about

The Live at the Bottle series captures garage rock/pop bands in their natural environment - a room full of drunken music lovers. These high quality recordings are overflowing with live energy that you just can’t conjure in a studio.

Shimby is a local recording engineer/musician by night and an architectural acoustician by day. He also runs an in-home recording studio in Pilsen, Chicago ... more

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discography

• Live at the Empty Bottle
  Apr 2012
• Sea and Cake December 20, 2012
  Dec 2012
• King Khan and BBQ Show - November 26, 2012
  Nov 2012
• Peter Bjorn and John - August 25, 2011
  Aug 2011
• Gentlemen Jesse and his Men - May 19, 2012
  May 2012
• Ava Luna - Live January 25, 2013
  Jan 2013
• Ty Segall - March 14, 2011
  Mar 2011
• The Dutchess and the Duke - June 11, 2010
  Jun 2010
• Black Lips - August 5, 2011
  Aug 2011
• Bare Mutants - February 6, 2012
  Feb 2012
• Thee Oh Sees July 23, 2011
  Jul 2011
• Best Coast - July 17, 2010
  Jul 2010
• Crystal Stilts - December 02, 2011
  Dec 2011
• The Fresh and Onlys - July 17, 2011
  Jul 2011
• Tyler Jon Tyler - June 29, 2011
  Jun 2011
• Hollows - August 20, 2011
  Aug 2011
• Mickey - October 21, 2010
  Oct 2010
• Hunx and his Punx - April 27, 2011
  Apr 2011
• Shannon and the Clams - April 27, 2011
  Apr 2011
• Outer Minds - Live July 11, 2011
  Jul 2011
• Davila 666 - April 08, 2011
  Apr 2011
• Strange Boys - June 30, 2011
  Jun 2011
• The Reigning Sound - April 26, 2011
  Apr 2011
• Dirty Beaches - September 27, 2011
  Sep 2011
• Blackout Fest 2011
  May 2011
• Wavves - August 7, 2010
  Aug 2010
• Fergus and Geronimo - August 7, 2010
  Aug 2011
• Radar Eyes - January 20, 2012
  Jan 2012
• White Mystery - July 15, 2011
  Jul 2011
• King Khan and Gris Gris - July 11, 2011
  Jul 2011
• Times New Viking - June 29, 2011
  Jun 2011
• Half Rats - March 14, 2011
  Mar 2011
• Heavy Times - January 30, 2011
  Jan 2011
• Harlem - August 7, 2010
  Aug 2010
• Candy Claws - July 17, 2010
  Jul 2010
• Quintron and Miss Pussycat - June 25, 2010
  Feb 2011
• Eddy Current Suppression Ring - June 25, 2010
  Jun 2010
• Mazes - June 11, 2010
  Jun 2010
• Jacuzzi Boys - June 04, 2010
  Jun 2010
• CAVE - April 21, 2012
  Apr 2012
• Mannequin Men April 7, 2012
  Apr 2012
• The Bingers - March 22, 2012
  Mar 2012
• Planetsexploder - June 02, 2011
  Jun 2011
• Summer Girlfriends April 4, 2012
  Apr 2012
• Magic Milk - April 29, 2013
  Apr 2013
• Mark Sultan October 21, 2010
  Oct 2010
• Wizzard Sleeve May 18, 2013
  May 2013