ITASCA, Moon Bros., The Lawrence Peters Outfit

KAYLA COHEN, a.k.a. ITASCA, is a folk guitarist and songwriter from the state of New York. We last saw here nearly two years ago, when she opened for CELESTIAL SHORE and AVA LUNA. Cohen began recording at home as ITASCA after moving to Los Angeles in 2012, taking inspiration from the fringe’s of LA’s open space and natural land. Her newest album, Open to Chance, is getting released on Paradise of Bachelors at the end of September. NPR says of Cohen’s latest, “The mellow glow [her music] generates is reason enough to want to bask in its evanescent light for as long as life’s harsher aspects can conceivably be held at bay.” Come get your glow on! Opening this evening is MOON BROS, the experimental folk project of guitarist MATTHEW SCHNEIDER. Combining pedal steel, guitar and vocals with drones and occasional bursts of noise, MOON BROS. is back-porch music for the most warped and twisted minds in Chicago, and the beyond.