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- Music, Music Feature Jun 23, 2020
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Chicago punk was born queer
How three gay bars—La Mere Vipere, O’Banion’s, and Oz—became the cradle of the city’s punk scene
- Music, Music Review Jun 19, 2020
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Nearly 50 years after they formed, Wire are still doing it right
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 10, 2018
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Urgh! A Music War and other punk and postpunk new wave cinema
Five films that captured the vibrant, changing pop-music scene of the 1980s.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Aug 29, 2017
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After a three-story fall, Continental bartender Greg Shirilla needs help getting back on his feet
Plus: The Hideout’s Back to School Ball raises money for Intonation Music Workshop, and Soldier Field hosts a high-powered new hip-hop festival.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 19, 2017
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Sinead O’Connor’s I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got speaks to the fight against Trump from 27 years in the past
Sinead O'Connor's 1990 album combines the rage of '80s antifascist punk with a private grief that's timeless—it's music for a battle we hoped we'd never have to wage again.
- Music, Music Feature Aug 29, 2016
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Thirteen thoughts on the Misfits reunion
There are so many reasons to be wary. But nobody can argue with the songs!
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 21, 2015
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Riot Fest announces Speaks Stage, a new space for panels and live poetry readings
The new stage will feature the likes of Henry Rollins, Brendan Kelly, and Dr. John Cooper Clarke.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 26, 2015
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Revisit The Decline of Western Civilization this weekend
Director Penelope Spheeris hosts a screening of the first two Decline documentaries at the Music Box this weekend.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 18, 2014
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Black Flag literally played a concert for children
Photos from the moment when everybody gave up
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 17, 2014
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Reader's Agenda Tue 6/17: Black Flag, Tuesdays on the Terrace, and Theater Oobleck
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, June 17
- Music, Record Roundup Dec 16, 2013
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Black Flag's not totally terrible What The . . . and 15 more record reviews
Eight Reader writers want you to hear Dam-Funk & Snoopzilla's house-party jams, Last False Hope's steel-toed bluegrass, and Spray Paint's paranoid noise-punk, just for starters.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 6, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: Who needs the new Black Flag when you can have "My War?"
Everyone's talking about their first record in 30 years, but I just want to hear a cut from 1984.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 19, 2013
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Cuntz from Australia play two shows in Chicago this weekend
Melbourne's Cuntz, who channel late Black Flag's gnarly vibes, are in town this weekend.
- Music, Music Feature Sep 10, 2013
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Saturday: Five Riot Fest acts to see
Day two of the festival settles in with the LA punk legends in X, a Black Flag spin-off, and, hot damn, Public Enemy.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 3, 2013
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Gossip Wolf: Who’s playing Riot Fest?
Plus: Busy seasons for trash-pop duo the Funs and stacks-of-amps doom band Bongripper
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 19, 2013
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80s punk zine We Got Power! still packs a punch
A new book by Dave Markey and Jordan Schwartz casts a broad view of LA's early-80s hardcore scene.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 18, 2013
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A TV Party in a bottle: Revolution Brewing's rye IPA
Revolution has finally bottled TV Party, a fruity rye IPA that's part of its series of beers paying homage to the Repo Man soundtrack.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 31, 2013
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Brand-new Black Flag T-shirts!
Hilarious new T-shirts parody the ridiculous Black Flag reunion shows.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 28, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: The Shrine, "Zipper Tripper"
"Zipper Tripper" by the Shrine is an intense blast of Black Flag worship
- Blogs, Bleader May 7, 2012
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Vintage photos from SST Records house producer Spot
Spot, house producer for SST, shares his vintage pics of Black Flag, Darby Crash, Diamanda Galas, and more
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 31, 2011
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A tribute to Misfits tributes
8 takes on "Where Eagles Dare"
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 17, 2011
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Henry Rollins to occupy Oak Park Public Library
Punk legend read from his new extreme travel book
- Music, Music Column Aug 11, 2011
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Drawing swastikas on shit: Odd Future, Iceage, and Cult of Youth
Shock art is hardly new, but the engine that drives it keeps changing
- Music, Music Feature Apr 7, 2011
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Short Takes on New Releases
TV on the Radio lose the thread; early D.C. girl punks Chalk Circle make a posthumous debut.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 10, 2011
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Keith Morris Can Do Whatever He Wants
Off! visits Bottom Lounge in April with Trash Talk. Here's a video of the band playing "Panic Attack" and "Rat Trap."
