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Thursday November 19 2015
 8:30PM doors -- music at 9:00PM ••• ALL AGES
$12
Movits!
movits.se/
 Swing, hip hop, jazz
Sidewalk Chalk
www.sidewalk-chalk.com/
 Hip-Hop, funk, jazz, soul
Cloudsurfing
www.facebook.com/cloudsurfingband
Indie


Movits!
-from Sweden

The Swedish hiphop/swing band Movits! are making their way through the music world, aiming for the top of the charts. A place they’ve already visited once with their ’08 debut “Äppelknyckarjazz”. After appearing on the American talk show “the Colbert Report” the album climbed to number one spots on both iTunes and Amazon charts. Notable here is that these were American charts and Movits! are singing in Swedish, a language quite far from the lingua franca of the US.
They have indeed come far since the days spent in the family house in Luleå. There, in the most northern part of Sweden, Johan and Anders, brothers and band mates, began developing what would later become Movits!.
“In those days we were more into acoustic hiphop and reggae” Anders says. “It was just acoustic guitar, organ and cajun.”
They released an EP under the name Planeten Jorden (Planet Earth) called “Frihetssånger i Retro Adidas” (Freedomsongs in Retro Adidas).
The brothers don’t seem to have any problems working together as they have fairly marked out roles to play. Johan, the lead singer, is the lyrics author and chorus builder, while Anders, the DJ, is the producer.
“We’ve always been on the same track when it comes to music” Johan says. “And it’s an advantage to work with your brother. If things slow down we can always stage a Gallagher-fight, to fan the media”
The duo turned trio when the Rensfeldt-brothers were joined by saxophone player Joakim Nilsson and together they took Frihetssånger i Retroadidas on a summerfestival tour in 2005. It was at an after-party to one of these festivals they discovered the swing.
“It was like a three-way, simultaneous revelation” Joakim remembers. “We were out dancing in a backyard, when someone put on Benny Goodman’s “Sing, Sing, Sing”. The three of us were totally blown away!”-





Sidewalk Chalk
Rico Sisney - MC, Maggie Vagle - Vocals, Charlie Coffeen - Keys, Garrett McGinn - Bass, Tyler Berg - Drums, Jumaane Taylor - Taps
Sam Trump - Trumpet, David Ben-Porat - Trombone
-from Chicago, IL

-With the release of its sophomore album, Leaves, Sidewalk Chalk continues to lead the contemporary evolution of hip-hop, soul, and jazz. The band’s roots are firmly planted in Chicago where all eight members bring their respective talents together to update a sound first heralded in the Native Tongues era but never so musically diverse. The group’s unique arrangement allows them to incorporate numerous styles seamlessly: an MC and female vocalist; a trio of keys, bass, and drums; a horn section with trombone and trumpet; and a tap-dancer.  Sidewalk Chalk has created a live show that captivates a variety of audiences. The group has already shared stages with ?uestlove, De La Soul, Action Bronson, Jean Grae, Hiatus Kaiyote and other notables. Individually, band members have acted as musical director(s) for Brother Ali, toured with Jazzanova and played behind Buddy Guy and Talib Kweli. Sidewalk Chalk was named "Most Outstanding Group" at the 2012 Chicago Music Awards, and its MC represented Chicago at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, China.


Cloudsurfing
Winter Martin, Abhinav Rai, Varun Tolani, Oliver Rutherford and Kush Berry
-from Berkeley, CA
-Welcome to the Cloudsurfing bio! We’re a new fusion band with elements of funk, pop, and soft rock, best classified by the somewhat ambiguous term "indie". We love music and pride ourselves on only producing music that’s honest and fun. We hope you enjoy our melodies as much as we enjoyed making them, and the lyrics that mean so much to us. We’re completely a group effort: All of our musicians (who hail from all over the world, from India to the UK!) have a say and we design the songs we produce together.