The Disco Biscuits have a long and storied history with Chicago, with the trancefusion pioneers playing in 17 venues throughout the city since 1999. These sites range from now-defunct club Ontourage to Grant Park in the early days of Lollapalooza and even the Lincoln Park Zoo. Over the weekend, The Disco Biscuits added the 17th entry to their impressive Chi-town resume with the band’s two-night debut at Thalia Hall.
For this year’s trip to Chicago, The Disco Biscuits came prepared with a new song, “Country Royale”, to debut at Thursday’s run opener. “Country Royale” marks the band’s latest debut and follows their 2024 album Revolution in Motion, their first studio release in nearly a decade. The group’s newest track is an outlaw-themed story song of fast money and faster getaways that rides in on Aron Magner‘s bouncing electric piano. Jon “Barber” Gutwillig belts out the chorus “We could be free, unlock the city if you give me the key,” as apt a description of the outlaw tale as it is of the band’s artistic rebirth since coming out of the pandemic and recomitting themselves to the road and the studio.
Following the debut, bassist Marc Brownstein posted a video of The Disco Biscuits workshopping “Country Royale” at Barber’s house back in May. With lyrical references to the American West, Brownie noted, “This one’s tailor-made for a full-crowd sing along in Montana, so have your hats and cowboy boots ready for @pinecreeklodge! 
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Check out photos from The Disco Biscuits’ Chicago run courtesy of photographer Daniel Ojeda and video previews from both nights. Full audio of both shows and The Disco Biscuits’ entire tour is available to stream on nugs. Don’t have a nugs membership? Sign up for a seven-day free trial here. [Editor’s Note: Live For Live Music is a nugs affiliate. Ordering your nugs subscription or purchasing a download via the links on this page helps support our coverage of the world of live music. Thank you for reading!] The Disco Biscuits’ tour continues this week with a four-show, three-city swing through Colorado. Find tickets and a full list of tour dates on their website.
The Disco Biscuits — “We Like To Party” [Pro-Shot] — 8/29/24
The Disco Biscuits — Thalia Hall — Chicago, IL — 8/29/24 — Full Audio
The Disco Biscuits — Thalia Hall — Chicago, IL — 8/30/24 — Full Audio
Setlist: The Disco Biscuits | Thalia Hall | Chicago, IL | 8/29/24
Set One: We Like To Party → Freeze → And the Ladies Were the Rest of the Night (inverted) → Country Royale[1] → We Like To Party
Set Two: Jigsaw Earth[2], Rock Candy → Hot Air Balloon → Tempest → To Be Continued…[3] → Hot Air Balloon
Encore: The Wormhole → Rock Candy
[1] FTP; New original
[2] LTP 12/30/23 (50 show gap)
[3] Unfinished
Setlist: The Disco Biscuits | Thalia Hall | Chicago, IL | 8/30/24
Set One: Hope[1][2] → In the End We Have Forever → Spraypaint (inverted) → Dino Baby → I-Man
Set Two: Helicopters → Mindless Dribble → To Be Continued…[3] → Trap Door → Fire Will Exchange (inverted) → Helicopters
Encore: Safety Dance[1] → Another Plan of Attack
[1] LTP 10/27/23 (56 show gap)
[2] Unfinished
[3] Ending only; completes 8/29 version
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