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- Music, Gossip Wolf Jan 7, 2020
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Noname’s Book Club suggests libraries instead on National Fuck Amazon Day
Plus: Led Zeppelin 2 tour to celebrate Led Zeppelin III, and guitarist and composer Kevin and Hell drops a new record at his birthday party.
- Music, Concert Preview May 10, 2019
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The Empty Bottle hosts a night of Chicago metal madness
- Music, Gossip Wolf May 16, 2018
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The Chicago Zine Fest celebrates publishing by the people
Plus: Bloodiest and Luggage play to benefit the Clinic Vest Project at Rainbo, and local dirt-rock supergroup Hitter drop their first track.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 7, 2017
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Eternals front man Damon Locks creates a ‘sound essay’ at the MCA
Plus: Members of Bloodiest, the Reputation, Sybris, and more debut as Masonic Wave, and Deanna Belos plays a belated release party for her Sincere Engineer project.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Sep 26, 2017
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Joyride Records throws a housewarming party in the old Permanent space
Plus: Tall Pat Records bows out with a couple more rock ’n’ roll blowouts, and Billy Ocean turns up at a club out by O’Hare for some reason.
- Music, Gossip Wolf May 2, 2017
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Back from hiatus unscathed, the Poison Arrows drop their first album since 2010
Plus: Drag City and Neil Hamburger celebrate rediscovered glam-rock weirdo Frederick Michael St. Jude, and Dark Matter Coffee teams up with house hero Derrick Carter.
- Music, In Rotation Mar 21, 2017
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Sonnenzimmer cofounder Nick Butcher on one of the TR-808’s earliest star turns
Plus: Artist Alex Valentine on the score that should’ve won this year’s Oscar, Reader critic Peter Margasak on a solo violin record that contains multitudes, and more
- Music, Music Feature Apr 20, 2016
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An oral history of the Empty Bottle
Staff members and musicians share stories of the venerable nightclub in this excerpt from The Empty Bottle Chicago: 21+ Years of Music / Friendly / Dancing.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 12, 2016
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Local power trio RLYR premiere the first song from their upcoming debut
Three masters of boundary-pushing metal go shiny, pretty, and epic in RLYR.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 18, 2016
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Melina Ausikaitis celebrates the release of the collaborative Aitis Music tonight
Melina Ausikaitis's self-released tape includes recordings of her songs by nine different acts.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 2, 2015
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Impala Sound Champions debut their massive sound system tonight at the MCA's Prime Time
The peerless local DJ crew spent two years researching and assembling a world-class sound system, and it makes its debut tonight at the MCA's new after-hours series, Prime Time.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jul 22, 2015
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Stargazing in the mud at Pitchfork
Plus: New records on the way from RLYR and the duo of Ryley Walker and Bill MacKay
- Music, Gossip Wolf May 6, 2015
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James Swanberg of Today's Hits plays 100 songs at one show
Plus: Swearwords celebrate an EP that grew into an LP, and the You Are Here festival sets up a maze beneath Thalia Hall.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 5, 2014
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Experimental-industrial group Corrections House mellow out with a Neil Young cover
The half-local "supergroup" takes on "Cortez the Killer."
- Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 22, 2014
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Gossip Wolf: Riot Fest to book Cobra Lounge
Plus: Halloween parties from Zigtebra and Soft Leather, a new band from members of Pelican, Bloodiest, and Locrian, and more
- Music, Gossip Wolf Sep 17, 2014
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Gossip Wolf: Who's in Elia Einhorn's Fashion Brigade?
Plus: New music from Bloodiest spin-off Quarter Mile Thunder and Fake Limbs side project Burn Permits
- Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge Apr 3, 2014
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Cocktail Challenge: Dandelion
Sean Patrick Riley of the Burlington crafts a G&T that's (supposedly) good for you.
- Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge Mar 20, 2014
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Cocktail Challenge: Pig's blood
Nandini Khaund of Craft Cocktail fills a chalice with the taste of "iron death" and chocolate.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 17, 2014
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Reader's Agenda Mon 3/17: Chicago Story Week, Indian, and Porn and Chicken
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Monday, March 17
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 31, 2014
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Reader's Agenda Fri 1/31: Crispin Glover, Chicago Deep Freeze Festival, and Has the Film Already Started?
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, January 31
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 30, 2013
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Reader's Agenda Sat 11/30: Corrections House, Paper Machete, and classic horror films
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, November 30
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 31, 2013
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Best shows to see: Phuture, Arkona, My Bloody Valentine
The best shows to see on Thu 10/32 through Sun 11/3
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 23, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: "Bullets and Graves" is a heavy, industrial preview from Corrections House's new LP
"Bullets and Graves" adds a noisy, experimental touch to the classic Wax Trax! sound.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 20, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: "Casse Tete" by Kings Destroy, who play a free War Crime Recordings showcase tonight
Bruce Lamont and Sanford Parker have started a record label, and tonight at Bottom Lounge they're hosting New York band Kings Destroy, whose new album they released in May.
- Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 19, 2013
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