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Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Aug 29, 2017
Evanston new wavers the Front Lines exemplify the richness of the overlooked midwestern scene

Formed at Northwestern in 1979, the Front Lines played diverse and ambitious tunes—but they split after just a few years, done in by drummer turnover.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Front Lines, punk, new wave, Evanston, Northwestern University, Phil Rothman, Kier Strejcek, Steve Jarvis, Kevin Bowie, Bruce Gomez, Tuts, Misfits, O'Banion's, Exit, Carey Bell, Muddy Waters, Modern English, Bad Brains, Ritz, Practical Records, Where Do We Go From Here?, Capital Attraction, In This Universe, Cary Baker, Club Land, Friendly Fire, Wink Music Group, Ed Hoke, EQ, Crime Story, Gomez-Farr, Pandemonium

Music, In Rotation Jul 25, 2017
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Karissa Talanian of Eye Vybe Records on a new online mecca for Chicago underground music

Plus: Singer-songwriter Drea Smith on her Bad Brains time machine, the Reader’s Kevin Warwick on the wild card from this year’s Pitchfork, and more
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: In Rotation, Larry Graham, Sly & the Family Stone, Graham Central Station, bass, slap bass, funk, tutorial, Cherry Glazerr, Pitchfork Music Festival, Blue Stage, Clementine Creevy, Jim DeRogatis, R. Kelly, Buzzfeed News, Sound Opinions, Sun-Times, Karissa Talanian, Eye Vybe Records, Kikagaku Moyo, Guruguru Brain, Moss Folk, Velcro Lewis Group, Amnesia Haze, Patriarchal Reptile, Safety Meeting Records, Looking Glass Projects, Drea Smith, Red, Akoustik (Cellophane), Highness Collective, Bad Brains, CBGB, Big Take Over, Dr. Know, H.R., Just Like a Baby, Childish Gambino, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 23, 2015
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A conversation with Scott Crawford, writer-director of D.C. hardcore documentary Salad Days

The film plays Sat 3/28 and Sun 3/29 at the Vic.
- By John Dugan
- Tags: Women's Issues, Film, Music, History, Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington DC (1980-90), Minor Threat, Dischord Records, Ian MacKaye, Henry Rollins, Washington D.C., Bad Brains, Marginal Man, Jeff Nelson, Scott Crawford, Jim Saah, Michael Hampton, Positive Force, straight edge, Revolution Summer, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 26, 2014
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Follow Jack Dolan from Twin Peaks as he shops for records at Pitchfork

Jack Dolan of Twin Peaks talks about Bad Brains and mystery grab bags full of seven-inches in Pitchfork's record fair.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Pitchfork Day Two, Music, Pitchfork Music Festival 2014, Twin Peaks, Jack Dolan, Bad Brains, Foreigner, Linda Ronstadt, Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 8, 2013
Rip it up and start listening to Big Zit

The newish northwest Indiana hardcore outfit will thrash its way into your heart.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music, Big Zit, hardcore, Bad Brains, Not Normal Tapes

Blogs, Bleader Jul 19, 2013
Riot Fest adds local emo three-piece Pet Symmetry to its lineup

The Pixies and Joan Jett recently jumped on the bill for the three-day punk blowout, but one Reader writer is more excited to see a newish local underground emo band at the bottom of the lineup.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music, Riot Fest, Pet Symmetry, Into It. Over It., Dowsing, the Pixies, Joan Jett, Motorhead, Bad Brains

Blogs, Bleader Mar 5, 2013
The White Mandingos are today's weirdest rap supergroup

An underground rapper, a hilarious rap critic, and a guy from Bad Brains walk into a studio . . .
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Swag, Whoa, Music, White Mandingos, Bad Brains, Murs, Darryl Jennifer, Sacha Jenkins, Ego Trip, Three Loco, Riff Raff, Simon Rex, Andy Milonakis, hip-hop, the Internet, lulz

Blogs, Bleader Dec 7, 2012
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What the holidays are really all about

A mashup of Bad Brains' "Pay to Cum" and A Charlie Brown Christmas
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Apropos of Nothing, The Internet, Music, Bad Brains, Pay to Cum, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Video

Music, Music Feature Apr 2, 2012
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Thank you Based God

The weird world of Internet-famous Bay Area rapper Lil B
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music Feature, Lil B, the Pack, Brandon McCartney, the Based God, Kanye West, underground rap, Internet, Clams Casino, Bad Brains, Positive Mental Attitude, stoner rap, Internet famous, Video

News & Politics, Feature Aug 25, 2011
Back to school with Tim Kinsella, class of '93

"Sam stealing Owsley Stanley's car seemed like just the next logical thing"
- By Tim Kinsella
- Tags: Feature, Tim Kinsella, Cap'n Jazz, Owls, Joan of Arc, Make Believe, car stealing, high school, AP classes, Bad Brains, Grateful Dead, stabbings, Nirvana, gym class, Pulp Fiction

Music, Music Sidebar Apr 14, 2011
Record Store Day
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Cafe Mustache, Deadwax Records, Dusty Groove, Gramaphone Records, Hyde Park Records, Jazz Record Mart, Laurie's Planet of Sound, Old School Records, Permanent Records, Raffe's Record Riot, Reckless Records, Reckless Records, Reckless Records, Record Breakers, Saki, Vintage Vinyl, Beverly Records, Cyclopx Records, Dave's Records, Groove Dis, Groovin' High, Kstarke Records, Second Hand Tunes, Shake, Rattle & Read, Thrill Jockey, Glenn Jones, Charlie Parry & the Black Twig Pickers, Phil Manley, Isaiah Mitchell, Oval, Liturgy, Bloodshot Recrs, the Blacks, Babby Bare Jr., Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, Alejandro Escovedo, Purling Hiss, Puffy Areolas, Trouble in Mind, Mean Jeans, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Wrong Words, Jack Oblivian, Eccentric Soul, Deerhoof, Bad Brains, Fleet Foxes, Death Cab for Cutie, Owen, Dio, Vivian Girls, Off!, Television, Decembrists, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Flaming Lips, JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, I Was Totally Destroying It, Phil Cohran & Arkestra, Tim Larson, Demchuk, Limbs, Ron Trent, Jason Adasiewicz & Josh Berman, Tail Dragger & Rockin' Johnny, Cany Golde, Vee Dee, Population, Elia Einhorn, CHIRP, Morris Mill & Friends, Sonorama, Bad Drugs, Silver Abuse, Population, Cult of Youth, Owen, Raw Nerve, Cairo Gang, the Singleman Affair, Jeff Parker, Candy Golde, Joan of Arc, Tyler John Tyler, Steve Krakow, Plastic Crimewave, A Rocket to the Moon, Slow Witch, Steepwater Band, Flame Shark, Darling, Aetiology, This is Cinema, In Tall Buildings, Rabid Rabbit, 1900s, Chaperone, Bob Dey's Tank, Engine Man, Distractions, Luck of Eden Hall, Tim Larson & the Owner/Operators

Blogs, Bleader Mar 2, 2010
Time Sink of the Day

The Hardcore Archaeologist wants to destroy your productivity.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, the Hardcore Archaeologist, hardcore, punk, the Internet, Bad Brains, Fugazi, Black Flag, Samhain, Danzig

Blogs, Bleader Oct 16, 2006
Bad Brains on tape

A new Bad Brains concert DVD gives a hint of the quartet's power
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Hardcore, Bad Brains, Cbgbs

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Evanston new wavers the Front Lines exemplify the richness of the overlooked midwestern scene

Formed at Northwestern in 1979, the Front Lines played diverse and ambitious tunes—but they split after just a few years, done in by drummer turnover.

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Karissa Talanian of Eye Vybe Records on a new online mecca for Chicago underground music

Plus: Singer-songwriter Drea Smith on her Bad Brains time machine, the Reader’s Kevin Warwick on the wild card from this year’s Pitchfork, and more

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A conversation with Scott Crawford, writer-director of D.C. hardcore documentary Salad Days

The film plays Sat 3/28 and Sun 3/29 at the Vic.

Video
Follow Jack Dolan from Twin Peaks as he shops for records at Pitchfork

Jack Dolan of Twin Peaks talks about Bad Brains and mystery grab bags full of seven-inches in Pitchfork's record fair.

Rip it up and start listening to Big Zit

The newish northwest Indiana hardcore outfit will thrash its way into your heart.

Riot Fest adds local emo three-piece Pet Symmetry to its lineup

The Pixies and Joan Jett recently jumped on the bill for the three-day punk blowout, but one Reader writer is more excited to see a newish local underground emo band at the bottom of the lineup.

The White Mandingos are today's weirdest rap supergroup

An underground rapper, a hilarious rap critic, and a guy from Bad Brains walk into a studio . . .

Video
What the holidays are really all about

A mashup of Bad Brains' "Pay to Cum" and A Charlie Brown Christmas

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Thank you Based God

The weird world of Internet-famous Bay Area rapper Lil B

Back to school with Tim Kinsella, class of '93

"Sam stealing Owsley Stanley's car seemed like just the next logical thing"

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Time Sink of the Day

The Hardcore Archaeologist wants to destroy your productivity.

Bad Brains on tape

A new Bad Brains concert DVD gives a hint of the quartet's power

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Formed at Northwestern in 1979, the Front Lines played diverse and ambitious tunes—but they split after just a few years, done in by drummer turnover.

Plus: Singer-songwriter Drea Smith on her Bad Brains time machine, the Reader’s Kevin Warwick on the wild card from this year’s Pitchfork, and more

The film plays Sat 3/28 and Sun 3/29 at the Vic.

Jack Dolan of Twin Peaks talks about Bad Brains and mystery grab bags full of seven-inches in Pitchfork's record fair.

The newish northwest Indiana hardcore outfit will thrash its way into your heart.

The Pixies and Joan Jett recently jumped on the bill for the three-day punk blowout, but one Reader writer is more excited to see a newish local underground emo band at the bottom of the lineup.

An underground rapper, a hilarious rap critic, and a guy from Bad Brains walk into a studio . . .

A mashup of Bad Brains' "Pay to Cum" and A Charlie Brown Christmas

The weird world of Internet-famous Bay Area rapper Lil B

"Sam stealing Owsley Stanley's car seemed like just the next logical thing"

The Hardcore Archaeologist wants to destroy your productivity.

A new Bad Brains concert DVD gives a hint of the quartet's power

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