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- Music, Gossip Wolf May 5, 2020
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YouTube-famous Blue Line busker Ashley Stevenson drops her first studio album
Plus: Dirt-rock ragers Hitter release their debut full-length, and indie-pop six-piece Spun Out share a single fit for future dance floors.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 2, 2019
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John Corbett celebrates his latest book with free barbecue and fantastic bands
Plus: Self-described “Bruce jazz” trio Poplife play a farewell-for-now show, and drummer Spencer Tweedy drops an EP as a front man.
- Music, Gossip Wolf May 16, 2018
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The Chicago Zine Fest celebrates publishing by the people
Plus: Bloodiest and Luggage play to benefit the Clinic Vest Project at Rainbo, and local dirt-rock supergroup Hitter drop their first track.
- Music, In Rotation Mar 20, 2018
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Adam Luksetich of Foul Tip on his contrarian pick for best country album ever
Plus: Hanna Hazard from Lil Tits on father-and-sons Wisconsin rock band Solid Freex, Luca Cimarusti from the Reader on a bargain-bin banger from a departed Yes bassist, and more
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 6, 2017
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The gig poster of the week is a topsy-turvy treat
This week's featured gig poster was designed by local artist Ryan Duggan for the Tinkerbelles record release show.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 1, 2017
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Electric brains on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by local artist Josh Davis of Dead Meat Design.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 22, 2017
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Meat Wave return with the brash, self-loathing ‘Bad Man’
Meat Wave's brand-new third album, The Incessant, includes the self-hating breakup song "Bad Man."
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 1, 2016
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Grungy local supergroup Lifestyles drop their debut album
Plus: Sooper Records launches with a self-titled 12-inch by Man Without a Head, and producer Nunca Duerma releases the full-length Ven Ahora.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 23, 2016
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Foul Tip pumps iron on the gig poster of the week
This week's gig poster was designed by local artist Ryan Duggan for Foul Tip's record-release show.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 17, 2016
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Chicago postpunk duo Foul Tip tease their debut full-length with a new video
Foul Tip's first full-length, Forever Drifting, comes out at the end of the month.
- Music, Music Feature May 18, 2015
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Haley Fohr bursts her own bubble in Circuit des Yeux
On the new In Plain Speech, the local singer-songwriter opens her hermetic music to the outside world—and brings on a bigger, more colorful cast of collaborators than ever before.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 29, 2015
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Ruido Fest brings three days of Latin alternative music to Addams Park this summer
Plus: Chicago rockers Radar Eyes play a farewell show while Killwave and Vaya celebrate new releases.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 25, 2015
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Noisy indie rockers Geronimo! take their last leap
Plus: The Silver Room moves to Hyde Park, Boiler Room Chicago honors Frankie Knuckles, and more.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 10, 2014
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Reader premiere: Exhausted, the debut LP from noise-rock group Den
An exclusive stream of the interstellar weirdo-noise LP
- Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 5, 2014
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Local label Maximum Pelt throws a release party for three of its bands
Plus: London dance imprint Lobster Theremin reissues Chicago Jim, and Teklife producer Boylan drops a bunch of new tracks.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jul 2, 2014
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Gossip Wolf: Walking Bicycles gear up for their first LP in five years
Plus: New trio Lifestyles forms from members of three beloved local bands, and Johnny Love releases more nu-industrial as Deathface.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 13, 2014
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Local duo Foul Tip plays for free on Saturday
Foul Tip are experts at minimalism.