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Music, Music Feature Aug 1, 2017
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How Blink-182 gave hip-hop a refreshing Enema

The Friday-night Lollapalooza headliners helped connect the mainstream pop-punk of the late 90s to the Soundcloud rap of today.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Blink-182, Lollapalooza, Lil Peep, Lil Uzi Vert, Ju, Melo Makes Music, Chuck Inglish, Cool Kids, Vic Mensa, pop-punk, rap, hip-hop, Soundcloud rap, Soundcloud rappers, Enema of the State, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, Stay Together for the Kids, XO Tour Llif3, XXXtentacion, Dammit, Gustav Åhr, Marilyn Manson, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Disturbed, Migos, Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge, Travis Barker, Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums Drums Drums, Matt Skiba, Alkaline Trio, Neighborhoods, Yelawolf, Sean Combs, P. Diddy, Bad Boy for Life, Bun B, Late Night Creepin’, Expensive Taste, Paul Wall, Crank That (Soulja Boy), TRV$DJAM, Crazy Town, DJ AM, Adam Goldstein, What’s My Age Again?, Sour Apples, Give the Drummer Some, Lil Wayne, Pharrell, Slaughterhouse, RZA, Snoop Dogg, Cypress Hill, Rick Ross, Twista, Lupe Fiasco, Gucci Mane, When Fish Ride Bicycles, Special Edition Grand Master Deluxe, Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down, Fall Out Boy, Paramore, Panic! at the Disco, My Chemical Romance, Adam’s Song, Mysticphonk, Stains, Video

Blogs, Bleader Apr 11, 2016
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CIMMFest opening night: The Smart Studios Story revisits the Madison recording studio that helped birth indie rock

The Smart Studios Story, opening the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival, revisits the Madison recording studio that nurtured the indie rock of the 90s.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Midwestern Defensiveness, Music, The Smart Studios Story, Chicago International Movies & Music Festival, Steve Marker, Butch Vig Madison Wisconsin, Killdozer, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Dead Milkmen, Michael Gerald, Headliners, Bunky’s, Club de Wash, Merlyn’s, Bucky Pope, Tar Babies, Doug “The Duke” Erickson, Spooner, Garbage, Plaza Tavern, Gisholt Machine Company building, Billy Corgan, Old Style, Friendly Tavern, Wendy’s, Nevermind, Young Fresh Fellows, L7, Freedy Johnston, Everclear, Soul Asylum, Archers of Loaf, Rainer Maria, Dave Grohl, Fall Out Boy, Jimmy Eat World, Death Cab for Cutie, South by Southwest, Bo Diddley, Sam Cooke, Bob Dylan, Buddy Guy, Aretha Franklin, MC5, Curtis Mayfield, Iggy and the Stooges, Pere Ubu, Devo, Prince, Husker Du, Madonna, Breeders, Guided by Voices, Wilco, Frank Anderson, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House in the Big Woods, audio recording, movies, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 29, 2016
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Revisit a classic early Meat Puppets tune

"Split Myself in Two," the acid-fried opening track from the Meat Puppets' 1984 masterpiece, Meat Puppets II
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, Post No Bills, Meat Puppets, Tal Rosenberg, Bevely Hills 90210, Meat Puppets II, Derrick Bostrom, Cris Kirkwood, Curt Kirkwood, Nirvana, Split Myself in Two, 12 O'Clock Track, Video

Music, In Rotation May 20, 2015
Arvo Zylo of Blood Rhythms on songs the Cramps taught us

Plus: WZRD DJ Sarah Moskowitz on Bo Diddley’s leather-man LP, the Reader’s Leor Galil on wallowing in Sufjan Stevens, and more
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: In Rotation, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, Nirvana, Dennis Larsson, History of Damage, Sufjan Stevens, Carrie and Lowell, Arvo Zylo, Blood Rhythms, No Part of It, Coil, Lux & Ivy's Favorites, The Cramps, Taki Pantos, Sarah Moskowitz, WZRD, Yannick Dauby, Danielle Dax, Pop-Eyes, Dark Adapted Eye, Bo Diddley, The Black Gladiator

Blogs, Bleader May 8, 2015
$Girlpool bring their minimal, fractured pop to Beat Kitchen tonight$
Girlpool bring their minimal, fractured pop to Beat Kitchen tonight

The Los Angeles duo open for Waxahatchee.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Girlpool, This Place, pop, punk, indie rock, minimal, Waxahatchee, Nirvana, grunge, audio

Blogs, Bleader Oct 20, 2014
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Foo Fighters take a trek through Chicago's musical history on HBO's Sonic Highways, with mixed results

The alternative-rock titans come to Chicago in the first episode of their HBO series, named after their forthcoming record.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Arts, Television, Music, Small Screen, Foo Fighters, Sonic Highways, Dave Grohl, Something From Nothing, Cheap Trick, Steve Albini, Electrical Audio, In Utero, Nirvana, Nate Mendel, Sunny Day Real Estate, HBO, Wax Trax, Rick Nielsen, Tracey Bradford, Cubby Bear, Naked Raygun, Muddy Waters, blues, Great Migration, Kanye West, Gene Krupa, Etta James, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 21, 2014
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12 O'Clock Track: "Dive" in honor of Kurt's birthday

Kurt Cobain would have been 47 yesterday. Let's listen to Nirvana.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, Dive, birthday, punk, Video

City Life, Space Jan 30, 2014
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Metro's backstage past

The well-known Wrigleyville concert venue has a green room that's dealt with its fair share of rock stars, Kurt and Courtney among them.
- By Andrea Bauer
- Tags: Space, Metro, Cabaret Metro, Joe Shanahan, Jenny Lizak, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, parties, loft parties, venues, Swedish Community Center, REM, pizza, green rooms, history, Stacey Marquardt, murals, show posters, interior design, decor, bands, musicians, Courtney Love, Kurt Cobain, legends, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 7, 2014
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More on bootleg LPs: An official LP and an unauthorized record inspired by old-school bootlegs

A deeper look at Childish Gambino's recent official "bootleg" LP and a bootleg of an old Kurt Cobain demo
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Hip-Hop, Music, Childish Gambino, Because the Internet, Kanye West, Graduation, bootleg, Glassnote, the Amazing Kornyfone Record Label, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, Fecal Matter, Spank Thru, Sliver: The Best of the Box, Video

Arts & Culture, Show us your [____] Jun 13, 2013
Show us your . . . urban chickens

A Portage Park couple likes their eggs fresh, taken straight out of the backyard.
- By Gwynedd Stuart
- Tags: Show us your [____], Kelli Wefenstette, Jimmy Wefenstette, chickens, pet store, Nirvana, cat, eggs

Blogs, Bleader May 16, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: Roomrunner's burning new grunge tune, "Bait Car"

Check out the live version of "Bait Car," the latest ripper from Baltimore sludge-punk outfit Roomrunner.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Roomrunner, Bait Car, Nirvana, Ideal Cities, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 22, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: "Demon to Lean On," the Nirvana-flavored new single from Wavves

The big bad return of Nathan Williams
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, Wavves, Nathan Williams, Mom + Pop, punk, pop-punk, music video, Afraid of Heights, Demon to Lean On, Nirvana, 90s, video, Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 1, 2012
Best shows to see: Fortieth Day, Rosie Flores, Sleigh Bells, and more

Halloween hangover cures: Fortieth Day, Pantha Du Prince, Rosie Flores, and Sleigh Bells
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Do This, Music, Sleigh Bells, Rosie Flores, Pantha Du Prince, Fortieth Day, Halloween, Danzig, Nirvana, Bloodyminded, Poison the Well, Metro, Smart Bar, Reggie's Music Joint, Old Town School of Folk Music, Soundboard

Blogs, Bleader Oct 20, 2012
Hit So Hard and the rise and fall of selling out

Hit So Hard: I watched it so you don't have to. But maybe you should.
- Tags: Band Life, 90s Nostalgia, Film, Music, Hole, Courtney Love, Patty Schemel, Hit So Hard: The Life & Near Death Story of Patty Schemel, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, Nevermind, Celebrity Skin, In Utero, selling out

Blogs, Bleader May 30, 2012
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No Alternative Week: The No Alternative album

Looking back at an underappreciated alt-rock compilation
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: No Alternative Week, Music, No Alternative, Nirvana, Pavement, R.E.M., Soul Asylum, Goo Goo Dolls, Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, Beastie Boys, Limp Bizkit, Creed, Variations on a Theme, Video

Music, In Rotation Nov 23, 2011
In Rotation: Noah Leger of the Blue Man Group on whipping sheet metal with a chain

Plus: Reader music listings dude Luca Cimarusti on the Weeknd chopped and screwed, and Bruce Lamont of Bloodiest on the Soft Moon's dark synth
- Tags: In Rotation, The Weeknd, Wax Idols, Nirvana, Noah Leger, Blue Man Group, Anatomy of Habit, Party Downers, Dead Rider, Bruce Lamont, Electric Hawk, Indian, The Soft Moon

Blogs, Bleader Sep 22, 2011
This week on the B Side

Thumbs down on the new Nirvana box set, thumbs up on a new iPad app, and much more
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Nirvana, Jessica Hopper, Geffen, Groovebug, David Posey, Bryce Caron, Blackbird, Bruce Lamont, Yakuza, Bloodiest, Led Zeppelin 2, Michael Gira, Swans, Shellac, Brilliant Corners of Popular Amusements, Hideout Block Party, Black Star, Rwake, Ian Hunter, 40 Watt Sun, Beirut, the Atlas Moth, Nicholas Szczepanik, the Burlington

Music, Music Feature Sep 22, 2011
Nevermind already

A new 20th-anniversary box set goes back to the Nirvana well and comes up dry
- By Jessica Hopper
- Tags: Music Feature, Nirvana, Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, box sets, dead celebrities, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison

Music, Music Column Aug 25, 2011
Rodeo straddles the fence between reviewed and reviewer

"'Listen to it,' says drummer George Nisbett. "That doesn't take 140 characters."
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music Column, Rodeo, Loud Loup Press, Groupon, Richard Giraldi, Sarcastic Summer, Nirvana, Les Savy Favy, Queens of the Stone Age, Jesus Lizard, Pixies

News & Politics, Feature Aug 25, 2011
Back to school with Tim Kinsella, class of '93

"Sam stealing Owsley Stanley's car seemed like just the next logical thing"
- By Tim Kinsella
- Tags: Feature, Tim Kinsella, Cap'n Jazz, Owls, Joan of Arc, Make Believe, car stealing, high school, AP classes, Bad Brains, Grateful Dead, stabbings, Nirvana, gym class, Pulp Fiction

Blogs, Bleader Aug 8, 2011
Frances Bean is all grown up

New pics of the rock scion by Hedi Slimane
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Frances Bean Cobain, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, Courtney Love, Hedi Slimane

Music, Music Sidebar Apr 14, 2011
Record Store Day
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Cafe Mustache, Deadwax Records, Dusty Groove, Gramaphone Records, Hyde Park Records, Jazz Record Mart, Laurie's Planet of Sound, Old School Records, Permanent Records, Raffe's Record Riot, Reckless Records, Reckless Records, Reckless Records, Record Breakers, Saki, Vintage Vinyl, Beverly Records, Cyclopx Records, Dave's Records, Groove Dis, Groovin' High, Kstarke Records, Second Hand Tunes, Shake, Rattle & Read, Thrill Jockey, Glenn Jones, Charlie Parry & the Black Twig Pickers, Phil Manley, Isaiah Mitchell, Oval, Liturgy, Bloodshot Recrs, the Blacks, Babby Bare Jr., Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, Alejandro Escovedo, Purling Hiss, Puffy Areolas, Trouble in Mind, Mean Jeans, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Wrong Words, Jack Oblivian, Eccentric Soul, Deerhoof, Bad Brains, Fleet Foxes, Death Cab for Cutie, Owen, Dio, Vivian Girls, Off!, Television, Decembrists, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Flaming Lips, JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, I Was Totally Destroying It, Phil Cohran & Arkestra, Tim Larson, Demchuk, Limbs, Ron Trent, Jason Adasiewicz & Josh Berman, Tail Dragger & Rockin' Johnny, Cany Golde, Vee Dee, Population, Elia Einhorn, CHIRP, Morris Mill & Friends, Sonorama, Bad Drugs, Silver Abuse, Population, Cult of Youth, Owen, Raw Nerve, Cairo Gang, the Singleman Affair, Jeff Parker, Candy Golde, Joan of Arc, Tyler John Tyler, Steve Krakow, Plastic Crimewave, A Rocket to the Moon, Slow Witch, Steepwater Band, Flame Shark, Darling, Aetiology, This is Cinema, In Tall Buildings, Rabid Rabbit, 1900s, Chaperone, Bob Dey's Tank, Engine Man, Distractions, Luck of Eden Hall, Tim Larson & the Owner/Operators

Blogs, Bleader Apr 5, 2011
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Remembering Legendary A&R Guy Kurt Cobain

Thanks to him, we have this great Raincoats song.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, alt rock, Raincoats, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 21, 2010
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Kathleen Hanna on Teen Spirit and Stripping

The former Bikini Kill front woman talks about her part in the Nirvana legend.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Kathleen Hanna, Bikini Kill, Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit, alternative rock, Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 27, 2009
Where Can I Buy a Tattered Flannel Bow?

Grunge nostalgia in fancy packages.
- By Jessica Hopper
- Tags: RE Gift, Music, Nirvana, grunge, nostalgia, Live at Reading, vinyl, re-issue, coffee table books, music books, Michael Lavine, Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth, photography, the 90s, DVDs, Kurt Cobain, Christmas, Hanukkah, gifts

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