CHICAGO SHOW REPORT

Axis:Sova, David Nance Group, The Hecks / Hideout Inn / November 16, 2018

(Ed. note: Part two in a series I informally call “concert reviews that are over a year old”… more to come…) Got home from a really long work week, looking forward to the usual Friday night routine of eating, washing the dishes, maybe listening to a couple records, and <old>being completely crashed out by 10PM</old>, until, while eating a bowl of cereal and glumly perusing my Instagram feed, I was reminded that the Axis:Sova and David Nance Group show at the Hideout was happening in just a few hours. The same show I saw listed at least a month ago, and thought “I should really go to that, and like, put it on my phone calendar, even.” I hadn’t put it in my phone calendar or thought about it again, even once, until that very moment. Sitting there, contemplating my bowl of cereal, I realized that, against my dominant homebound nature, I really just had to go.

Still tried to artfully miss all but the last 2-3 songs by the opening band, The Hecks. I swear it’s not because of the band, I di…