CHICKFACTOR may not be familiar to all as anything other than a Belle and Sebastian song, but this zine led by Gail O'Hara and Pam Berry has been a major player in the American and English indie music scene for years. It's time to celebrate as they release their 15th issue, launch of their new website, release a compilation cd on Enchante Records and sponsor a series of shows in the UK and United States.

Please check the Chickfactor site for updates but here's the lastest show news:

sept 15: the three terrors' nyc show has been postponed; they hope to reschedule for december very soon.

sept 22 at nyc's tonic: dump + jennifer o'connor + linda smith. 8pm

sept 28 & 29 at london's bush hall: the black + white ball starring...
o sept 28: camera obscura + the montgolfier brothers + would-be-goods + pipas
o sept 29: future bible heroes featuring stephin merritt and claudia gonson of the magnetic fields + the clientele + the pines + special guests.
showtime 7:30pm. 10 pounds
two-nite pass 17 pounds.
for tix call 011-44-208-222-6933.
bushhallmusic.co.uk

oct 13 at nyc's tonic: mascott + special guests 8pm

oct 20 at nyc's tonic: the naysayer + the fontaine toups. 8pm

oct 25-27 at nyc's fez: big blowout grand finale...
o oct 25: lois + pipas + glo-worm + honeybunch + more
o oct 26: would-be-goods + all girl summer fun band + the pacific ocean + gilmore tamny + legendary jim ruiz
o oct 27: future bible heroes + the aislers set + a fashion show! featuring the frocks of andrea loest (andreaforever.com) + the aluminum group + cover girls featuring fontaine toups, kendall meade, phoebe summersquash (chickfactor's first cover girl), pam berry, lupe nunez fernandez, jessica griffin, lois maffeo, amy linton, anna padgett, jennifer o'connor, linda smith, connie lovatt, sue garner, and way more.
Fez, 380 lafayette street (at great jones street; feznyc.com) for tix visit Other Music; 3-night pass . Other Music charges a surcharge per ticket in store; surcharge per ticket online; online tix will be at will call the night of show. 3-day pass counts as one ticket. other music, 15 east 4th street; nyc; 477-8150

oct 29 at washington, d.c.'s 930 club: starring future bible heroes + the would-be-goods + pipas + glo-worm!
930.com ; tickets are available thru 9:30 club box office and more expensively from tickets.com