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- Music, Music Review Sep 15, 2020
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Noise-rock masters Uniform get even bigger, better, and darker on Shame
- Music, Music Feature Jun 16, 2020
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Martin Atkins’s greatest moment in Chicago music history
With his supergroup Pigface, the industrial-music veteran brings together all sorts of scenes onstage.
- Music, Music Review Jun 5, 2020
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Chicago industrial trio Civic Center streamline their surreal sound on The Ground Below
- Music, Music Review Apr 3, 2020
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France’s Igorrr adds Middle Eastern motifs to its genre-splicing mashup of death metal and breakcore
- Music, Music Feature Mar 3, 2020
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Chicago postpunk gets its Wu-Tang Clan
Local label Chicago Research has built a powerful, tight-knit collective of dark underground rock and electronic artists.
- Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Nov 6, 2019
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Staff Pick: Best local label
Chicago Research
- Music, Gig Poster of the Week Aug 28, 2019
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It’s a minotaur murder party on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by local artist and musician Jordan Reyes for his upcoming show at Cafe Mustache.
- Music, Gossip Wolf May 7, 2019
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New postpunk label Chicago Research charges out of the gate
Plus: The Latin Rootz DJ crew remixes Chicago Afrobeat Project, and Alona’s Dream helps reissue the first two EPs from Chicago hardcore pioneers Articles of Faith.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 5, 2018
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Goth doesn’t age, but DJ Scary Lady Sarah’s Nocturna party is turning 30
Plus: The new What’s for Brek-Fest takes over the Wicker Park Emporium, psychedelic disco group Shuttle Run celebrates a new album, and more.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 25, 2018
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Thirty years is a long time to live with a Thrill Kill Kult
Plus: White Mystery keep on celebrating their first decade, the All Smiles hip-hop showcase reaches its sixth birthday, and more.
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music Dec 4, 2017
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An untimely farewell to wizardly industrial guitarist and sound engineer Jason McNinch
Jason McNinch's band Lick put out just two albums in the mid-90s, but he lent his touch to dozens of other projects, including Pigface, Sister Machine Gun, Die Warzau, and KMFDM.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 22, 2016
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Industrial supergroup Pigface celebrates 25 years of revolving-door lineups
Plus: The Music Box screens an underappreciated Prince movie, the Chosen Few DJs honor a bygone house-music club, and more.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 27, 2015
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Listen to a new track from noise-rock duo Uniform
The band's debut full-length is out early this summer.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 16, 2015
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Extreme noise-rock-industrial duo Uniform plays at the Empty Bottle this weekend
The confrontational Brooklyn duo is back with more hard sounds.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 5, 2014
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Experimental-industrial group Corrections House mellow out with a Neil Young cover
The half-local "supergroup" takes on "Cortez the Killer."
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 22, 2014
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Ora Iso unleash the self-titled industrial-noise track 'Ora Iso' from their Ba Da Bing! debut, Bathcat
Today's 12 O'Clock Track is Ora Iso's industrial-noise track "Ora Iso" (like the band).
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 6, 2014
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12 O'Clock Track: "Dogbite" signals the return of Godflesh
Godflesh's first new recordings in 13 years are, as expected, brutal.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 25, 2014
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12 O'Clock Track: 'Our Blood' is brand-new noisy industrial from New York's Uniform
Two of New York's best noise-rock musicians team up on this new project.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 12, 2014
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Ibn Inglor's searing "Damaged"
The south-side MC's newest track from his forthcoming New Wave 2 mixtape is an industrial rager shot through with loneliness.
- Music, Music Feature Dec 26, 2013
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Our favorite music of 2013
Six Reader writers, 12 months, 30 picks—and not one list that just rearranges the same records you'll see everywhere else
- 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.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 23, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: "Bullets and Graves" is a heavy, industrial preview from Corrections House's new LP
"Bullets and Graves" adds a noisy, experimental touch to the classic Wax Trax! sound.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 23, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: Trent Reznor goes pop on "Everything"
"Everything" is a surprisingly sunny pop jam from Nine Inch Nails.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 2, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: Disappears get a little industrial on "Ultra"
Disappears' new "Ultra" is a spooky track with industrial vibes.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 21, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: "Christbait Rising" is an industrial metal landmark
In honor of their reunion tour taking place this fall, today's 12 O'Clock Track is "Christbait Rising" by Godflesh.