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Music, Concert Preview Jan 18, 2020
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Experienced punks reintroduce themselves as Canal Irreal
- By Ed Blair
- Tags: Concert Preview, Canal Irreal, Si Somos, postpunk, hardcore, south-side, Martin Sorrondeguy, Limp Wrist, Los Crudos, DIY, Sin Orden, Lengua Armada, Recommended

Music, Music Feature Jun 19, 2019
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How Homocore Chicago propped open the gate for queer punks

Today’s activist bookers face dramatically different hurdles, but Joanna Brown and Mark Freitas gave them all a running start with this 1990s concert series.
- By Micco Caporale
- Tags: Music Feature, Homocore, Homocore Chicago, Mark Freitas, Joanna Brown, Martin Sorrondeguy, Los Crudos, Limp Wrist, Fed Up Fest, Black and Brown Punk Show Collective, Black, Brown, and Indigenous Crew, Czar Bar, Fifth Column, Le Tigre, Bikini Kill, G.B. Jones, J.D.s, Bruce LaBruce, Preston Bradley Center, Pansy Division, Tribe 8, Lunachicks, God Is My Co-Pilot, Heterocide, Fireside Bowl, Empty Bottle, Autonomous Zone, Chris Kellner, Hook Torture, Defibrillator, Adele Bertei, Contortions, Lesley Woods, Au Pairs, Back Porch Video, Steve LaFreniere, SPEW, Team Dresch, Huggy Bear, Sleater-Kinney, Tobi Vail, Combating Latent Inequality Together Fest, CLIT Fest, Isabella Mancini, E. Ornelas, Sheer Queer, Mighty Hoopla, Whole Festival, Go West Fest, queer, Pride, LGBTQ+, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 31, 2017
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The Homocore Chicago series puts its legacy on exhibit for its 25th birthday

Plus: Kenny Childers of Gentleman Caller and author Maryse Meijer pair songs with readings from the stories that inspired them, and Smart Bar hosts 23 hours of continuous DJ sets.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Joanna Brown, Mark Freitas, Homocore Chicago, Defibrillator Gallery, 25th anniversary, Fifth Column, G.B. Jones, Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, Los Crudos, Martin Sorrondeguy, Limp Wrist, Thalia Zedek, Scott Free, God Is My Co-Pilot, Sleater-Kinney, Pansy Division, Jenny Urban, DJ Larissa, Ed Varga, queer, punk, queer punk, Chris Kellner, Jane Danger, Gentleman Caller, Kenny Childers, No One’s Daughter, Heartless, Pilsen Community Books, Maryse Meijer, Smart Bar, 23 Hour Party People, Derrick Carter, Miss Kittin, Robert Hood, Justin Long, Olin, Eris Drew, DJ Heather, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 2, 2017
In their words: How the folks at Fed Up Fest help keep queer punk a ‘community of care’

Everything about this year's Fed Up Fest—the bystander intervention training, the panel discussions on aging in punk, the frenzied yet thoughtful music—manifested the spirit of resistance, hope, and direct action.
- By Ashley Ray-Harris
- Tags: LGBTQ+, Music, Politics, Fed Up Fest, Co-Prosperity Sphere, queer, LGBT, LGBTQ, punk, hardcore, Homocore, Latino, Los Crudos, Limp Wrist, Martin Sorrondeguy, Jes Skolnik, Split Feet, El Rescate, Ono, Travis, Monica Trinidad, For the People Artists Collective, Anthony Wright, Chicago House & Social Service Agency, Mascha, E. Ornelas, Isabella Mancini, Ephran Ramirez, Mariam Bastani, Condenada, Permanent Ruin, Jolene, Blacker Face, Natalie Grace Krueger, Contentious, Pursley, No Men, Eric Strom

Music, Music Feature Jul 26, 2017
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Reviewed: Twista’s disjointed but generous Crook County and 11 more new releases

Seven Reader writers tackle a dozen records, including the long-gestating debut from footwork producer Jana Rush, lost recordings from 60s garage-rock oddballs the Monks, and a riveting solo set from unsung improvising pianist Pat Thomas.
- By Peter Margasak, Leor Galil, Sasha Geffen, Jake Austen, Ben Handelman, Ed Blair, and Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Feature, Jana Rush, Pariah, Objects Limited, Limp Wrist, Facades, Lengua Armada, Twista, Crook County, GMG, Empire, Pat Thomas, The Elephant Clock of Al Jazari, Otoroku, Lal & Mike Waterson, Bright Phoebus, Domino, Booklet, The 100% Rabbit, Jedso, Richard Dawson, Peasant, Weird World, Less Art, Strangled Light, Gilead Media, Thelonious Monk, Liaisons Dangereuses-1960, Japanese Breakfast, Soft Sounds From Another Planet, Dead Oceans, Tau Cross, Pillar of Fire, Relapse, Monks, Hamburg Recordings 1967, Third Man, album reviews, record reviews, new releases, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 30, 2017
The radical queer punks at Fed Up Fest throw a fund-raising Rock Lotto show

Fed Up Fest fights for LGBTQ rights with an anarchic DIY concert where every band drew its lineup out of a hat six weeks ago.
- By Sam Clapp
- Tags: Do This, LGBTQ+, Music, Fed Up Fest, Rock Lotto, E. Ornelas, Isabella Mancini, Limp Wrist, Fed Up Queers, FUQ, ACT UP, Alice Bag, Ono, Travis, Moor Mother, trans, genderqueer, nonbinary, LGBTQ, Filth Fest, Smash It Dead, IntersectFest, Transgress Fest, Break Free Fest, In School, El Rescate, punk, hardcore, queercore, Scatterbrained, TV-14, Elevator Games

Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 15, 2016
CHI PRC celebrates Chicago’s rich history of punk and hardcore

Plus: Quimby’s hosts a talk on documenting DIY culture, and supporters of the Standing Rock Sioux hold a march and fund-raiser in Pilsen.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Chicago Publishers Resource Center, CHI PRC, Flyerside, Flyerside: A Chicago Punk Scene Exhibition, HeWhoCorrupts Inc., Young Chicago Authors, Brown and Proud Press, No Delusions, zines, Quimby’s, Quimby’s Bookstore, Punk Then, Punk Now, Punk Forever: Documenting DIY Culture, Daniel Makagon, Underground: The Subterranean Culture of DIY Punk Shows, David Ensminger, Out of the Basement: From Cheap Trick to DIY Punk in Rockford, Illinois, 1973-2005, Los Crudos, Limp Wrist, Martin Sorrondeguy, NDAPL, Standing Rock Indian Reservation, Standing Rock Sioux, benefit, fund-raiser, National Museum of Mexican Art, Red Line Drum, Speakeasy Press, Karakol Screen Printing Collective, Quese IMC

Music, Music Feature Mar 24, 2016
Video
Time traveling with Martin Sorrondeguy of Los Crudos

Revisiting the legendary hardcore band’s old haunts two decades later provides a miniature history of gentrification and activism in Chicago.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Los Crudos, Limp Wrist, Martin Sorrondeguy, No Delusions, hardcore, Pilsen, Latino, gentrification, Autonomous Zone, A-Zone, Handlebar, Casa Aztlan, Fireside Bowl, Czar Bar, Steven Cergizan, Lengua Armada, Doble LP Discografia, Ruiz Belvis Puerto Rican Cultural Center, Wrigley Side, Mullen’s on Clark, Neurosis, Crass, Nation of Ulysses, Azita Youssefi, Trenchmouth, Scissor Girls, Sludgeworth, Pegboy, Bhopal Stiffs, Screeching Weasel, Sean Duffy, Last Rites, Vaginal Creme Davis, Homocore, Jim Lapinski, Brian Peterson, Tony Doyle, Celia Esdale, Hellkrusher, Chester Grzybek, Tsunami, Superchunk, Seaweed, Simple Machines, No Palace, Mac’s Wood Grilled, Isabel’s Grand Finale, Dummy Room, Joey Vindictive, Vindictives, Tom Magee, Rorschach, Esperanza Community Services, Calles y Suenos, Queers, Born Against, Warzone, Beyond the Screams, A.P.O. Building, Ben Weasel, Casa de la Cultura Carlos Cortez: Mestizarte, Cultura in Pilsen, Christina Obregon, Jose David, Zapatistas, Carlos Arango, Generation Waste, Ozzfish Experience, Video

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Experienced punks reintroduce themselves as Canal Irreal

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How Homocore Chicago propped open the gate for queer punks

Today’s activist bookers face dramatically different hurdles, but Joanna Brown and Mark Freitas gave them all a running start with this 1990s concert series.

Video
The Homocore Chicago series puts its legacy on exhibit for its 25th birthday

Plus: Kenny Childers of Gentleman Caller and author Maryse Meijer pair songs with readings from the stories that inspired them, and Smart Bar hosts 23 hours of continuous DJ sets.

In their words: How the folks at Fed Up Fest help keep queer punk a ‘community of care’

Everything about this year's Fed Up Fest—the bystander intervention training, the panel discussions on aging in punk, the frenzied yet thoughtful music—manifested the spirit of resistance, hope, and direct action.

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Reviewed: Twista’s disjointed but generous Crook County and 11 more new releases

Seven Reader writers tackle a dozen records, including the long-gestating debut from footwork producer Jana Rush, lost recordings from 60s garage-rock oddballs the Monks, and a riveting solo set from unsung improvising pianist Pat Thomas.

The radical queer punks at Fed Up Fest throw a fund-raising Rock Lotto show

Fed Up Fest fights for LGBTQ rights with an anarchic DIY concert where every band drew its lineup out of a hat six weeks ago.

CHI PRC celebrates Chicago’s rich history of punk and hardcore

Plus: Quimby’s hosts a talk on documenting DIY culture, and supporters of the Standing Rock Sioux hold a march and fund-raiser in Pilsen.

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Time traveling with Martin Sorrondeguy of Los Crudos

Revisiting the legendary hardcore band’s old haunts two decades later provides a miniature history of gentrification and activism in Chicago.

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Today’s activist bookers face dramatically different hurdles, but Joanna Brown and Mark Freitas gave them all a running start with this 1990s concert series.

Plus: Kenny Childers of Gentleman Caller and author Maryse Meijer pair songs with readings from the stories that inspired them, and Smart Bar hosts 23 hours of continuous DJ sets.

Everything about this year's Fed Up Fest—the bystander intervention training, the panel discussions on aging in punk, the frenzied yet thoughtful music—manifested the spirit of resistance, hope, and direct action.

Seven Reader writers tackle a dozen records, including the long-gestating debut from footwork producer Jana Rush, lost recordings from 60s garage-rock oddballs the Monks, and a riveting solo set from unsung improvising pianist Pat Thomas.

Fed Up Fest fights for LGBTQ rights with an anarchic DIY concert where every band drew its lineup out of a hat six weeks ago.

Plus: Quimby’s hosts a talk on documenting DIY culture, and supporters of the Standing Rock Sioux hold a march and fund-raiser in Pilsen.

Revisiting the legendary hardcore band’s old haunts two decades later provides a miniature history of gentrification and activism in Chicago.

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