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Music, In Rotation Jun 28, 2019
Video
Veteran singer-songwriter Susan Werner on the future queen of bluegrass

Plus: Musician and artist Scott Montgomery on the very same Susan Werner, Reader coeditor in chief Karen Hawkins on a song to restart your heart, and more
- By Karen Hawkins
- Tags: In Rotation, Jamila Woods, LSD, Heavn, Legacy! Legacy!, Beyoncé, Formation, Ashley Everett, choreography, Hubbard Street Dance, Lizzo, Cuz I Love You, Coconut Oil, Truth Hurts, Susan Werner, James Booker, Dr. John, Harry Connick Jr., Molly Tuttle, bluegrass, The Gun Song, Stephen Sondheim, Assassins, Scott Montgomery, Stooges, Raw Power, Iggy Pop, Can, Lou Reed, Fela Kuti, Video

Music, In Rotation May 2, 2018
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Hank Pearl of Black Pearl Photo on masked Swedish synth masters Priest

Plus: Joshua Hasken of Fernando Doppel on a new record from D’Angelo’s drummer, Jamie Ludwig of the Reader on the one true Godzilla of stoner doom, and more
- By Jamie Ludwig
- Tags: In Rotation, Roadburn Festival, Tilburg, Netherlands, Sleep, The Sciences, Om, High on Fire, LLNN, Deads, Dopesmoker, Priest, New Flesh, Ghost, Judas Priest, Firepower, Rise From Ruins, Spectre, Vaudeville, Reloader, Zeal & Ardor, Manuel Gagneux, Black Pearl Photo, Hank Pearl, Killanthropy, Joshua Hasken, Fernando Doppel, Keith Jarrett, The Köln Concert, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Chris Dave & the Drumhedz, Chris Dave, D’Angelo, Adele, Destiny N Stereo, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 8, 2018
Slideshow
Sons of the Silent Age honored David Bowie’s life and death by playing his Berlin trilogy

Saturday at Metro, actor Michael Shannon joined Sons of the Silent Age for yet another demonstration of the lasting impact of Bowie's work.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Music, Visual Art, David Bowie, Berlin trilogy, Sons of the Silent Age, Chris Connelly, Michael Shannon, Michael Walker, Metro, Low, "Heroes", Lodger, Iggy Pop, Brian Eno, Berlin, cancer, fund-raiser, David Bowie Is, Starman, NorthShore University HealthSystem, benefit, Slideshow

Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 24, 2017
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.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Argot, Steve Mizek, Little White Earbuds, electronic music, record label, Smart Bar, Octo Octa, Hippie Priest, Todd Osborn, fifth birthday, Elastic 68, See It Through, Stolen Kisses, New Paths, Chicago Singles Club, Cole’s, Halloween, Wet Piss, Drases, New Drugs, Vamos, Dan Rico, TRL IRL, Marilyn Manson, Iggy Pop, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Hispanic Federation, Unidos, hurricane relief, Puerto Rico, Topos de Tlaltelolco, Mexico, earthquake rescue, Mute Duo, Sam Wagster, Skyler Rowe, Rash, Father Costume, Elastic, Dmitry Samarov

Film, Movie Review Mar 22, 2017
Recommended
The movie that made heroin fun gets a sequel for a less heroin-friendly time

T2: Trainspotting reunites the Edinburgh junkies from the beloved British black comedy.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Review, T2: Trainspotting, Danny Boyle, Trainspotting, Iggy Pop, Lust for Life, Ewan McGregor, Kevin McKidd, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, Anjela Nedyalkova, Kelly Macdonald, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, heroin addiction, opioid crisis, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Feb 18, 2016
Steppenwolf's The Flick, BoHo Theatre's Fugitive Songs, and 13 more new stage shows

Among the notables: limited runs of Cabaret and the one-man Sancho: An Act of Remembrance at Chicago Shakes
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Adoration of the Old Woman, José Rivera, UrbanTheatre Company, Juan Castañeda, Another Word for Beauty, Andrew Neftalí Perez, Melissa DuPrey, First Floor Theater, The Awake, Ken Urban, Chicago Dramatists, Scott Woldman, Beautiful Autistic, Blueberry Toast, Tympanic Theatre Company, Mary Laws, Cabaret, Kander and Ebb, Roundabout Theatre Company, Randy Harrison, Far From Heaven, Porchlight Music Theatre, Todd Haynes, Douglas Sirk, All That Heaven Allows, Summer Naomi Smart, The Flick, Annie Baker, Steppenwolf Theatre, Dexter Bullard, From These Fatal Loins, Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare, The Ruckus, Derek Van Barham, Christopher Waldron, Jillian Rea, Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen, Fugitive Songs, BoHo Theatre, Zachary L. Gray, Jeffrey Poindexter, Interrogation, Scott Westerman, The Artistic Home, Looking Over the President's Shoulder, Manny Buckley, Alonzo Fields, Lee Daniels, The Butler, James Still, Marc Salem, Marnie & Phil, Actors Gymnasium, Chris Mathews, House Theatre of Chicago, Jeremy Sonkin, Kevin O'Donnell, Malic White, Molly Brennan, Pop Waits, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, Neo-Futurarium, Sancho: An Act of Remembrance, Paterson Joseph, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Shakespeare 400 Chicago

Music, In Rotation Feb 5, 2016
Alexander Fruchter of Closed Sessions on a musical Band-Aid in a fucked-up world

Plus: Hip-hop songwriter Kweku Collins on his favorite album of 2015, the Reader’s Kevin Warwick on Iggy’s perfect pairing with Bowie, and more
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: In Rotation, Negative Scanner, Ambitious People, Trouble in Mind, Rebecca Valeriano-Flores, Iggy Pop, Lust for Life, David Bowie, Ramleh, Circular Time, Alexander Fruchter, Closed Sessions, Beastie Boys, Soundcloud, Spotify, Tidal, Nusiki, Nas, Untitled, Kweku Collins, Tame Impala, Currents, Sade, Future Islands, Pitchfork Music Festival, Samuel T. Herring

Blogs, Bleader Sep 13, 2015
Photos of the Saturday crowd at Riot Fest 2015

Crowd shots from day two of Riot Fest 2015.
- By Jake Malooley
- Tags: Music, Riot Fest, Riot Fest, 2015, day two, Saturday, crowd, Douglas Park, Alison Green, Bobby Talamine, Iggy Pop, System of a Down, Bootsy Collins, Billy Idol, Gwar

Blogs, Bleader Sep 13, 2015
Day two of Riot Fest: Bootsy Collins, alien jizz, and senior citizens kicking everyone's asses

Riot Fest was still muddy and gross on Saturday, but the music—Drive Like Jehu, System of a Down, Rancid, the Damned—made all the slogging around worth it.
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Music, Riot Fest, Riot Fest, Echo and the Bunnymen, Bootsy Collins, Iggy Pop, Drive Like Jehu, Rancid, Merle Haggard, Lifetime, Meat Wave, Joyce Manor, Babes in Toyland, the Damned, System of a Down, Gwar, American Nightmare, Civ, Dead Milkmen, Desaparecidos, Thurston Moore, Billy Idol

Music, Music Feature Sep 9, 2015
A dozen Riot Fest acts in doughnut form

You can blame Drive Like Jehu drummer Mark Trombino and his punny pastry shop for inspiring this foolishness.
- By Leor Galil, Philip Montoro, and Gwynedd Stuart
- Tags: Music Feature, Riot Fest 2015, doughnuts, Riot Fest doughnuts, Drive Like Jehu, Mark Trombino, Gwar, Eagles of Death Metal, Against Me!, Echo & the Bunnymen, Anthrax, Iggy Pop, The Airborne Toxic Event, Less Than Jake, The Dwarves, Ice Cube

Film, Artist on Artist May 12, 2014
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Artist on Artist: Handsome Dick Manitoba of the Dictators NYC talks to Little Richie Speck of Tutu & the Pirates

"I've lived long enough to see what first was an abject failure become an important thing to a lot of people's lives."
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Artist on Artist, Handsome Dick Manitoba, Dictators NYC, Little Richie Speck, Tutu & the Pirates, Ross "the Boss" Friedman, Manowar, Mark "the Animal" Mendoza, Twisted Sister, Andy Shernoff, Wild Kingdom, J.P. "Thunderbolt" Patterson, Daniel Rey, Dave Springer, Joe Losurdo, Chris Tillman, You Weren't There, HoZac Blackout, Go Girl Crazy!, Bruce Springsteen, Little Steven Van Zandt, Sirius XM, Blue Oyster Cult, Sandy Pearlman, MC5, Mad magazine, The Strypes, The Orwells, Fear City, Gerald Ford, Cycle Sluts From Hell, John Varvatos, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, British Invasion, Brian Wilson, Lemmy, Video

Blogs, Bleader Apr 22, 2013
This week's Reader Jukebox update: Hank Williams, Isaac Hayes, and other staff requests

Head over to the Reader's interactive jukebox to hear the latest additions.
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Music, Reader Jukebox Update, Spotify, Buzzcocks, Danger Mouse & Jemini, Laurie Lewis, Hank Williams, CoCoComa, Dorrough Music, the Thermals, the Jam, Big Star, Caveman, Kate Bush, Toussaint, Pilot Band, Iggy Pop, Afghan Whigs, the Pogues, Buffalo Tom, David Bowie, Daniel Johnston, Isaac Hayes, Pretenders, Kurt Vile, Thee Oh Sees

Blogs, Bleader Feb 18, 2013
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A TV Party in a bottle: Revolution Brewing's rye IPA

Revolution has finally bottled TV Party, a fruity rye IPA that's part of its series of beers paying homage to the Repo Man soundtrack.
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: Beer and Metal, Music, Food & Drink, Beer and Metal, beer, metal, Revolution Brewing, TV Party, rye IPA, Black Flag, Repo Man, Smitten, Sierra Nevada, Bell's Brewery, Ruthless Rye, Iggy Pop, Institutionalized, Suicidal Tendencies, Coup D'Etat, Circle Jerks, Rye da Tiger, Three Floyds, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 15, 2012
Backstage tour rider: a holiday listicle

Sometimes you just need a good Malawian orphan
- Tags: $$$, Band Life, Music, Foo Fighters, Iggy Pop, Diplo, Justin Bieber, J. Lo, 50 Cent, Van Halen, Sammy Hagar, Shakira, the Beatles, Cabo Wabo, Dead Dog Island, band life, backstage tour rider, Swedish Fish

Music, Music Feature Sep 12, 2012
Riot Fest goes to the circus

Already a wild ride—with dozens of acts, including Iggy & the Stooges, Elvis Costello, Andrew W.K., and NOFX—Riot Fest's new Humboldt Park incarnation is also an actual carnival
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Feature, Riot Fest, Mike Petryshyn, punk, Nobunny, Adicts, Andrew W.K., Descendents, the Promise Ring, NOFX, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Screaming Females, Elvis Costello, Alkaline Trio, Iggy Pop, Iggy & the Stooges

Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Sep 16, 2010
Fall Arts Guide 2010: Charles Burns & Chris Ware

Best Bet: Lit
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Lit Sidebar, Chris Ware, Charles Burns, The Best American Comics, Art Spiegelman, Iggy Pop, X'ed Out, Acme Novelty Library

Music, Photo Pit Sep 2, 2010
Photo Pit: Iggy & the Stooges

August 29, Riviera Theatre
- By Robert Loerzel
- Tags: Photo Pit, Photo Pit, Robert Loerzel, Chicago concerts, concert photography, Iggy Pop, Iggy & the Stooges, James Williamson, Riviera Theatre

Blogs, Bleader Jul 12, 2010
Video
Suck

The vampire rock comedy "Suck" screens Thursday at Lincoln Hall.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Music, Suck, Jessica Pare, Vampire, rock, Dave Foley, Dmitri Coates, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, Moby, Henry Rollins, Malcolm McDowell, Rob Stefaniuk, Lincoln Hall, Royal We, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 2, 2010
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Local Burroughs doc coming to theaters, PBS

Beastie Boy Adam Yauch's Oscilloscope Laboratories will release local filmmaker Yony Leyser's documentary "William S. Burroughs: A Man Within."
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: LGBT, Lit & Lectures, Film, Music, Books, William Burroughs, William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, Junky, Yony Leyser, A Man Within, Allen Ginsberg, Howl, James Franco, Adam Yauch, Beastie Boys, Oscilloscope Laboratories, Queer, Steve Buscemi, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Sonic Youth, Gus Van Sant, John Waters, James Grauerholz, Lawrence, Kansas, Kansas University, IndieWire, Slamdance, Chicago Movies and Music, Film Festival, CIMMfest, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 27, 2010
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William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

Yony Leyser's documentary "William S. Burroughs: A Man Within" and Thomas Woschitz's "Universalove" open the Chicago International Movies and Music Festival on Thursday, March 4.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Lit & Lectures, Film, Music, Books, William S. Burroughs, Slamdance, A Man Within, Yony Leyser, CIMMfest, Ilko Davidov, Chicago International Movies & Music Festival, Thomas Woschitz, Universalove, Naked Lunch, Junky, Thee Majesty, Penny Arcade, Andy Warhol, superstar, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Patti Smith, John Waters, Iggy Pop, Jello Biafra, Gus Van Sant, Iggy Pop, David Cronenberg, Amiri Baraka, Sonic Youth, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 5, 2010
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Car Insurance Commercials Go Pop

Iggy Pop now literally a corporate puppet
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Iggy Pop, video, horror, capitalism, car insurance, puppet, Video

News & Politics, Our Town Aug 28, 2009
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William Burroughs, Unabridged

Jonathan Leyser works to finish the first documentary covering the literary icon's entire life.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Our Town, Jonathan "Yony" Leyser, Jonathan Leyser, William S. Burroughs, William S. Burroughs: A Man Within, Junky, Queer, Naked Lunch, James Grauerholz, John Waters, Gus Van Sant, Iggy Pop, Laurie Anderson, Jello Biafra, Amiri Baraka, Peter Weller, Yony Leyser, David Cronenberg, Bill Ayers, Anne Waldman, Errol Morris, Hal Willner, Maysles brothers, Elgin Mental Health Center, Northern Illinois University, ThinkArt, Video

Music, Music Review Apr 25, 1996
Power Pop

Iggy Pop
- By Renaldo Migaldi
- Tags: Music Review, Rock, etc., Iggy Pop

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