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- Music, Gig Poster of the Week Mar 17, 2021
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A real underground party on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was created by Justin Gray, an illustrator and designer from New Jersey.
- Music, Music Review Jan 12, 2021
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Viagra Boys find the sweetness in self-destruction on Welfare Jazz
- Music, Music Review Jan 7, 2021
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White Suns merge harsh noise experiments and punk rhythms on The Lower Way
- Music, Music Review Nov 16, 2020
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Chicago-born feminist punk duo the Ovens overcome separation and isolation on Distance
- Music, Music Review Nov 9, 2020
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Chicago grind-pop trio the Cell Phones deliver a much-needed jolt of life
- Music, Music Review Oct 19, 2020
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Noise-punk “supergroup” Brandy kills it on The Gift of Repetition
- Music, Gig Poster of the Week Oct 14, 2020
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A monument to Pierre Kezdy on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was created by local artist and musician Jay Ryan.
- Music, Music Review Sep 21, 2020
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Hardcore, metal, and punk bands unite for Shut It Down: Benefit for the Movement for Black Lives
- Music, Music Review Aug 24, 2020
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Punk lifer Neil Berthier considers his all-time lows on a hopeful new album as Phony
- Music, Music Review Aug 5, 2020
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Asheville trio Nest Egg smashes psychedelic sounds into postpunk oblivion on Dislocation
- Music, Music Review Jun 19, 2020
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Nearly 50 years after they formed, Wire are still doing it right
- Music, Music Review May 29, 2020
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Seth Engel makes melancholy sound sweet with his power-pop project, Options
- Music, Gig Poster of the Week May 20, 2020
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Godzilla can't stop the music on the (fantasy) gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was created by Chicago artist Jon Natzke.
- Music, Music Review May 8, 2020
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Danzig Sings Elvis is a covers album we didn’t need
- City Life, Stay at Home Apr 25, 2020
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The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: days 36 and 37
What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
- Music, Music Review Apr 24, 2020
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The Bobby Lees refresh garage rock for the next generation and everyone else
- Music, Gig Poster of the Week Apr 15, 2020
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Sor Juana gets the banda back together on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was created by artist Eric J. García of the Instituto Gráfico de Chicago printmaking collective.
- Music, Music Review Mar 27, 2020
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Spend quality time in quarantine with your new favorite Chicago albums
Close your eyes and picture yourself at your favorite local venue while listening to these new releases.
- Music, Concert Preview Mar 7, 2020
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After a critical breakthrough, two members of Florida emo mathletes Pool Kids decamp to Chicago
- Music, Concert Preview Feb 22, 2020
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Pioneering postpunks Wire continue to chart new ground on Mind Hive
- Music, Music Feature Jan 14, 2020
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What turns kids punk?
The new musical Verböten uses the story of Jason Narducy’s forgotten early-80s band to talk about the power of subculture.
- Music, Music Feature Dec 13, 2019
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Aweful spotlight the local rock scene’s sea-witch problem
The Chicago trio’s new video for “I Never Knew” combines classic punk and zombie water creatures.
- Music, Concert Preview Dec 6, 2019
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Chicagoland foursome Mt. Pocono know what makes punk a life force
- Music, Concert Preview Dec 5, 2019
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After 20 years in the game, the Lawrence Arms are a full-on Chicago punk institution
- Music, Concert Preview Oct 11, 2019
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Blacker Face power up the protest on Distinctive Juju
