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- Music, Concert Preview Jan 31, 2020
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Experimental musician Daniel Wyche celebrates his 40th birthday with a show at Elastic Arts
- Music, Concert Preview Jan 31, 2020
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Nonpareil improvising guitarist Sandy Ewen returns to Chicago
- Music, Concert Preview Jan 3, 2020
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The transnational Rempis/Lopez/Packard trio converges in Chicago
- Music, Gossip Wolf May 21, 2019
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West-side rapper Musa Reems dazzles with a weekly single series
Plus: College radio stations WHPK and WNUR fill the weekend with festivals, and Flesh Panthers turn “flower punk” on a new Dumpster Tapes release.
- Music, Music Feature Aug 27, 2018
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The jazz doesn’t stop when the park goes dark
This year’s Jazz Festival aftershows include Mako Sica with Hamid Drake, Dee Alexander performing Nina Simone, and the traditional engagements by Ira Sullivan and Edward “Kidd” Jordan.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 9, 2018
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Ravyn Lenae and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week
Before Sunset in 35mm and more goings-on 4/9-4/12
- Music, Music Feature Mar 15, 2018
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Chicago saxophonist Dave Rempis builds an intentional community in jazz
By organizing concerts, mentoring young musicians, and connecting players from across the States and abroad, he models the commitment and generosity that keep the scene viable.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 24, 2017
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Steve Mizek’s Argot label celebrates five years of top-shelf electronic music
Plus: Cole’s hosts a Halloween cover-band benefit for Mexico and Puerto Rico, and Mute Duo pair their taut, atmospheric sound with the art of Dmitry Samarov.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 31, 2017
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Windy City Rubber Ducky Derby, Megan Stielstra’s book launch party, and more of the best things to do this week
Leftist comedy in Monkey Wrench, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf: The Good Parts, and more happenings 7/31-8/3
- Music, Gossip Wolf May 16, 2017
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Gentleman Caller record a song cycle about Maryse Meijer’s short stories
Plus: Gossip Wolf premieres a future power-pop classic from the Rubs, and the Clams drop an album seven years in the making.
- Music, Music Feature May 9, 2017
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International Anthem brings punk idealism to progressive jazz
This Chicago label puts in the sweat to get its artists the audiences they deserve.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Dec 6, 2016
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I Kong Kult end a three-year hiatus to release their ass-shaking debut
Plus: Mako Sica hold a benefit to push back against cycling deaths, and the Dark Matter Series returns to Elastic with two events about dance music.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 2, 2016
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Tashi Dorji and Tyler Damon play Chicago behind the year’s most exciting improvised album
Guitarist Tashi Dorji and drummer Tyler Damon both came to free improv through punk, and their unpredictable, energetic music still bears its mark.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 5, 2016
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Versatile percussionist Chris Corsano plays a rare solo show Monday
The relentlessly curious, restless improviser has shown his range on a number of recent recordings.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 27, 2016
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A Prince and Bowie Tribute, The SpongeBob Musical, and more things to do this week in Chicago
Isaac Oliver, Cash Levy, and more happenings from June 27-30
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 7, 2016
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Queer-friendly occult-themed monthly party Switches of Eastwick launches at the Whistler
Plus: First-generation Chicago punks Silver Abuse celebrate a new album, radical performance-art collective Schimpfluch-Gruppe comes to Elastic, and more.
- Blogs, Bleader May 31, 2016
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A sword fight with Rahm Emanuel, Tracy Morgan, and more to do this week
The Chicago Underground Film Festival, Neo New Wave Prom, and more happenings from May 31-June 2.
- Blogs, Bleader May 3, 2016
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Record fiend Ian Nagoski visits Chicago to talk about century-old imitation birdcalls and antique Ottoman-American 78s
Ian Nagoski of Canary Records specializes in music that tells long-forgotten stories, and he'll share some of it at the U. of C. and Elastic.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 6, 2016
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Still Music founder Jerome Derradji launches a late-night loft series at Elastic
Prepare for this Saturday's inaugural Church of Black Gold loft party with Jerome Derradji's trance-inducing "Acid Nothing."
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 25, 2015
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Causings come to town with abstract free improv you can call on the phone
Brooklyn-based collective Causings play a "call-in" show on WHPK on Friday and a more conventional concert at Elastic on Saturday.
- Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife 2015 Critics' Picks Jun 24, 2015
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Best consequence of a broken HVAC system
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 8, 2015
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Listen to Jonah Parzen-Johnson's solo saxophone and synthesizer fantasias
The Chicago native plays a solo concert Thursday at Elastic.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 18, 2015
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Elastic returns! Photos of the arts nonprofit's handsome new home
Elastic Arts christens its new space with concerts on Thursday and Friday—and augments its preexisting programming with some ambitious new series.
- Blogs, Bleader May 18, 2014
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Reader's Agenda Sun 5/18: Lagunitas Beer Circus, Spring Swap, and Coffins
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, May 18
- Music, Music Sidebar Apr 30, 2014
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Our guide to the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival 2014 (the music part)
Music headliners include Yo La Tengo, disco orchestra Escort, and Goblin soundtracking Suspiria.
