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Music, Gossip Wolf Jan 22, 2020
Star Creature Universal Vibrations starts 2020 with a bundle of boogie

Plus: Elastic Arts debuts a 16-channel overhead sound system, and Roommate play their first set of Cure covers in five years.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Star Creature Universal Vibrations, boogie, Bordeaux, Temu, Tugboat Editions, Munir, Midnight Runners, Eastern Sun, Paradise’s Love Remix, Paradise’s Love, Bordeaux, Fantasy Love, Elastic Arts, Stephan Moore, Jason Soliday, Enemy, CLEAT, 16-channel, Chicago Laboratory for Electroacoustic Theatre, Roommate, Kent Lambert, Cure, Sleeping Village, Cure for Pain, Fruit Stare, Morphine

Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 23, 2018
The Cool Kids hit Temperance to celebrate the tenth birthday of their first EP

Plus: An all-star Chicago crew plays Black Sabbath and Abba at the same Halloween show, and the Cultural Center gives local musicians a showcase in front of industry bigwigs.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Cool Kids, Bake Sale, Black Mags Pt. II, Black Mags, Halloween Basement Party, Temperance, Temperance Beer, Mystery School, Hideout, Angie Mead, Redgrave, Jeanine O’Toole, Golden Horse Ranch Band, Jim Becker, Mind Over Mirrors, Stephen Howard, Pinebender, Josh Johannpeter, Hujo, Kent Lambert, Roommate, Reid Coker, Abba, Black Sabbath, Claudia Cassidy Theater, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, ChicagoMade 2018 Music A&R Auditions, Taste of Chicago, Kosine, Big Machine Label Group, Avantist, Mother Nature, Rachel Sarah Thomas

Blogs, Bleader Jul 16, 2018
Pirates of Penzance and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week

Charles White at the Art Institute and more goings-on 7/16-7/19.
- By Tyra Nicole Triche
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Music, Film, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Charles White, Asap Ferg, Pirates of Penzance, Art Institute of Chicago, Roommate, Steppenwolf, Hong Sang-soo, The Day After, Tilikum, House of Blues, Wilder Maker

Music, Gossip Wolf May 9, 2018
Psych-pop group Roommate play their first Chicago show in more than two years

Plus: DJ Clent spins at another giant juke, footwork, and ghetto-house blowout, and the defunct Swimsuit Addition finally release their final album.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Roommate, Kent Lambert, Make Like, Hideout, Sleeping Village, Kepler-452B, Nick Broste, Gillian Lisée, Seth Vanek, Sam Wagster, Amanda Kraus, Lightfoils, Sip, Jimmy Lacy, DJ Clent, Low End Reunion, DJ Slugo, DJ PJ, DJ Deeon, Hales Franciscan High School, juke, ghetto house, footwork, DJ Stew, DJ Monty, DJ Lemo, Swimsuit Addition, Dumb Dora, Midwest Action, Jen Dot, Brett Manning

Columns & Opinion, Savage Love Oct 4, 2017
Guy: My girlfriend wants to be her roommate’s sex slave—and I like it

Is this bad? Plus: masturbating at work, buddy bating
- By Dan Savage
- Tags: Savage Love, Savage Love, Dan Savage, roommate, sex slave, perversion, masturbation, buddy bating, jerking off, Fuck Yeah! Friendly Fire, straightish, fyfriendlyfire.com, Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White Men, Jane Ward, porn

Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 4, 2017
Logan Bay loses half a leg to a driver, keeps programming WLPN from his hospital bed

Plus: CHIRP holds its 15th annual Record Fair, and Seth Vanek moves The Therapy Sessions to Constellation for a one-off birthday party.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Logan Bay, Gutter Butter DJs, Lumpen Radio, WLPN, station director, injury, accident, Cook County Hospital, Ed Marszewski, fund-raiser, CHIRP Record Fair, CHIRP Radio, Plumbers Hall, Beat Drun Juel, Flesh Panthers, Avery Young, Seth Vanek, The Therapy Sessions, anniversary, Hungry Brain, Constellation, The Seth Show, Tonight!, Roommate, Kent Lambert, Ameya Pewar, Rebecca O’Neal, Akenya

Blogs, Bleader Aug 10, 2015
$As Roommate, Kent Lambert refracts anxiety into wide-eyed psychedelia$
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As Roommate, Kent Lambert refracts anxiety into wide-eyed psychedelia

The songwriter dives into the psychology behind his 15-year-old psych-pop project.
- By Sasha Geffen
- Tags: It's Complicated, Music, Roommate, Kent Lambert, Make Like, Strange Weather, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 8, 2015
Video
Five Chicago albums to look forward to in 2015

The new year's already looking good for local music.
- By Sasha Geffen
- Tags: Whoa, Music, oshwa, roommate, tink, chance the rapper, melkbelly, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 13, 2013
Reader's Agenda Sat 7/13: West Fest, Windy City Smokeout, and Jerry's sixth anniversary

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, July 13
- By Tosten Burks
- Tags: Do This, Arts, West Fest, Tortoise, Windy City Smokeout, Smoque, Lillie's Q, Bub City, Jerry's, Roommate

Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 23, 2012
Gossip Wolf: Radar Eyes prep two new singles (and a baby)

Plus: Roommate plays the Cure, Neon Marshmallow returns next month, and more
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Radar Eyes, Shelley Zawadzki, Roommate, Playing Favorites, Matt Kimmel, Neon Marshmellow, Sonic Youth, Fallen Rivers

Blogs, Bleader May 24, 2012
Video
Friday at the Bottle: the polystylistic grind of Starring

Violist and former Chicagoan Amy Cimini opens for Bobby Conn tomorrow with multistylistic rock band Starring
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Starring, Amy Cimini, prog rock, Empty Bottle, Till by Turning, Architeuthis Walks on Land, the Fancy, Civil War, Katherine Young, Roommate, Bobby Conn, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 21, 2011
Video
Bazaar Bear Never Looked So Bummed

Roommate's epic, retro-tastic new video
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Roommate, Chicago, Sharp Darts, video, Super Nintendo, electro pop, indie rock, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 24, 2010
Video
Chicago Underground Film Festival Opening Night Party

Kent Lambert of Roommate and Mark Wright perform live video mixing at the opening night party for the Chicago Underground Film Festival, 6/24 at 10 p.m. at Jerry's, 1938 W. Division St.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Music, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Opening Night, Jerry's Kent Lambert, Mark Wright, Roommate, Alexandre Franchi, The Wild Hunt, LARP, live action role playing, video mixing, VJ, party, Video

Music, Soundboard Mar 4, 2010
The List: March 4-10, 2010

Critic's Choices and other notable concerts: The Magnetic Fields, Katherine Young, Atomic, Goatwhore, Efterklang, the Gunshy, and more
- By Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, Ann Sterzinger, Monica Kendrick, and Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Soundboard, Katherine Young, Anthony Braxton, Falling River Quartet, Civil War, Roommate, Atomic, Green Mill, Elastic, Clovers, Empty Bottle, Schubas, Robyn Hitchcock, Matana Roberts, Velvet Lounge, Nicole Mitchell, Goatwhore, Bottom Lounge, Magnetic Fields, Harris Theater, Chicago Cultural Center, Efterklang, Lincoln Hall, Sture Ericson, the Electrics, Gunshy, the Gunshy, Hideout, Subterranean, Turbo Fruits, SPACE, Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy Theater

Blogs, Bleader Jan 11, 2010
Fancy Pop, Tomorrow at the Whistler

New York orch-pop quartet the Fancy—with a lineup including former Chicagoans Katherine Young and Amy Cimini—makes its local debut.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Free Shit, Post No Bills, Swag, The Fancy, pop music, Seth Garrison, Clara Latham, Katherine Young, Amy Cimini, Till by Turning, Anthony Braxton's Falling River Quartet, bassoon, viola, Roommate, Taylor Ho Bynum, Mary Halvorson

Blogs, Bleader Aug 30, 2009
Video
Kent Lambert's Magical Balance
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Music, Kent Lambert, Roommate, Roots & Culture, Zummer Tapez, mixtape, Animal Charm, Shana Moulton, Michael Robinson, Emily Kuehn, Video

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Plus: Elastic Arts debuts a 16-channel overhead sound system, and Roommate play their first set of Cure covers in five years.

Plus: An all-star Chicago crew plays Black Sabbath and Abba at the same Halloween show, and the Cultural Center gives local musicians a showcase in front of industry bigwigs.

Charles White at the Art Institute and more goings-on 7/16-7/19.

Plus: DJ Clent spins at another giant juke, footwork, and ghetto-house blowout, and the defunct Swimsuit Addition finally release their final album.

Is this bad? Plus: masturbating at work, buddy bating

Plus: CHIRP holds its 15th annual Record Fair, and Seth Vanek moves The Therapy Sessions to Constellation for a one-off birthday party.

The songwriter dives into the psychology behind his 15-year-old psych-pop project.

The new year's already looking good for local music.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, July 13

Plus: Roommate plays the Cure, Neon Marshmallow returns next month, and more

Violist and former Chicagoan Amy Cimini opens for Bobby Conn tomorrow with multistylistic rock band Starring

Roommate's epic, retro-tastic new video

Kent Lambert of Roommate and Mark Wright perform live video mixing at the opening night party for the Chicago Underground Film Festival, 6/24 at 10 p.m. at Jerry's, 1938 W. Division St.

Critic's Choices and other notable concerts: The Magnetic Fields, Katherine Young, Atomic, Goatwhore, Efterklang, the Gunshy, and more

New York orch-pop quartet the Fancy—with a lineup including former Chicagoans Katherine Young and Amy Cimini—makes its local debut.

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