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Blogs, Bleader May 30, 2018
Taralie Peterson of Spires That in the Sunset Rise and Chicago noise veteran Andy Ortmann celebrate new albums

Thursday at the Owl, Andy Ortmann and Taralie Peterson play solo sets to open for Body Love, the duo of Ka Baird and Michael Zerang.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Spires That in the Sunset Rise, Taralie Peterson, Louise Bock, Kathleen Baird, Ka Baird, Andy Ortmann, Panicsville, Michael Zerang

Music, Gossip Wolf May 22, 2018
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The Chicago House Party levels up to ‘music festival’ for 2018

Plus: Andy Ortmann spends government money on subversive noise, and Sewingneedle celebrate their new album with a Spiteful beer.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Chicago House Music Festival, Chicago House Party, Millennium Park, Chicago Cultural Center, Louie Vega, Masters at Work, Ron Trent, Paul Johnson, Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago Stage, Deep House Stage, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, DCASE, Chicago House Music Conference and Dance Summit, Andy Ortmann, Nihilist Records, Panicsville, Individual Artists Program, Pataphysical Electronics, the Owl, Body Love, Ka Baird, Spires That in the Sunset Rise, Michael Zerang, Louise Bock, Sewingneedle, User Error, Spiteful Brewing, User Error ESB, Easy Bar, Schubas, Already Dead Records & Tapes, Aerial Ballet, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 8, 2016
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Chicago prog weirdos Lovely Little Girls premiere the gorgeous monstrosity Glistening Vivid Splash

Fronted by artist Gregory Jacobsen, Lovely Little Girls combine alien prog from the likes of Magma and Art Bears with abject histrionics and body horror.
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: Music, Visual Art, Lovely Little Girls, Gregory Jacobsen, Skin Graft Records, Alex Perkolup, Sacha Mullin, L. Wyatt, Andy Slater, Andy Ortmann, Liz Armstrong, Monica Kendrick, Glistening Vivid Splash, Cleaning the Filth From a Delicate Frame, Corpse Thighs Dancing, 6Odum, Flying Luttenbachers, Murmur, Cheer-Accident, Empty Bottle, Magma, Art Bears, Tomata du Plenty, Screamers, Jello Biafra, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 7, 2016
Queer-friendly occult-themed monthly party Switches of Eastwick launches at the Whistler

Plus: First-generation Chicago punks Silver Abuse celebrate a new album, radical performance-art collective Schimpfluch-Gruppe comes to Elastic, and more.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Switches of Eastwick, Whistler, Lorena Cupcake, Sophie Bee, Store Brand Soda, Jarvi, Sold, Naughty Bad Fun Collective, Silver Abuse, Consider the Pigeon, Alona’s Dream, Abducted by the Lobstermen, Liar’s Club, Logan Hardware, Savage Beliefs, Rights of the Accused, Elastic, Daniel Wyche, Our Severed Sleep, Julian Lynch, Real Estate, Ryan Packard, Schimpfluch-Gruppe, Andy Ortmann, Zurich

Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 18, 2015
The hills are alive with the noise of Ortmann

Plus: Varsity tease their new garage-pop tape, and friends say farewell to beloved sound engineer John Emerson.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Andy Ortmann, Nihilist Records, Panicsville, Hannah Elliott, Terrorvision, the Owl, InconsequentialNew Orleans, Thirdsex, Alex Barnett, Seasonal Attrition, Cleveland, Centre, Muyassar Kurdi, Hideout, Empty Bottle, Peter Speer, Jason Soliday, the Green Pasture HappinessVarsity, Varsity, Velocity Girl, Game Theory, Jurassic Pop, John Emerson, Facebook, Fireside Bowl, Elgin's Third Floor, Slapstick, Trenchmouth, Smoking Popes, the Scissor Girls, Cheer-Accident, Dan Maloney, Death Ships, Emerson, Arlington Heights

Blogs, Bleader Oct 30, 2014
The weirdest Halloween cover show this year is tonight

Whitehouse, Death in June, and other weirdo outsiders will be covered.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Paranormal, Do This, Music, Whitehouse, Death in June, Throbbing Gristle, Kate Bush, DIY, Panicsville, Brett Naucke, Andy Ortmann, Halloween, cover, cover sets, power electronics, noise

Blogs, Bleader Jul 8, 2013
Electronic-noise outfit Bad News is good news

The industrial-music revival touches down at the Burlington tomorrow.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Do This, Music, Bad News, Andy Ortmann, Psychic Steel, Drill Scare, industrial music

Blogs, Bleader Jan 3, 2013
Reader's Agenda Thu 1/3: Magas at Empty Bottle, Second City's 100th revue, and Dwayne Kennedy

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, January 3, 2013
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Reckless Records, Jim Magas, Empty Bottle, Pspoilers, Notes and Bolts, Miles Raymer, Jeremy Lemos & Peter Speer, Andy Ortmann, Matt Zivich, The Second City Bill Murray, John Belushi, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Who Do We Think We Are?, stand-up comedy, sketch comedy, Dwayne Kennedy, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, Last Comic Standing, Zanies

Blogs, Bleader May 25, 2012
Cauleen Smith, John Parot, and other arty stuff to do this weekend

Arty stuff to do this weekend
- By Elly Fishman
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Film, Music, Visual Art, Cauleen Smith, Museum of Contemporary Art, A Star is a Seed, Sun Ra, Empty Bottle, Western Exhibitions, John Parot, This Public Works, AACM, Johnny Young, Andy Ortmann, Sich Mang

Blogs, Bleader Feb 17, 2012
This Sunday: the Second Annual Chili Synthesizer Cook-Off

The Second Annual Synthesizer Chili Cook-Off, Sunday at the Empty Bottle
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Second Annual Synthesizer Chili Cook-Off, Empty Bottle, Brett Naucke, Beau Wanzer, Andy Ortmann, Jeremiah Fisher, Rolan Vega, Jeff Host, Anthony Janas, Steve Krakow, Mike Broers, Brandon Walsh

Blogs, Bleader Jan 27, 2012
The drum circle goes electric Saturday at the Burlington

This isn't your hippie grandpa's Drum Machine Circle
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Andy Ortmann, noise, experimental, drum circle, drum machine circle, the Burlington, Jeremiah Fisher, music

Music, Gossip Wolf Dec 22, 2011
Gossip Wolf: White Car heads for the sun

The local industrial-dance group finishes its first LP and moves to LA. Plus: New nightmarish Cemetery tunes, BLVD has a Staring Problem, and more
- By Jessica Hopper and J.R. Nelson
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, White Car, industrial dance, Elon Katz, Hippos in Tanks, Andy Ortmann, Streetwalker, Beau Wanzer, Cemetery, Christian Death, BLVD Records, Staring Problem, Scotland Yard Gospel Choir

Music, Music Feature Jan 20, 2011
Synthesizers con Carne

An unusual cook-off pairs experimental music and experimental chili.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, The Empty Bottle, Alex Barnett, Andy Ortmann, Beau Wanzer, Brett Naucke, Jeremiah Fisher, Catholic Tapes, chili, First Annual Synthesizer Chili Cook-Off, Synthesizer Chili Cook-Off, Empty Bottle

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Taralie Peterson of Spires That in the Sunset Rise and Chicago noise veteran Andy Ortmann celebrate new albums

Thursday at the Owl, Andy Ortmann and Taralie Peterson play solo sets to open for Body Love, the duo of Ka Baird and Michael Zerang.

Video
The Chicago House Party levels up to ‘music festival’ for 2018

Plus: Andy Ortmann spends government money on subversive noise, and Sewingneedle celebrate their new album with a Spiteful beer.

Video
Chicago prog weirdos Lovely Little Girls premiere the gorgeous monstrosity Glistening Vivid Splash

Fronted by artist Gregory Jacobsen, Lovely Little Girls combine alien prog from the likes of Magma and Art Bears with abject histrionics and body horror.

Queer-friendly occult-themed monthly party Switches of Eastwick launches at the Whistler

Plus: First-generation Chicago punks Silver Abuse celebrate a new album, radical performance-art collective Schimpfluch-Gruppe comes to Elastic, and more.

The hills are alive with the noise of Ortmann

Plus: Varsity tease their new garage-pop tape, and friends say farewell to beloved sound engineer John Emerson.

The weirdest Halloween cover show this year is tonight

Whitehouse, Death in June, and other weirdo outsiders will be covered.

Electronic-noise outfit Bad News is good news

The industrial-music revival touches down at the Burlington tomorrow.

Reader's Agenda Thu 1/3: Magas at Empty Bottle, Second City's 100th revue, and Dwayne Kennedy

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, January 3, 2013

Cauleen Smith, John Parot, and other arty stuff to do this weekend

Arty stuff to do this weekend

This Sunday: the Second Annual Chili Synthesizer Cook-Off

The Second Annual Synthesizer Chili Cook-Off, Sunday at the Empty Bottle

The drum circle goes electric Saturday at the Burlington

This isn't your hippie grandpa's Drum Machine Circle

Gossip Wolf: White Car heads for the sun

The local industrial-dance group finishes its first LP and moves to LA. Plus: New nightmarish Cemetery tunes, BLVD has a Staring Problem, and more

Synthesizers con Carne

An unusual cook-off pairs experimental music and experimental chili.

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Thursday at the Owl, Andy Ortmann and Taralie Peterson play solo sets to open for Body Love, the duo of Ka Baird and Michael Zerang.

Plus: Andy Ortmann spends government money on subversive noise, and Sewingneedle celebrate their new album with a Spiteful beer.

Fronted by artist Gregory Jacobsen, Lovely Little Girls combine alien prog from the likes of Magma and Art Bears with abject histrionics and body horror.

Plus: First-generation Chicago punks Silver Abuse celebrate a new album, radical performance-art collective Schimpfluch-Gruppe comes to Elastic, and more.

Plus: Varsity tease their new garage-pop tape, and friends say farewell to beloved sound engineer John Emerson.

Whitehouse, Death in June, and other weirdo outsiders will be covered.

The industrial-music revival touches down at the Burlington tomorrow.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, January 3, 2013

Arty stuff to do this weekend

The Second Annual Synthesizer Chili Cook-Off, Sunday at the Empty Bottle

This isn't your hippie grandpa's Drum Machine Circle

The local industrial-dance group finishes its first LP and moves to LA. Plus: New nightmarish Cemetery tunes, BLVD has a Staring Problem, and more

An unusual cook-off pairs experimental music and experimental chili.

Other Searches