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Music, Music Feature Apr 16, 2020
Remembering Chicago music champion Christen Thomas

She booked shows for a decade with the Empty Bottle and Metro teams, but that work was just the beginning of the love, joy, and support she showered on the local scene.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Christen Thomas, Jeff Rice, Empty Bottle, Metro, GMan Tavern, Cornerstone Promotions, the Fader, Vice Records, Pitchfork TV, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Glitter Creeps, Good Night Out, Shout Your Abortion, Richard Vain, Jered Gummere, Melissa Elias, Circles, Srini Radhakrishna, Storm Clouds, Salonathon, Queen!, Jane Beachy, Baathaus, Daan, Sean Tillmann, Har Mar Superstar, obituary, death, died, Ponys, Pink Frost, Handlebar, Adam Lukas, Tyrades, Jim McCann, Jim “Hollywood” McCann, Carbomb, Cathy Shenoy, Groveland, Adelphi University, Danny Wirtz, Wirtz Corporation, Breakthru Beverage Group, Black Lips, Daylight Robbery, Headache City, Joe Carsello, Pete Toalson, Outer Minds, Oozing Wound, Rabble Rabble, Matt Ciarleglio, Big Freedia, Brent Heyl, Absolutely Not, Feminist Advice From the City of Broad Shoulders, Anna Cerniglia, Ben Webster, Butcher Bear, Johalla Projects, Alison Green, Justin "Lugs" Wettstein, James Deia, Night Jammer, Talkeetna, Neil Diamond, White Stripes, Fairview Inn

Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 27, 2018
Video
Mutant Beat Dance throw a little party for their monster debut album

Plus: Experimental musician Anthony Janas brings a pachinko machine to Elastic, and former Ponys front man Jered Gummere drops his first full-length as Richard Vain.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Mutant Beat Dance, Rush Hour, Beau Wanzer, Traxx, Steve Summers, Gramaphone Records, Anthony Janas, Elastic Arts, Nihilist Records, Lucifer, Scooby Doo, and Me, pachinko, Richard Vain, Ponys, Bare Mutants, Jered Gummere, Night Jammer, Christen Thomas, Justin Wettstein, Storm Clouds, Big Neck Records, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 2, 2018
Multifaceted metal master Professor Black drops three albums in one day

Plus: Harm’s Way lose their trailer to thieves but keep touring, and two Rabble Rabble alumni return with a bonkers psych-pop band.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Chris Black, Professor Black, metal, Midnight, Sabbat, Gezol, Too Punk to Fuck, High Spirits, Superchrist, Dawnbringer, I Am the Rock, Mark Sugar, Lvpvs, Circle, Agalloch, Jussi Lehtisalo, Jason Walton, Sunrise, hardcore, Harm’s Way, Terror, GoFundMe, trailer, theft, robbery, Colin Young, Twitching Tongues, Rabble Rabble, Ralph Darski, Andrew Kettering, Twila Bent, LWAS, Jered Gummere, Ponys, Bare Mutants, Phil Karnats, Secret Machines, Tripping Daisy

Music, Gossip Wolf Jul 3, 2013
Gossip Wolf: The Empty Bottle seals the deal on Pilsen's Thalia Hall

Plus: Weasel Walter comes back through town with Cellular Chaos, and Acquaintances are ready to meet you.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Empty Bottle, Bruce Finkelman, Thalia Hall, Pink Line, Pilsen, Dusek, John Dusek, Prague, Weasel Walter, Flying Luttenbachers, Behold the Arctopus, Retrovirus, Lydia Lunch, UgExplode, Mayor Daley, Acquaintances, Jered Gummere, Ponys, Bare Mutants, Justin Sinkovich, Poison Arrows, Atombombpocketknife, Patrick Morris, Poison Arrows, Don Caballero, Epitonic, File 13 Records

Blogs, Bleader Jul 27, 2011
Video
Jesse Lortz unveils his Case Studies

New music from the guy behind the Dutchess & the Duke
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Jesse Lortz, Case Studies, the Dutchess and the Duke, Ponys, Empty Bottle, video, Rolling Stones, Leonard Cohen, garage rock, indie rock, video, MTV, Stereogum, My Old Kentucky Blog, Sacred Bones, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 20, 2011
Gossip Wolf: Gonzo for Chicago

A local concert blogger angles for a gear upgrade. Plus: A new sorta-supergroup makes its live debut, Psalm One eases the wait for her next LP, Bee Control start work on their first album, and more.
- By Jessica Hopper and J.R. Nelson
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, John Yingling, Gonzo Chicago, Mantis, Victor Spatafora, The Mopery, Tyler Jon Tyler, Close Hits, Magic Milk, Piss Piss Piss Moan Moan Moan, Lechuguillas, Snacks, Bare Mutants!, Jered Gummere, Ponys, Jeanine O'Toole, 1900s, Seth Bohn, Mannequin Men, Pete Falknor, Derek Nelson & the Musicians, Leslie Deckard, Empty Bottle, Psalm One, Rhymesayers, Woman@WOrk, Brandon All Day, Theo Katsaounis, Bee Control, Milemarker, Dave Laney, Pelican, Trevor De Brauw, Lincoln Hall, Del Rey, Primavera Sound festival

Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 23, 2011
Gossip Wolf: Music From the Third Dimension

A local multimedia artist makes noise you can almost touch. Plus: Wild Flag tops the latest Pitchfork rumors, Ben Weasel loses some fans at SXSW, and more
- By Jessica Hopper and J.R. Nelson
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Jon Satrom, Lampo, Graham Foundation, Mannequin Men, Eternals, Chris Connelly, Hollows, Population, Kris Poulin, BLVD, Michael L. Abramson, Numero Group, Wild Flag, Dirty Beaches, Pitchfork Music Festival, Gang Gang Dance, Shabazz Palaces, Gallagher, Girl Talk, Lollapalooza, Ben Weasel, Screeching Weasel, South By Southwest, Weseal Fest, Football, Jim McCann, Baseball Furies, Srini Radhakrishna, France Has the Bomb, Jerred Gummere, Ponys, Mike Lust, Tight Phantomz, Urge Overkill

Blogs, Bleader Jul 15, 2010
Early Warnings Roundup

This week's Early Warnings include Chapterhouse, Early Man, Nachtmystium, the Ettes, Foals, the Ponys, the Vaselines, Riot Fest, and Miike Snow.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Early Warnings, Riot Fest, Foals, Ponys, Miike Snow, Early Man, Ettes, Vaselines, Nachtmystium

Music, Music Sidebar Jun 3, 2010
Do-Division Street Fest

The Night Marchers, Pelican, the Ponys, Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Warpaint, and the Good Life are just a handful of the bands invading an expansive stretch of Division this Saturday and Sunday.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Do-Divison Street Fest, Empty Bottle, Night Marchers, Pelican, Good Life, Warpaint, House Call Entertainment, Ponys, YACHT, Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Cursive, Drive-By Truckers

Blogs, Bleader May 27, 2010
This Week in the Reader's Music Section

Gossip on the Gossip, new record stores, psychedelic improv from Rangda, pictures of the Ponys, a guide to the summer's music fests, and more
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, The Gossip, Nelly, Gossip Wolf, Six Organs of Admittance, Rangda, Saki, Bucket o' Blood, Ponys, Besnard Lakes, Millennium Park, Chicago

Blogs, Bleader May 24, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Monday 5/24

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Music, Food & Drink, Besnard Lakes, Ponys, the Ponys, Cafecito, Six, Fulton Recital Hall, University of Chicago, Piccolo Mondo, Ricky, Francois Ozon, Facets, Boka

Music, Music Column Apr 15, 2010
Thinking Inside the Box

What makes Disappears special is what they won't let themselves do.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music Column, Empty Bottle, Disappears, Brian Case, Ponys, Graeme Gibson, Jonathan Van Herik, Boas, Damon Carruesco, Kranky, Lux, Live Over the Rainbo

Music, Music Feature Oct 29, 2009
The Ponys Ride Again

Why did one of Chicago’s best-loved garage bands disappear at their peak? And after two years, what’s bringing them back?
- By Brian Costello
- Tags: Music Feature, Ponys, Matador, Turn the Lights Out, Jered Gummere, Brian Case, Melissa Elias, Nathan Jerde, White Savage, Disappears, Mother of Tears, Tyler Jon Tyler, Boystown, the Dutchess & the Duke

Music, Music Column Aug 6, 2009
Turn the Page

A new art book, The Art of Touring, moves past the mythology of the road.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music Column, The Art of Touring, Square Root Books, Yeti Publishing, Mia Clarke, Sara Jaffe, touring, Electrelane, Erase Errata, art, book, Atombombpocketknife, Ponys, Pit Er Pat, Devendra Banhart, Nick Zinner, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Thurston Moore, Jeffrey Lewis, Milemarker, Sharon Cheslow, Bromp Treb, My Invisible, Miranda Mellis, Carla Bozulich, Nels Cline, Everett True, Plan B magazine

Blogs, Bleader May 15, 2007
To small differences

More Tribune bloopers
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Crickets, Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Ponys

Blogs, Bleader Mar 16, 2007
SXSW day 3

Day 3 of South by Southwest
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Crickets, Fucked Up, Flosstradamus, Yakuza, SXSW, The Pack, Brenmar, Office, Ponys, White Savage

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She booked shows for a decade with the Empty Bottle and Metro teams, but that work was just the beginning of the love, joy, and support she showered on the local scene.

Plus: Experimental musician Anthony Janas brings a pachinko machine to Elastic, and former Ponys front man Jered Gummere drops his first full-length as Richard Vain.

Plus: Harm’s Way lose their trailer to thieves but keep touring, and two Rabble Rabble alumni return with a bonkers psych-pop band.

Plus: Weasel Walter comes back through town with Cellular Chaos, and Acquaintances are ready to meet you.

New music from the guy behind the Dutchess & the Duke

A local concert blogger angles for a gear upgrade. Plus: A new sorta-supergroup makes its live debut, Psalm One eases the wait for her next LP, Bee Control start work on their first album, and more.

A local multimedia artist makes noise you can almost touch. Plus: Wild Flag tops the latest Pitchfork rumors, Ben Weasel loses some fans at SXSW, and more

This week's Early Warnings include Chapterhouse, Early Man, Nachtmystium, the Ettes, Foals, the Ponys, the Vaselines, Riot Fest, and Miike Snow.

The Night Marchers, Pelican, the Ponys, Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Warpaint, and the Good Life are just a handful of the bands invading an expansive stretch of Division this Saturday and Sunday.

Gossip on the Gossip, new record stores, psychedelic improv from Rangda, pictures of the Ponys, a guide to the summer's music fests, and more

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

What makes Disappears special is what they won't let themselves do.

Why did one of Chicago’s best-loved garage bands disappear at their peak? And after two years, what’s bringing them back?

A new art book, The Art of Touring, moves past the mythology of the road.

More Tribune bloopers

Day 3 of South by Southwest

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