,the Stooges, and Weezer. This program presentsheadliner Digital Leather, the long-runningbrainchild of multi-instrumentalist Shawn Foree.Digital Leather’s quirky blend of lo-fi synth-waveand indie punk is disarmingly catchy, capturingthe essence of the ‘80s dance scene. The group’snewest album, All Faded, is set for release throughFDH Records in June. Mac Blackout, a visualartist and musician, is also featured.LIVE MUSICLiam Hayes, Thomas Comerford,and Robbie SkyeThursday, 4-16 // The HideoutDoors: 8:30 PM / 9:00 PM Show // $12 advance / $15 door // 21+Three eclectic performers join forces for this showcase. Liam Hayes isoften compared to Brian Wilson and Burt Bacharach. His masteryof 1960s influences is evident throughout his six albums and his scorefor a Roman Coppola film. Thomas Comerford followed his folkydebut Archive + Spiral with II, a darker effort that draws from Bowie,country, and the 1970s. Robbie Skye creates glam-infused power popon his debut Love Where You Live that evokes Marc Bolan.HALFMOON MADFort Knox Showcase:Phosphene, AudioBakery,Halfmoon MadThursday, 4-16 // Martyrs’Doors: 8:00 PM / 9:00 PM Show // $8 advance/$10 doorFort Knox, a music incubator operating a musicrehearsal and recording studio facility on Chicago’snorth side, presents a showcase of localartists. Female-fronted pop-metal rockers, Phosphene,lead the way for this showcase. Withvarious endorsements under their belt, includingVoodoo Amps and Truth Custom Drums, thisgroup is immensely popular in the Chicago area.Phosphene’s motto is that, “sometimes thingsfall apart so better things come together.” Localpowerhouses AudioBakery and Halfmoon Madwill also be performing.Yakuza & Rabble RabbleThursday, 4-16 // Burlington8:00 PM // $8 advance / $10 door // 21+Two adventurous hard rock bands comprise this showcase. Yakuzahas grown accustomed to venturing far beyond the metal genre’sboundaries on albums like Transmutations. That includes bringing anunbridled energy to a cover of jazz icon John Coltrane’s “SeraphicLight.” The coed quartet Rabble Rabble forges its own brand of rockwith punk and psychedelia on albums like Brain Hole, and it will bearmed with several new songs for this event.The Soft Moon and PopulationThursday, 4-16 // Empty BottleDoors: 9:00 PM / 10:00 PM Show // $10Led by mastermind Luis Vasquez, Oakland, California’s TheSoft Moon specializes in a mad, sensual fusion of psychedelia,Krautrock, post-punk, and dark wave. The band’s appearanceat CIMMfest comes just before the release of its upcoming thirdalbum, Deeper (Captured Tracks) and subsequent U.S. andEuropean tours.CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL MOVIES & MUSIC FESTIVAL // CIMMfest.org // 33