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Music, Concert Preview Sep 12, 2019
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Wolf Eyes are experimental music’s most prolific act—and most prolific meme makers
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Concert Preview, Wolf Eyes, Instagram, Inzane Johnny, Detroit, Nate Young, John Olson, psycho jazz, experimental music, Recommended, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 30, 2018
A black star warps the fabric of reality on the gig poster of the week

This week's featured gig poster was designed by local artist Bill Connors, who also plays in the band Dim.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Gig Posters, Music, Visual Art, gig poster, gig posters, gig poster of the week, Bill Connors, Empty Bottle, Martin Rev, Divine Enfant, Wolf Eyes, Mystic Ruler, Bentley Anderson, DJ Eye-Vybe

Music, Concert Preview May 25, 2018
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Synth-punk pioneer Martin Rev and trip-metal explorers Wolf Eyes bring transgressive sounds to Chicago
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: Concert Preview, Martin Rev, Wolf Eyes, Recommended

Music, Concert Preview May 18, 2017
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America’s bad-vibe underground takes over Metro for a night with sets by Wolf Eyes, Pharmakon, and Aaron Dilloway
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Concert Preview, Wolf Eyes, Pharmakon, Aaron Dilloway, Recommended

Music, In Rotation Jun 14, 2016
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Saves the Day bassist Rodrigo Palma on the elementary particle of rhythm

Plus: CHIRP Radio DJ John Lombardo on slow-smoldering 60s psych from Japan, the Reader’s Luca Cimarusti on the best rock bio he’s ever read, and more
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: In Rotation, Bob Mehr, Trouble Boys, Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements, Replacements, Wayfaring Strangers, Cosmic American Music, Gram Parsons, Numero Group, Chris Bell, Big Star, I Am the Cosmos, #1 Record, John Lombardo, CHIRP, Comfort Food, Waffle Frolic, Apryl Fool, The Apryl Fool, The Lost Mother Land, John Olson, Life Is a Rip Off: The Complete Book, Wolf Eyes, Rodrigo Palma, Saves the Day, Into It. Over It., quarter note, Stella Mozgawa, Warpaint, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Jan 15, 2015
Cable-access dance party Chic-a-Go-Go celebrates its 1,000th episode

Plus: Wolf Eyes plays a not-so-secret show at the Owl, Al Jourgensen of Ministry appears on the next Ono album, and more.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Jake Austen, Chic-a-Go-Go, Miss Mia, Ratso, Promontory, Hyde Park, Parliament Tapes, the Owl, Magas, Wolf Eyes, Crucial Taunt, Wayne's World, Quicksails, Ben BIllington, Al Jourgensen, Ministry, Ono, Robert Manis, Moniker Records, Spooks, Everything is Terrible, Greatest Hits

Blogs, Bleader Jun 27, 2014
Automatic Recordings revs up Sunday at Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival

The new local label run by the Owl's talent buyer makes its public debut at the Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival on Sunday.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Do This, Music, Aaron Dexter, Automatic Recordings, Melkbelly, the Funs, Whitegold, Cooper Crain, Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, Basic Cable, Ryan Duggan, Public House Sound, Wolf Eyes, Silver Apples, Mopery

Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 18, 2014
Gossip Wolf: Who's gonna play Lollapalooza?

Plus: HoZac digs up more buried treasure, and the Land and Sea Dept. starts recording its shows
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Lollapalooza, OutKast, Skrillex, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Lorde, Diarrhea Planet, Danny Brown, Against Me!, Vic Mensa, Daft Punk, HoZac Records, Dwight Twilley, Electric Eels, Epicycle, New Year's Evil, Made in Japan, the Land and Sea Dept., Garfield Park Conservatory, Zola Jesus, J.G. Thirlwell, Bill Callahan, Audial LSD, Wolf Eyes, Permanent Records

Blogs, Bleader Nov 14, 2013
Psychic Ills make a surprise appearance at the Owl tonight

The Owl continues its trend of high-profile secret shows, this time with New York's Psychic Ills.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Music, the Owl, Psychic Ills, Energy Gown, secret show, free, surprise, psychedelic rock, psych, Sacred Bones, Social Registry, Dins, One Track Mind, Wolf Eyes, Silver Apples

Blogs, Bleader Sep 26, 2013
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Wolf Eyes play the Owl this Sunday in celebration of the bar's second anniversary

An engraved tooth spread the word about this harsh-noise party.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Do This, Music, Wolf Eyes, the Owl, anniversary, noise rock, harsh noise, industrial, Parliament Tapes, vending machine, late night, 4 AM, Silver Apples, Mike Lust, Video

Music, Pitchfork Jul 17, 2013
The Reader's guide to Pitchfork afterparties

There's no Bitchpork this year, but there is Rotted Tooth, plus plenty more.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Pitchfork, Pitchfork 2013, afterparties, Bitchpork, Rotted Tooth Festival, Autre Ne Veut, Savages, Parquet Courts, Wolf Eyes, Pharmakon, Marshstepper, Bitchin Bajas, Running band, Oozing Wound, Rectal Hygienics, Sasha Go Hard, Supreme Cuts, The GTW, Kit, DJ Earl, Bengfang, Cobrafest, Cobra Lounge, Bronx, King Dude, White Mystery, And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Bad Rabbits, Jeff Parker, Rob Mazurek, People's Temple, Habibi, Thing band, Foxygen, Gauntlet Hairs, Gambles band, Julia Holter, Jessica Pratt, Chuck Inglish, Alex Wiley, Kembe X, Caleb James, Save Money Army, KEN Mode, Inter Arma, Stavros Giannopoulos, Atlas Moth, Mad Conductor, Agents of Change, Run & Punch, Waste Basket, Merchandise, Daughn Gibson, Connections band, Steve Gunn, Sky Ferreira, Johnny Hostile, Zeros, Blind Shake, Outer Minds, Belle & Sebastian, Heaven Malone, Greg Corner, Mac DeMarco, Ex-Cult, OBN IIIs, Growlers band, Denney & the Jets, Toxie, Pissed Jeans, Inter Arma, Lasers and Fast and Shit, Nicolas Jaar, Jacques Green, Todd Edwards, Teklife DJs, DJ Rashad, Spinn, Traxman, DJ Manny, Ryan Hemsworth, The Singleman Affair, Health & Beauty, El Is a Sound of Joy, Sloppy White, Dave Mata, Duke Grip, Skeme Richards, Trash Talk, White Lung, Ratking, Waxahatchee, Carbonleak, Modern Hut, Evian Christ, STV SLV, Moneyworth, Danny Leroy, Po'Chop, Josephine Shaker, Bump & Grindcore V, Jonathan Toubin Soul Clap, Dance Off, La Luz, King Dude, White Mystery, Rainbow Gun Show, Nones, Protomartyr, Project Mayhem, Young Tee Tee, Skylar Grey, TeamMate, Double Door, Lincoln Hall, Constellation, Reggie's Rock Club, Bottom Lounge, Schubas, Hideout, Reggies’ Rock Club

Blogs, Bleader Jul 11, 2013
The first annual Rotted Tooth Fest

This year Rotted Tooth Fest takes over for Bitchpork as Pitchfork's evil twin.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Do This, Music, Rotted Tooth Fest, Rotted Tooth Recordings, Pitchfork, Bitchpork, noise, noise rock, punk, noise punk, hardcore, Wolf Eyes, Sewn Leather, Bitchin Bajas, Running, Toupee, Gula Gila, Solid Attitude, Shaven Women, Oozing Wound, Super Sonic Piss, Mayor Daley, Rectal Hygenics, Kyle Reynolds, Jail Flanagan, Brainbombs, Thrill Jockey

Blogs, Bleader May 9, 2013
Best shows to see: Dumpster Babies, Wolf Eyes, Coppice

The best shows to see for the weekend of 5/10.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Do This, Music, Best shows to see, Dumpster Babies, Wolf Eyes, Coppice, Boris, Retox, Metz, TV Ghost, White Mystery, image

Blogs, Bleader Jan 14, 2013
My favorite albums of 2012, numbers 40 through 31

My belated countdown of my 40 favorite albums of the year
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Year in Review, Music, Post No Bills, Mike Wexler, Jeremy Pelt, Ivar Grydeland, Huntsville, Kevin Drumm, Eivind Opsvik Overseas, Neneh Cherry, the Thing, J.D. Allen Trio, Aaron Dilloway, Wolf Eyes, Dr. John, Dan Auerbach, Henry Threadgill Zooid, favorite records of 2012, Year in Review 2012, Variations on a Theme

Music, Gossip Wolf Feb 10, 2011
The Final Frontier?

The fog-loving avant-garde trio reunites yet again. Plus: Birth squeezes out an LP, Marketa Irglova cozies up to Chicago, and more
- By Jessica Hopper and J.R. Nelson
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Gossip Wolf, frontier, wolf eyes, envenomist, bloodyminded, plague bringer, swell season, marketa irglova, tim iseler, swan king, birth, disappears, steve shelley, sonic youth, The Abbey Pub, The Beat Kitchen

Blogs, Bleader Nov 9, 2007
John Olson: American weirdo

The Fader takes a look at noise from Michigan.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music, Crickets, noise, Wolf Eyes, American Tapes

Blogs, Bleader Mar 3, 2007
Someone you can help, and someone you tried to

Sad news from Wolf Eyes and Split Lip Rayfield.
- By Monica Kendrick
- Tags: Music, Crickets, Wolf Eyes, Split Lip Rayfield, Kirk Rundstrom, Peter Young, Scroat Belly

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This week's featured gig poster was designed by local artist Bill Connors, who also plays in the band Dim.

Plus: CHIRP Radio DJ John Lombardo on slow-smoldering 60s psych from Japan, the Reader’s Luca Cimarusti on the best rock bio he’s ever read, and more

Plus: Wolf Eyes plays a not-so-secret show at the Owl, Al Jourgensen of Ministry appears on the next Ono album, and more.

The new local label run by the Owl's talent buyer makes its public debut at the Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival on Sunday.

Plus: HoZac digs up more buried treasure, and the Land and Sea Dept. starts recording its shows

The Owl continues its trend of high-profile secret shows, this time with New York's Psychic Ills.

An engraved tooth spread the word about this harsh-noise party.

There's no Bitchpork this year, but there is Rotted Tooth, plus plenty more.

This year Rotted Tooth Fest takes over for Bitchpork as Pitchfork's evil twin.

The best shows to see for the weekend of 5/10.

My belated countdown of my 40 favorite albums of the year

The fog-loving avant-garde trio reunites yet again. Plus: Birth squeezes out an LP, Marketa Irglova cozies up to Chicago, and more

The Fader takes a look at noise from Michigan.

Sad news from Wolf Eyes and Split Lip Rayfield.

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