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- Music, The Listener Jan 25, 2021
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Chicago rapper Monster Mike takes on the porpoise police
His new video, by local crew New Trash, may be your only chance to see a cetacean fight a katana duel.
- Music, Music Feature Oct 19, 2020
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When shot-on-video horror met the Hot Mix 5
The score to cheapo 80s slasher 555, created by house DJ Frankie “Hollywood” Rodriguez, gets released for the first time.
- Music, Chicagoans of Note Aug 19, 2020
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Deborah Bowen, singer for Bushoong and makeup artist
“A lot of musicians around this time are suffering from the thought of not being able to perform. There’s a certain level of anxiety.”
- News & Politics, Feature Jun 23, 2020
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Cops appear to violate use-of-force rules dozens of times at protests
An investigation into the use of batons raises questions about the police department’s road to reform.
- Music, Chicagoans of Note May 26, 2020
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Thomas Comerford, filmmaker and singer-songwriter
“To me that's kind of the magical part, bringing the songs to various people to work on them together.”
- Music, Music Feature Apr 2, 2020
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Pianist Charles Joseph Smith celebrates companionship and solitude in a new video
“Flourishing Cities of Undead” was shot late last year in the empty Fine Arts Building, with special guest star Angel Bat Dawid.
- Music, Music Feature Feb 14, 2020
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Postgrunge outfit Daybreaker drop a double-edged new video
The “Porn and Fame” clip straddles the line where partying too much stops being funny.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 8, 2019
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Chicago filmmaker Jim Sikora screens a rarely seen love letter to Saccharine Trust
Plus: Sacha Mullin celebrates an earnest, silly new video for an old song, and the Hood Internet drop five weekly video mashups covering 1979 through ’83.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Aug 27, 2019
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No Men summon a demon to fight climate change in their new video
Plus: DJ and producer Ariel Zetina celebrates a new EP at Danny’s, and Daptone releases more music from soul singer Doug Shorts.
- Music, Music Feature Dec 3, 2018
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New Trash make videos with flash, panache, and not much cash
The young Chicago production duo demonstrate how to make an asset of a low budget on a shoot with local rappers Mother Nature.
- Arts & Culture, Theater Review Nov 14, 2018
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Manual Cinema’s Frankenstein is technically dazzling and emotionally cold
The latest version of the story presented in Chicago is inflected with bits of Mary Shelley's personal life.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 29, 2018
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Chicago noise-rock duo Djunah premier a video that puts the Brett Kavanaughs of the world on notice
Members of the dearly departed Beat Drun Juel and Fake Limbs have joined forces as Djunah, and they play Lincoln Hall this week.
- Film, Movie Review Sep 27, 2018
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In Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company, Jean-Luc Godard contemplates the transition from celluloid to video
Originally broadcast on French TV in 1986, it's having a rare Chicago screening at the Siskel Center.
- Blogs, Bleader May 10, 2018
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Check out the first single from the upcoming LP by Chicago punk mainstays the Brokedowns
The Brokedowns keep on outliving other punk bands, and on the new single from the upcoming Sick of Space, these grown-ass adults still rule.
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 11, 2018
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Gamer Ninja on playing Fortnite with Drake: ‘That was absolutely incredible’
Suburban video-game streamer Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, who earns almost $900K a month, has gotten national media exposure after playing with Drake.
- Film, Movie Feature Mar 22, 2018
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An epic quest to skateboard from Chicago to New York hits the screen in Shred America
Arthur Swidzinski and Mike Kosciesza planned to document their adventure, but never thought it would take ten years.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 23, 2018
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Local punks Problem People offer the first taste of their next album with a spooky new video
Problem People's second LP, as yet untitled, comes out in March on Tic Tac Totally.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Nov 22, 2017
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Forrest Claypool pulls a Jeff Sessions
The CPS boss apologizes for an invoice change he previously said he didn’t recall—after being shown proof of the change.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 24, 2017
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Mucca Pazza collide surreal silent film and frantic cartoons in ‘Mr. Spider Goes Home to Spiderland’
Punk marching band Mucca Pazza premiere a playful video to celebrate their new Trick or Treat EP.
- Music, Music Feature Aug 23, 2017
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Chicago blog Lyrical Lemonade shares its juice with rising rappers
By showing love to potential stars as well as certified sensations, Cole Bennett and Elliot Montanez have built a community alongside their brand.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 17, 2017
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Local noise-pop group Melkbelly release a video for the brand-new single ‘Middle Of’
In Melkbelly's new video they're having all sorts of hangs in their practice space.
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 3, 2017
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Local slacker-rock quartet Post Child debut the music video for ‘Fake Sex’
Post Child's new lo-fi video pays homage to the 90s, just like the band's fuzzy songs.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 27, 2017
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Local noise-rock trio Montrose Man debut an unsettling music video
Montrose Man drop the video for "Tom Waits for No One" in advance of their record-release show this weekend.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Jul 19, 2017
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Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim still keep each other weird
With the comedians on tour celebrating the tenth anniversary of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, CAN TV variety show host Steve Gadlin talks to his Adult Swim heroes about public-access television, absurdist comedy, and much more.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 15, 2017
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Arca & Jesse Kanda played with confusion to liberate the Pitchfork crowd
Venezuelan producer Arca and video artist Jesse Kanda played with the binary of attraction and revulsion to reprogram the default modes of consumption at a music festival.
