NEWS

The Wampum LP is now available at Permanent Records, Laurie's Planet of Sound, and Reckless Records. Order the album online via the Reckless website. LPs are vinyl only and include an MP3 download.

HEAR BIG BUILDINGS LIVE ON Eight Forty Eight: Broadcast 2/8/08 on WBEZ-Chicago Public Radio. See the listing on the WBEZ site here or listen here.

LEFT OF WAMPUM: CHECK IT OUT NOW! We have recorded a music video encapsulating the entire first side of Wampum with the help of our pal and all-around ace Casey Clark. Entitled "Left of Wampum", this video, strung together along six rollicking Big Buildings tunes, features the band hard at work and play. Find links to the videos under Wampum in the music section below, and watch this space for information on the DVD release spectacular!!

UPCOMING SHOWS

October 30 @ Bottom Lounge (upstairs)- party for the Chicago Underground Film Festival

November 20 - Hideout

See all the shows

MUSIC

Click album or album title to buy. Right click (PC) or ctrl click (Mac) to download MP3. All Big Buildings albums are available on iTunes.

Wampum (2008)

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"Wampum" can be purchased on vinyl LP only. However, all vinyl purchases include an MP3 download.

"...lovely and melodious, never reaching any moment of indulgence or overkill. The record's as good as anything the band has done before." Tom Lynch, New City Chicago

MP3/Video

Home from Alaska MP3 Vid Battleswords   Vid
Parking Lot   Vid Humdrum MP3  
Questiontown MP3 Vid The Nipper   Vid
In with the Out Crowd   Vid      
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Water Everywhere (2006)

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"My favorite local rock record of this year....They have an absolutely joyous infatuation with their own grainy lo-fi ululations." Monica Kendrick, Chicago Reader

MP3

Grease Fire
Do You Lack Imagination?
Tuck the Nuts
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Hang Together for All Time (2004)

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"... ragged-but-right." Bob Mehr, Chicago Reader

MP3

Streetlight
Quiet Landmine
Uh Oh (I Know You Said It)

Watch video for PDR
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This Is the Bricks EP (2003)

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"...you can almost smell the beer and stale cigarette smoke." Jim DeRogatis, Chicago Sun Times/Sound Opinions

MP3

Manzarek
Friday Night Fights
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Various Artists:
I Don't Want to Go Down to the Basement - Live at the Sweatbox (2006)
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In 2005, the now former headquarters of Big Buildings played host to a number of wild, shambling, and occasionally off the cuff performances from a number of Chicago bands. LIVE AT THE SWEATBOX, recorded and produced by Big Buildings, cuts a wide swath across the scene, and features some of Chicago’s best bands at their most sweaty and exuberant.

MP3: Skinny Women Shaking

Bands Featured: Big Buildings, Catfish Haven, Bon Mots, Telenovela, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Returnables, Adam Fitz, Riviera, Camaro Rouge, Cracklin Moth, Frodis, Hot Dog City, Illinois First!, Milk at Midnight, Shot of Therapy, Stroby Alliance, Titmice, Zimmerman Twins
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Live and Unreleased

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MP3

Live on WLUW 12/9/04
PDR
Where I Stand on That / Smash the Alarm Clock
Who Makes the Rules?
Trash Out

Electric Heart ("Water Everywhere" outtake)
Hot Dog Stand ("Wampum" outtake)
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CONTACT

Check out our bio and "Wampum" one-sheet (pdf).
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email: mmaloney at gmail dot com
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