Friday, December 15, 9 p.m.
Triple Crown Whiskey Bar & Raccoon Motel, 304 East Third Street, Davenport IA
Composed of keyboardist Mike Maimone, guitarist Bob Buckstaff, and drummer Chris Pagnani, the Chicago-based rockers of Mutts play a Moeller Nights concert on December 15, showcasing the high-energy talents that earned this MusicExistence.com rave for their EP Fuel Yer Delusion: Vol. 4: “I seriously don't see who wouldn't go crazy for this band as they press the 'play' button.”
Formed in 2099 after Maimone moved from his native Ohio to the Windy City, Mutts independently released three EPs – Pretty Pictures, We Float, and The Tells of Parallels – in their first months together, inspiring Loud Loop Press to call them “poised to become one of Chicago's top acts.” Over the next two years, the group headlined staple venues such as The Empty Bottle, Double Door, and Subterranean and began averaging more than 100 annual tour dates, and in 2011, were named “Chicago's Emerging Artists of 2011” by The Deli magazine, with their debut album Pray for Rain cited as one of the year's top albums by the Huffington Post.
Returning to the area after performing in this past summer's inaugural Alternating Currents festival, Mutts plays locally in support of its new EP Stick Together, which earned praise from RockAndRollReport.com for its “strong beat that dares you to get up and dance,” and by Vents magazine for group founder Maimone's “enormous voice that can run from heartbreakingly sensitive up to a rousing, towering howl.” Regarding the intensely personal yet hopeful nature of the release, Maimone said, “2016 felt like the laying down of a worldwide gauntlet; the eruption of a lot of deep-seeded divisions. So I wanted to abandon all the satire and cynicism and just come out and say what needs to be said.”
Mutts performs at the Triple Crown Whiskey Bar & Raccoon Motel with opening sets by Campdogzz and Wet Mouth, and admission is $12. For more information and reservations, visit MoellerNights.com.
