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Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 23, 2020
Reunion Chicago, Slo ’Mo, and Open Television throw a three-night virtual Pride party

Plus: Brent Gutzeit of TV Pow assembles a massive compilation to benefit the fight for racial justice, and rapper Roy Kinsey teases a new single with an all-star cast of Chicago women.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Reunion Chicago, Slo ’Mo, Kristen Kaza, Elijah McKinnon, Open Television, OTV, #4theQulture, 4theQulture, Leaders for a New Chicago, Pride, Lucy Stoole, Drea the Vibe Dealer, Mother Nature, DJ Duane Powell, Thair, Avery R. Young, Brent Gutzeit, TV Pow, Building a Better Reality, Bandcamp, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Black Lives Matter, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Ken Vandermark, I Kong Kult, Al Margolis, Azita Youssefi, Fire-Toolz, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Gel Set, Nick Mazzarella, Tomeka Reid, Joshua Abrams, Michael Zerang, Roy Kinsey, Kinsey: A Memoir, She/Her, remix, Tweak G, Cali Hendrix

Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 16, 2018
Jenny Pulse drops the Spa Moans name (and her lo-fi sound) for the danceable new Marmalade

Plus: Local rapper Calid B brings his second AfroBang mixtape to the stage, and Japanese punks Tsushimamire headline a free show at Cole’s.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Jenny Polus, Jenny Pulse, Spa Moans, Marmalade, Drop Medium, Empty Bottle, Gel Set, Profligate, Z. Soniat, Calid Bowen, Calid B, AfroBang, AfroBang 2: Son of Sogolon, Bourbon on Division, Lulu Be, Jay Swifa, Skoli, Bonita Appleblunt, Tsushimamire, Night and Morning, Cole’s, Vamos, Luke Henry

Music, Music Feature Jul 25, 2018
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Whitney Johnson works to remystify music as Matchess

The Chicago violist, singer, and organist completes the Matchess Trilogy with the occult healing songs of the new Sacracorpa.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, Whitney Johnson, Matchess, Sacracorpa, Trouble in Mind, Circuit des Yeux, Haley Fohr, Gel Set, Simulation, Laura Callier, Natalie Chami, TALsounds, Verma, 1900s, Notes & Scratches, Via Tania, Lia Kohl, Mocrep, University of Chicago, Ryley Walker, Bitchin Bajas, Flux Bikes, Oozing Wound, Matchess Trilogy, Somnaphoria, Seraphastra, Digitalis, Monofonus Press, The Rafter, Austin Osman Spare, sigil, sigilization, International Museum of Surgical Science, Lea Bertucci, Sarah Davachi, kishōtenketsu, Whitney Allen, Surfactant, Mopery, Mortville, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Jan 29, 2018
Chicago rapper the Boy Illinois headlines his first show since dropping the triumphant Windy EP

Plus: Three current and former Chicagoans set a piece of Finnegans Wake to music, and the Ag47 Collective kicks off its 2018 program with a Cafe Mustache fund-raiser.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, The Boy Illinois, Windy, Wire, YP, Rico Recklezz, Pivot Gang, Saba, Frsh Waters, Priority Records, Born Leaders, Illanoize, Adam Ness, London Lo, Tynece Allen, Vo, Waywords and Meansigns, Finnegans Wake, James Joyce, Phil Minton, Mike Watt, Sally Timms, Brian Costello, Laura Callier, Lulu Callier, Gel Set, Bill MacKay, Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble, Ag47, fund-raiser, Cafe Mustache, Staring Problem, Pledge Drive, Bev Rage & the Drinks

Blogs, Bleader Nov 14, 2017
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Laura Callier of Gel Set makes a return visit from LA to support the new Body Copy

On Gel Set's Body Copy, Laura Callier tackles loneliness and alienation with her usual wit and sophistication—and lots of goofy puns.
- By Brian Costello
- Tags: Do This, Music, Gel Set, Body Copy, Laura Callier, Lulu Callier, Laura "Lulu" Callier, Los Angeles, 2MR Records, Rob Sevier, Odds, Bounce, Don't You Miss Me?, Sex Numerals, Empty Bottle, Koreatown, Spa Moans, Jenny Polus, Jason Ogawa, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Aug 23, 2016
Simulation celebrate a new tape at ESS’s Summersonic festival

Plus: Tortoise drummer John Herndon and artist Jennifer Gutowski marry at Rainbo, and Bric-a-Brac Records takes over East Room for Scummer Slam 2016.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Eye Vybe Records, Simulation, Nalumbanet, Whitney Johnson, Matchess, Laura Callier, Lulu Callier, Gel Set, ESS, Experimental Sound Studio, Summersonic, Avery Young, Melina Ausikaitis, Homme, John Herndon, tattoo, Tortoise, Jennifer Gutowski, married, wedding, Rainbo Club, Bric-a-Brac Records, Scummer Slam, Wet Wallet, Tweens, Savage Beliefs, Goethe Elementary School, Keith Herik, Gina Herzik

Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 21, 2016
Laura Callier of Gel Set joins the wagon train to LA

Plus: Manhole hosts the midwest’s biggest queer hip-hop showcase, and Mama return with a revamped lineup.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Laura Callier, Gel Set, Simulation, God Vol. 1, Savage Smyth, Rainbo, Los Angeles, Manhole, H.W.A, Big Dipper, Cazwell, Kaycee Ortiz, Mister Wallace, Cazwell, Rica Shay, Mama, Chris DeArcangelis, Joe Montanaro, Dan Rico, Matt Dudzik, Reed’s Local, Door No. 3, Too Good to Be True, Maximum Pelt, HoZac

Music, In Rotation May 10, 2016
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Laura Callier of Gel Set on her sideways tribute to Prince

Plus: Hideout talent buyer Sullivan Davis on a surprise from a new favorite label, the Reader’s Kevin Warwick on a hardcore band that’s very disappointed in you, and more
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: In Rotation, Nails, You Will Never Be One of Us, Nuclear Blast, Horse Lords, Interventions, Baltimore, Toward the Omega Point, Savages, Metro, Jehnny Beth, I Am Here, Sullivan Davis, Hideout, Rex, Low, Codeine, Tindersticks, Scott Tuma, Earring, Kara-Lis Coverdale, LXV, Sirens, Nadia Reid, Listen to Formation Look for the Signs, Scissor Tail, Laura Callier, Gel Set, Simulation, God Vol 1, Gqom Oh!, The Sound of Durban, Selena Gomez, Hands to Myself, Max Martin, Prince, The Song Machine Inside the Hit Factory, John Seabrook, Gone Girl, soundtrack, Trent Reznor, Hard Copy, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Jan 20, 2016
The Palace Film Festival hosts two days of experimental music and movies

Plus: Derrick Carter reissues Sweetened—No Lemon, and Louder Than a Bomb celebrates a new mixtape at Metro.
- By Leor Galil and J.R. Nelson
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Palace Film Festival, Studebaker Theater, Johalla Projects, Anna Cerniglia, Heather Gabel, Hide, Robert Stockwell, Misunderstood, Asia Argento, Jim Magas, Three Legged Race, Olivia Block, Noah Leger, Derrick Carter, Sweetened No Lemon, Sound Patrol, Organico, Arts & Labour, Lykanthea, Oakeater, Pod Blotz, Sich Mang, Gel Set, Louder Than a Bomb, WBEZ, Vocalo, Young Chicago Authors, Winter Block Party, Jamila Woods, Ravyn Levae, Kweku Collins, Ric Wilson

Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 28, 2015
Pilsen welcomes another new record shop

Plus: The Golden Horse Ranch Band hosts Haunted Honky Tonk Karaoke, and Gel Set scores "The Fall of the House of Usher."
- By Leor Galil and J.R. Nelson
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, 606 Records, Pilsen, Golden Horse Ranch Band, Haunted Honky Tonk Karaoke, Sally Timms, Janet Bean, Big Sadie, Elise Bergman, Growing Power, Gel Set, Laura "Lulu" Callier, Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher, Jean Epstein

Blogs, Bleader Sep 10, 2015
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Self-described 'outsider torch singer' Mary Ocher performs at Analogue tonight

With her wild, self-possessed, uncategorizable music, Mary Ocher has made fans of King Khan and Karen O.
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Do This, Music, Free Shit, 12 O'Clock Track, Mary Ocher, Analogue, Gel Set, Eden, The Fictional Biography of Mary Ocher, Berlin, King Khan, Karen O, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 29, 2015
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.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Riot Fest Presents, Rock Sin Anestesia, Metronome, Star Events, Ruido Fest, Pilsen, Addams Park, Mexico City, Cafe Tacvba, Ozomatli, Kinky, Radar Eyes, Ultimate Painting, Negative Scanner, Gel Set, Township, Hideout, Sun Splitter, Walking Bicycles, Killwave, Death by Distortion, Carried by Currents, Republic of Lights, Vaya, Stay Rad Forever, Young Camelot, Oshwa, Foul Tip

Blogs, Bleader Apr 28, 2015
N.i.c.o.l.e. and Gel Set have united on a quest to make shadowy dance jams

Listen to the house-tinged debut song from Chicago duo God Vol. 1.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Paranormal, Music, Nicole Ginelli, Laura Callier, God Vol. 1, Gel Set, Second House, Fielded

Blogs, Bleader Feb 6, 2015
DryHop Brewers and art-pop trio Moritat celebrate together at the Empty Bottle

Moritat's free Monday release party for the High Plus Tight EP doubles as a DryHop tap takeover featuring a lovely wheat IPA of the same name.
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: Beer and Metal, Music, Food & Drink, Beer and Metal, beer, metal, DryHop, DryHop Brewers, Moritat, Empty Bottle, Chandeliers, Gel Set, High Plus Tight, Shark Meets Hipster, Feeling That Surrounds, Saazquatch, Tart Down for What, Hell With the Lid On, Brant Dubovick, Adrian Vidaurre, Venus Sabay, Venus Laurel, Konstantin Jace

Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 17, 2013
Gossip Wolf: Hollywood Holt joins Beyonce and Andre 3000 on the Great American Soundtrack

Plus: A sophomore effort from synth-popper Fielded and toil and trouble from dirt-rock trio Lil Tits
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Baz Luhrmann, The Great Gatsby, Amy Winehouse, Andre 3000, Beyonce, Treated Crew, Hollywood Holt, Alfonso Mayen, Le Fonz, Fielded, Lindsay Powell, South by Southwest, Ninety Thirty Thirty, Genesis, Gel Set, Macbeth, Lil Tits, Rat Mansion//Do It Til You Puke, Electrical Audio, Frightwig, Flipper, Record Breakers, Reggie's Rock Club

Blogs, Bleader Feb 7, 2013
Handlebar celebrates ten years with a showcase of musical staff members

The excellent restaurant celebrates a decade of business with its talented and musical staff.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Do This, Things I Love, Music, Handlebar, anniversary, Pink Frost, Apteka, the Runnies, Touched by Ghoul, Old Black & Blue Eyes, Melina Ausikatis, Gel Set, Empty Bottle, mac and cheese

Arts & Culture, Valentine's Day Feb 7, 2013
Valentine's Day Guide 2013

Our picks for the best places to be on the most romantic day of the year
- Tags: Chicago Reader's Guide to Valentine's Day, Allium, Kevin Hickey, Baume & Brix, Thomas Elliott Bowman, Ben Roche, Bistronomic, Martial Noguier, Boka, Giuseppe Tentori, Cafe des Architectes, Greg Biggers, Cafe Selmarie, Cantina Laredo, Cyrano's Farm Kitchen, Deleece, Henri, Christopher Gawronski, Ing, Moto, Jerry's Andersonville, Maison Brasserie, Perry Hendrix, MK, Nacional 27, Pizza Rustica, Prasino Wicker Park, Quince, Andy Motto, Sepia, Andrew Zimmerman, Slurping Turtle, Takashi Yagihashi, Tavernita, Zocalo, Animal Attractions Breakfast, baby gorillas, Chicago Gay Men's Chorus, Deep Love, Drake Hotel, ComedySportz Valentine's Weekend Celebration, Dateless on Division: A Six Bar Valentine's Day PubCrawl, Duets for My Valentine, Chicago Dance Crash, Athenaeum Theatre, French With Me 3, Strangeloop Theater, I Love You I Think, Tom Robison Gallery, Chicago Theatre Week, Jesse Garon Presley & the Branson Family, Dead Native, Dana Lynn & the Dirty Creeps, Indiana Bandana, Double Door, Let's Make Out Stories of Awkward Love, Webster's Wine Bar, Letters/X, Apollo Theater, Don't Fret, Johalla Projects, Make Up Make Out, Reuben Wu, Ladytron, Perfect Kiss, Heaven Malone, Beauty Bar, Nerds at Heart Love Fest, Rebel Bar, Pink Frost, Runnies, Touched by Ghoul, Melina Ausikaitis, Old Black & Blue Eyes, Gel Set, Project Onward, Vamos, Rabble Rabble, the Owl, Logan Square, The Whistler, White Mystery, Absolutely Not, Twin Peaks, Post Honeymoon, Schubas

Music, Gossip Wolf Feb 6, 2013
Gossip Wolf: Pitchfork predictions, round two

Plus: Two Loose Dudes' new group, the next Synthesizer-Chili Cook-Off, and more
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Pitchfork Music Festival, Belle & Sebastian, Bjork, R.Kelly, Tame Impala, Yamantaka//Sonic Titan, Screaming Females, the Breeders, Neurosis, Luca Cimarusti, Basic Cable, Loose Dudes, Ryan Duggan, Matthew Hord, Hamm's, the Burlington, Beau Wanzer, Brett Naucke, Elon Katz, White Car, Streetwalker, Future Fusion, Cititrax, The Visitor, Nihilist, Synthesizer-Chili Cook-Off, Eric Hanss, John Brearley, Laura Callier, Gel Set, Rolan Vega, Juggalo Day

Blogs, Bleader Jan 9, 2013
Reader's Agenda Wed 1/9: The Dude and the 'Cus, Gel Set record-release party, and the Chicago Composers Orchestra

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, January 9, 2013
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Lincoln Hall, The 3 Penny Was Here, The Big Lebowski, High Fidelit, John Cusack, Wicker Park, Laura Callier, Gel Set, Empty Bottle, Microsoftcore XXXCell, Magic Key, Matchess, Sarah Weis, The Chicago Composers Orchestra, Garfield Park Conservatory, Lawrence Axelrod, J. Lawrie Bloom

Blogs, Bleader Jan 7, 2013
Best shows to see: Robbie Fulks, Omer Avital, Gel Set

A genre-challenging residency, eloquent jazz, and intoxicating experimental pop
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Do This, Music, Justin Bieber, Robbie Fulks, Omer Avital & His Band of the East, Gel Set

Blogs, Bleader Jul 3, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Tue 7/3

What's on the Agenda for Tuesday, July 3 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Lincoln Hall, Mahogany, Windy & Carol, Kevin Warwick, Gel Set, South Loop, Shrine, Dead Prez, Illuminati Congo, Rocket, Gizzae, Logan Square, Queenchers Saloon

Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 12, 2012
Gossip Wolf: Dormant no more

After four years Volcano! finally releases a new album. Plus: A changing of the Rabble, news from How to Dress Well, and more
- By Jessica Hopper and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Volcano!, Aaron With, How to Dress Well, Tom Krell, Rabble Rabble, Todd McCafrey, Andrew Kettering, Night Dreams, Chemtrails, Gel Set, Panicsville, Josh Burke, Positive Shadow

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