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Blogs, Bleader Dec 12, 2018
Chicago rockers share their Mutiny memories, foggy and otherwise

Eulogies for the notoriously debauched punk bar from members of Sweet Cobra, Montrose Man, the Functional Blackouts, and more
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Blotto, Gross, Music, RIP, The Mutiny, Logan Square, punk, dive bar, shows, closed, Ed Mroz, Josh Davis, Ryan Duggan, Mac Blackout, Mark McKenzie, Jason Gagovski, Sweet Cobra, Meg McDuff, Adam Mohundro, Functional Blackouts, Catburglars

Music, Concert Preview Nov 15, 2018
Recommended
Russian Circles lead a night that shows Chicago’s got a lot of heavy music to be thankful for
- By Scott Morrow
- Tags: Concert Preview, Russian Circles, Guidance, Bongripper, Sweet Cobra, Recommended

Music, In Rotation Jul 10, 2018
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Stephanie Marlow of Indie Publicity on a brutal band with a soft spot for pitties

Plus: Sweet Cobra drummer Jason Gagovski on three decades of weirdo prank calls, Reader editor Jamie Ludwig on a compelling reason to hire a drummer, and more
- By Jamie Ludwig
- Tags: In Rotation, Uniform, The Long Walk, The Walk, Sacred Bones, Stephen King, Greg Fox, Beth Winegarner, Tenacity, Heavy Metal in the Middle East and Africa, The Columbine Effect, Psychic Lemon, Frequency Rhythm Distortion Delay, Stephanie Marlow, Indie Publicity, Golden Dawn Arkestra, Children of the Sun, Wings of Ra, Caleb Scofield, Cave In, Stephen Brodsky, A Celebration of the Life & Art of Caleb Scofield, Baptists, Beacon of Faith, Jason Gagovski, Sweet Cobra, Hawthorne Street Records, Longmont Potion Castle, 15, Cocaine & Rhinestones, podcast, Facs, Negative Houses, Disappears, Video

Blogs, Bleader Apr 11, 2018
Violence begets violence on the gig poster of the week

This week's gig poster was designed by a local artist operating as Mute Neighbor.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Gig Posters, Music, Visual Art, gig poster, gig posters, gig poster of the week, Mute Neighbor, Beat Kitchen, Rlyr, Sweet Cobra, Fotocrime, Paletazo

Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 7, 2017
The Green Music Fest catches Dave Mata’s Royal Hands

Plus: Do312 brings back its Rock ’n’ Roll Market, and Bric-a-Brac Records celebrates four years.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Impala Sound Champions, Royal Hands Sound System, Green Music Fest, Do312, Rock ’n’ Roll Market, Bric-a-Brac Records, anniversary, fourth anniversary, Wad, Negative Scanner, Sweet Cobra, Jimmy the Undertaker, Ryan Duggan, White Mystery, Flesh Panthers, Ludwig Drums, Girls Rock! Chicago, Eye Vybe Records, Dead Meat Design, Kokorokoko, East Room, Dave Mata, Chicago DJ All-City Assembly, Teklife, DJ Phil, DJ Manny, Sonorama, Charly Garcia, Eddy Baca, Simmer Down Sound, Nic the Graduate, King Tony, Jocelyn Brown, DJ Clerical Error, Vocalo, Jill Hopkins

Blogs, Bleader Jun 7, 2017
Supervillains chill out on the gig poster of the week

This week's featured gig poster was designed by local artist Ryan Duggan.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Gig Posters, Music, Visual Art, Arts, gig poster, gig posters, gig poster of the week, Bric-a-Brac Records, anniversary, in store, Sweet Cobra, Negative Scanner, Wad, Jimmy the Undertaker

Music, Music Feature Dec 22, 2015
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The year in music: 2015

Seven Reader writers drill down into rap, jazz, punk, metal, and more—instead of just rearranging the same records on everyone else’s best-of list.
- Tags: Music Feature, Year in review, Makaya McCraven, Chicago Reed Quartet, Michael Zerang & the Blue Lights, Tomeka Reid Quartet, Josh Berman Trio, year in review, Vic Spencer, Lil B, Chance the Rapper, Zro Fox, Sasha Go Hard, Ty Money, Rich Jones, Montana Macks, Jordan Looney, metal, Electric Wizard, Ufomammut, Babymetal, False, Mgla, Ian's Party, punk, Speed Babes, Meat Wave, Salvation, Royal Fucks, Absolutely Not, Rat Hammer, Sweet Cobra, Chi-Raq, Sam Trump, The Kinsmen, Phenom, Shawnee Deznae, Malcolm London, slow albums, Ennui, Falsvs Anno Domini, Chrch, Unanswered Hymns, Un, The Tomb of All Things, Sunn O))), Kannon, Bell Witch, Four Phantoms, Jes Skolnik, Britt Julious, Sasha Geffen, Josh Terry, Jessica Hopper, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 19, 2015
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Sweet Cobra release a music video along with their new record

The clip for "Future Ghosts" is a wild, trippy ride.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Sweet Cobra, Earth, Empty Bottle, record release, metal, heavy metal, new, music video, Future Ghosts, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 10, 2015
Singer-songwriter Jennifer Hall celebrates her first studio material in four years

Plus: Alex Barnett and Faith Coloccia collaborate again, Electric Hawk play a release party for their long-awaited second album, and more.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Jennifer Hall, In This, Subterranean, Alex Barnet, Mammiffer, Faith Coloccia, Weld, Blackest Ever Black, II, Electric Hawk, Noah Leger, Mike Burns, Graham McLachlan, Sweet Cobra, Empty Bottle, Seth Engel, Lifted Bells, Coaster, Options, Driftwood Metaphor, Tony Molina, Twin Peaks, Hurt Everybody, Fake Shore Drive, Reggie's Rock Club, Before the War, Twin Peaks, Hurt Everybody, Fake Shore Drive, Reggie's Rock Club

Blogs, Bleader Feb 5, 2015
Crushing shoegaze trio Cloakroom celebrate the release of their second full-length on Saturday

The band teamed up with Hum frontman Matt Talbott on their heavy new release.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Do This, Music, Cloakroom, Run for Cover Records, record release, Beat Kitchen, Hum, Lossed Over, Further Out, showgaze, space rock, Matt Talbot, Sweet Cobra, Planetsexploder, Carbonleak

Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 22, 2014
Gossip Wolf: Riot Fest to book Cobra Lounge

Plus: Halloween parties from Zigtebra and Soft Leather, a new band from members of Pelican, Bloodiest, and Locrian, and more
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Gossip Wolf, Nick Athanasopoulos, Detroit, Mike Petryshyn, Riot Fest, Sean McKeough, All Rise, Zigtebra, The Brave, the Auxiliary Art Center, Powell Brew House, Richard Album, Yoko & the Oh No's, the Boxers, Soft Leather, East Room, Teen Witch Fan Club, Johnny Love, Deathface, Trevor de Brauw, Pelican, Tusk, Colin DeKuiper, Bloodiest, Russian Circles, Tusk, Jody Minnoch, Peasants' Plot, Manteno, Razors, Sweet Cobra, Canadian Rifle

Blogs, Bleader Feb 26, 2014
Gig poster of the week: Shred into Arluck Time

This week's gig poster was designed by Milwaukee-based artist (and former Chicagoan) Francisco Ramirez.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Gig Posters, Arts, Music, Visual Art, gig posters, gig poster of the week, Francisco Ramirez, Arluck Time, Empty Bottle, Gnuman, Sweet Cobra, Party Downer, Full On, Cooler by the Lake

Blogs, Bleader Aug 29, 2013
Low Down Hoe Down celebrates its tenth anniversary this weekend with Sweet Cobra and Canadian Rifle

The Low Down Hoe Down, a skateboarding and punk rock party in Manteo, is celebrating its tenth year this Saturday.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Do This, Music, Low Down Hoe Down, Manteno, farm, Peasants' Plot, organic farm, punk rock, metal, skateboarding, shreddings, Sweet Cobra, Canadian Rifle, Sybris, Cathy Santonies, Organ Wolf, Via Verso, Kodiak Farm Boys, Harry Vetch, Lonesome Organist

Blogs, Bleader May 12, 2013
Reader's Agenda Sun 5/12: A Mother's Day matinee, a Marxist musical, and Coliseum

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, May 12
- By Tosten Burks
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Mothers Day, Music Box, Mommie Dearest, Dick O'Day, Bertolt Brecht, The Mother, Oracle Theatre, Coliseum, Sweet Cobra, Pink Avalanche, Empty Bottle

Blogs, Bleader Apr 29, 2013
Dark Lord Day spreads out and levels up for 2013

In which our correspondent attends the annual festival of beer and metal that revolves around Three Floyds' notorious Russian imperial stout.
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: Beer and Metal, Music, Food & Drink, Beer and Metal, beer, metal, Dark Lord, Dark Lord Day, Dark Lord Russian Style Imperial Stout, Three Floyds, Munster, Munster Indiana, High on Fire, Matt Pike, Des Kensel, Pig Destroyer, Scott Hull, J.R. Hayes, Bloodiest, Sweet Cobra, Lair of the Minotaur, Deesko, Michiana Power, Space Station: Middle Finger, Permanent Funeral, Toxic Revolution, Municipal Waste, Tiberian Inquisitor, Mikkeller Spontandoubleelderflower, Local Option Sweet Leaf, Greenbush Doomslayer, Pipeworks Raspberry Truffle Abduction, Founders KBS, Bourbon County Brand Stout, Pipeworks Flower Child, Surly Syx, Half Acre Quakerbridge, Elliot Dicks, Che Arthur, Steve Moore, Sanford Parker, Sei Jin Lee, Micha Ward

Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 24, 2013
Gossip Wolf: Night Terror is pleased to meet you

Plus: A new juke collection from DJ Earl and a benefit show against handgun violence
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Fielded, Ga'an, Lindsay Powell, Night Terror, Tyson Torstensen, Night Terrors, Living Tapes, John Carpenter, Quicksails, Bitchin Bajas, DJ Earl, DJ Rashad, Teklife, L.I.F.E., Audio Fixx 2, Audio Fixx, Galactic Inmate, Keith Herzik, Sweet Cobra, Sunken Ships, Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence

Music, Music Feature Apr 18, 2012
Our guide to Record Store Day

The day at a glance (OK, several glances)
- Tags: Music Feature, Record Store Day, vinyl, Odd Future, Numero Group, Alkaline Trio, Smoking Pipes, Reckless Records, 3 Floyds, Rye'd the Lightning, Sweet Cobra, pop-up store, the Misfits, Genesis, McClusky, Leonard Cohen, Bloodshot Records, Lydia Loveless, Trouble in Mind, Mikal Cronin, Apache Dropout, the Paperhead, Liminanas, Permanent Records, Pows, Thrill Jockey, Black Twig Pickers, Tortoise, Freakwater, Iggy & the Stooges

Blogs, Bleader Mar 1, 2012
Sweet Cobra headlines Kristen Romaniszak benefit

Sweet Cobra headlines a benefit for the victim of a Wicker Park flower-shop assault.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Do This, Music, Sweet Cobra, Canadian Rifle, Paul Cary & the Small Scaries, Double Door, benefit, Kristen Romaniszak, Asrai Garden

Blogs, Bleader Feb 22, 2012
Gig poster of the week

Francisco Ramirez's design for the Arluck Time benefit
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Arluck Time, Cooler by the Lake, Sweet Cobra, Deminer, Full On, Party Downers, Empty Bottle, Francisco Ramirez

Blogs, Bleader Feb 2, 2012
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This week on the B Side

Bye-bye to Megaupload and some LA-bound Chicagoans, hello to new music from Calez and Rockie Fresh, and more
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Megaupload, Promises, Tim Daisy, Sweet Cobra, Mat Arluck, Gossip Wolf, Damon Locks, Eternals, Sun Ra, Experimental Sound Studio, Bobby Womack, Hail! Hornet, Slow Southern Steel, Radar Eyes, Slow Animal, Craig Finn, Video

Music, Three Beats Feb 2, 2012
Drummer Tim Daisy writes for dance troupe the Seldoms

Plus: New releases from young MCs Rockie Fresh and Calez, and a benefit celebrating the late Mat Arluck of Sweet Cobra
- By Peter Margasak, Leor Galil, and Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Three Beats, Tim Daisy, Inner Ear, the Engines, James Falzone, Klang, Vox Arcana, New Fracture Trio, the Seldoms, Claire Hanson, Experimental Sound Studio, Rockie Fresh, 2008ighties, Calez, King Louie, Mat Arluck, Sweet Cobra, Jason Gagovski, metal, jazz, hip-hop

Blogs, Bleader Jan 5, 2012
This week on the B Side

Challenges of music journalism, plus news on local hip-hop, garage rock, and synthy experiments
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, King Louie, Katy Perry, Tiger Bones, Like Pioneers, Lord, White Mystery, Outer Minds, ShowYouSuck, Quicksails, Tomorrow Never Knows, Dave Rempis & Frank Rosaly, Sweet Cobra, Iris DeMent, Secret Colours

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 Nov 27, 2009
Mat Arluck, RIP

The Sweet Cobra guitarist has died of cancer.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Matt Arluck, Sweet Cobra, Chicago, metal

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