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- Music, Music Feature Nov 25, 2020
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A eulogy for Danny’s Tavern
For decades, this cozy candlelit bar in Bucktown nurtured a devoted and welcoming community of music lovers—but it couldn’t survive the pandemic.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Sep 22, 2020
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Underground producer Steve Summers drops a 12-inch of sinister acid techno
Plus: Chicago rap crew Gold Standard Collective keep the faith on a new compilation, and Ester bandleader Anna Holmquist releases an EP written and recorded in a week.
- Music, Music Feature Mar 3, 2020
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Chicago postpunk gets its Wu-Tang Clan
Local label Chicago Research has built a powerful, tight-knit collective of dark underground rock and electronic artists.
- Music, Gig Poster of the Week Feb 5, 2020
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Chicago’s weirdest cook-off signs off on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was created by local artist and animator Samuel Nigrosh.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Feb 4, 2020
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Spektral Quartet bring a mind-expanding program (and Julia Holter) to the Music Box
Plus: Air Credits celebrate yet another new EP at the Empty Bottle, and the Synthesizer-Chili Cookoff signs off with its tenth installment.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jan 14, 2020
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Longtime Reckless Records buyer Jim Magas quits to spend more time with his music
Plus: Emo four-piece Kittyhawk play their first show in more than three years, and Clear drops a posthumous 12-inch by the late Dan Jugle’s duo Juzer.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Aug 27, 2019
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No Men summon a demon to fight climate change in their new video
Plus: DJ and producer Ariel Zetina celebrates a new EP at Danny’s, and Daptone releases more music from soul singer Doug Shorts.
- Music, Concert Preview Apr 11, 2019
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Chicago club-music provocateurs Mutant Beat Dance go big with their debut album
- Music, Gossip Wolf Dec 18, 2018
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Tim Kinsella and Jenny Polus couple up in the oddball electronic duo Good Fuck
Plus: Synth master Alex Barnett plays Sleeping Village as Champagne Mirrors, and punky cock-rock crew I Love Rich show the holidays the (dis)respect they deserve.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 27, 2018
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Mutant Beat Dance throw a little party for their monster debut album
Plus: Experimental musician Anthony Janas brings a pachinko machine to Elastic, and former Ponys front man Jered Gummere drops his first full-length as Richard Vain.
- Music, Music Feature Oct 24, 2018
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The Reader’s guaranteed unboring homegrown Halloween mix
Nothing against “Monster Mash,” but Chicago has spawned lots of scary songs that sound good all year—these 13 tracks cover house, psych rock, techno, boogie, hip-hop, extreme metal, pop punk, and more.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 20, 2018
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RIP Chicago techno marvel and international cult figure Dan Jugle
Dan Jugle only ever got famous for Dar Embarks and Juzer, but his influence on Chicago punk, electronic music, and indie rock spans decades. He died this past weekend at age 37.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 14, 2017
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Dead Meat Design gets a show of its own
Plus: The Chili-Synth Cook-Off returns for year seven, and Subterranean’s downstairs lounge throws an underground punk party.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 22, 2017
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Line up for the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by local artist Andy Burkholder.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 29, 2016
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Chicago noise-rockers Rash light the fuse of their debut LP
Plus: Weirdo dance night Hot on the Heels celebrates ten years at Danny’s, and hip-hop writer Ben Westhoff talks west-coast rap at Volumes.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Dec 23, 2015
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Plague Bringer finally bring a little more plague
Plus: Oreo Fest returns with a double-stuffed bill at the Portage, Beau Wanzer collaborates with Texas duo Corporate Park, and more.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 22, 2015
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BBU's MC Epic wins the Matthew Freeman Social Justice Award
Plus: New releases from ripping punk four-piece the Bug and techno duo Juzer
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 16, 2014
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Beau Wanzer's got a great, eerie dance cut for you to bust out during a Halloween party
... aka today's 12 O'Clock Track, "Balls of Steel."
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 12, 2014
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Watch the Synth-Chili Cook-Off founders play a synth and make chili
We filmed synthesizer aficionados and chili lovers Brett Naucke and Beau Wanzer as they discussed the fourth annual Synth-Chili Cook-Off.
- Music, In Rotation Dec 16, 2013
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In Rotation: The Reader's Tal Rosenberg on the only house musician in the Harper's Letters section
Plus: DJs and producers Ross Kelly and Samantha Roberts on the exact same collection of Patrick Cowley gay-porn disco
- Music, Gossip Wolf Feb 6, 2013
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Gossip Wolf: Pitchfork predictions, round two
Plus: Two Loose Dudes' new group, the next Synthesizer-Chili Cook-Off, and more
- Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 20, 2012
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Best Night to Feel Like an 80s Art School Student
Hot on the Heels at Danny's
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 17, 2012
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This Sunday: the Second Annual Chili Synthesizer Cook-Off
The Second Annual Synthesizer Chili Cook-Off, Sunday at the Empty Bottle
- Music, Gossip Wolf Dec 22, 2011
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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
- Music, Music Sidebar Jun 9, 2011
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Neon Marshmallow gets smaller, stronger; remains strange
