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Music, Music Feature Mar 31, 2021
Spring returns, and Bandcamp Friday never left

We’re not out of the woods after more than a year of this, but we can still be grateful for the little things.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Adrasteia, Alkilith, Altin Gün, Autarkh, Julien Baker, Cafe Racer, Josh Caterer, Cherry Cordial, Date Stuff, Deeper, Floatie, Folie, ÉSSO, A Flor de Piel, Ezra Furman, Gabacho, Genghis Tron, Terence Hannum, Serena Isioma, Valeria June, Vince Kaichan, Mazen Kerbaj, Kevin and Hell, the Knees, Kuzu, the Los Sundowns, Minor Moon, Hafez Modirzadeh, Nonagon, OK Cool, Porcupine, Lester Rey & Moondoctor, Hedra Rowan, Senyawa, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Spooky Action Space Captain, Spread Joy, Pauline Anna Strom, Stuck, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Tree, Warm Violet, Ric Wilson, Bandcamp Friday, Bandcamp Fridays, Bandcamp day

Music, Music Feature Mar 24, 2021
Floatie finally release their long-finished first album

The Chicago “frog rock” four-piece talk about the lost year of COVID, finding inspiration in adventure novels, and their complicated but congenial songs.
- By Matthew Sigur
- Tags: Music Feature, Floatie, Voyage Out, Sam Bern, Luc Schutz, Joe Olson, Will Wisniewski, Spooky Action Space Captain, Hundred Heads, Date Stuff, Pile, Spirit of the Beehive, Stuck, Shell of a Shell, Ratboys, Exploding in Sound, Exploding in Sound Records, Seth Engel, Pallet Sound Studios, Dan Goldin, frog rock

Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Mar 17, 2021
Born Yesterday Records had a better 2020 than you

Chicago underground rock stayed great through a terrible year, and Born Yesterday released some of the best.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music & Nightlife, Born Yesterday, Born Yesterday Records, Clearance, Kevin Fairbairn, Greg Obis, Dummy, Landowner, Change Is Bad, Stuck, Cafe Racer, Shadow Talk, Knees, Posture, Sooper Records, Fire Talk, Dehd, Deeper, Best of Chicago 2020

Music, Music Feature Apr 29, 2020
Let the Reader help with your Bandcamp shopping list

In the past few weeks, we’ve recommended three dozen Bandcamp releases—and this Friday, the service will again pass its share of revenue along to artists.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, (Sandy) Alex G, albums, Bandcamp, Bandcamp day, Bandcamp Friday, benefit, Bill Nace, Blacks’ Myths, Charles Rumback with Jim Baker and John Tate, coronavirus, COVID-19, Deeper, DJ Hank, Dool, Drama, Facs, Feminazgûl, Friday, Friend/Enemy, Gerald Cleaver, Helen Money, Human Impact, Igorrr, Irreversible Entanglements, Jackie Lynn, Lido Pimienta, Like Rats, Lord Dying, Machine Wash Music, Melkbelly, Midnight, Midwife, Ono, Oranssi Pazuzu, Orkesta Mendoza, pandemic, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Pigs x 7, revenue, RXM Reality, Serengeti, Sharkula, Stuck, support, V.V. Lightbody, waive, waiver, Waxahatchee, Whispers: Lounger Originals, Wrekmeister Harmonies

Music, Music Review Mar 27, 2020
Spend quality time in quarantine with your new favorite Chicago albums

Close your eyes and picture yourself at your favorite local venue while listening to these new releases.
- By Jamie Ludwig
- Tags: Music Review, album reviews, avant-garde, concerts, coronavirus, COVID-19, Deeper, Drama, Facs, Helen Money, hip-hop, indie rock, Melkbelly, music, musicians, noise music, postpunk, punk rock, R&B, Radiohead, rap, records, Sampa the Great, shelter-in-place, Sterling Hayes, Stuck, Thom Yorke

Music, Music Review Mar 27, 2020
Recommended
Chicago postpunk four-piece Stuck deliver an uppercut with Change Is Bad
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Review, Born Yesterday, Stuck, Change is Bad, Greg Obis, Yeesh, Clearance, Tim Green, David Algrim, Donny Walsh, Recommended

Music, Music Feature Mar 19, 2020
Friday is buy stuff from Bandcamp day

On March 20, the company responds to the pandemic by giving up its cut so that all your money supports musicians. Here are six local acts to start with.
- By Madeline Happold
- Tags: Music Feature, Bandcamp, Bandcamp day, Bandcamp Friday, cancellation, Change Is Bad, coronavirus, COVID-19, Gifts of Consciousness, Half Gringa, Izzy Olive, Josh Snader, Maggie Gard, Marguerite’s Novels, Nothing Blues, self-quarantine, Sick/Tired, social distancing, Sorespot, split, Stuck, support, Teased Pt. II: “Shockin’ and Rockin’ You”, Teggsas, Triac, Typesetter, Uma Boo, waiver

Blogs, Bleader Mar 29, 2015
Start with these five weird films by Chicago native Stuart Gordon

Highlights from the filmography of Stuart Gordon
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Weekly Top Five, Film, Stuart Gordon, Re-Animator, the Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, Dolls, From Beyond, Stuck, Re-Animator

Blogs, Bleader Jul 14, 2010
Problem Solved

Joseph Chotosh turned his rage inward
- By Cliff Doerksen
- Tags: Bad News From the Past, We're Old, Car, mud, suicide, rage, stuck

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Spring returns, and Bandcamp Friday never left

We’re not out of the woods after more than a year of this, but we can still be grateful for the little things.

Floatie finally release their long-finished first album

The Chicago “frog rock” four-piece talk about the lost year of COVID, finding inspiration in adventure novels, and their complicated but congenial songs.

Born Yesterday Records had a better 2020 than you

Chicago underground rock stayed great through a terrible year, and Born Yesterday released some of the best.

Let the Reader help with your Bandcamp shopping list

In the past few weeks, we’ve recommended three dozen Bandcamp releases—and this Friday, the service will again pass its share of revenue along to artists.

Spend quality time in quarantine with your new favorite Chicago albums

Close your eyes and picture yourself at your favorite local venue while listening to these new releases.

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Chicago postpunk four-piece Stuck deliver an uppercut with Change Is Bad

Friday is buy stuff from Bandcamp day

On March 20, the company responds to the pandemic by giving up its cut so that all your money supports musicians. Here are six local acts to start with.

Start with these five weird films by Chicago native Stuart Gordon

Highlights from the filmography of Stuart Gordon

Problem Solved

Joseph Chotosh turned his rage inward

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We’re not out of the woods after more than a year of this, but we can still be grateful for the little things.

The Chicago “frog rock” four-piece talk about the lost year of COVID, finding inspiration in adventure novels, and their complicated but congenial songs.

Chicago underground rock stayed great through a terrible year, and Born Yesterday released some of the best.

In the past few weeks, we’ve recommended three dozen Bandcamp releases—and this Friday, the service will again pass its share of revenue along to artists.

Close your eyes and picture yourself at your favorite local venue while listening to these new releases.

On March 20, the company responds to the pandemic by giving up its cut so that all your money supports musicians. Here are six local acts to start with.

Highlights from the filmography of Stuart Gordon

Joseph Chotosh turned his rage inward

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