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- Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 24, 2020
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Hideout talent buyer Sullivan Davis steps down
Plus: CIVL launches a virtual concert series to push a new benefit fund for venues, artists, and staff.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 8, 2018
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Rogers Park gets a new record store
The team that used to run Logan Hardware quietly opened Electric Jungle at the end of July.
- Blogs, Bleader May 7, 2018
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Logan Square record store Logan Hardware closes down
After nearly nine years, Logan Hardware shuttered last month with little fanfare—but it'll host one last big sale in a couple weeks.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 17, 2018
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Record Store Day 2018: here's what Chicago area shops are doing to celebrate
Check out our interactive map and listings detailing the area's festivities, including discounts, giveaways, in-store performances, and more.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Dec 5, 2017
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Dumpster Tapes showcases local Latinx talent at the second annual Demolición
Plus: Chicago groove machines the Lowdown Brass Band celebrate a new album, and Logan Hardware throws a sale devoted to the seven-inch.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 10, 2017
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Great Chicago label, meet great Chicago band: Trouble in Mind signs Facs
Plus: Local shops celebrate Cassette Store Day with exclusives and in-store performances, and the Eradicator take a step up the D squash ladder with their self-titled album.
- Music, Music Feature Apr 19, 2017
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Record Store Day 2017: Sales, giveaways, in-store performances, and more
The music lovers' retail holiday celebrates its tenth year.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 7, 2016
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The Amazing Acro-Cats, Cassette Store Day, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
XX, Will Travel, Bianca Del Rio, and more happenings from October 7-9.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 6, 2016
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Jump Up Records rescues Chicago ska band Rude Guest from obscurity
Local label Jump Up releases a Cassette Store Day special, Lost Chicago Ska 1982-1993, that collects the discography of the defunct Rude Guest.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 7, 2016
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Queer-friendly occult-themed monthly party Switches of Eastwick launches at the Whistler
Plus: First-generation Chicago punks Silver Abuse celebrate a new album, radical performance-art collective Schimpfluch-Gruppe comes to Elastic, and more.
- Music, Music Feature May 11, 2016
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Al Scorch plays roots music with unlikely roots
The Chicago banjo fiend talks about his inspirations—including freak bikes, DIY hardcore, and Kelly Hogan.
- Music, Music Feature Apr 13, 2016
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Record Store Day 2016: Sales, giveaways, in-store performances, and more
This year’s special releases leave a lot to be desired, but the full slate of in-stores should make shop hopping worth it anyway.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 9, 2015
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This drawing of John Hulburt celebrates the release of John Hulburt's record
This week's gig poster was drawn by George Hansen.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Sep 9, 2015
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Logan Hardware celebrates the reissue of an acoustic marvel from John Hulburt
Plus: Hujo make dance music with "a mosaic of organic and digital tactics," and Autonomy guitarist Ray Suburbia returns to Chicago with a new DIY print zine.
- Music, Music Feature May 7, 2015
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Chicago's underground rock scene remembers inspirational superfan Ray Ellingsen
He went to more shows than most folks half his age, and the people he supported and befriended honor his memory this month at the Empty Bottle.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 17, 2014
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Nick Jr.'s Cancel Christmas is here for everyone who hates Christmas music
The local rapper's spirited, rebellious Christmas kinda-takedowns might be what you need if you want to escape the barrage of gross yuletide music.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music May 1, 2014
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Rob Riley & Domenic Bucci
This long-running duo, which includes a Saturday Night Live alumnus, cut a novelty record about the 1979 blizzard.
- Music, Music Feature Apr 16, 2014
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How do record stores get such great used vinyl?
When record stores aren't buying used vinyl directly from the public, they might find a carload of goodies at the Chicagoland Record Collectors Show.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 11, 2014
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Bare Mutants' 'Crying With Bob,' a video
Bare Mutants released a video for the single "Crying With Bob," from their 2013 debut, The Affliction.
- Music, Music Feature Dec 31, 2013
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Unlicensed to ill
Bootleg rap and R&B vinyl is thriving, even though most of the music is easy to buy or free to download.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 25, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: No-frills rock on the Blasted Diplomats' "When the Ship Goes Down"
Today's 12 O'Clock Track is from the local band's new self-titled LP on BLVD Records.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 15, 2013
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Kill Yourself Dancing Saturday at Logan Hardware
Chicago house DJs and Sunset Records founders Matt Warren and Miguel Garcia play the first in-store at Logan Hardware's new space in support of Still Music's recent Sunset compilations.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 27, 2013
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Reader's Agenda Sun 10/27: Chicago Artists Month, CHIRP Radio's Record Crawl, and Harvest Weekend
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, October 27
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 16, 2013
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Who made the bootleg Acid Rap CD that hit the Billboard charts?
Chance the Rapper landed on the charts when a "label" called MTC sold an unlicensed version of his free mixtape. So who was actually responsible?
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 10, 2013
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Gig poster of the week: The Evens take over Logan Hardware
Dan Black from Minneapolis designed this poster for the Evens in-store at Logan Hardware.