I heard about heavy avant-garde rock band Extra Life in the late 2000s, when Dan Friel (then of Parts & Labor) recommended their set at a small Brooklyn festival whose name I forget. What I haven’t forgotten, though, is the way Extra Life front man Charlie Looker held court. He pushed his solemn vocals and […] The post Heavy New York art-rockers Extra Life twist themselves into brilliant new shapes appeared first on Chicago Reader.