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Music, In Rotation Feb 11, 2015
Blake Edwards of Vertonen on Danish composer and explosives expert Else Marie Pade

Plus: WLUW veteran Philip von Zweck on the Hafler Trio's not-music sounds, the Reader's Philip Montoro on Attila Csihar’s satanic camp, and more
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: In Rotation, Mayhem, Attila Csihar, 1990 Alesis SR-16 drum machine, Carla Bozulich, Blake Edwards, Vertonen, Else Marie Pade, Electronic Works 1958-1995, Shellac, Dude Incredible, Monte Cazazza, Vivenza, Philip von Zweck, WLUW, Something Else, nternational Contemporary Ensemble, Eighth Blackbird, CUBE, Third Coast Percussion, Spektral Quartet, Ensemble dal Niente, Aperiodic, Ensemble Mocrep, Fonema Consort, The Hafler Trio, Dislocation, Sleaford Mods, Chris Kerr

Blogs, Bleader Jul 3, 2014
Video
Shellac announce the release of Dude Incredible, play two shows in town

The local postpunk legends are back.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Do This, Music, Shellac, Lincoln Hall, Dude Incredible, Excellent Italian Greyhound, The Futurist, Steve Albini, Bob Weston, Todd Trainer, Touch and Go Records, new music, post punk, Chicago, punk, Video

Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 19, 2013
Critics' Picks
Best Outcall Soundman

Elliot Dicks of Elliotsound
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best of Chicago 2013, Elliotsound, jumping around on stage, rock shows, Elliot Dicks, live sound, Czar Bar, Fireside Bowl, The Empty Bottle, Che Arthur, Steve Moore, Gary Schepers, block parties, festivals, Do-Division, West Fest, Tortoise, The Sea and Cake, Shellac, Steve Albini, Yob, Flat Iron, Dark Lord Day, High on Fire, Critics' Picks

Blogs, Bleader Mar 25, 2013
Mats Gustafsson, R. Crumb, and discaholism

Swedish reedist and record collector Mats Gustafsson interviews fellow discaholic R. Crumb.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Ken Vandermark, Mats Gustafsson, John Corbett, Corbett vs. Dempsey, record collecting, R. Crumb, Discaholic Corner, shellac

Blogs, Bleader Aug 25, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Sat 8/25

What's on the Agenda for Saturday, August 25, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Community Glue Workshop, Fix-Up event, The Lillstreet Art Center, Lincoln Square, Shellac, Lincoln Hall, Lincoln Park, Shannon Wright, Pinebender

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, Photo Pit Sep 22, 2011
Slideshow
Shellac plays the Brilliant Corners of Popular Amusements festival

Shellac headlined the new Brilliant Corners of Popular Amusements festival in Eckhart Park Sunday.
- By Andrea Bauer
- Tags: Photo Pit, Shellac, Brilliant Corners of Popular Amusements, slideshow, Andrea Bauer, Slideshow

Blogs, Bleader Sep 15, 2011
This week on the B Side

Our guide to the World Music Festival and the music you should be checking out this fall
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, World Music Festival, Brilliant Corners of Popular Amusements, Shellac, Bill Callahan, Dan Deacon, Outer Minds, Raincoats, ? and the Mysterians, Bee Mask, Saviours, Young Man

Music, Music Sidebar Sep 15, 2011
Brilliant Corners

The new Brilliant Corners of Popular Amusements festival presents Dan Deacon, Shellac, and some actual clowns
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Brilliant Corners, circus, vaudeville, Bill Callahan, Sidi Toure, Bomba Estereo, Cave, A Hawk & A Handsaw, Charles Bradley, Dark Dark Dark, Shellac, Cloudbirds, Hollows, B.S. Brass Band, Magic Carpet

Music, Three Beats Jul 21, 2011
Three Beats: Chicago vs. Atlanta on a new cassette comp of local psych

Plus: A transformed Singer returns for a second album, and Parallax Sounds, a doc on Chicago architecture and music, needs your support
- By Leor Galil, Peter Margasak, and Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Three Beats, 'Spective Audio, Atlanta, Vital-Sound I, Nicholas Zettel, Cyrus Shahmir, the N.E.C., Sovus Radio, All the Saints, Implodes, Killer Moon, Leavitt Ours, Cinchel, Singer, Mindreading, Drag City, Rob Lowe, Adam Vida, Ben Vida, Todd Rittmann, Dead Rider, Unhistories, Ben Russell, A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness, Parallax Sounds, Giancarlo Grande, Augusto Contento, Kickstarter, Hideout, Ken Vandermark, John Herndon, Tortoise, Steve Albini, Shellac, David Grubbs, Gastr del Sol, Jason Adasiewicz, Bob Weston, Ian Williams, Battles, Damon Locks, Wayne Montana, Eternals

Blogs, Bleader Jun 29, 2010
Indie Rock's Don Rickleses Release Their Hello Dummy!

A double album of the comedy stylings of Shellac from Chunklet's Henry Owings
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Shellac, Don Rickles, Steve Albini, Bob Weston, comedy, banter, Henry Owings, Chunklet

Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 17, 2010
Bluffin’ With His Muffin

Albini skips sausage party, wins six grand. Plus: Kanye lives it up at Buca di Beppo, Tortoise trysts with Beck, and more.
- By Jessica Hopper and J.R. Nelson
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Kanye West, Buca di Beppo, Shellac, All Tomorrow's Parties, ATP, Steve Albini, World Series of Poker, WSOP, Beck, Record Club, Tortoise, Thurston Moore, Gauge, Gague:153, Cap'n Jazz, Pitchfork Music Festival, Loose Dudes

Music, Music Feature Mar 18, 2010
The Man Behind the Metal

If it's heavy and it was recorded in Chicago, there's a good chance Sanford Parker was at the mixing board.
- By Cosmo Lee
- Tags: Music Feature, Empty Bottle, Bottom Lounge, Subterranean, Logan Square Auditorium, Metal Shaker, Seventh Rule, Hawthorne Street, Hewhocorrupts Inc., Battle Kommand, Emperor Cabinets, Kuma's Corner, Metal Haven, Cianide, Macabre, Nachtmystium, Yakuza, Lair of the Minotaur, Indian, Sweet Cobra, Raise the Red Lantern, Oceano, Born of Osiris, Sanford Parker, Buried at Sea, Minsk, Pelican, Hydra Head, Volume Recording, Yob, Zoroaster, Unearthly Trance, Wax Trax, industrial music, Neurosis, High Confessions, Steve Shelley, Chris Connelly, Ministry, Dave Witte, Twilight, Decomposing Baby, 7000 Dying Rats, Will Lindsay, Wolves in the Throne Room, Sweet Cobra, Buzzov-en, Cianide, Cardiac Arrest, Charles Bronson, Los Crudos, Kungfu Rick, Isis, Mastodon, High on Fire, Nunslaughter, Bruce Lamont, Tortoise, Shellac, Flying Luttenbachers, Steve Albini, Electrical Audio, Billy Anderson

Blogs, Bleader Feb 12, 2010
Give the Gift of Leaving the House: V-Day Edition

Last-minute ticket gift ideas.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Music, Chicago concerts, Tinariwen, Old Town School of Folk Music, Joanna Newsom, the Ex, Shellac, Lincoln Hall, Zola Jesus, Vivian Girls, Subterranean, Tortoise, Sibelius, St. John Passion

Blogs, Bleader Dec 31, 2009
Early Warnings Roundup

This week's Early Warnings concert announcements include Capitalist Casualties, the Chieftains, Gilberto Gil, Shellac, the Ex, Woods, and Real Estate.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Early Warnings, Lincoln Hall, Symphony Center, Reggie's Rock Club, Shellac, Billy Corgan, Tomorrow Never Knows, Schubas, Woods, Real Estate, Chieftains, Real Estate, Gilberto Gil

Blogs, Bleader Dec 9, 2009
Runoff Notes

Music with a message in the matrix
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, vinyl, lulz, matrix, Public Collectors, Shellac

Blogs, Bleader Aug 11, 2009
Sound Style Advice From Steve Albini
- By Heather Kenny
- Tags: Style, Music, Shellac, Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion, Steve Albini, style advice

Blogs, Bleader Aug 10, 2009
Video
Shellac at Millennium Park
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Music, Free Shit, Swag, Shellac, Steve Albini, Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion, Excellent Italian Greyhound, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 14, 2009
Shellac subs for Rokia Traore in Millennium Park

Shellac meets the masses: Malian thrush Rokia Traore cancels her August 10 concert in Millennium Park; Steve Albini's trio steps in.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Millennium Park, Shellac, Rokia Traore, Downtown Sound

Blogs, Bleader Mar 18, 2009
Ian Svenonius, Steve Albini, and Mick Collins all in one room

Ian Svenonius of the Nation of Ulysses and the Make-Up will interview Shellac's Steve Albini and the Dirtbombs' Mick Collins on Tuesday, March 24, at the Logan Square Auditorium.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music, Crickets, Steve Albini, Shellac, Ian Svenonius, Mick Collins, Vice, Soft Focus, Dirtbombs, Make-Up, Nation of Ulysses

Blogs, Bleader Jun 1, 2007
Albini's all "whatever" about downloading

Steve Albini: leaks are "harmless" but lame.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Crickets, Indie Rock, Punk, Steve Albini, Shellac

Music, Critic's Choice Oct 5, 1995
Fugazi
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Critic's Choice, Fugazi, Shellac, The Make Up, Ian MacKaye, Guy Picciotto

Music, Music Review Sep 15, 1994
Baseball, Motherhood, and Punk
- By Mo Ryan
- Tags: Music Review, Rock Etc., Shellac, Steve Albini, Bob Weston, Todd Trainer, MX-80, Tar, Six Finger Satellite, Logan Square, Logan Square Auditorium

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Plus: WLUW veteran Philip von Zweck on the Hafler Trio's not-music sounds, the Reader's Philip Montoro on Attila Csihar’s satanic camp, and more

The local postpunk legends are back.

Elliot Dicks of Elliotsound

Swedish reedist and record collector Mats Gustafsson interviews fellow discaholic R. Crumb.

What's on the Agenda for Saturday, August 25, 2012

Thumbs down on the new Nirvana box set, thumbs up on a new iPad app, and much more

Shellac headlined the new Brilliant Corners of Popular Amusements festival in Eckhart Park Sunday.

Our guide to the World Music Festival and the music you should be checking out this fall

The new Brilliant Corners of Popular Amusements festival presents Dan Deacon, Shellac, and some actual clowns

Plus: A transformed Singer returns for a second album, and Parallax Sounds, a doc on Chicago architecture and music, needs your support

A double album of the comedy stylings of Shellac from Chunklet's Henry Owings

Albini skips sausage party, wins six grand. Plus: Kanye lives it up at Buca di Beppo, Tortoise trysts with Beck, and more.

If it's heavy and it was recorded in Chicago, there's a good chance Sanford Parker was at the mixing board.

Last-minute ticket gift ideas.

This week's Early Warnings concert announcements include Capitalist Casualties, the Chieftains, Gilberto Gil, Shellac, the Ex, Woods, and Real Estate.

Music with a message in the matrix

Shellac meets the masses: Malian thrush Rokia Traore cancels her August 10 concert in Millennium Park; Steve Albini's trio steps in.

Ian Svenonius of the Nation of Ulysses and the Make-Up will interview Shellac's Steve Albini and the Dirtbombs' Mick Collins on Tuesday, March 24, at the Logan Square Auditorium.

Steve Albini: leaks are "harmless" but lame.

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