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Blogs, Bleader Feb 2, 2016
The Smashing Pumpkins and Liz Phair hit the road together, 22 years after an infamous takedown in the Reader

Twenty-two years ago, Steve Albini called the Smashing Pumpkins and Liz Phair "pandering sluts." At least they didn't turn out to be flavors of the week.
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: Music, 90s Nostalgia, Smashing Pumpkins, Liz Phair, In Plainsong, Bill Wyman, Hitsville, Steve Albini, Three Pandering Sluts and Their Music-Press Stooge, Urge Overkill, Jeff Schroeder, Jimmy Chamberlin

Blogs, Bleader Dec 22, 2015
Audio
The early output of Red Red Meat sees its first vinyl release

The new reissues of Red Red Meat's first two albums sound as great as ever.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, Post No Bills, Red Red Meat, Califone, Friends of Betty, Tim Rutili, Glynis Johnson, Ben Massarella, Brian Deck, Glenn Girard, Tim Hurley, John Rowan, Blackie Onassis, Urge Overkill, Jimmywine Majestic, "Snowball, " "Stained & Lit, " 12 O'Clock Track, Rolling Stones, Jealous Butcher Records, Audio

Arts & Culture, Feature Oct 2, 2013
The migration of the hipster

A Chicago history, 1898-present
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Feature, hipsters, Flat Iron Building, Bridgeport, neighborhoods, New York Times, next Seattle, Richard Lloyd, Jeff Huebner, history, Real World, Ed Marszewski, Lumpen Times, Liz Phair, Urge Overkill, Veruca Salt, Smashing Pumpkins, Tom Handley, Joe Judd, Shane Bugbee, Elliot Dicks, gentrification, Clem Jaskot Jr., Phyllis' Musical Inn, bars, Gold Star Bar, Nelson Algren, Wicker Park, HotHouse, Double Door, Pontiac, Subterranean, Flat Iron Building, Myopic Books, Quimby's Bookstore, Autonomous Zone Infoshop, Buys Bee, Earwax Cafe, Urbus Orbis, commercialization, bohemia, brohemia, Sarah Crawford, Fine Arts Building, artists' colonies, coffeehouses, nightclubs, The Little Room, South Loop, artists, tea, Auditorium Hotel, Ralph Clarkson, Henry Blake Fuller, George Ade, Hamlin Garland, Lorado Taft, Jane Addams, Bertha Palmer, Jackson Park, Hyde Park, Midway Studios, Floyd Dell, Evening Post, Evening Post's Friday Literary Review, Paul Durica, Margery Currey, salons, Sherwood Anderson, Edgar Lee Masters, Carl Sandburg, Ben Hecht, Margaret Anderson, The Little Review, Richard Lloyd, Chicago winters, Towertown, Bauhaus, Bauhaus School, River North, Maxwell Bodenheim, them restaurants, Gold Coast House of Correction, Big John's Coal Scuttle, Jake Loeb, Thomas Dyja, Tree Studios, Prohibition, tearooms, Green Mask, Ballyhoo Cafe, drag shows, Dil Pickle Club, Washington Square Park, Newberry Library, Bughouse Square, Jack Jones, Tooker Place, Mae West, Ben Reitman, Chicago Tribune, alcohol, Charles Collins, Mitchell Dawson, Harriet Monroe, Clarence Darrow, Emma Goldman, Theodore Dreiser, Ring Lardner, Edgar Lee Masters, Joseph Weil, Bill Haywood, Jack Johnson, Chicago Literary Times, Michigan Avenue Bridge, douchebags, yuppies, bros, Alfreda Gordon, Chicago Sunday Times, development, beatniks, hippies, New Yorker, Emily Hahn, Slim Brundage, College of Complexes, Piper's Alley, Lincoln Restaurant, Maury's, Cholly Wendorf, Bill Smith, Steve Goodman, John Prine, Bonnie Koloc, Hairy Who, Will Leonard, University of Chicago, Old Town School of Folk Music, Bill Savage, Northwestern University, Frank Ryan, Norman Mailer, Dee Paira, Gavin Morrison, Rainbo Club, Logan Square, Jason Hammel, Logan Beach, Lula Cafe, Amalea Tshilds, Joe Bryl, Longman & Eagle, Reno, Bang Bang Pie, Parsons Chicken & Fish, Cozy Corner, Cole's Bar, Helen's, Two-Way Lounge, Whirlaway Lounge, The Whistler, Scofflaw, Weegee's Lounge, Logan Square Farmers Market, Dill Pickle Co-Op, Cafe Mustache, New Wave Coffee, Abraham Conlon, Adrienne Lo, Matthias Merges, Jared Wentworth, Paul McGee, Maria Jaimes, Fireside Bowl, The Mutiny, John McDermott, Logan Square Neighborhood Association, Latinos, buying property, Bridgeport, Pilsen, Jason Vincent, Bruce Finkelman, Thalia Hall, Modern Cooperative, furniture stores, Nightwood, Co-Prosperity Sphere, public transportation, mass transit, Version Fest, Mash-Tun Festival

News & Politics, Chicago Reader at Forty Jun 16, 2011
1994

The year in Chicago history via the pages of the Reader
- By Michael Miner
- Tags: Chicago Reader at Forty, Chicago Reader at 40, Bill Wyman, Steve Albini, Smashing Pumpkins, Liz Phair, Urge Overkill, Chicago Sun-Times, Conrad Black, David Radler, Chicago Bulls, Michael Jordan, Bill Cartwright, John Paxson, Horace Grant, Chicago Stadium, Chicago Bears, 1994, 1990s

Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 23, 2011
Gossip Wolf: Music From the Third Dimension

A local multimedia artist makes noise you can almost touch. Plus: Wild Flag tops the latest Pitchfork rumors, Ben Weasel loses some fans at SXSW, and more
- By Jessica Hopper and J.R. Nelson
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Jon Satrom, Lampo, Graham Foundation, Mannequin Men, Eternals, Chris Connelly, Hollows, Population, Kris Poulin, BLVD, Michael L. Abramson, Numero Group, Wild Flag, Dirty Beaches, Pitchfork Music Festival, Gang Gang Dance, Shabazz Palaces, Gallagher, Girl Talk, Lollapalooza, Ben Weasel, Screeching Weasel, South By Southwest, Weseal Fest, Football, Jim McCann, Baseball Furies, Srini Radhakrishna, France Has the Bomb, Jerred Gummere, Ponys, Mike Lust, Tight Phantomz, Urge Overkill

Blogs, Bleader Feb 3, 2011
Early Warnings Roundup

This week's Early Warnings include the Black Angels, Elvis Costello, the Fleshtones, Human Eye, Ice Cube, Kamelot, Low, Willie Nelson, Phosphorescent, Pinback, and Urge Overkill.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Early Warnings, Black Angels, Lincoln Hall, Fleshtones, Ice Cube, Willie Nelson, Pinback, Urge Overkill

Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 21, 2010
Erectoral Politics

Meet your new mayor, Cynthia Plaster Caster. Plus: Steve Shelley, honorary Chicagoan, Svenonius on Nation of Ulysses reunion rumors, and more.
- By Jessica Hopper and J.R. Nelson
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Disappears, Steve Shelley, High Confessions, White/Light, Kranky Records, Salem, Urge Overkill, Nash Kato, Cynthia Plaster Caster, Rhymefest, Lula Cafe, Nation of Ulysses reunion, Ian Svenonius

Blogs, Bleader Sep 14, 2010
Urge Overkill Burns in "Effigy"

The reunited band sounds way more punk than it did when "Exit the Dragon" came out 15 years ago.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Urge Overkill, Effigy, Mike Lust, Tight Phantomz, Chicago, indie rock, punk

Music, Soundboard Dec 31, 2009
The List: December 31-January 6

Critics' Choices and other notable concerts: Black Keys, Girl Talk, Prefuse 73, Von Freeman, and more
- By Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, Ann Sterzinger, and Bill Meyer
- Tags: Soundboard, Black Keys, Blakroc, Von Freeman, Girl Talk, New Apartment Lounge, Margot and the Nuclear So and So's, Prefuse 73, Savath and Savalas, Urge Overkill, Matt Bauder, White Blue Yellow and Clouds, Butch Walker, DKV Trio, Hamid Drake, Kent Kessler, Ken Vandermark

News & Politics, Letters Jan 27, 1994
Three Pandering Sluts and Their Music-Press Stooge
- By Steve Albini
- Tags: Letters, Liz Phair, Urge Overkill, Smashing Pumpkins, Steve Albin, Bill Wyman, music industry, music criticism, music critics

Music, Music Sidebar May 6, 1993
Whenever They Call You "Friend": Urge vs. Touch and Go/Schmitsville

Urge Overkill, 1990/When they were in with the indie crowd
- By Bill Wyman
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Hitsville, Brigid Murphy, Urge Overkill, Steve Albini

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The Smashing Pumpkins and Liz Phair hit the road together, 22 years after an infamous takedown in the Reader

Twenty-two years ago, Steve Albini called the Smashing Pumpkins and Liz Phair "pandering sluts." At least they didn't turn out to be flavors of the week.

Audio
The early output of Red Red Meat sees its first vinyl release

The new reissues of Red Red Meat's first two albums sound as great as ever.

The migration of the hipster

A Chicago history, 1898-present

1994

The year in Chicago history via the pages of the Reader

Gossip Wolf: Music From the Third Dimension

A local multimedia artist makes noise you can almost touch. Plus: Wild Flag tops the latest Pitchfork rumors, Ben Weasel loses some fans at SXSW, and more

Early Warnings Roundup

This week's Early Warnings include the Black Angels, Elvis Costello, the Fleshtones, Human Eye, Ice Cube, Kamelot, Low, Willie Nelson, Phosphorescent, Pinback, and Urge Overkill.

Erectoral Politics

Meet your new mayor, Cynthia Plaster Caster. Plus: Steve Shelley, honorary Chicagoan, Svenonius on Nation of Ulysses reunion rumors, and more.

Urge Overkill Burns in "Effigy"

The reunited band sounds way more punk than it did when "Exit the Dragon" came out 15 years ago.

The List: December 31-January 6

Critics' Choices and other notable concerts: Black Keys, Girl Talk, Prefuse 73, Von Freeman, and more

Three Pandering Sluts and Their Music-Press Stooge

Whenever They Call You "Friend": Urge vs. Touch and Go/Schmitsville

Urge Overkill, 1990/When they were in with the indie crowd

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Twenty-two years ago, Steve Albini called the Smashing Pumpkins and Liz Phair "pandering sluts." At least they didn't turn out to be flavors of the week.

The new reissues of Red Red Meat's first two albums sound as great as ever.

A Chicago history, 1898-present

The year in Chicago history via the pages of the Reader

A local multimedia artist makes noise you can almost touch. Plus: Wild Flag tops the latest Pitchfork rumors, Ben Weasel loses some fans at SXSW, and more

This week's Early Warnings include the Black Angels, Elvis Costello, the Fleshtones, Human Eye, Ice Cube, Kamelot, Low, Willie Nelson, Phosphorescent, Pinback, and Urge Overkill.

Meet your new mayor, Cynthia Plaster Caster. Plus: Steve Shelley, honorary Chicagoan, Svenonius on Nation of Ulysses reunion rumors, and more.

The reunited band sounds way more punk than it did when "Exit the Dragon" came out 15 years ago.

Critics' Choices and other notable concerts: Black Keys, Girl Talk, Prefuse 73, Von Freeman, and more

Urge Overkill, 1990/When they were in with the indie crowd

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