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Music, Gossip Wolf Dec 15, 2020
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Hamid Drake and Michael Zerang livestream their traditional solstice duo

Plus: Che Arthur of Pink Avalanche drops two instrumental solo EPs, and reunited posthardcore band Cinco de Gatos finally release an album they recorded in 1995.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Hamid Drake, Michael Zerang, winter solstice concerts, solstice, Links Hall, Constellation, Joshua Abrams, Ayako Kato, Che Arthur, Pink Avalanche, Professor Downfall, Sol, EADJ, Cinco de Gatos, Epiphany Wants to Come Home, JZTV, Jason Dummeldinger, Jonathan Scott, Rob Scott, Jerry King, Doleful Lions, Steve Albini, Jason Zdora, Bob Mould, Video

Music, Music Feature Jan 14, 2020
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What turns kids punk?

The new musical Verböten uses the story of Jason Narducy’s forgotten early-80s band to talk about the power of subculture.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Verböten, Jason Narducy, Brett Neveu, Sonic Highways, punk, punk rock, Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl, musical theater, Evanston, Split Single, John Stirratt, Wilco, Superchunk, Jon Wurster, Spoon, Britt Daniel, Jason & Alison, Alison Chesley, Helen Money, Verbow, Woodshed, Epic Records, Chronicles, Bob Mould, Tracey Bradford, Rights of the Accused, Naked Raygun, Silver Abuse, Da, Cubby Bear, Steppenwolf, Goodman, Cubby Bear, Chopin Theatre, House Theatre of Chicago, Odradek, La Mere Vipere, O’Banions, Oz, Club C.O.D., Tutu & the Pirates, Terry Nelson, WZRD, Autumn Records, Busted at Oz, Chris Kean, Record Exchange, Shake, Rattle & Read, Ric Addy, Chicago Reader, Maximum RocknRoll, Flipside, Zack Kantor, Roycemore School, Jay Yuenger, White Zombie, Studiomedia Recording Company, Work, Let It Out, Work to Let It Out, Kidding Around, Nathan Allen, Kieran McCabe, SPACE, Nora O'Connor, Flat Five, Decemberists, Iron & Wine, Neko Case, Against Me!, Black Me Out, Articles of Faith, Ramones, Circle Jerks, I'm Not Coming Home, Video

Music, Concert Preview Feb 14, 2019
Recommended
Bob Mould hammers out more reasons to love him on Sunshine Rock
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Concert Preview, Bob Mould, Sunshine Rock, Recommended

Music, Music Feature Nov 29, 2017
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Gifts that sing—are you listening?

The year’s best box sets include 11 CDs from David Bowie’s Berlin period, 529 tracks of vintage country from Louisiana Hayride, Roland Kayn’s 14-hour electronic masterwork, and the most complete portrait yet of Hüsker Dü’s early years.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, David Bowie, A New Career in a New Town (1977-1982), Parlophone, Bob Dylan, Trouble No More: The Bootleg Series Vol. 13/1979-1981, Columbia, Legacy, Fairport Convention, Come All Ye: The First Ten Years, UME, Hüsker Dü, Savage Young Dü, Numero Group, Roland Kayn, A Little Electronic Milky Way of Sound, Frozen Reeds, Stack Waddy, So Who the Hell Is Stack Waddy? The Complete Works 1970-1972, Cherry Red, American Epic: The Collection, Legacy, At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight . . ., Bear Family, Atlantic Rock & Roll Series, Stateside, Atlantic, Teddy Wilson, Classic Brunswick and Columbia Teddy Wilson Sessions 1934-1942, Mosaic, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa, Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Loren Schoenberg, Johnny Hodges, Cootie Williams, Harry Carney, Ben Webster, Ray Charles, Big Joe Turner, Ruth Brown, Clyde McPhatter, LaVern Baker, Ivory Joe Hunter, Shreveport Municipal Auditorium, KWKH, Grand Ole Opry, National Barn Dance, Elvis Presley, Hank Williams, Horace Logan, George Jones, Ernest Tubb, Kitty Wells, Faron Young, Roy Acuff, Johnny Cash, Rose Maddox, Webb Pierce, June Carter, Bernard MacMahon, Allison McGourty, Duke Erikson, Elijah Wald, Nick Bergh, Leadbelly, Robert Johnson, Dock Boggs, Jimmie Rodgers, Harry Smith, Anthology of American Folk Music, Roots n’ Blues: The Retrospective 1925-1950, Steve Albini, Byron Coley, Dr. Feelgood, Count Bishops, John Knail, John Peel, Dandelion, Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza, cybernetics, jazz, roots, Terry Katzman, Grant Hart, Bob Mould, Land Speed Record, Zen Arcade, Metal Circus, Everything Falls Apart, Erin Osmon, Andrew Batt, Richard Thompson, Slow Train Coming, Saved, Shot of Love, The Basement Tapes, Amanda Petrusich, Ben Rollins, Trouble No More: A Musical Film, Spooner Oldham, Fred Tackett, Jim Keltner, Clydie King, Regina McCrary, Brian Eno, Berlin period, Low, “Heroes”, Lodger, Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), Oblique Strategies, Peter Schmidt, Tony Visconti, Stage, In Bertolt Brecht’s Baal, Sound and Vision, Fashion, Ashes to Ashes, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 14, 2017
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Grant Hart of Hüsker Dü dead at 56

Remarkable singer, drummer, and songwriter Grant Hart has lost his battle with kidney cancer.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, RIP, Grant Hart, Bob Mould, Greg Norton, Hüsker Dü, hardcore, Zen Arcade, Pink Turns to Blue, New Day Rising, Savage Young Dü, Numero Group, Video

Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Dec 6, 2016
Unearthing influential Chicago proto-hardcore band Six Feet Under

Despite their influence on midwestern punk, Six Feet Under have fallen off the map—but Moniker Records is working on an archival release.
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: The Secret History of Chicago Music, Six Feet Under, punk, hardcore, Ray Morris, Don DeLouise, Mike Mockenhaupt, Skafish, Rainbow Girls, John Kezdy, Effigies, Pierre Kezdy, Naked Raygun, Damned, Misfits, Husker Du, Club C.O.D., Life Sentence, Joe Losurdo, Moniker Records, Strike Under, O'Banion's, Steve Koress, Bob Mould, Jello Biafra, Glenn Danzig, Coolest Retard, Mike McDonough, What the Fuck?, Another Dead Soldier, demo

Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 26, 2016
Sound man Che Arthur celebrates Prince—and his own birthday—onstage with Bob Mould

Plus: Chicago Singles Club throws a free show for its third anniversary, and the Funs host a fund-raiser to repair their downstate home.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Che Arthur, Pink Avalanche, Empty Bottle, Bob Mould, First Avenue, Suicide Commandos, When You Were Mine, Prince, Chicago Singles Club, Cole’s, Grandkids, Oshwa, Gold Web, Runnies, Funs, Jessee Rose Crane, Philip Jerome Lesicko, New Douglas, Rose Raft, Relevant Hairstyles, Lala Lala, Hecks, Swear Beam

Blogs, Bleader Apr 29, 2014
More summer concert news: City announces Downtown Sound lineup

The lineup for the wildly popular Millennium Park concert series is revealed.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Downtown Sound, Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion, Russian Circles, Colin Stetson, Richard Thompson, Omar Souleyman, Robbie Fulks, Maps & Atlases, Pillars & Tongues, Noura Mint Seymali, Wooden Shjips, Joe Pug, Ted Sirota's Heavyweight Dub, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Bob Mould, Split Single, My Brightest Diamond, White Mystery

Blogs, Bleader Dec 17, 2013
Reader's Agenda Tue 12/17: Kanye West, DKV Trio, and The Second City That Never Sleeps

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, December 17
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Kanye West, Yeezus, Roc-a-Fella, Miles Raymer, Soundbaord, United Center, Peter Margasak, DKV Trio, the Hideout, Second City, The Second City That Never Sleeps, Fred Armisen, Lil Bub, Bob Mould, Sally Timms

Blogs, Bleader Sep 16, 2013
Riot Fest recap: Rain, the Replacements, and wrestling with nostalgia

Riot Fest's nostalgia party ended with lots of rain and a ripping Replacements set, but the weekend had its forward-looking moments too.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Mudville, 90s Nostalgia, Music, Riot Fest, Replacements, Pixies, Frank Black, Kim Deal, Flag, Guided By Voices, Peter Hook, Joy Division, Pet Symmetry, Radkey, Screeching Weasel, Mission of Burma, Public Enemy, Dinosaur Jr., Dismemberment Plan, Bob Mould, Husker Du, Chris Conley, Saves the Day, Davey Havok, AFI, Bad Books

Film, Artist on Artist Mar 4, 2013
Artist on Artist: Brendan Canty of Deathfix talks to Jay Ryan of Dianogah

"The best part about doing something you've never done before is not feeling confident, honestly."
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Artist on Artist, Brendan Canty, Rich Morel, Bob Mould, Devin Ocampo, Mark Cisneros, Medications, Bird Machine, screen printing, posters, Whelms, Joe Lally, Steve Albini, Kevin Canty, Schubas, Jay Ryan, Schubas, videos, Burn to Shine, Discovery ChannelChristoph Green, Trixie Film, Garland of Hours, Q and Not U, Fugazi, Dianogah, Bob Weston, Touch and Go, MVD, Black Lips, Deerhunter, Mastodon, Brent Green, The Bitter Tears, Bird Machine, Deathfix, Mike Scalpone, Al Scalpone, Sam Green, Bill Siegel, Mike McGinley, Steve Albini, Joe Lally

Blogs, Bleader Sep 14, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Fri 9/14

What's on the Agenda for Friday, September 14, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Bob Mould, Hüsker Dü, Sugar, Copper Blue, Metro, Wrigleyville, All Eyes West, Gene Siskel Film Center, Shirley Clarke, The Connection, Joanne Kyger, Near North, Poetry Foundation, Harriet Reading Series

Blogs, Bleader Sep 13, 2012
Fall Arts, Riot Fest, a Tortoise picker's picks, and more on the B Side

A season's worth of music to look out for—and more
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Fall Arts, Riccardo Muti, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The-Drum, Riot Fest, Tortoise, Jeff Parker, Hideout Block Party and A.V. Fest, Antibalas, Bob Mould, Lightning Bolt, D'Angelo, Obituary

Blogs, Bleader Jul 29, 2010
Early Warnings Roundup

This week's Early Warning include Atmosphere, Big Boi, High on Fire, Delorean, Jonsi, Maserati, Bob Mould, Surfer Blood, Of Montreal, the Thermals, and Titus Andronicus.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Early Warnings, Riot Fest, Metro, Big Boi, Built to Spill, High on Fire, Old Town School of Folk Music, Bob Mould, Thermals, Atmosphere, October, Jonsi, Of Montreal

Blogs, Bleader May 29, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Saturday 5/29

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Andre Williams, Dirty Diamonds, Schubas, Andalous, Blowoff, Bob Mould, Richard Morel, Moxie, Brute Force, Bank of America Cinema, Taqueria Amigo Chino, Sizwe Banzi Is Dead, Court Theatre, Medici on 57th, Six Dead Queens and an Inflatable Henry!, Piccolo Theater, Bistro Bordeaux

Music, Soundboard May 27, 2010
The List: May 27-June 2, 2010

Critics' Choices and other notable shows: Erykah Badu, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Orchestra, Andre Williams, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, the Pharez Whitted Sextet, and more
- By Brian Costello, Peter Margasak, Monica Kendrick, Miles Raymer, and Bill Meyer
- Tags: Soundboard, Bird Talk, Birthday Suits, Empty Bottle, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, Lincoln Hall, Shapers, Shondes, Schubas, Antoine Chessex, Gilles Aubry, Monno, Valerio Tricoli, Green Pasture Happiness, Elastic, Blowoff, Richard Morel, Bob Mould, Metro, Bear Pride, Andre Williams, Dirty Diamons, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Metro, Elephant Stone, Eleventh Dream Day, Hideout, Pharez Whitted, Room 43, Broken Bells, Danger Mouse, James Mercer, Morning Benders, the Vic, Erykah Badu, Chicago Theatre

Music, Post No Bills Nov 21, 2002
Claim to Fame/Where in the World Are We?/Wyman v. Wyman

Articles of Faith/Glory Days
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Post No Bills, Vic Bondi, Articles of Faith, Bob Mould, Womex, Essen, Germany, Bill Wyman, Chicago Reader, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Rolling Stones, Howard Siegel, William George Perks, lawyers, bassists, writers, music critics, names, trademarks, George Varga, Wyman Beer

Music, Music Review Nov 3, 1994
A Career in Punk
- By Franklin Soults
- Tags: Music Review, Rock Etc., Husker Du, Bob Mould, Sugar, David Barbe, Malcolm Travis

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Plus: Che Arthur of Pink Avalanche drops two instrumental solo EPs, and reunited posthardcore band Cinco de Gatos finally release an album they recorded in 1995.

The new musical Verböten uses the story of Jason Narducy’s forgotten early-80s band to talk about the power of subculture.

The year’s best box sets include 11 CDs from David Bowie’s Berlin period, 529 tracks of vintage country from Louisiana Hayride, Roland Kayn’s 14-hour electronic masterwork, and the most complete portrait yet of Hüsker Dü’s early years.

Remarkable singer, drummer, and songwriter Grant Hart has lost his battle with kidney cancer.

Despite their influence on midwestern punk, Six Feet Under have fallen off the map—but Moniker Records is working on an archival release.

Plus: Chicago Singles Club throws a free show for its third anniversary, and the Funs host a fund-raiser to repair their downstate home.

The lineup for the wildly popular Millennium Park concert series is revealed.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, December 17

Riot Fest's nostalgia party ended with lots of rain and a ripping Replacements set, but the weekend had its forward-looking moments too.

"The best part about doing something you've never done before is not feeling confident, honestly."

What's on the Agenda for Friday, September 14, 2012

A season's worth of music to look out for—and more

This week's Early Warning include Atmosphere, Big Boi, High on Fire, Delorean, Jonsi, Maserati, Bob Mould, Surfer Blood, Of Montreal, the Thermals, and Titus Andronicus.

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

Critics' Choices and other notable shows: Erykah Badu, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Orchestra, Andre Williams, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, the Pharez Whitted Sextet, and more

Articles of Faith/Glory Days

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