Harlem w/ Jaill and Worrier

Austin, Texas’ garage-pop trio Harlem was signed to Matador Records before recording their new sophomore album Hippies, but you’d never guess they had any sort of significant label backing judging from the album’s no-fi production values. If Harlem had any sort of recording budget, it must have gone toward beer; Hippies is a gloriously unlabored, seriously fun rock ’n’ roll record, with peppy, traditionalist romps balanced out by weirdo tunes seemingly written in the studio (if, indeed, the album was even recorded in a studio). Harlem tops a bill tonight celebrating the first anniversary of the Milwaukee music blog Seizure Chicken, joined by a pair of local bands the blog has also championed: Jaill and Worrier.