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Music
,
Concert Preview
Feb 14, 2020
Recommended
Video
Even winter is outdoor concert season at Music Frozen Dancing
By Luca Cimarusti
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Pissed Jeans
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Crash Course in Science
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Hide
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,
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,
winter
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Recommended
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Bleader
Jul 24, 2013
Gig poster of the week: a cool treat from Pissed Jeans
This week's gig poster was designed and screen-printed by local artist Ryan Duggan.
By Luca Cimarusti
Tags:
Gig Posters
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Arts
,
Music
,
Visual Art
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gig poster
,
Ryan Duggan
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Drug Factory Press
,
Pissed Jeans
,
Pitchfork
,
Pitchfork Music Festival
,
ice cream
,
ice cream man
,
creepy
,
screen printing
Music
,
Pitchfork
Jul 22, 2013
Our photo recap of the Pitchfork Music Festival 2013
From Bjork to Swans to M.I.A. to R. Kelly, a visual tour through an occasionally rainy and mostly fun weekend
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Pitchfork
,
Pitchfork Music Festival 2013
,
photo gallery
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R. Kelly
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TNGHT
,
Frankie Rose
,
Solange
,
Andy Stott
,
Belle & Sebastian
,
Rustie
,
DJ Rashad
,
MC Tree
,
Foxygen
,
Autre Ne Veut
,
Killer Mike
,
Blood Orange
,
El-P
,
Waxahatchee
,
Yo La Tengo
,
Sky Ferreira
,
Lil B
,
Chairlift
,
Evian Christ
,
M.I.A.
,
Glass Candy
,
Daughn Gibson
,
Trash Talk
,
Mac DeMarco
,
Angel Olsen
,
Woods
,
Mikal Cronin
,
Wire
,
Joanna Newsom
,
Bjork
,
KEN Mode
,
White Lung
,
Pissed Jeans
,
Julia Holter
,
Phosphorescent
,
Parquet Courts
,
. . . And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
,
Merchandise band
,
Savages
,
Metz
,
Swans
,
Ryan Hemsworth
,
The Breeders
,
Low band
Blogs
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Bleader
Jul 21, 2013
Video
Recapping the Pitchfork festival's much less rainy second day
The comedy stylings of Pissed Jeans, the apocalyptic ritual of Swans, the bowstring-taut postpunk of Savages, the adorable accents of Belle & Sebastian, and so much more you can barely stand it
By Philip Montoro
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Music
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Pitchfork
,
Swans
,
Savages
,
Low
,
Belle and Sebastian
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Pissed Jeans
,
KEN Mode
,
Ryan Hemsworth
,
Julia Holter
,
White Lung
,
Solange
,
Metz
,
Michael Gira
,
Matt Korvette
,
Parquet Courts
,
Rustie
,
Video
Music
,
Pitchfork
Jul 17, 2013
Video
Saturday: Previews and live coverage of every band at Pitchfork
Noise-driven hardcore, a young old soul, "one of the ten best American bands of my generation," and "an angel who lived on cigarettes and beer"
By Monica Kendrick, Leor Galil, Kevin Warwick, Peter Margasak, Luca Cimarusti, Mara Shalhoup, and Tal Rosenberg
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,
KEN Mode
,
White Lung
,
Pissed Jeans
,
metal
,
Simon Reynolds
,
Bradley Fry
,
Kevin Warwick
,
Matt Korvette
,
Julia Holter
,
Sub Pop
,
Domino
,
Deranged
,
Season of Mist
,
Phosphorescent
,
Dead Oceans
,
Matthew Houck
,
Parquet Courts
,
Dull Tools
,
Mish Way
,
... And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
,
Richter Scale
,
Merchandise
,
Nite-People
,
Savages
,
Metz
,
Matador
,
Alex Edkins
,
Chris Slorach
,
Hayden Menzies
,
Swans
,
Michael Gira
,
Ryan Hemsworth
,
The Breeders
,
Kim Deal
,
Kelley Deal
,
Low
,
Sub Pop
,
drone
,
Alan Sparhawk
,
Solange
,
Solange Knowles
,
Terrible Records
,
Dev Hynes
,
Blood Orange
,
R&B
,
Andy Stott
,
Modern Love
,
Alison Skidmore
,
Belle & Sebastian
,
Rustie
,
Union Park
,
Video
Music
,
Pitchfork
Jul 17, 2013
Video
Saturday: What bands are on our Pitchfork fest itineraries?
Gnarly noise-rock, hardcore metal, and bow ties
By Luca Cimarusti, Kevin Warwick, and Derrick Alexander
Tags:
Pitchfork
,
White Lung
,
Pissed Jeans
,
Parquet Courts
,
Metz
,
Swans
,
The Breeders
,
Belle & Sebastian
,
Rotted Tooth Fest
,
Luca Cimarusti
,
Kevin Warwick
,
KEN Mode
,
Phosphorescent
,
Merchandise
,
Michael Gira
,
Andy Stott
,
sundresses
,
Savages
,
bloggers
,
food
,
Video
Music
,
Pitchfork
Jul 17, 2013
The
Reader
's guide to Pitchfork afterparties
There's no Bitchpork this year, but there is Rotted Tooth, plus plenty more.
By Leor Galil
Tags:
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,
Pitchfork 2013
,
afterparties
,
Bitchpork
,
Rotted Tooth Festival
,
Autre Ne Veut
,
Savages
,
Parquet Courts
,
Wolf Eyes
,
Pharmakon
,
Marshstepper
,
Bitchin Bajas
,
Running band
,
Oozing Wound
,
Rectal Hygienics
,
Sasha Go Hard
,
Supreme Cuts
,
The GTW
,
Kit
,
DJ Earl
,
Bengfang
,
Cobrafest
,
Cobra Lounge
,
Bronx
,
King Dude
,
White Mystery
,
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
,
Bad Rabbits
,
Jeff Parker
,
Rob Mazurek
,
People's Temple
,
Habibi
,
Thing band
,
Foxygen
,
Gauntlet Hairs
,
Gambles band
,
Julia Holter
,
Jessica Pratt
,
Chuck Inglish
,
Alex Wiley
,
Kembe X
,
Caleb James
,
Save Money Army
,
KEN Mode
,
Inter Arma
,
Stavros Giannopoulos
,
Atlas Moth
,
Mad Conductor
,
Agents of Change
,
Run & Punch
,
Waste Basket
,
Merchandise
,
Daughn Gibson
,
Connections band
,
Steve Gunn
,
Sky Ferreira
,
Johnny Hostile
,
Zeros
,
Blind Shake
,
Outer Minds
,
Belle & Sebastian
,
Heaven Malone
,
Greg Corner
,
Mac DeMarco
,
Ex-Cult
,
OBN IIIs
,
Growlers band
,
Denney & the Jets
,
Toxie
,
Pissed Jeans
,
Inter Arma
,
Lasers and Fast and Shit
,
Nicolas Jaar
,
Jacques Green
,
Todd Edwards
,
Teklife DJs
,
DJ Rashad
,
Spinn
,
Traxman
,
DJ Manny
,
Ryan Hemsworth
,
The Singleman Affair
,
Health & Beauty
,
El Is a Sound of Joy
,
Sloppy White
,
Dave Mata
,
Duke Grip
,
Skeme Richards
,
Trash Talk
,
White Lung
,
Ratking
,
Waxahatchee
,
Carbonleak
,
Modern Hut
,
Evian Christ
,
STV SLV
,
Moneyworth
,
Danny Leroy
,
Po'Chop
,
Josephine Shaker
,
Bump & Grindcore V
,
Jonathan Toubin Soul Clap
,
Dance Off
,
La Luz
,
King Dude
,
White Mystery
,
Rainbow Gun Show
,
Nones
,
Protomartyr
,
Project Mayhem
,
Young Tee Tee
,
Skylar Grey
,
TeamMate
,
Double Door
,
Lincoln Hall
,
Constellation
,
Reggie's Rock Club
,
Bottom Lounge
,
Schubas
,
Hideout
,
Reggies’ Rock Club
Blogs
,
Bleader
Apr 18, 2013
Best shows to see: Pissed Jeans, Luke Winslow-King, Takehisa Kosugi, Death to All, and Anciients
In addition to Record Store Day and Chicago International Movies & Music Festival there's still plenty of live music to catch this weekend.
By Peter Margasak
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Do This
,
Music
,
Best shows to see
,
Pissed Jeans
,
Death to All
,
Anciients
,
Takehisa Kosugi
,
Luke Winslow-King
,
Chicago International Movies & Music Festival
,
Funky Meters
,
Roscoe Mitchell
,
Kvelertak
,
Besnard Lakes
,
Wax Idols
Blogs
,
Bleader
Apr 18, 2013
Reader
's Agenda Thu 4/18:
Twohundredfiftysixcolors
, Gilbert Hernandez, and Pissed Jeans
What's on the
Reader's
Agenda for Thursday, April 18, 2013.
By Hannah Lorenz
Tags:
Do This
,
Arts
,
Gene Siskel Film Center
,
Twohundredfiftysixcolors
,
Quimby's Bookstore
,
Gilbert Hernandez
,
Love and Rockets
,
Marble Season
,
Aimee Levitt
,
Pissed Jeans
,
Empty Bottle
,
Honeys
,
Kevin Warwick
Music
,
In Rotation
Feb 25, 2013
In Rotation: CUFF artistic director Bryan Wendorf on the blackened Krautrock of Aluk Todolo
Plus:
Reader
associate editor Kevin Warwick on the Busy Bea Flea Mall, filmmaker Mike Gibisser on folk firebrand Barbara Dane, and more
By Kevin Warwick
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In Rotation
,
Kevin Warwick
,
flea markets
,
thrift stores
,
record shopping
,
records
,
Paw Paw, Michigan
,
Busy Bea Flea Mall
,
Pissed Jeans
,
Sub Pop
,
Trouble in Mind Records
,
brunch
,
The Birthday Party
,
Aluk Todolo
,
Guardian Alien
,
Greg Fox
,
Krautrock
,
black metal
,
Nick Cave
,
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
,
Wax Trax!
,
Saki
,
Chicago Underground Film Festival
,
CUFF
,
Christian Terstegge
,
Arvo Pärt
,
Barbara Dane
,
Nicolas Collins
,
Wellman Braud
,
Duke Ellington
,
NPR
,
Crown Liquors
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 4, 2013
Video
12 O'Clock Track: Pissed Jeans return with more excellent noise punk on "Cathouse"
Pissed Jeans' new record drops in a couple of weeks. Here's a highlight.
By Luca Cimarusti
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Music
,
12 O'Clock Track
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Pissed Jeans
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Honeys
,
Cathouse
,
King of Jeans
,
Sub Pop
,
leaked
,
noise-rock
,
punk
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Aug 10, 2012
Video
12 O'Clock Track: Wiccans, "Telepathy"
Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "Telepathy" from the new Wiccans LP,
Field II
By Kevin Warwick
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12 O'Clock Track
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Music
,
12 O'Clock Track
,
Wiccans
,
Video
,
Mind Spiders
,
Denton
,
Pissed Jeans
,
Omegas
,
Cruddy
,
Permanent Records
,
hardcore
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Mar 7, 2012
Video
12 O'Clock Track: Dope Body, "Lazy Slave"
Today's 12 O'Clock Track is Dope Body's "Lazy Slave," from the forthcoming
Natural History
.
By Kevin Warwick
Tags:
12 O'Clock Track
,
Music
,
12 O'Clock Track
,
Dope Body
,
Rollins Band
,
Drag City
,
Natural History
,
Pissed Jeans
,
grunge
,
mid-90s
,
possessed
,
Video
Music
,
Gossip Wolf
Mar 10, 2011
Gossip Wolf: Texas Can Eat It
Plus: Lost Chicago house sounds come back around, Indie Parlour celebrates the ladies, and more
By Jessica Hopper and J.R. Nelson
Tags:
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,
South by Southwest
,
SXSW
,
Chicago is Bigger Than Texas
,
The Orphanage
,
Patrick Thunder
,
We Repel Each Other
,
The Krunchies
,
Grandfather Clock
,
Bag of Balls
,
Disrobe
,
Gene Hunt
,
Mr. Fingers
,
Farley "Jackmaster" Funk
,
No I.D.
,
Den
,
Pissed Jeans
,
Sightings
,
Divine Right
,
Narrow Mind
,
Risk
,
White Guilt
,
Erik Roldan
,
Indie Parlour
,
Parlour on Clark
,
Nightschool
,
DJ Ang Garcia
,
Northern Lights Go-Go Gothic Dancers
,
Seth Sher
,
Zath
,
Memiffer
,
Androgynous Mustache
Blogs
,
Bleader
Apr 14, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Wednesday 4/14
Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
By Whet Moser
Tags:
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,
Food Chain
,
Film
,
Music
,
Food & Drink
,
Performing Arts
,
Arts
,
Pissed Jeans
,
Empty Bottle
,
Folklore
,
Gebhard Ullmann Clarinet Trio
,
Gebhard Ullmann
,
Jane's
,
Hideout
,
The Grocer's Son
,
Cyrano's Bistro and Wine Bar
,
The Worst Years of Our Lives
,
Chicago Film Archives
,
Chicago Cultural Center
,
South Water Kitchen
,
American Ballet Theatre
,
Civic Opera House
,
Russian Tea Time
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jan 21, 2010
Early Warnings Roundup
This week's Early Warnings include Spoon, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Pissed Jeans, Harvey Milk, Major Lazer, the Vivian Girls, and Camera Obscura.
By Kevin Warwick
Tags:
Crickets
,
Music
,
Early Warnings
,
Metro
,
Empty Bottle
,
Spoon
,
Camera Obscura
,
Schubas
,
Pissed Jeans
,
Lincoln Hall
,
Major Lazer
,
Harvey Milk
,
Brian Jonestown Massacre
,
Vivian Girls
Blogs
,
Bleader
Oct 18, 2006
Grunge: the re-happening
The grunge revival has begun. Maybe.
By Miles Raymer
Tags:
Music
,
Crickets
,
Earl Greyhound
,
Pissed Jeans
,
Grunge
,
Indie Rock
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