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- Music, Music Review May 8, 2020
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Spanish quartet Melenas channel a half-century of pop goodness on Dias Raros
- Music, Music Review Mar 27, 2020
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The new Facs album, Void Moments, shows the Chicago trio at their apex
- Music, Music Feature Mar 21, 2019
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Chicago postpunks Facs cut their last tether
This abstract, minimalist trio inherited members from Disappears, but they’ve found the personnel and the sound to become a self-contained band.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Mar 12, 2019
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Prewar blues great Georgia White died forgotten in Chicago
Singer and pianist Georgia White made dozens of classic records for Decca from 1935 to 1941, then fell off the map in the 1970s.
- Music, Concert Preview Sep 6, 2018
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Trouble in Mind and Paradise of Bachelors team up for a weekend of the finest indie rock at Trouble in Paradise
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 29, 2018
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You might want to avoid the shallow end on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by local artist Ryan Duggan.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 20, 2018
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Let us now praise Alan Rudolph
His last American hit, Afterglow, a tale of two tangled couples, screens at the Chicago Film Society on Wednesday.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 25, 2018
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Chicago postpunks Negative Scanner don’t have to stay DIY anymore—they just like it too much to stop
Negative Scanner celebrate the new Nose Picker on Friday, July 27, at Thalia Hall—and they'll play on the floor, among the people.
- Music, Music Feature Jul 25, 2018
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Whitney Johnson works to remystify music as Matchess
The Chicago violist, singer, and organist completes the Matchess Trilogy with the occult healing songs of the new Sacracorpa.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 27, 2018
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Emily Jane Powers writes pop songs fit for a Pushcart anthology
Plus: Paul Cherry finally fills a full-length with his sweet yacht rock, and post-Disappears trio Facs drop their debut album.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 10, 2017
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Great Chicago label, meet great Chicago band: Trouble in Mind signs Facs
Plus: Local shops celebrate Cassette Store Day with exclusives and in-store performances, and the Eradicator take a step up the D squash ladder with their self-titled album.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Feb 14, 2017
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The Burlington conjures up a witch-house night
Plus: Local record labels take over the Empty Bottle for an afternoon, and noise-rock trio Wishgift end a five-year drought with a new album.
- Music, Music Feature Dec 22, 2016
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Five local labels that had excellent years in 2016
These modest Chicago operations have gotten so good at what they do that they’re shaping music scenes far and wide.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 18, 2016
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Permanent Records celebrates its odds-defying tenth anniversary
Plus: Hobbyist release a lathe-cut single benefiting the Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women’s Network, Comfort Station hosts the inaugural ZINEmercado festival, and more.
- Music, In Rotation Feb 5, 2016
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Alexander Fruchter of Closed Sessions on a musical Band-Aid in a fucked-up world
Plus: Hip-hop songwriter Kweku Collins on his favorite album of 2015, the Reader’s Kevin Warwick on Iggy’s perfect pairing with Bowie, and more
- Music, Gossip Wolf Sep 3, 2014
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Gossip Wolf: Synth pop for Gaza from Aftersound
Plus: A free Willis Earl Beal EP, a release party for Melkbelly, and more
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 4, 2014
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Gossip Wolf: Surachai's scary semimodular synth
Plus: The Empty Bottle's silly staff podcast, Frank Leone's sinister new song, and more
- Blogs, Bleader May 8, 2014
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Trouble in Mind's Doug Tuttle brings his solo project to the Burlington this Mother's Day
The Boston psych rocker plays in Chicago this Sunday.
- City Life, Space Jun 6, 2013
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Bill and Lisa Roe's Palmer Square eye candy
The Trouble in Mind founders have a home overflowing with records and antique toys.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 2, 2012
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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky revisits the singular Alan Rudolph
Previewing an upcoming Facets film class about the overlooked American filmmaker
- Music, Music Feature Apr 18, 2012
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Our guide to Record Store Day
The day at a glance (OK, several glances)
- Film, Artist on Artist Nov 17, 2011
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Artist on Artist: Thee Oh Sees
Brigid Dawson, vocalist for the San Fran garage rockers, talks to Lisa Roe of CoCoComa and Trouble in Mind Records about touring, painting, and rock 'n' roll heartthrobs
- Music, Three Beats Jun 16, 2011
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Aram Shelton returns for a tour of Chicago
Plus: A Chicago label releases a comp of Mauritanian guitar, the core of CoCoComa becomes the Marble Vanity
- Music, Music Sidebar Apr 14, 2011
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Record Store Day
- News & Politics, Feature Aug 27, 2009
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Fall Arts Guide 2009 People to Watch: Bill and Lisa Roe
The couple behind CoCoComa will put out eight singles on their new Trouble in Mind label by December.