The Infinite Loop: Baby Teeth

On a regular basis, the Time Out Chicago music staff sits down with one of our fair city’s fine local musicians for a chat and a recording session. We keep each episode of The Infinite Loop short enough to listen to on an El ride downtown, and direct enough so you can plan your weekend quickly and easily. Each podcast contains a little backstory, a little sense of the artist’s personality and, of course, selections from an exclusive live performance for the Infinite Loop at our State and Jackson studios.

This week we sat down with singer-pianist Abraham Levitan of the local trio Baby Teeth, whose creative vision bucks passing fads in favor of a unique synthesis fusing the aesthetic of Björn Borg with the sounds of Huey Lewis and the News. In addition to sounding off on a number of subjects, including the disparity between Weird Al and Randy Newman, Levitan opened up about his songwriting blog, 52 Teeth, where the songs for the new Hustle Beach came from. We also asked Levitan to weigh in on the loaded Sugar Ray vs. Smash Mouth debate. On a final note, later this week we will debut live video from the session courtesy of our producer and web guru John Dugan.

Baby Teeth plays Schubas Sat 1. Read more about the band in this week’s Music section.

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