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- Music, Music Feature Apr 29, 2020
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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.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 7, 2020
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Mavis Staples drops a benefit single to help Chicago seniors survive the pandemic
Plus: Mukqs embarks on a weekly series of live-recorded experimental EPs, and soul man Nate Barksdale colors his melodies with funk and hip-hop.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 31, 2020
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A new Chicago indie-rock comp benefits Brave Space Alliance and Black & Pink
Plus: Anna Holmquist of Bad Songwriter Podcast drops an album with their band Ester, and dance-pop act Pixel Grip releases a live MCA recording.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 5, 2019
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Bill MacKay and Katinka Kleijn document their dynamic duo with an album
Plus: Friends band together to help Jazz Showcase founder Joe Segal with medical bills, and power-pop veteran Jeff Lescher of Green celebrates a new solo record.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 22, 2019
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Not Normal Tapes gives itself a year to live
Plus: Rabble Rabble reunite to benefit Resilience, and beat-scene mainstay Uncle El celebrates a new album at Emporium.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 15, 2019
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Metro hosts a memorial for musician and mensch Rob Warmowski
Plus: Jeremiah Meece of The-Drum teases an imminent album of spooky electro, and Flossmoor’s newest record store throws a release party with Black Pegasus.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 27, 2019
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Tara Terra front woman Emily Blue drops a newly expanded solo synth-pop EP
Plus: Singer-songwriter Marian Runk celebrates a vivid, folky debut album, and south-side community radio station WHPK hosts a benefit at the Bottle.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 5, 2019
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Local power trio the Moses Gun drop their best record yet
Plus: The Broad Squad throws a benefit for Howard Brown Health and the Chicago Period Project, and Hanif Abdurraqib reads from his great new book on A Tribe Called Quest.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Dec 24, 2018
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Guitarist and soul singer Isaiah Sharkey warms Chicago up for his next album
Plus: The Humboldt Park Orchestra celebrates five years with a tribute to women in salsa, and the Burlington hosts a benefit to help survivors of sexual violence.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jul 10, 2018
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Transcontinental indie rockers Man’s Body celebrate their debut album in Chicago
Plus: Hardcore collective CB Radio Gorgeous throw a skateboard-centric benefit for detained immigrants, and the Whistler hosts battling beat makers at Fresh Roasted.
- Music, Music Feature Jun 5, 2018
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The weekend’s best blues beyond the fest
Your options outside Millennium Park include Shemekia Copeland, John Primer, and Selwyn Birchwood.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Feb 6, 2018
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Charlie Coffeen of Sidewalk Chalk gives Dilla’s Donuts the big-band treatment
Plus: John Walt’s arts mentorship foundation hosts a fund-raising dinner on the anniversary of the rapper’s death, and fashion crew Crystal Gravy throw a runway show at Punk Rock Prom.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 8, 2018
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Sons of the Silent Age honored David Bowie’s life and death by playing his Berlin trilogy
Saturday at Metro, actor Michael Shannon joined Sons of the Silent Age for yet another demonstration of the lasting impact of Bowie's work.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 14, 2017
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Underrated young rapper Charlie Curtis-Beard drops his ambitious second album
Plus: LGBTQ prisoner-advocate group Black and Pink throws a benefit show at Elastic, and weirdo beat project Spa Moans celebrates a new tape at the Hideout.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 14, 2017
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Punk Talks works to change the conversation about musicians and mental health
Social worker Sheridan Allen and her organization Punk Talks hold a fund-raising concert in Chicago this month to help connect DIY musicians with mental-health care.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 8, 2017
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Reunited late-70s Irish punks Protex hit Chicago for two shows
Plus: Chicago weirdo-rock supergroup Wet Piss play Cafe Mustache, and Redgrave host an ACLU benefit to fight Trump’s Muslim ban.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Dec 6, 2016
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I Kong Kult end a three-year hiatus to release their ass-shaking debut
Plus: Mako Sica hold a benefit to push back against cycling deaths, and the Dark Matter Series returns to Elastic with two events about dance music.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 15, 2016
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CHI PRC celebrates Chicago’s rich history of punk and hardcore
Plus: Quimby’s hosts a talk on documenting DIY culture, and supporters of the Standing Rock Sioux hold a march and fund-raiser in Pilsen.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jul 26, 2016
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Anthony Janas makes sound art by sailing a boat
Plus: Everytown for Gun Safety hosts a big punk benefit at Township, and Fiesta del Sol celebrates ten years of its house-music festival.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 28, 2016
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A fond farewell to Empty Bottle floor manager Bob Johnson
Plus: A Manny Muscles benefit for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, a ‘Shitty Punk Birthday’ for Psalm One, and more
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 4, 2014
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Folk guitarist Ryley Walker and free jazz drummer Ben Billington jam tonight for a good cause
The duo team up at Cole's tonight to benefit the Carrefour Collaborative.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 28, 2014
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Celebrate the life of Christopher Saathoff tonight at the Empty Bottle
The Christopher Saathoff Foundation hosts a celebration of the local musician ten years after his tragic passing.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 2, 2012
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Friday: Benefit at ESS for drummer Frank Rosaly
Details about the impressive lineup for Friday's benefit for drummer Frank Rosaly at Experimental Sound Studio
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 1, 2012
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Sweet Cobra headlines Kristen Romaniszak benefit
Sweet Cobra headlines a benefit for the victim of a Wicker Park flower-shop assault.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 7, 2011
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This Week in Food & Drink: A New Izakaya, Homaro Cantu's Ing, Key Ingredient Tamarind, and More
In this week's food and drink: Lure Izakaya Pub, Homaro Cantu's Ing, Key Ingredient tamarind, and 13 Japanese restaurants