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City Life, Public Service Announcement Aug 14, 2020
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I'll just drink this tea, thanks

What our listings coordinator is musing about this week
- By Salem Collo-Julin
- Tags: Public Service Announcement, listings, events, concerts, south side, Englewood, Back of the Yards, Chicago Tribune, Back to school, school supplies, TGiMovement, GoodKids MadCity, Les Rita Mitsouko, Plant Chicago, Siskel Film Center, Frank Orrall, Evanston, Mark Shippy, Video

Music, Concert Preview Jan 31, 2020
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Experimental musician Daniel Wyche celebrates his 40th birthday with a show at Elastic Arts
- By Joshua Minsoo Kim
- Tags: Concert Preview, Daniel Wyche, Elastic, experimental music, Mark Shippy, University of Chicago, U.S. Maple, Ben Billington, The Eventual Warp Cat, Unexpected Shapes, Elastic Arts, birthday, Recommended

Music, In Rotation Jul 23, 2019
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Mako Sica bassist Brent Fuscaldo on a voice that literally saved a man’s life

Plus: Guitarist Mark Shippy on the strange song of an Australian electric bus, Reader associate editor Jamie Ludwig on a tribute to creative LP defacement, and more
- By Jamie Ludwig
- Tags: In Rotation, Föllakzoid, I, Chile, Atom TM, Brent Fuscaldo, Mako Sica, Mark Shippy, Drahla, Harold Budd, Canary Records, Mississippi Records, Ellen Arkbro, For Organ and Brass, Bus 711, Carbridge Toro BYD Electric Bus, Vashti Bunyan, Train Song, The Parallax View, Greg Wooten, Marred for Life!, Jason Fulford, Useless Coordinates, String of Pearls: International 78s, La Niña de los Peines, Shalom Katz, Sholom Katz, Cocteau Twins, The Box Set, Liz Fraser, Robin Guthrie, Brian Eno, Vaughan Oliver, 23 Envelope, Quisquose, Aikea-Guinea, The Pavilion of Dreams, The Moon and the Melodies, Gavin Bryars, Bismillahi ’Rrahman ’Rrahim, Maggie Thomas, Marion Brown, Michael Small, The Stepford Wives, Marathon Man, The China Syndrome, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 19, 2017
Texas label Astral Spirits weds the cassette resurgence to the ‘new wave of heavy free jazz’

On Thursday at Constellation, Astral Spirits celebrates tape releases by Billington/Shippy/Wyche and Matt Lux's Communication Arts Quartet.
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Do This, Music, Astral Spirits, Nate Cross, Nathan Cross, Austin, jazz, free jazz, cassettes, tapes, LPs, microlabel, label, Rob Mazurek, Matt Lux, Communication Arts Quartet, Ben Baker Billington, Mark Shippy, Daniel Wyche, Billington/Shippy/Wyche, Contra/Fact, Chimeric Stoned Horn, Constellation, Obnox, Thurston Moore, Arrington de Dionyso, Ted Byrnes, Tatsuya Nakatani, Makoto Kawabata, Henna Chou, Dunia, Umut Çağlar, Peter Brötzmann, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Icepick, Nate Wooley, Chris Corsano, Ingebrigt Håker-Flaten, Jason Stein, Hearts & Minds, Paul Giallorenzo, Frank Rosaly, Joe McPhee

Music, Gossip Wolf Sep 13, 2016
Beat Kitchen hosts a panel to confront sexual harassment in music

Plus: Avant-weirdo local label No Index celebrates two new releases at the Hideout, and 606 Records books 24 hours of DJs to benefit Lumpen Radio.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Between Friends, Rape Victim Advocates, Our Music My Body, OurMusicMyBody, Beat Kitchen, Corin Tucker, Sleater-Kinney, Jes Skolnik, Britt Julious, Monica Trinidad, For the People Artists Collective, Beat Kitchen, panel, sexual harassment, Kate Grube, Kittyhawk, No Index, El Is a Sound of Joy, Sapropelic Pycnic, Spires That in the Sunset Rise, Michael Zerang, Hideout, Barn Duet, Wei Zhongle, Rob Jacobs, Phillip Sudderberg, Flak, Jake Lingan, ASMR, Upheaval, Good Willsmith, Max Allison, Mukqs, Ben Baker Billington, Mark Shippy, Daniel Wyche, 606 Records, Pilsen, 24x24, Big Once, Shazam Bangles, Boogie Munsters, Exit, Steve Silver, Lumpen Radio

Blogs, Bleader May 25, 2014
Reader's Agenda Sun 5/25: Bike the Drive, Second City's Neighborhood Tour, and Invisible Things

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, May 25
- By Taylor Tolbert
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Bike the Drive, Lake Shore Drive, Second City's Neighborhood Tour, Second City, Old Town, Invisible Things, Mark Shippy, Jim Sykes, Martin Bisi, Burlington, Michael Zerang

Music, Record Roundup May 14, 2013
Deerhunter's dreamily scuzzy Monomania and 14 more record reviews

Nine Reader writers fan out across the world of music, with stops at RP Boo's spastic but accessible footwork tracks, Altar of Plagues' dead-planet black metal, and points beyond.
- By Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, Leor Galil, Kevin Warwick, Philip Montoro, Tal Rosenberg, Luca Cimarusti, Monica Kendrick, and Bill Meyer
- Tags: Record Roundup, Mad Meg, JohnMcNeil, Equal Vision, Pretty & Nice, Giovanni Verrando, Glassnote, Phoenix, Dulle Griet, Neon Neon, Gruff Rhys, Super Furry Animals, Boom Bip, Lex, Merzbow, Jenny Hval, Rune Grammofon, Hush Point, Bill McHenry, Aryeh Kobrinksy, Vinnie Sperrazza, Jeremy Udden, Jimmy Giuffre, jazz, composers, Freeband Gang, mixtapes, Freebandz, rap, Future, Deerhunter, Pitchfork, Kranky, Lockett Pundt, noise, Black Bug, HoZac, 4AD, Todd Novak, Blackout Festival, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Iva Bittová, ECM, Soundway, Aeon, Altar of Plagues, Profound Lore, James Kelly, Adult., Ghostly International, The Rift Brothers, Miles Claret, Kenyan music, Kenyan pop, compilations, U.S. Maple, resissues, Al Johnson, Mark Shippy, Todd Rittmann, Pat Samson, Adam Vida, Jim O'Rourke, Skin Graft, record pressing, RP Boo, Planet Mu, electronic music, Kavain Space, DJ Slugo

Blogs, Bleader Dec 6, 2011
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Experimental music from Italy's Stefano Pilia and New York's Corridors on Wednesday

New York's Byron Westbrook, performing in his Corridors guise, joins Italy's Stefano Pilia on a bill of experimental music Wednesday evening at a local DIY space
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Corridors, Byron Westbrook, Stefano Pilia, 3/4 Had Been Eliminated, Mark Shippy, Michael Vallera, experimental music, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 30, 2010
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New Guitar Music at the Hideout Tonight

Dan Burke's Complacency label releases Offstrings, a fine collection of experimental guitar music; the participants perform tonight at the Hideout.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Dan Burke, Illusion of Safety, Complacency Records, David Daniell, Mark Shippy, Travis Bird, Michael Vallera, Hideout, Offstrings, guitar, experimental music, Video

Music, Soundboard Apr 22, 2010
The List: April 22-28, 2010

Critics' Choices and other notable shows: Reflection Eternal, Peter Brötzmann & Hamid Drake, Céu, Drop the Lime, the Styrenes, and other notable shows
- By Peter Margasak, Liz Armstrong, Miles Raymer, Bill Meyer, Monica Kendrick, and Ann Sterzinger
- Tags: Soundboard, Mark Shippy, Pat Samson, U.S. Maple, Miracle Condition, Matt Carson, Quenchers Saloon, Xinobi, Moullinex, Bruno Cardoso, Luis Clara Gomez, Phantogram, Susana Baca, Chabuca Granda, Peter Brotzmann, Hamid Drake, Mike Reed, Mike Reed's People, Places, and Things, Berlin, Lincoln Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music, Hideout, Ceu, Green Dolphin, Symphony Center, Drop the Lime, Smart Bar, Empty Bottle, Styrenes, Anat Cohen, Chicago Octet, Jozef Van Wissem, Heaven Gallery, Jonsi, Sigur Ros, Fifty Nine Productions, Reflection Eternal, Talib Kweli, Hi-Tek, House of Blues, Thomas Function, Empty Bottle, Orchestra Hall, Symphony Center, Borders, the Vic, Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall, Green Dolphin Street, Maurer Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music

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I'll just drink this tea, thanks

What our listings coordinator is musing about this week

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Experimental musician Daniel Wyche celebrates his 40th birthday with a show at Elastic Arts

Video
Mako Sica bassist Brent Fuscaldo on a voice that literally saved a man’s life

Plus: Guitarist Mark Shippy on the strange song of an Australian electric bus, Reader associate editor Jamie Ludwig on a tribute to creative LP defacement, and more

Texas label Astral Spirits weds the cassette resurgence to the ‘new wave of heavy free jazz’

On Thursday at Constellation, Astral Spirits celebrates tape releases by Billington/Shippy/Wyche and Matt Lux's Communication Arts Quartet.

Beat Kitchen hosts a panel to confront sexual harassment in music

Plus: Avant-weirdo local label No Index celebrates two new releases at the Hideout, and 606 Records books 24 hours of DJs to benefit Lumpen Radio.

Reader's Agenda Sun 5/25: Bike the Drive, Second City's Neighborhood Tour, and Invisible Things

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, May 25

Deerhunter's dreamily scuzzy Monomania and 14 more record reviews

Nine Reader writers fan out across the world of music, with stops at RP Boo's spastic but accessible footwork tracks, Altar of Plagues' dead-planet black metal, and points beyond.

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Experimental music from Italy's Stefano Pilia and New York's Corridors on Wednesday

New York's Byron Westbrook, performing in his Corridors guise, joins Italy's Stefano Pilia on a bill of experimental music Wednesday evening at a local DIY space

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New Guitar Music at the Hideout Tonight

Dan Burke's Complacency label releases Offstrings, a fine collection of experimental guitar music; the participants perform tonight at the Hideout.

The List: April 22-28, 2010

Critics' Choices and other notable shows: Reflection Eternal, Peter Brötzmann & Hamid Drake, Céu, Drop the Lime, the Styrenes, and other notable shows

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What our listings coordinator is musing about this week

Plus: Guitarist Mark Shippy on the strange song of an Australian electric bus, Reader associate editor Jamie Ludwig on a tribute to creative LP defacement, and more

On Thursday at Constellation, Astral Spirits celebrates tape releases by Billington/Shippy/Wyche and Matt Lux's Communication Arts Quartet.

Plus: Avant-weirdo local label No Index celebrates two new releases at the Hideout, and 606 Records books 24 hours of DJs to benefit Lumpen Radio.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, May 25

Nine Reader writers fan out across the world of music, with stops at RP Boo's spastic but accessible footwork tracks, Altar of Plagues' dead-planet black metal, and points beyond.

New York's Byron Westbrook, performing in his Corridors guise, joins Italy's Stefano Pilia on a bill of experimental music Wednesday evening at a local DIY space

Dan Burke's Complacency label releases Offstrings, a fine collection of experimental guitar music; the participants perform tonight at the Hideout.

Critics' Choices and other notable shows: Reflection Eternal, Peter Brötzmann & Hamid Drake, Céu, Drop the Lime, the Styrenes, and other notable shows

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