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Public recordCompiled from 6 credited sources · Updated Sep 29, 2026

The What Gives

Indie band from IL

The What Gives photo
Photo from the public record
Shows on record
7
Rooms played
6
Cities
2
Releases
9
Last show
Sep 8, 2019Beat Kitchen

About

The What Gives is a band from IL, tagged alternative rock, indie, indie pop by its sources. Shows on record run from 2015 to 2019, across 6 rooms in 2 cities.

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

7 on record · Songkick
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Shows per year

  1. 20152 shows
  2. 20173 shows
  3. 20181 show
  4. 20191 show
Show history
DateVenue
Sep 8, 2019Beat Kitchen · ChicagoSupportwith Dude York, Strange Foliage
Jan 5, 2018Cobra Lounge · ChicagoSupportwith The Obsessives, The Off Days, Jaclyn Heuser, +1
Sep 26, 2017Subterranean · ChicagoSupportwith Cayetana, Hemming, Strange Relations
Aug 10, 2017Kung Fu Necktie · PhiladelphiaSupportwith Behold the Brave, Katie Ellen, Warbly Jets, +4
Aug 4, 2017Downstairs at Subterranean · ChicagoHeadlinerwith Citycop., ALLEYS, Distants, +1
Jun 14, 2015Beat Kitchen · ChicagoSupportwith Run, Forever, Looming
Jun 6, 2015Fizz Bar & Grill · ChicagoSupportwith Sundials, Church Key, Woozy

Where they play

6 rooms in 2 cities

Rooms played most

Cities played

  • Chicago6 shows
  • Philadelphia1 show

Releases

9 releases, 1992–2014
  • Souvenirs: Little Gems of Pop Volume II

    2014

  • Welcome To Eudora Kansas: The Redhouse Recording Studio Music Sampler

    2000

  • Pop Under The Surface Volume Three

    1999

  • Red House Recording • Greatest Hits

    1998

  • The Seven Wonders of Love

    1997

  • Up All Night With The What Gives

    1995 · Album

  • Pop Goes The Weasel Vol.1

    1994

  • She Says (Adolescence Ends)

    1993

  • Hailstorm E.P.

    1992

Lineup

  • Jon Harrison
  • Patrick Hawley

Airplay

No airplay on record.

Photos, art and posters

The What Gives — Beat Kitchen, 2019-09-08
Poster · Beat Kitchen, 2019-09-08 — Songkick
What each source supplied
SourceUsed for
MusicBrainzArtist facts
The What Gives on Last.fmArtist facts
The What Gives on DiscogsArtist facts
SongkickShow history, Show posters
DiscogsCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it
Last.fmCredited on the record; no item on this page cites it

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.