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Music, Music Feature Jun 19, 2019
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How Homocore Chicago propped open the gate for queer punks

Today’s activist bookers face dramatically different hurdles, but Joanna Brown and Mark Freitas gave them all a running start with this 1990s concert series.
- By Micco Caporale
- Tags: Music Feature, Homocore, Homocore Chicago, Mark Freitas, Joanna Brown, Martin Sorrondeguy, Los Crudos, Limp Wrist, Fed Up Fest, Black and Brown Punk Show Collective, Black, Brown, and Indigenous Crew, Czar Bar, Fifth Column, Le Tigre, Bikini Kill, G.B. Jones, J.D.s, Bruce LaBruce, Preston Bradley Center, Pansy Division, Tribe 8, Lunachicks, God Is My Co-Pilot, Heterocide, Fireside Bowl, Empty Bottle, Autonomous Zone, Chris Kellner, Hook Torture, Defibrillator, Adele Bertei, Contortions, Lesley Woods, Au Pairs, Back Porch Video, Steve LaFreniere, SPEW, Team Dresch, Huggy Bear, Sleater-Kinney, Tobi Vail, Combating Latent Inequality Together Fest, CLIT Fest, Isabella Mancini, E. Ornelas, Sheer Queer, Mighty Hoopla, Whole Festival, Go West Fest, queer, Pride, LGBTQ+, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf May 1, 2019
Chicago no wave celebrates itself

The Co-Prosperity Sphere’s concert and exhibit features some prime movers from the 90s scene. Plus: You haven’t missed the CHIRP Record Fair yet. It’s happening later this year!
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Chicago No Wave, now wave, no wave, Lumpen Magazine, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Flying Luttenbachers, Azita, Scissor Girls, Bobby Conn, DJ Le Deuce, 0th, D.O.G., Joaquin de la Puente, Shattered Dimension, Math, Duotron, Lake of Dracula, Dot Dot Dot, Magnatroid, Milk of Burgundy, Czar Bar, Shane Bugbee, Jim Newberry, Kelly Kuvo, Jodie Mecanic, Rose Meyers, Zeek Sheck, CHIRP, CHIRP Record Fair & Other Delights, Plumbers Hall, Ovef Ow, Jellies, Baby Money, Blue Ribbon Glee Club, DPCD, Thair, Charming Hokum, Alex White, Chuck Wren, Joe Shanahan, Van Paugam

Music, Music Feature Dec 6, 2017
Slideshow Video
The Third Coming of the Jesus Lizard

On the eve of their latest return home, the band talk about why they chose Chicago—and how they became its most beautiful noise-rock monsters.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Feature, Jesus Lizard, the Jesus Lizard, Metro, reunion, David Yow, Duane Denison, David Wm. Sims, Mac McNeilly, Blue, Shot, Down, Liar, Goat, Head, Pure, Inch, Touch and Go, Corey Rusk, Pitchfork Music Festival, All Tomorrow’s Parties, Primavera Sound, The Jesus Lizard Book, Fly on the Wall, 7 vs. 8, Puss, Nub, Seasick, Capitol Records, Steve Albini, Tar, John Conroy, Joe Shanahan, Lounge Ax, Julia Adams, Mike Greenlees, Rainbo Club, Humboldt Park, Leo’s Lunchroom, Jim Kimball, Tomahawk, Denison/Kimball Trio, John Forbes, Mount Shasta, Slint, King Kong, Exit, Brendan Murphy, Rapeman, Scratch Acid, Cargo Cult, Rey Washam, 86, Phantom 309, Quimby’s, Gary Held, mpty Bottle, Ken Vandermark, Edge of the Looking Glass, Martin Atkins, Bangkok Bangkok, Pegboy, Didjits, Rifle Sport, Flour, Dreamerz, Czar Bar, John Herndon, Casey Rice, Dan Koretsky, Doug McCombs, Stacy Sargent, Rick Rizzo, John Haggerty, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Billions Corporation, Kaleidoscope, Foodworks, John Brannon, Negative Approach, Michael Gerald, Killdozer, U.S. Maple, Slideshow, Video

Music, Music Feature Mar 24, 2016
Video
Time traveling with Martin Sorrondeguy of Los Crudos

Revisiting the legendary hardcore band’s old haunts two decades later provides a miniature history of gentrification and activism in Chicago.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Los Crudos, Limp Wrist, Martin Sorrondeguy, No Delusions, hardcore, Pilsen, Latino, gentrification, Autonomous Zone, A-Zone, Handlebar, Casa Aztlan, Fireside Bowl, Czar Bar, Steven Cergizan, Lengua Armada, Doble LP Discografia, Ruiz Belvis Puerto Rican Cultural Center, Wrigley Side, Mullen’s on Clark, Neurosis, Crass, Nation of Ulysses, Azita Youssefi, Trenchmouth, Scissor Girls, Sludgeworth, Pegboy, Bhopal Stiffs, Screeching Weasel, Sean Duffy, Last Rites, Vaginal Creme Davis, Homocore, Jim Lapinski, Brian Peterson, Tony Doyle, Celia Esdale, Hellkrusher, Chester Grzybek, Tsunami, Superchunk, Seaweed, Simple Machines, No Palace, Mac’s Wood Grilled, Isabel’s Grand Finale, Dummy Room, Joey Vindictive, Vindictives, Tom Magee, Rorschach, Esperanza Community Services, Calles y Suenos, Queers, Born Against, Warzone, Beyond the Screams, A.P.O. Building, Ben Weasel, Casa de la Cultura Carlos Cortez: Mestizarte, Cultura in Pilsen, Christina Obregon, Jose David, Zapatistas, Carlos Arango, Generation Waste, Ozzfish Experience, Video

Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 19, 2013
Critics' Picks
Best Outcall Soundman

Elliot Dicks of Elliotsound
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best of Chicago 2013, Elliotsound, jumping around on stage, rock shows, Elliot Dicks, live sound, Czar Bar, Fireside Bowl, The Empty Bottle, Che Arthur, Steve Moore, Gary Schepers, block parties, festivals, Do-Division, West Fest, Tortoise, The Sea and Cake, Shellac, Steve Albini, Yob, Flat Iron, Dark Lord Day, High on Fire, Critics' Picks

Music, Music Sidebar Oct 8, 1992
PJ Harvey's Astonishing Debut/Music to Get Naked By

PJ Harvey: Women on the verge of total collapse
- By Bill Wyman
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Hitsville, Camille Paglia, PJ Harvey, foxcore, Emily White, Riot Girl, Czar Bar

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How Homocore Chicago propped open the gate for queer punks

Today’s activist bookers face dramatically different hurdles, but Joanna Brown and Mark Freitas gave them all a running start with this 1990s concert series.

Chicago no wave celebrates itself

The Co-Prosperity Sphere’s concert and exhibit features some prime movers from the 90s scene. Plus: You haven’t missed the CHIRP Record Fair yet. It’s happening later this year!

Slideshow Video
The Third Coming of the Jesus Lizard

On the eve of their latest return home, the band talk about why they chose Chicago—and how they became its most beautiful noise-rock monsters.

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Time traveling with Martin Sorrondeguy of Los Crudos

Revisiting the legendary hardcore band’s old haunts two decades later provides a miniature history of gentrification and activism in Chicago.

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Elliot Dicks of Elliotsound

PJ Harvey's Astonishing Debut/Music to Get Naked By

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Video How Homocore Chicago propped open the gate for queer punks

Today’s activist bookers face dramatically different hurdles, but Joanna Brown and Mark Freitas gave them all a running start with this 1990s concert series.

Chicago no wave celebrates itself

The Co-Prosperity Sphere’s concert and exhibit features some prime movers from the 90s scene. Plus: You haven’t missed the CHIRP Record Fair yet. It’s happening later this year!

Slideshow Video The Third Coming of the Jesus Lizard

On the eve of their latest return home, the band talk about why they chose Chicago—and how they became its most beautiful noise-rock monsters.

Video Time traveling with Martin Sorrondeguy of Los Crudos

Revisiting the legendary hardcore band’s old haunts two decades later provides a miniature history of gentrification and activism in Chicago.

Critics' Picks Best Outcall Soundman

Elliot Dicks of Elliotsound

PJ Harvey's Astonishing Debut/Music to Get Naked By

PJ Harvey: Women on the verge of total collapse

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How Homocore Chicago propped open the gate for queer punks

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The Third Coming of the Jesus Lizard

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Time traveling with Martin Sorrondeguy of Los Crudos

Critics' Picks
Best Outcall Soundman