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Music, Gossip Wolf May 21, 2019
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.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Malik Muhammad, Musa Reems, Lately I’ve Been Sol Searching 2, Nasim Williams, Occult Powers, Gamma Quietus, Defcee, Godspeed, Musa Mondays, Quarter Juice, Not Know, WNUR, Transference Fest, Elastic, Mukqs, Sharkula, Gun Outfit, Ikue Mori, Bergsonist, Discwoman, WHPK, University of Chicago, Bartlett Quad, Summer Breeze, Summer Breeze 2019: Summa cum Loud!, Negative Scanner, IfIHadAHiFi, Erik Nervous, Wet Wallet, Flesh Panthers, Dumpster Tapes, Holy Roller, Cole’s, Uncle Sexy & the Nephews, Reverse Cowboys

Music, Music Feature May 8, 2019
Demolición makes room in the north-side scene for Latinx rock

Chicago label Dumpster Tapes books this daylong festival because segregation won’t undo itself.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Demolición, Dumpster Tapes, Alex Fryer, Ed McMenamin, Divino Niño, Girl K, Town Criers, Perro Feo, Tenci, Pkng, Auxiliary Art Center, Al Otro Lado, Foam, Latinx, Camilo Medina, Javier Forero, Guillermo Rodriguez, Pierce Codina, Bric-a-Brac Records, Las Piñas, Winspear, Justin Vittori, Paul Cherry, Bruised, Cabrona, Rai, Mia Joy, Elmer Martinez, Flesh Panthers, Gross Pointe, Son of a Gun, Morons, Cut Worms, Cole’s, Empty Bottle, Slippery Slope, Cafe Racer, Michael Santana, Ruido Fest, Alice Bag, Chi-Town Futbol, El Rescate, Puerto Rican Cultural Center, Kathy Patino, Hurricane Maria Community Relief & Recovery Fund, Vida Libre, Latino Policy Forum, Andre Baptista

Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 16, 2019
Impulsive Hearts use their summery pop-rock to raise money for Resilience

Plus: Footwork crew the Era screens short films in Hyde Park, and Avondale bar Reed’s Local celebrates five years with three days of music.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Impulsive Hearts, Danielle Sines, MeToo: A Benefit for Resilience, Resilience, Rape Victim Advocates, Dan Julian, Doug Hoyer, Jess LeMaster, Fallon McDermott, Empty Bottle, Footwork on Film, Harper Theater, Brandon “Manny” Calhoun, Manny Calhoun, Wills Glasspiegel, RP Boo, the Era, footwork, Reed’s Local, Reed’s Fest, Reed’s Fest 2019, Flesh Panthers, Das Dotz, Platinum Boys, Bow & Spear, Mama, Lasers and Fast and Shit, No Men, Salvation, Jen & the Dots

Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 7, 2017
The Green Music Fest catches Dave Mata’s Royal Hands

Plus: Do312 brings back its Rock ’n’ Roll Market, and Bric-a-Brac Records celebrates four years.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Impala Sound Champions, Royal Hands Sound System, Green Music Fest, Do312, Rock ’n’ Roll Market, Bric-a-Brac Records, anniversary, fourth anniversary, Wad, Negative Scanner, Sweet Cobra, Jimmy the Undertaker, Ryan Duggan, White Mystery, Flesh Panthers, Ludwig Drums, Girls Rock! Chicago, Eye Vybe Records, Dead Meat Design, Kokorokoko, East Room, Dave Mata, Chicago DJ All-City Assembly, Teklife, DJ Phil, DJ Manny, Sonorama, Charly Garcia, Eddy Baca, Simmer Down Sound, Nic the Graduate, King Tony, Jocelyn Brown, DJ Clerical Error, Vocalo, Jill Hopkins

Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 4, 2017
Logan Bay loses half a leg to a driver, keeps programming WLPN from his hospital bed

Plus: CHIRP holds its 15th annual Record Fair, and Seth Vanek moves The Therapy Sessions to Constellation for a one-off birthday party.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Logan Bay, Gutter Butter DJs, Lumpen Radio, WLPN, station director, injury, accident, Cook County Hospital, Ed Marszewski, fund-raiser, CHIRP Record Fair, CHIRP Radio, Plumbers Hall, Beat Drun Juel, Flesh Panthers, Avery Young, Seth Vanek, The Therapy Sessions, anniversary, Hungry Brain, Constellation, The Seth Show, Tonight!, Roommate, Kent Lambert, Ameya Pewar, Rebecca O’Neal, Akenya

Music, Music Feature Dec 22, 2016
Five local labels that had excellent years in 2016

These modest Chicago operations have gotten so good at what they do that they’re shaping music scenes far and wide.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Feature, Not Normal Tapes, the Bug, Ralph Rivera, Infestational, Baus, Quailbones, hardcore, Maximum Pelt, Basement Family, Swear Beam, Lifestyles, Flesh Panthers, Dan Rico, Chives, Magic Ian, Trouble in Mind, Bill Roe, Lisa Roe, Alto!, the Hecks, Omni, Deluxe, record labels, Hausu Mountain, Doug Kaplan, Max Allison, Tiger Village, Tim Thornton, Mukqs, TALsounds, Natalie Chami, Quicksails, Ben Billington, Closed Sessions, Alex Fruchter, Mike Kolar, Kweku Collins, Nat Love, Jamila Woods, Heavn, Oddcouple, DJ Rude One, hip-hop, soul, Krautrock, garage rock

Blogs, Bleader Nov 9, 2016
Video
Chicago punks Flesh Panthers look back and grow up on the country-tinged ‘Let It Die’

Flesh Panthers celebrate their latest album, last month's Willows Weep, tonight at East Room.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, Flesh Panthers, Willows Weep, East Room, Let it Die, 12 O'Clock Track, music, punk, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 9, 2016
Maximum Pelt and Tall Pat Records support Comfort Station with a stacked show at the Logan Square monument

White Mystery, Flesh Panthers, Vamos, Dumpster Babies, and others help raise money for Logan Square arts hub Comfort Station with an outdoor show next Saturday.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Do This, Music, Comfort Station, Maximum Pelt, Tall Pat, Patrick Sullivan, garage, rock, Illinois Centennial Monument, Yolks, Vamos, Dumspter Babies, Vacant Vessel, Wet Piss, Comm To Black, The Bingers, Glyders, White Mystery, Flesh Panthers

Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 6, 2016
Gossip Wolf guesses about the Riot Fest roster

Plus: Skin Graft Records cranks back into action for its 25th anniversary, and Flesh Panthers dig into a new album with a new drummer.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Riot Fest, Douglas Park, Deftones, Thursday, Turnstile, Andrew W.K., Gwar, Biz Markie, American Football, Skin Graft, Skin Graft Records, U.S. Maple, Dazzling Killmen, Melt-Banana, Colossamite, Pre, AIDS Wolf, Mark Fischer, Cellular Chaos, Weasel Walter, Flying Luttenbachers, Arab on Radar, Redeye Worldwide, Flesh Panthers, NGC 2632, Ryan Zombotron, Willows Weep, Maximum Pelt, Mr. Ma’am, Frankie Mars Gunner

Music, Gossip Wolf Dec 2, 2015
Cajmere supercharges the Cultural Center's Wired Fridays series

Plus: Tall Pat Records brings Cuddlestock back for year three, and Scientist release their second album of metal experiments.
- By Leor Galil and J.R. Nelson
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Cajmere, Wired Fridays, Chicago Cultural Center, Riva Starr The Loft EP, Cajual Records, Cuddlestock, Tall Pat Records, Patrick Sullivan, Flesh Panthers, Clearance, The Rubs, Glyders, Scientist band, Yakuza band, Taken by the Sun, Making Ghosts, 10100II00101, Sanford Parker, Minbal, Atlas Moth, Stavros Giannopoulos, Anthony Cwan, Without Waves

Blogs, Bleader Nov 20, 2015
Video
Minneapolis band Fuck Knights bring their skronky trash-punk to the Bottle tonight

The group celebrate the release of a four-way tape with a handful of like-minded locals.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Do This, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Fuck Knights, Empty Bottle, Dumpster Babies, Fire Retarded, Evictions, the Lucks, Flesh Panthers, Sir Gregory Records, Minneapolis, Chicago, punk, garage, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 5, 2015
Grab some records while you rock at East Room this weekend

Do312's Rock 'N' Roll Market pairs three killer Chicago rock bands with folks selling lots of cool wares.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Do This, Music, Rock N' Roll Market, Do312, White Mystery, Flesh Panthers, East Room, Mama, Maximum Pelt, FeelTrip, CHIRP, Teen Witch Fan Club

Music, Record Roundup Jun 2, 2015
Six of the month's best Chicago releases in rock, rap, and dance

Reviews of new music by Flesh Panthers, J Fernandez, Lil Durk, the Singleman Affair, T.B. Arthur, and the Valenteens
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Record Roundup, Flesh Panthers, NGC 2632, Ryan Zombotron, J. Fernandez, Many Levels of Laughter, Justin Fernandez, Lil Durk, Remember My Name, The Singleman Affair, End of the Affair, Dan Schneider, Adam Vida, Sam Wagster, Jacob Smith, Gary Pyskacek, T.B. Arthur, Dubs From the DAT, Steve Mizek, The Valenteens, Fuzzed Out Tone for the Painfully Alone, Kris Di Benedetto, Vince Aguilar

Blogs, Bleader Aug 21, 2014
ElSounds Fest hosts a massive lineup of local music this weekend

Twenty-six bands plus a farewell from Rodeo.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Do This, Music, ElSounds Fest, Chicago Singles Club, Notes & Bolts, Midwest Action, Loud Loop Press, Frontier Psychiatrist, Local Loop, Cafe Mustache, Cole's, free, Absolutely Not, Velocicopter, Rodeo, Peekaboos, Flesh Panthers

Blogs, Bleader Apr 10, 2014
Two huge local festivals happening this weekend

More than 40 local bands are playing two festivals over the weekend.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Do This, Music, Distractions Distortions, Slippery Kingdom Fest, Multikulti, Burlington, festivals, local, punk, garage, metal, the Lemons, Sister Crystals, Flesh Panthers, MTVghosts, Absolutely Not, the Runnies, Post Child, Swimsuit Addition, Hollow Mountain, Wizard Castle, Cokegoat, Dragon Feeder, Cities of the Interior, The Sueves, Vlllage, Melkbelly

Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 5, 2014
Gossip Wolf: A radio remembrance of Da's Lorna Donley

Plus: New music from MC the Buttress and scum punks Flesh Panthers
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Lorna Donley, Da, Harold Washington Library, Empty Bottle, Abbey Pub, the Veil, the Buttress, Jessica Hopper, Inferno, Behind Every Great Man, Daniel Fandino, Critical Distance, Flesh Panthers, Ryan Zombotron, Dumpster Tapes, Dead Boys, Tall Pat Records, Thunderunderus, Jelly Korea, LiveWire Lounge

Blogs, Bleader Oct 3, 2013
Reader's Agenda Thu 10/3: Nick Offerman, At The Threshold, and the Pamphleteers

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, October 3
- By Jillian Sandler
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Nick Offerman, Chicago Theatre, American Ham Tour, University of Chicago, Smart Museum of Art, Constance Lewallen, Karen Moss, "State of Mind: New California Art Circa 1970, " Matt Austin, Codi Ann Thomsen, Hutch Hutchinson, DJ David Lucas Bell, the Pamphleteers, Rebecca Crawford, Jonathan Ben-Isvy, Geoff Atkinson, Hideout, Blasted Diplomats, Flesh Panthers

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Plus: College radio stations WHPK and WNUR fill the weekend with festivals, and Flesh Panthers turn “flower punk” on a new Dumpster Tapes release.

Chicago label Dumpster Tapes books this daylong festival because segregation won’t undo itself.

Plus: Footwork crew the Era screens short films in Hyde Park, and Avondale bar Reed’s Local celebrates five years with three days of music.

Plus: Do312 brings back its Rock ’n’ Roll Market, and Bric-a-Brac Records celebrates four years.

Plus: CHIRP holds its 15th annual Record Fair, and Seth Vanek moves The Therapy Sessions to Constellation for a one-off birthday party.

These modest Chicago operations have gotten so good at what they do that they’re shaping music scenes far and wide.

Flesh Panthers celebrate their latest album, last month's Willows Weep, tonight at East Room.

White Mystery, Flesh Panthers, Vamos, Dumpster Babies, and others help raise money for Logan Square arts hub Comfort Station with an outdoor show next Saturday.

Plus: Skin Graft Records cranks back into action for its 25th anniversary, and Flesh Panthers dig into a new album with a new drummer.

Plus: Tall Pat Records brings Cuddlestock back for year three, and Scientist release their second album of metal experiments.

The group celebrate the release of a four-way tape with a handful of like-minded locals.

Do312's Rock 'N' Roll Market pairs three killer Chicago rock bands with folks selling lots of cool wares.

Reviews of new music by Flesh Panthers, J Fernandez, Lil Durk, the Singleman Affair, T.B. Arthur, and the Valenteens

Twenty-six bands plus a farewell from Rodeo.

More than 40 local bands are playing two festivals over the weekend.

Plus: New music from MC the Buttress and scum punks Flesh Panthers

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, October 3

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