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Music, Music Feature Feb 15, 2019
How to support the local music scene without leaving your nice, warm home

Even when winter weather and winter malaise raise the bar for going out, you can still play an important role in sustaining DIY Chicago music.
- By Madeline Happold
- Tags: Music Feature, DIY music, underground music, winter, support, DIY Chicago, Zigtebra, Emily Rose, Midwest Action, Dark Circles Records, Chris Lee, Tommy Carroll, Pitchfork Midwinter, polar vortex, Bandcamp, Spotify, merch, Alyssa Welch, Joslyn Vosta, Kickstand Productions

Music, Music Feature May 30, 2018
Does Chicago have too many music festivals?

Lollapalooza’s ticket sales have slowed, and Reggae Fest and Chicago Open Air are canceled—are these the growth pangs of a healthy but crowded ecosystem, or is a crash on the way?
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Lollapalooza, Pitchfork, Pitchfork Music Festival, Hideout Block Party, Chicago Open Air, Ruido Fest, Riot Fest, North Coast Music Festival, Chosen Few Picnic, Chosen Few Picnic & Festival, music festivals, festival, festivals, bubble, crash, downturn, Michael Berg, Silver Wrapper, Silver Wrapper Productions, Brian Griffin, React Presents, Spring Awakening Music Festival, Addams/Medill Park, Union Park, Douglas Park, Pat Grumley, Alan King, Jackson Park, Lucas King, Adam Krefman, Mike Petryshyn, Mike Reed, Matt Rucins, Mamby on the Beach, Oakwood Beach, Tim Tuten, Katie Tuten, Hideout, Max Wagner, Metronome, Ed Warm, Joe’s on Weed Street, Joe’s Live, Windy City Smokeout, Chuck Wren, Reggae Fest Chicago, Fyre Fest, Aahh! Fest, Common Ground Foundation, Tamara Brown, Pemberton Festival, IowaStock, Karoondinha, UpNorth Music & Arts Festival, Get in It MusicFest, Chicago Blues Festival, Chicago Jazz Festival, Chicago House Music Festival, Wicker Park Fest, West Fest, All Tomorrow’s Parties, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Danny Wimmer Presents, C3, Taste of Randolp, Siren Music Festival, Eduardo Calvillo, Congress Theater, Humboldt Park, Hip-Hop Summerfest, Country LakeShake, Live Nation, Subterranean, Beat Kitchen, Robert Gomez, Kickstand Productions, Optimum Events, John Ugolini, Sean P. McKeough

Music, Gossip Wolf Jan 17, 2017
This weekend’s No Walls benefit helps Chicagoans help the people in Trump’s crosshairs

Plus: Bobby Conn answers the inauguration with two sets at the Hideout, and the Whistler launches a free music service.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, No Walls, No Walls: A Benefit for Marginalized Chicago Communities, Beat Kitchen, Geronimno!, Kelly Johnson, Kickstand Productions, John Ugolini, iO Chicago, Jennifer Cumberworth, Troubled Hubble, the Avantist, No Men, Mother Nature, Chicago House, Thresholds, Howard Brown Health, Chicago Women’s Health Center, Bobby Conn, Superband, Inauguration Special, Monica BouBou, Hideout, Billie Howard, Devin Davis, Josh Johannpeter, Jim “Dallas” Cooper, Marvin Tate, the Whistler, the Weekly Free, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Matchess, Elliot Bergman, Wild Belle

Music, In Rotation Jan 10, 2017
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Shane Merrill of Empire Productions on 2016’s best throwback metal

Plus: John Ugolini of Kickstand Productions on the band he needed when he was 13, the Reader’s Kevin Warwick on the Uranium Club’s cynical postpunk, and more
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: In Rotation, Uranium Club, The Minneapolis Uranium Club Band, All of Them Naturals, Bohannon, Hamilton Bohannon, Dakar, Stop & Go, Keep On Dancin’, The Hard Times, Shane Merrill, Empire Productions, Striker, Stand in the Fire, Edmonton, Boss Keloid, Herb Your Enthusiasm, MeTV 87.7 FM, John Ugolini, Kickstand Productions, Slits, Viv Albertine, Tony Molina, Dissed and Dismissed, Confront the Truth, The Ghost Planet, Frank Okay, Township, Video

Music, In Rotation Aug 9, 2016
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Kittyhawk’s Kate Grube on sassy Japanese math-rock

Plus: Peggy Fioretti of Kickstand Productions on the perfect doo-wop group, Reader writer Leor Galil on a mixtape that bottles the magic of summer, and more
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: In Rotation, Noname, Telefone, Noname Gypsy, After School Matters, Generic 2007 Pop Song, Bojack Horseman, Jeremy Enigk, Beat Kitchen, Sunny Day Real Estate, How It Feels to Be Something On, Kate Grube, Kittyhawk, Tricot, Kabuku, Nichijo_Seikatsu, Japan, Mariah Carey, Emotions, MTV Unplugged, #OurMusicMyBody, Between Friends, Rape Victim Advocates, domestic violence, abuse, Peggy Fioretti, Kickstand Productions, Bighand//Bigknife, Winner’s Cup, The Platters, doo-wop, Pinegrove, Audiotree Live, Video

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How to support the local music scene without leaving your nice, warm home

Even when winter weather and winter malaise raise the bar for going out, you can still play an important role in sustaining DIY Chicago music.

Does Chicago have too many music festivals?

Lollapalooza’s ticket sales have slowed, and Reggae Fest and Chicago Open Air are canceled—are these the growth pangs of a healthy but crowded ecosystem, or is a crash on the way?

This weekend’s No Walls benefit helps Chicagoans help the people in Trump’s crosshairs

Plus: Bobby Conn answers the inauguration with two sets at the Hideout, and the Whistler launches a free music service.

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Shane Merrill of Empire Productions on 2016’s best throwback metal

Plus: John Ugolini of Kickstand Productions on the band he needed when he was 13, the Reader’s Kevin Warwick on the Uranium Club’s cynical postpunk, and more

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Kittyhawk’s Kate Grube on sassy Japanese math-rock

Plus: Peggy Fioretti of Kickstand Productions on the perfect doo-wop group, Reader writer Leor Galil on a mixtape that bottles the magic of summer, and more

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How to support the local music scene without leaving your nice, warm home

Even when winter weather and winter malaise raise the bar for going out, you can still play an important role in sustaining DIY Chicago music.

Does Chicago have too many music festivals?

Lollapalooza’s ticket sales have slowed, and Reggae Fest and Chicago Open Air are canceled—are these the growth pangs of a healthy but crowded ecosystem, or is a crash on the way?

This weekend’s No Walls benefit helps Chicagoans help the people in Trump’s crosshairs

Plus: Bobby Conn answers the inauguration with two sets at the Hideout, and the Whistler launches a free music service.

Video Shane Merrill of Empire Productions on 2016’s best throwback metal

Plus: John Ugolini of Kickstand Productions on the band he needed when he was 13, the Reader’s Kevin Warwick on the Uranium Club’s cynical postpunk, and more

Video Kittyhawk’s Kate Grube on sassy Japanese math-rock

Plus: Peggy Fioretti of Kickstand Productions on the perfect doo-wop group, Reader writer Leor Galil on a mixtape that bottles the magic of summer, and more

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Shane Merrill of Empire Productions on 2016’s best throwback metal

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Kittyhawk’s Kate Grube on sassy Japanese math-rock