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Music, Music Feature Dec 10, 2020
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Will Bloodshot Records stay in the saddle?

Internal strife, unpaid royalties, and the looming possibility of a sale have forced the venerable Chicago indie label to a crossroads.
- By Mark Guarino
- Tags: Music Feature, Bloodshot Records, Eric Babcock, Rob Miller, Nan Warshaw, insurgent country, country music, Ryan Adams, #MeToo, sexual harassment, royalties, sale, Lydia Loveless, Robbie Fulks, Jon Langford, Waco Brothers, Texas Rubies, Sundowners, Ha Ha Tonka, Nina Stiener, For a Life of Sin: A Compilation of Insurgent Chicago Country, Freakwater, Old 97’s, Neko Case, Sadies, Blacks, Trailer Bride, Split Lip Rayfield, Alejandro Escovedo, Crash Palace, Flying Fish, Blind Pig, Justin Townes Earle, Luke Winslow-King, Laura Jane Grace, Sarah Shook, Mark Panick, Anthony Nguyen, Graham Parker, Bottle Rockets, Cordero, Al Scorch, Cory Branan, Kathie Russell, Jason Hawk Harris, Stephen Ma, Keith Bernstein, Royalty Review Council, Video

Music, Music Feature Nov 4, 2020
Bandcamp Friday soldiers on

The nation may be diseased and broken, but you can still use your music dollars to do a small kindness for artists and labels.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Bandcamp, Bandcamp day, Bandcamp Friday, Angry Blackmen, Jim Baker, Keefe Jackson, and Julian Kirshner, Nate Barksdale, BBsitters Club, Bless the Mad, Brandy, Chris Connelly and Jessica Gallo, Contorno, Cordoba, Crippled Black Phoenix, Food House, Fraxiom, Gabriel Garzón-Montano, Zachary Good and Lia Kohl, Laura Jane Grace, Growing Concerns Poetry Collective, Mary Halvorson’s Code Girl, Judith Hamann, Loraine James, Mohawk Johnson, Rich Jones & Montana Macks, Adrianne Lenker, Lifeguard, Molasses, Mooner, Sen Morimoto, Mr. Bungle, Aquiles Navarro & Tcheser Holmes, Tawny Newsome & Bethany Thomas, No Slogan, Nonlocal Forecast, Optic Sink, Lama Lobsang Palden and Jim Becker, Pallbearer, Pool Holograph, Frankie “Hollywood” Rodriguez, Secret Drum Band, Shamir, Sheet Ghosts, Matthew Shipp Trio, Spirit Adrift, Star, Dayna Stephens Quartet, Sumac, Sun Ra Arkestra, Tricky, Jeff Tweedy, The Twilite Tone, Quattracenta, Distort Midwest 2020, Mini MIDI Mixtape, New Neighborhoods, Verbal Kent & the Other Guys

Music, Music Review Oct 16, 2020
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Laura Jane Grace grapples with modern times on the urgent, stripped-down Stay Alive
- By Monica Kendrick
- Tags: Music Review, Polyvinyl Records, Laura Jane Grace, Stay Alive, Against Me!, Devouring Mothers, pandemic, COVID-19, Steve Albini, Electrical Audio, Recommended

City Life, Public Service Announcement Oct 16, 2020
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Pop out for some pop-ups

Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Public Service Announcement, Cobra Lounge, Jeppson's, Malort, Heaven Malone, The Shining, Room 237, Chicago Craft: a Collective Grip, Chicago Craft, tattoos, Laura Jane Grace, Against Me!, Morgan Manufacturing, Morgan MFG, West Loop, Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism, Chicago Review of Books, 50-50 All Souls to the Polls, voting, Ten Minutes to Midnight, Dance Center of Columbia College, Video

Music, Concert Preview Nov 2, 2018
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Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers lay out their cards on Bought to Rot
- By Monica Kendrick
- Tags: Concert Preview, Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers, Laura Jane Grace, Bought to Rot, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Dec 2, 2016
Renegade Holiday Craft Fair, Marc Maron, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

The Nutcracker, Krampusfest, and other happenings from December 2-4
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Mark Bazer, The Interview Show, Hideout, Laura Jane Grace, Women & Children First, Honey, Same Planet Different World Dance Theatre, Dovetail Studios, Renegade Holiday Craft Fair, Bridgeport Art Center, Krampusfest, Martyrs, Michael Lenehan, Book Cellar, Marc Maron, the Vic, Reindeer Crawl, D.S. Tequila, Moscow Ballet, The Nutcracker, Rosemont Theater, Stephanie Izard, Daniel Biss, Patrick Klepek, Vice

Arts & Culture, Book Review Nov 30, 2016
Laura Jane Grace writes for her rights

Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock’s Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout is the Against Me! singer’s engrossing chronicle of her turbulent life: as a musician, as an anarchist, and as a transgender human being.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Book Review, Laura Jane Grace, Against Me!, Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout, Heather Gabel, Dan Ozzi, Thomas James Gabel, Rolling Stone magazine, anarchy, anarcho-punk, Poison Girls, Crass, Profane Existence, Alkaline Trio, LGBTQ issues

Blogs, Bleader Jun 15, 2016
Where and when to celebrate Pride in Chicago

How Chicago's LGBTQ community is stepping up to celebrate post-Orlando.
- By KT Hawbaker
- Tags: Arts, Do This, LGBT, Pride, LGBTQ, Dyke March, Pride Parade, Queer, Drag, Against Me!, Laura Jane Grace, Metro, Anna Pulley, Women & Children First Bookstore, Back Lot Bash, Lisa Loeb, Taryn Manning, Gina Yashere, Pride Fest, Jordin Sparks, Dumblonde, Daya, Halsted, Field Museum, Out in the Field, Proud to Run, Center on Halsted, GayCo, Playground Theater, TKO, Lady Bunny, TransMale Beach Party, Hollywood Beach, Jeremy Owens, You’re Being Ridiculous

Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 25, 2014
Critics' Picks
Best Transgender Rock Star

Laura Jane Grace
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best of Chicago 2014, transgender rock star, Laura Jane Grace, Against Me!, Tom Gabel, Thrash Unreal, Riot Fest, Critics' Picks

Arts & Culture, Feature Apr 9, 2014
Chicago's trans advocates, from celebs to social workers

These Chicagoans—recognized on the Trans 100 list—are working to better the lives of trans people.
- By Jake Malooley
- Tags: Feature, Mayne Stage, transgender advocates, transgender advocacy, Trans 100, WeHappyTranscom, Jen Richards, Fallon Fox, Precious Davis, Halsted Street, Center on Halsted, Laura Jane Grace, Against Me!, Riley D. Johnson, DePaul University, Columbia College, Referral Aggregator Database, Trans*H4CK, hackathons, RAD, Loyola University, T.J. Jourian, Viveka Ray-Mazumder, Transformative Justice La Project of Illinois, Invisible to Invincible, Advocate.com, Parker Marie Molloy, Angelica Ross, TransWorks, TransLife Center, Chicago House, Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski, Karin Winslow, Z Jae Williams, Broadway United Methodist Church

Music, Record Roundup Jan 13, 2014
Lil B's 101-track mixtape 05 Fuck Em and 15 more record reviews

Eight Reader writers recommend Don Cherry's joyful collectivist jazz, Against Me!'s transformative arena punk, and Murmur's inscrutable blackened prog, just for starters.
- By Peter Margasak, Leor Galil, Miles Raymer, Bill Meyer, Kevin Warwick, David Whiteis, Kim Kelly, and Philip Montoro
- Tags: Record Roundup, Abyssal, Iron Bonehead, CDs, records, albums, Against Me!, Total Treble, Tom Gabel, Laura Jane Grace, gender, Don Cherry, Caprice, Peter Gutteridge, The Clean, The Chills, Snapper, The Great Unwashed, Haptic, Entr'acte, 540, Lil B, mixtapes, Mariam the Believer, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Andreas Werliin, Mochi Mochi, Mogwai, Sub Pop, Murmur, Season of Mist, black metal, Matthias Vogels, Alex Perkolup, Charlie Werber, Shane Prendiville, Hatology, Polwechsel, Michael Moser, Werner Dafeldecker, Tempel, Prosthetic, Twista, GMG Entertainment, compilations, UDAD, Coral Records Internazionale, Papadon Washington, UDAD, Leo Welch, Big Legal Mess, You Blew It!, Topshelf, Miles Raymer, seapunk, Evan Thomas Weiss

Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 27, 2013
Gossip Wolf: Alex Barnett emits another vaguely creepy drone

Plus: Black Friday music to get you off the couch, a cassette of contemporary-classical collaborations, and more.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Alex Barnett, Oakeater, Mamiffer, Faith Coloccia, Retrieval, Blackest Ever Black, Black Friday, Dumpster, Reckless Records, Wicker Park, Laura Jane Grace, Against Me!, Vic Spencer, Lil Bibby, The Rapping Bastard, Free Crack, Parlour Tapes, *And, Third Coast Percussion, Ensemble dal Niente, Eighth Blackbird, White Mystery, Double Door, Steve Krakow, Plastic Crimewave Sound, Empty Bottle, The Oblivion Programme, Priority Male Tapes

Blogs, Bleader May 9, 2012
Tom Gabel of Against Me! comes out as transgender

Against Me! leader Tom Gabel will become Laura Jane Grace
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Whoa, LGBT, Music, Against Me!, Tom Gabel, Laura Jane Grace, punk, DIY, Rolling Stone, Fat Wreck Chords

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Will Bloodshot Records stay in the saddle?

Internal strife, unpaid royalties, and the looming possibility of a sale have forced the venerable Chicago indie label to a crossroads.

Bandcamp Friday soldiers on

The nation may be diseased and broken, but you can still use your music dollars to do a small kindness for artists and labels.

Recommended
Laura Jane Grace grapples with modern times on the urgent, stripped-down Stay Alive

Video
Pop out for some pop-ups

Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator

Recommended
Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers lay out their cards on Bought to Rot

Renegade Holiday Craft Fair, Marc Maron, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

The Nutcracker, Krampusfest, and other happenings from December 2-4

Laura Jane Grace writes for her rights

Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock’s Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout is the Against Me! singer’s engrossing chronicle of her turbulent life: as a musician, as an anarchist, and as a transgender human being.

Where and when to celebrate Pride in Chicago

How Chicago's LGBTQ community is stepping up to celebrate post-Orlando.

Critics' Picks
Best Transgender Rock Star

Laura Jane Grace

Chicago's trans advocates, from celebs to social workers

These Chicagoans—recognized on the Trans 100 list—are working to better the lives of trans people.

Lil B's 101-track mixtape 05 Fuck Em and 15 more record reviews

Eight Reader writers recommend Don Cherry's joyful collectivist jazz, Against Me!'s transformative arena punk, and Murmur's inscrutable blackened prog, just for starters.

Gossip Wolf: Alex Barnett emits another vaguely creepy drone

Plus: Black Friday music to get you off the couch, a cassette of contemporary-classical collaborations, and more.

Tom Gabel of Against Me! comes out as transgender

Against Me! leader Tom Gabel will become Laura Jane Grace

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Internal strife, unpaid royalties, and the looming possibility of a sale have forced the venerable Chicago indie label to a crossroads.

The nation may be diseased and broken, but you can still use your music dollars to do a small kindness for artists and labels.

Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator

The Nutcracker, Krampusfest, and other happenings from December 2-4

Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock’s Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout is the Against Me! singer’s engrossing chronicle of her turbulent life: as a musician, as an anarchist, and as a transgender human being.

How Chicago's LGBTQ community is stepping up to celebrate post-Orlando.

Laura Jane Grace

These Chicagoans—recognized on the Trans 100 list—are working to better the lives of trans people.

Eight Reader writers recommend Don Cherry's joyful collectivist jazz, Against Me!'s transformative arena punk, and Murmur's inscrutable blackened prog, just for starters.

Plus: Black Friday music to get you off the couch, a cassette of contemporary-classical collaborations, and more.

Against Me! leader Tom Gabel will become Laura Jane Grace

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