Wavecast I: I Fight Dragons
Recorded April 2nd, 2009

I Fight Dragons is a band that knows how to adapt to the digital age. Granted, everything is on an 8-bit spectrum, but who else has incorporated such a classy move by implementing a Galaga-esque shoot-em-down arcade game on their MySpace page? They're true gamers, not even setting down the controllers to perform, somehow manipulating old Nintendo controllers to produce their quirky, yet undeniably catchy songs (find out how they do it in our first Wavecast interview with the band!). If the 1000 plays a day they're currently getting on MySpace is any indication of what is to come of these dragon slayers, Mario should be getting ready to step off the podium as the King of Nintendo.

We fight dragons.

I Fight Dragons is Chicago's finest (and quite possibly only) NES-Rock band. They have very detailed delusions of grandeur, most of which include gross misuses of Nintendo products in combination with music in the Popular Rock genre. This February, they sold out Chicago's Elbo Room as they released their debut EP, "Cool Is Just A Number." They use a talking computer a lot, or possibly a talking computer uses them a lot. All in all, there are 6 of them, and at least one of them is really really cool, but they haven't figured out which one yet. It's Hari.

"I FIGHT DRAGONS is a High-Def concert experience influenced by an 8-bit video game dream world. They are both an audio and visual powerhouse to have at the club"
-Brian Bender, Elbo Room Chicago Talent Buyer/General Manager