Cobalt
Cobalt
Chicago, IL
Rock / pop/folk/blues/awesome
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Cobalt is Chicago's most excited rock/folk/pop/blues/awesome band. Young, enthusiastic, and blissfully ignorant of the latest indie trends, Cobalt's genre-fusing, instrument-swapping syncopated pop makes for one of the most entertaining live shows in Chicago. Cobalt keeps you guessing – and smiling – for the entire ride on their sweaty, high energy rock-train.
Links: Official Website - Buy the CD - MySpace - Facebook Group
These four were raised on Blues, Beatles, and Stones, but inspired by the Chili Peppers, Ani DiFranco, and Dispatch, and other bands who worship their audience. Cobalt formed in 2003 at Oberlin College, but only recently settled in Chicago this June when Alie Plotsky (drums) and Mike Roth (bass/guitar) joined Chicago natives (and frontmen) Tom Fort and Matt Hart after Alie's graduation.
In January 2007 Cobalt released their debut LP "This Way Out," in charming DIY fashion under its own record label, followed by a tour of 22 shows in 15 states booked and promoted entirely by Cobalt themselves. Carving a serpentine path of destruction (just ask the Providence, RI cops... and fire department) and a hell of a good time, Cobalt left grinning, sweaty masses from Nashville to NYC attesting to their inevitable sonic glory. Rock.
Recent dates:
Cobalt's Summer in Chicago:
June 30 - Abbey Pub
July 3 - Taste of Chicago
July 21 - Fearon's Pub
August 4 - Fearon's Pub
August 16 - Betty's Blue Star Lounge
August 24th- Mix on Halsted
August 30 - The Mutiny
September 13 - The Elbo Room
Winter 2007 "This Way Out Tour":
January 5 - Chicago, IL - Abbey Pub
January 6 - Pittsburgh, PA - Squirrel Hill JCC
January 12 - Chicago, IL - MoJoe's Hot House
January 13 - Chicago, IL - The Baitshop Private Show
January 16 - Yellow Springs, OH - Antioch College
January 17 - Nashville, TN - Cafe CoCo
January 18 - Bloomington, IN - Indiana University
January 20 - Columbus, OH - OMD Youth Conference
January 20 - Pittsburgh, PA - Modern Formations Gallery
January 21 - Pittsburgh, PA - The New Church
January 22 - Oberlin, OH - Cat n' the Cream
January 24 - Ithaca, NY - The Nines
January 25 - Washington, DC - Grog and Tankard
January 26 - Swarthmore, PA - Swarthmore College
January 27 - Poughkeepsie, NY - Vassar College
January 30 - New York, NY - Sin-e (w/ Pete Francis)
January 31 - New Haven, CT - Yale University
February 1 - Cambridge, MA - All Asia Bar
February 3 - Providence, RI - Brown University
February 4 - Breezewood, PA - Wooden Nickel (Super Bowl Halftime Show)
February 16 - Oberlin, OH - Private Show
February 17 - Springfield, OH - Wittenberg University
Links: Official Website - Buy the CD - MySpace - Facebook Group
These four were raised on Blues, Beatles, and Stones, but inspired by the Chili Peppers, Ani DiFranco, and Dispatch, and other bands who worship their audience. Cobalt formed in 2003 at Oberlin College, but only recently settled in Chicago this June when Alie Plotsky (drums) and Mike Roth (bass/guitar) joined Chicago natives (and frontmen) Tom Fort and Matt Hart after Alie's graduation.
In January 2007 Cobalt released their debut LP "This Way Out," in charming DIY fashion under its own record label, followed by a tour of 22 shows in 15 states booked and promoted entirely by Cobalt themselves. Carving a serpentine path of destruction (just ask the Providence, RI cops... and fire department) and a hell of a good time, Cobalt left grinning, sweaty masses from Nashville to NYC attesting to their inevitable sonic glory. Rock.
Recent dates:
Cobalt's Summer in Chicago:
June 30 - Abbey Pub
July 3 - Taste of Chicago
July 21 - Fearon's Pub
August 4 - Fearon's Pub
August 16 - Betty's Blue Star Lounge
August 24th- Mix on Halsted
August 30 - The Mutiny
September 13 - The Elbo Room
Winter 2007 "This Way Out Tour":
January 5 - Chicago, IL - Abbey Pub
January 6 - Pittsburgh, PA - Squirrel Hill JCC
January 12 - Chicago, IL - MoJoe's Hot House
January 13 - Chicago, IL - The Baitshop Private Show
January 16 - Yellow Springs, OH - Antioch College
January 17 - Nashville, TN - Cafe CoCo
January 18 - Bloomington, IN - Indiana University
January 20 - Columbus, OH - OMD Youth Conference
January 20 - Pittsburgh, PA - Modern Formations Gallery
January 21 - Pittsburgh, PA - The New Church
January 22 - Oberlin, OH - Cat n' the Cream
January 24 - Ithaca, NY - The Nines
January 25 - Washington, DC - Grog and Tankard
January 26 - Swarthmore, PA - Swarthmore College
January 27 - Poughkeepsie, NY - Vassar College
January 30 - New York, NY - Sin-e (w/ Pete Francis)
January 31 - New Haven, CT - Yale University
February 1 - Cambridge, MA - All Asia Bar
February 3 - Providence, RI - Brown University
February 4 - Breezewood, PA - Wooden Nickel (Super Bowl Halftime Show)
February 16 - Oberlin, OH - Private Show
February 17 - Springfield, OH - Wittenberg University
