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http://SweetheartBrigade.com, the official website of the infamous, tight-fitting Chicago hip-hop outfit, The Sweetheart Brigade. Because this is our home on the internet, every time you visit will be like an episode of Cribs. Around every clickin' corner you'll witness one ridiculous example after another of The Sweetheart Brigade's extravagant and ego-eccentric Chicago hip-hop lifestyle. Enjoy.

  Latest News
Freedom Fries: Finally Finding Fault for France (fuck!)

I spent last weekend in Washington DC, our free nation’s free capital. I felt free-ness in the air of the capitol’s no-fly zone, free-itude in the motorboat-infested waters of the mighty Potomac and free-osity on the girthy, earthy grounds of the national mall— just not in my wallet.
Despite my financial set backs, or perhaps because [...]

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  Live New Music  
Sat. April 4th @ Lilly’s Bar

The Sweetheart Brigade has a new show lined up in the (sweet)heart of Lincoln Park.  We’ll play a girthy set and debut 3 new songs

Lilly’s Bar

2515 N Lincoln Ave in Lincoln Park (Chicago)

Saturday, April 4th.  8 PM.

$6 cover

Also featuring the poptastic sounds of Hot Rockets (record release show), Esoteric Tapioca and the solo acoustic virtuosity of Aaron Williams.
The Grossest of Faux Pas

The Grossest of Faux Pas, the debut EP from The Sweetheart Brigade, has been released!

You now may download the EP, for free and in its glorious entirety from this website. You may download it a track at a time (by clicking on the links below) or you may choose to download all five of the EP’s tracks, the complete album art and full liner notes in a single, 43MB .ZIP archive: click here to download the .zip file.

  1. (Get up offa that Thang) Woo

  2. Don’t Talk to Me about Notes

  3. Try to Stay

  4. Cuddle Monster

  5. Striped Shirt

Click here for complete, high resolution album art.

Recorded by The Sweetheart Brigade:

  • Rashad Abdul-Salaam: vocals
  • Timothy O’Connell: percussion
  • Nate Winter: guitar and synth
  • Ryan Wukovits: programming, vocals

Cover art and Sweetheart Brigade logo designed by Nick Haas (http://haastyle.com)
Photography by Peter Celauro (http://petercelauro.com)
Additional graphic design by “22″

Released and distributed by Tyranny Belle Records (01-17-2009)
Produced and engineered by T O’Connell at the Dope Den

Thanks: Nick Campbell, Peter Celauro, Martin Daniel, Artie Jordan