BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Chicago X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VEVENT UID:17031@thecmf.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260528T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260528T190000 DTSTAMP:20260504T221939Z URL:https://thecmf.com/events/stygian-bough-40-watt-sun/ SUMMARY:STYGIAN BOUGH\, 40 WATT SUN DESCRIPTION:\n\nSTYGIAN BOUGH\n\n\n\nIn our human minds\, according to the Law of Contagious Magic as described in The Golden\nBough by anthropologis t James Frazer\, contact between two objects creates an inseparable\nthrea d between them. A gift from a dead friend forever holds this magic like a scar reflecting a wound. Similarly\, a piece of food that touches the floo r is suddenly abject and rotten. Pairing this notion with the Law of Simil arity Magic\, as described by Frazer\, where an object resembling another can share its power\, a musical notion can be understood to serve as an un bodied conduit of such magics\; an emotional contact between the music and audience wherein such sorcery threads an inseparable seam that\, for a ti me\, resemble each other.\n\nAptly named in reference to the aforementione d book\, on Stygian Bough Volume II\, the\ncollaboration between Bell Witc h (Dylan Desmond\, Jesse Shreibman) and Aerial Ruin (Erik\nMoggridge) enli vens its unbodied presence resembling both collaborating projects as a con duit\nin its own... [read more]\n\n\n\n\n\n40 WATT SUN\n\n40 Watt Sun is the musical project of singer\, guitarist and songwriter Patrick Walker\, founded in early 2009 following the dissolution of his previous band\, War ning\, one of the most important\, highly regarded and influential bands t o emerge from the ‘90s doom metal scene.\nThe music of 40 Watt Sun is ch aracterised by spare and deliberate arrangements\, down-tempo rhythms\, an d Patrick Walker’s poignant and idiosyncratic vocals and introspective\, often darkly-confessional lyrics. Hank Shteamer of Rolling Stone magazine has described the band’s music as “a poetic\, gradually unfolding dir ge rock”.\n\n\n\n\n\n Band Website\n Spotify\n Facebook\n Instagram\ n\n\n\nRead Less\n\n 7:00 pm Doors\n 8:00 pm Show\n 17+\n FB Event\n\n \n \;\n\n \;\n40 WATT SUN\n40 Watt Sun is the musical project of s inger\, guitarist and songwriter Patrick Walker\, founded in early 2009 fo llowing the dissolution of his previous band\, Warning\, one of the most i mportant\, highly regarded and influential bands to emerge from the ‘90s doom metal scene.\nThe music of 40 Watt Sun is characterised by spare and deliberate arrangements\, down-tempo rhythms\, and Patrick Walker’s poi gnant and idiosyncratic vocals and introspective\, often darkly-confession al lyrics. Hank Shteamer of Rolling Stone magazine has described the band ’s music as “a poetic\, gradually unfolding dirge rock”.\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thecmf.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/05 -28admat_StygianBough-480x600-1.jpeg CATEGORIES:17+ LOCATION:Reggies Rock Club\, 2109 S State St\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60616\, United States GEO:41.853951;-87.62679 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2109 S State St\, Chicago\, Illinois\, 60616\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Reggies Rock Club:geo:41.853951,-87.62679 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR