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Music, Music Feature Feb 3, 2021
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Music workers’ jobs disappeared, but their bills didn’t

With federal aid to venues only now arriving, how are tour managers, stagehands, bookers, and their colleagues in the concert business making ends meet?
- By Micco Caporale
- Tags: Music Feature, COVID-19, pandemic, live music, concerts, Save Our Stages, Save Our Stages Act, NIVA, National Independent Venue Association, CIVL, Chicago Independent Venue League, Kat Lewis, Warped Tour, West Fest Chicago, W-2, Form 1099, freelance, contractor, independent contractor, CARES Act, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, PUA, SVO, Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program, PPP, Payroll Protection Program, SBA, Small Business Administration, Beat Kitchen, Subterranean, Robert Gomez, Danny’s Tavern, Crown Liquors, California Clipper, Nik Brink, Affordable Care Act, Chicago Stagehand, A&A Studios, Schenay Mosley, Smino, Zero Fatigue, My Music Lessons, Economic Injury Disaster Loan, Music Workers Alliance, MWA, Chason Rice, Bourbon on Division, Illinois Arts Council, Arts for Illinois Relief Fund, DCASE, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Olivia Junell, Experimental Sound Studio, Illinois Department of Employment Security, Tim Toomey, Covert Nine, Ruido Fest, Riot Fest, Punk Rock Bowling, Cortex Club, Softviolent, Austin Brown, Metro, Hideout, Empty Bottle, Staff, Artists, and Venues Emergency Relief Fund, SAVE Emergency Relief Fund, CIVLization, Half Gringa, ESSO, Annah Garrett, Kathleen Tagg, Izzy True, Union of Musicians and Allied Workers, UMAW, DIY Chi Mutual Aid Fund, 606 Records, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf May 26, 2020
Chicago jazz guitarist Tim Stine drops an engagingly off-kilter new trio album

Plus: A 26-track compilation benefits the staff of the shuttered Crown Liquors, and ESS presents yet another can’t-miss program in its Quarantine Concerts series.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Tim Stine, Fresh Demons, Astral Spirits, Anton Hatwich, Frank Rosaly, Crown Liquors, Soothsayer Hot Sauce, MP Shows, Shot Dice, Shot Dice: A Compilation for Crown Liquors, Mikey Erg, White Mystery, Brokedowns, Retirement Party, Flake Michigan, Vito Nusret, Experimental Sound Studio, ESS, Quarantine Concerts, Alex Ross, Tomeka Reid, Damon Locks, Black Monument Ensemble, Jeff Parker, Nicole Mitchell, Keep Your Mind Free

Music, Gig Poster of the Week Feb 19, 2019
The world’s most frightening trees on the gig poster of the week

This week's featured gig poster was created by Mute Neighbor.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Gig Poster of the Week, Etsy, Mute Neighbor, Masonic Wave, Puffins, Crown Liquors, gig poster, gig posters, gig poster of the week

Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 8, 2017
Video
Reunited late-70s Irish punks Protex hit Chicago for two shows

Plus: Chicago weirdo-rock supergroup Wet Piss play Cafe Mustache, and Redgrave host an ACLU benefit to fight Trump’s Muslim ban.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Protex, Bric-a-Brac Records, East Room, Crown Liquors, Belfast, Polydor, Sing Sing, Strange Obsessions, Tightrope, Wet Piss, Lil Tits, Eye Vybe Records, Karissa Talanian, Ego, Stromboli, Magic Ian, Wally’s World, Maximum Pelt Records, Dillon Kelley, Coaster, Cafe Mustache, Angie Mead, Redgrave, Mike Gebel, Easy, Empty Bottle, ACLU, benefit, Muslim ban, Trump, Lovitt Records, Video

Blogs, Bleader Oct 28, 2016
Things to do in Chicago on Halloween 2016 weekend

Day of the Dead Chicago, Little Bash of Horrors, and more happenings from October 28-30
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Little Bash of Horrors, Bottom Lounge, Whores of Horror, Uptown Underground, Giordano Dance Chicago, Fall Series, Harris Theater, Malika Ameen, Read It & Eat, 203 Fear Street: All Saints + Souls, Commons Club, Bowie Night 2: Son of Bowie, Crown Liquors, Bric-a-Brac's Halloween Brunch, Empty Bottle, Andersonville Dessert Crawl, Day of the Dead Chicago, National Museum of Mexican Art

Arts & Culture, Calendar Oct 24, 2016
More than three dozen of the best Halloween 2016 events

A ghoulish brunch, a costume parade, and more spooky things to do.
- Tags: Calendar, Halloween 2016, Another 90s Halloween Party, Beauty Bar, Bowie Night 2: Son of Bowie, Crown Liquors, Bric-a-Brac’s Halloween Brunch, Empty Bottle, Bye Bye Liver: Drink or Treat, Public House theatre, Carmine's Friday Fright Fest, Carmine's, Dia de los Muertos, Chicago Sinfonietta, Symphony Center, National Museum of Mexican Art, Day of the Dead, Death Toll, Cornservatory, The Fame Monster Mash, Berlin, Glitter Ghoul Halloween, Late Bar, East Room, Beat Kitchen, Rachal Duggan, Comfort Station, Untitled Supper Club, Hallowzine, Chicago Publishers Resource Center, Cafe Brauer, Haunted Hotel, Emporium Arcade Bar, Evanston History Center, Heltrap Nightmare, Hideout, Fabulous Ladies of Fitness, Cole's, Hog-lloween, Frontier, Howl-o-ween, Sit Social, La Casa de Santanas, Little Bash of Horrors, Bottom Lounge, Mama's Boy, A Memory Place of Fear, Silent Funny, Nightmares on Lincoln Ave., Northalsted Halloween Parade, Pay 2 Slay, Peek-A-Boo, Uptown Underground, Porn and Chicken, Halloween Banger, Evil Olive, Race of the Dead 5K, Scare You Very Much, Chicago Art Department, Spooky Zoo Spectacular, Lincoln Park Zoo, Too Much Fright Makes the Baby Go Blind, Whores of Horror

Blogs, Bleader Sep 23, 2016
Bad Axe Throwing, Vegan Vortex, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

Filter Photo Festival, 312 Urban Block Party, and more happenings from September 23-25
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Filter Photo Festival, Her Story Is Our Story, Artesmia Theater, Edge Theatre, 312 Urban Block Party, Goose Island Brewing, Bad Axe Throwing, Pig Swig and Record Dig, Schubas, Hillary Clinton's Faux Feminism, Women & Children First, the Lite FM, Crown Liquors, Vegan Vortex, LAMA HQ, Roald Dahl Celebration, 57th Street Books

Music, Gossip Wolf Aug 2, 2016
Los Crudos celebrate their 25th year with nine days of music and art

Plus: Vamos and Lil Tits play a first-anniversary party for the new Crown Liquors, and postpunk trio Yeesh welcome their second album with a Hideout show.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Los Crudos, Desafinados, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Pilsen, Little Village, punk, hardcore, Latino, Chicano, Michelle Gonzales, Alice Bag, Spitboy, Bags, Lengua Armada, IndieGoGo, Crown Liquors, Crown Taproom, Lil Tits, Vamos, anniversary, Outsiders, Tiny Engines, Carolinas, Yeesh, Hideout, Fake Limbs, Rad Payoff, Confirmation Bias

Blogs, Bleader Apr 29, 2016
Three Dots and a Dash's Tiki Luau and Pig Roast, Baconfest, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

Chicago Zine Fest, Chicago Humanities Festival, and more happenings from April 29-May 1.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, The Naked Magic Show, Park West, Chicago Zine Fest, Style Matters, Chicago Humanities Festival, Elizabeth Cline, American Whiskey Festival, Crown Liquors, Baconfest, UIC Pavilion, Chicago Corruption Walking Tour, Three Dots and Dash, Tiki Luau and Pig Roast

Blogs, Bleader Jul 29, 2015
Crown Tap and Best Intentions are dive bars no more

Marble gets a name change and Crown Tap gets (another) facelift.
- By Gwynedd Stuart
- Tags: Booze, Food & Drink, Food Chain, Crown Tap Room, Crown Liquors, Marble, Best Intentions, chicago, bars, cocktails, logan square, avondale

Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife 2015 Critics' Picks Jun 24, 2015
Best hot dice
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music & Nightlife 2015 Critics' Picks, Best of Chicago 2015, Crown Tap Room, hot dice, Avondale, Crown Liquors

Blogs, Bleader Jan 26, 2015
Video
Thanks to bone marrow, a Charlatan bartender learns to like Bloody Marys

Challenged to create a cocktail with bone marrow, Alex Enochs of Charlatan creates a stock with it and puts it in a Bloody Mary.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Alex Enochs, Charlatan, Bloody Mary, bone marrow, Bloody Maria, Crown Liquors, Ryan Murphy, Gilt Bar, Remy Walle, Cocktail Challenge, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Sep 25, 2013
Gossip Wolf: Braid plot their first full-length in 16 years

Plus: Slushy become a transcontinental duo, and Cokegoat press their debut on vinyl.
- By Leor Galil and J.R. Nelson
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Braid, Closer to Closed, Topshelf, Bob Nanna, Slushy, Brent Zmrhal, Mickey, Crown Liquors, Chris Kramer, Randy Records, Tripp Tapes, Grabbing Clouds, Cokegoat, Vessel

Music, In Rotation Feb 25, 2013
In Rotation: CUFF artistic director Bryan Wendorf on the blackened Krautrock of Aluk Todolo

Plus: Reader associate editor Kevin Warwick on the Busy Bea Flea Mall, filmmaker Mike Gibisser on folk firebrand Barbara Dane, and more
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: In Rotation, Kevin Warwick, flea markets, thrift stores, record shopping, records, Paw Paw, Michigan, Busy Bea Flea Mall, Pissed Jeans, Sub Pop, Trouble in Mind Records, brunch, The Birthday Party, Aluk Todolo, Guardian Alien, Greg Fox, Krautrock, black metal, Nick Cave, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Wax Trax!, Saki, Chicago Underground Film Festival, CUFF, Christian Terstegge, Arvo Pärt, Barbara Dane, Nicolas Collins, Wellman Braud, Duke Ellington, NPR, Crown Liquors

Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 2, 2011
Cacaw's new Robes

The local band drops Bat Skin on cassette. Plus: new four-piece Alma Negra marries garage and metal, and Josh Eustis of Telefon Tel Aviv opens an LA studio with a tool
- By Jessica Hopper and J.R. Nelson
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Cacaw, Tinsel Teeth, Minbal, Cave, Cooper Cdrain, Permanent Records, Alma Negra, Greg Hamilton, Erin Armstrong, Geoff Atkinson, Ivan Cruz, Blasted Diplomate, Nones, Telenovela, Yakuza, Onyou, Josh Eustis, Telefon Tel Aviv, Maynard James Keenan, A Perfect Circle, Tool, Crown Tap Room, Pancho's, Township, Crown Liquors

Music, Music Column Sep 9, 2010
Video
Local Release Roundup

Overflow from Hollywood Holt, dead-on indie cool from Black Math, a great 15 seconds from Architecture, and more
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music Column, Crown Tap Room, Crown Liquors, Video

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With federal aid to venues only now arriving, how are tour managers, stagehands, bookers, and their colleagues in the concert business making ends meet?

Plus: A 26-track compilation benefits the staff of the shuttered Crown Liquors, and ESS presents yet another can’t-miss program in its Quarantine Concerts series.

This week's featured gig poster was created by Mute Neighbor.

Plus: Chicago weirdo-rock supergroup Wet Piss play Cafe Mustache, and Redgrave host an ACLU benefit to fight Trump’s Muslim ban.

Day of the Dead Chicago, Little Bash of Horrors, and more happenings from October 28-30

A ghoulish brunch, a costume parade, and more spooky things to do.

Filter Photo Festival, 312 Urban Block Party, and more happenings from September 23-25

Plus: Vamos and Lil Tits play a first-anniversary party for the new Crown Liquors, and postpunk trio Yeesh welcome their second album with a Hideout show.

Chicago Zine Fest, Chicago Humanities Festival, and more happenings from April 29-May 1.

Marble gets a name change and Crown Tap gets (another) facelift.

Challenged to create a cocktail with bone marrow, Alex Enochs of Charlatan creates a stock with it and puts it in a Bloody Mary.

Plus: Slushy become a transcontinental duo, and Cokegoat press their debut on vinyl.

Plus: Reader associate editor Kevin Warwick on the Busy Bea Flea Mall, filmmaker Mike Gibisser on folk firebrand Barbara Dane, and more

The local band drops Bat Skin on cassette. Plus: new four-piece Alma Negra marries garage and metal, and Josh Eustis of Telefon Tel Aviv opens an LA studio with a tool

Overflow from Hollywood Holt, dead-on indie cool from Black Math, a great 15 seconds from Architecture, and more

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