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Unique Chique

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About Me


Unique Chique finds melody in chaos, sometimes very lovely and at other times a jangly mess. -New City (Chicago)
Unique Chique integrates myriad influences to construct an intricate, harmonizing musical atmosphere. -City Beat (Cincinnati)
Their indie soft rock is all jazzy chords, twinkling arpeggios, and rapturous vocal harmonies. -Chicago Reader
I find myself really liking Unique Chique. Their mellow, jazzy, intelligent songs have a kind of turn of the century indie/emo sound to them.-www.lostastsea.net
Unique Chique's focus is more often than not on their lush, and often disjointed and complex melodies. It's a dichotomy that works. In fact, it's an effort that makes for one of the more pleasant recent surprises. -Wonka Vision Magazine
The songs follow a conventional indie-rock vibe, but stand out when they break into atmospheric wonders, tranquil ambience and unique experimentation-Illinois Entertainer
The word "love" is coming to mind, as in "I'm in love with this record."-Becky Schalk/WNHU/New Haven UniveristyUnique Chique is creating original music with more power than you may originally give it credit. -No One Is Awake
UNIQUE CHIQUE are a promising young group from Chicago that blend elements of bands like SEA AND CAKE and THE SMITHS with the post-punk sensibilities of JAWBOX.-Reckless RecordsUnique Chique are hinting at great things to come.-Time Out ChicagoThe New Soul Music.-UR ChicagoIt’s a powerful album from an even more powerful band.-Amp Camp
Think Jeff Buckly singing for the Sea And Cake. Yeah, It's that good!-Bob Nanna (Baid, Hey Mercedes, City On Film).
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Music:

Member Since: 7/28/2005
Band Website: uniquechique.net
Band Members: Joe Starita- Vocals & Guitar
Mike Sanfilipp- Guitar
Ernie Lohrer- Bass
Paul Szlachta- Drums
Booking: [email protected]


Unique Chique :
Ethica
CD/ LTR-001
October 17
$8 + Shipping
We except: Visa, Master Card, AMX, Discovery, E-Checks and paypal

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"Ethica" is available at select Chicago area independent record stores:
Reckless Records- 1532 N Milwaukee Ave and 3161 N Broadway St
Hardboiled Records-3161 N Broadway St
Threshold Records-7901 159th St., Tinley Park
Permanent Records 1419 W. Chicago

And at select online retailers:

Interpunk.com
Insound.com
Amp Camp
CD Baby

You can also send cash or check to:
Curt Swank
1426 W. Balmoral 2
Chicago, IL 60640

or just buy it at a show!

It Never Fails Forever looks almost exactly like this:

(but sounds even better)

What? You want to buy it?

sure! It's ONLY 10 DOLLARS.

Paypal accepts PayPal(surprise,surprise) and all major credit cards.

if you'd like to pay some other way (cash, check, money order, oxen) send us a message
Influences: Sonic Youth, Godspeed You Black Emporer, Bjork, the Beach Boys, The Clash, Roy Orbison, Tony Williams, William S. Burroughs, On A Friday, Sendina, Led Belly, Aloha, Elliott Smith, The Shins, Led Zeppelin, Portishead, Belly, Juliana Hatfield, Sunny Day Real Estate, Cap 'n' Jazz, Fiona Apple, Colossal, The City on Film, Blonde Redhead, Aphex Twin, Braid, Joy Division, A Tribe Called Quest, Hey Mercedes, Dan Goodman, The City On Film, The Velvet Underground, Mazzy Star,Josh Kanapackis, The Kinks, The Cure, Gordon Lightfoot, Del Shannon, Miles Davis, Matt Szlachta, The Sea And Cake, Joan Of Arc, Just A Fire, Abilene, Jucifer, Tortise, Interpol, The Postal Service, The Bad Plus, Sigurros, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey, American Football, Owen, Make Believe, Queen, Slaver, The Digital Kill, Lifter Puller, Rainer Maria,Nick Drake,Devo,Del Shannon,Ro-ri-ta,Broken Social Scene, the Pixies, Max Wienberg,Thax Douglas,
Sounds Like: "Think Jeff Buckley singing for The Sea & Cake"- Bob Nanna (You happy now you hoser?) That and not jazzy.
Record Label: Loose Tooth Records, Alarm Clock Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

nov. interview w/joe

Premium Blendwith Unique Chique While some bands are motivated merely by their next paycheck, the indie rock band Unique Chique aspires to create a wholly original and artistic experience for its li...
Posted by Unique Chique on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:28:00 PST

2300!

So today we've added our 2300rd friend on myspace. I don't know why but everytime I would log in to check messages and what have you, the fact that we were at 2200 plus for a really long time would al...
Posted by Unique Chique on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:39:00 PST

Just some random thoughts at this late hour

- Just because you play music with other people doesn't mean you have to be friends with them.- Some tension can be a healthy and positive thing.- No level of visual stimulation will improve the aural...
Posted by Unique Chique on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 11:21:00 PST

Some of the finer details

So, due to some additional interest in the NYC proceedings from one of our "investors" I'm back to rehash some of the details.First off, as mentioned in my previous post, we had a two vehicle caravan ...
Posted by Unique Chique on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:44:00 PST

What a difference a week makes New York City & Palos Hills City

At 10:30pm on Thursday October 18th two vehicles disembarked from the parking lot of Lucky's Lounge in Chicago Ridge, IL. Early the following afternoon the same two vehicles arrived in the bustling ea...
Posted by Unique Chique on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:00:00 PST

GLORY GLORY HOLE E ULA!

YUCK! we start driving toward old st. louis at 6am.the ride , at the gate, is a hodgepodge of previous rides.stripmall nirvana,little towns+big hopes,assorted lawn parked sale cars,weather and light m...
Posted by Unique Chique on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:36:00 PST

What A Wuss or: How I Started Drinking Gin Martinis Again

Have any of you watched this new Ken Burns documentary that started this evening? I am watching it right now after returning home from a family party for my grandfather & my father's birthday, (yes, t...
Posted by Unique Chique on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:13:00 PST

Redeye Article


Posted by Unique Chique on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 07:05:00 PST

No Clearwater Show

To those of you planning on attending the Clearwater Theater show on July 11, we're sorry that it won't be happening. We'd love to play, but at this point we have no information on the show and accord...
Posted by Unique Chique on Thu, 05 Jul 2007 08:28:00 PST

Making it up as we go along

I just got back from playing at Ronny's earlier tonight. We were backing up Thax Douglas at his 10th anniversary show and in direct contradiction to what I posted on here a few weeks ago it was all im...
Posted by Unique Chique on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:37:00 PST