Lounge Ax retrospective party set

Lounge Ax

Steve Albini with rock group Shellac, performs at the Lounge Ax in Chicago in 2000. (Kevin Tanaka/For the Tribune / June 13, 2012)

Greg Kot Music critic

12:35 p.m. EDT, June 13, 2012
Lounge Ax, the late, great Lincoln Avenue rock club that hosted countless indie-rock stalwarts during the '90s before its demise in 2000, will throw a retrospective party Aug. 10-11 that will reunite some of the regulars, personalities and bands who made the venue such a key part of the decade's music scene.

The co-owners of the club, Sue Miller Tweedy and Julia Adams, will host the Lounge Ax Retrospective at saki, 3716 W. Fullerton, a Logan Square record store, gallery and performance space. They'll pack it with memorabilia including posters and some of the countless photo-booth snapshots of rock bands that played the club during its heyday, including Pavement, Wilco, Shellac, Tortoise, Smog, the Sea & Cake and Yo La Tengo. A party is planned at 7 p.m. Aug. 10 and several bands will perform at 4 p.m. Aug. 11.

Both are free, all-ages events. More details on which bands will be playing will be available in a few weeks.

The club closed in 2000, a victim of the neighborhood's gentrification, but not before Miller and Adams left an indelible mark on the city's rock scene. Lounge Ax was long celebrated for its bookings and congenial atmosphere, in keeping with the tone set by the owners.

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