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, Nov 21, 2012
Three Beats: Chance the Rapper pushes
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Plus: Disappears play Rainbo for a bartender shot in the face, and Dusty Groove returns to the reissue biz with Real Gone
by Leor Galil, Luca Cimarusti, and Peter Margasak
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, Nov 2, 2012
Three Beats: Absolutely no twinklecore at the Swerp Records showcase
Plus: Cajmere and his Cajual label on a new British comp, and the Neon Marshmallow Festival tries getting small
by Peter Margasak, Leor Galil, and Bill Meyer
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, Oct 22, 2012
Three Beats: Netherfriends cuts a bedroom-pop record (almost) live at Schubas
Plus: Art-rockers Ono release their first album in 26 years, and So Percussion founder Doug Perkins moves to Chicago
by Peter Margasak, Kevin Warwick, and Leor Galil
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, Oct 22, 2012
Three Beats: Netherfriends cuts a bedroom-pop record (almost) live at Schubas
Plus: Art-rockers Ono release their first album in 26 years, and So Percussion founder Doug Perkins moves to Chicago
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, Oct 8, 2012
Three Beats: Yakuza keeps spreading out on
Beyul
Plus: The Spektral Quartet gets cozy with the U. of C., and the Captcha label helps beef up the sound program at ACRE
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, Sep 24, 2012
Three Beats: The WZRD DJ lockout grinds on
Plus: Joshua Abrams goes full guimbri, and Emperor finally introduce their amp heads
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, Sep 4, 2012
Three Beats: Local nonprofit the Lost Childhoods uses hip-hop against youth violence
Plus: Dusty Groove clears out its basement with a 50-cent sidewalk sale, and Storm Thorgerson of Hipgnosis opens his show at Public Works
by Leor Galil, Peter Margasak, and Tal Rosenberg
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, Aug 6, 2012
Three Beats: The first Thirsty Ear
Plus: An old-school death metal lesson from Master, and DJ Tony Trimm finally drops his first album
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, Jul 17, 2012
The noise scene's lost Enemy, a trumpeter's growth spurt, and one schmaltzy goodbye
Good-bye to Baby Teeth and experimental-music venue Enemy, hello to young trumpeter Marquis Hill
by Leor Galil, Peter Margasak, and Miles Raymer
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, Jun 11, 2012
Three Beats: MC Legit drops a free song every Saturday
Plus: Drummer Frank Rosaly claims his Puerto Rican roots with Bootstrap, and power-ambient group Chord make a "country" album
by Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, and Leor Galil
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, May 21, 2012
Three Beats: A live Empty Bottle compilation gets a proper release party
Plus: Corbett vs. Dempsey sprouts a full-grown reissue label, and a Yakuza documentarian turns to Kickstarter after a decade of work
by Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, and Kevin Warwick
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, May 8, 2012
Three Beats: Ben Vida plays inside your head
Plus: Naledge takes on two records and a master's in social work, and Bobby Broom's first album of originals
by Bill Meyer, Miles Raymer, and Peter Margasak
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, Apr 23, 2012
Three Beats: A "mature" new record from Bible of the Devil
Plus: Ghost peppers with Gas Mask Horse, and award-winning Chinese classical music at the Cultural Center
by Miles Raymer, Leor Galil, and Peter Margasak
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, Mar 26, 2012
Three Beats: A prepared-piano preview of A John Cage Festival
Plus: A posthumous party for incredible string man Sandy Bull, and an eighth-birthday bash for punk label Underground Communique
by Peter Margasak, Bill Meyer, and Kevin Warwick
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Three Beats
, Mar 12, 2012
Three Beats: Cellist Tomeka Reid steps out with Hear in Now
Plus: Super Minotaur hit the ground running with their first LP, and Lord Mantis outdo their vile debut with
Pervertor
by Peter Margasak, Leor Galil, and Philip Montoro
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Chicago Jazz Philharmonic
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, Feb 29, 2012
Three Beats: Deiphago play their first U.S. show at a Chicago metal fest
Plus: Sally Timms’s bizarre first recordings resurface after three decades, and Johnny Love returns to “reeducate” Chicago partiers
by Peter Margasak, Kim Kelly, and Miles Raymer
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Vaz
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Manticore
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, Feb 16, 2012
Three Beats: BBU talk about working with GLC: “Yeah, he’s a pimp”
Plus: A new EP might finally get Absolutely Not noticed, and cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm works well with Europe
by Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, and Kevin Warwick
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Three Beats
, Feb 2, 2012
Drummer Tim Daisy writes for dance troupe the Seldoms
Plus: New releases from young MCs Rockie Fresh and Calez, and a benefit celebrating the late Mat Arluck of Sweet Cobra
by Peter Margasak, Leor Galil, and Kevin Warwick
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Three Beats
, Jan 19, 2012
Three Beats: Bassoonist Katherine Young returns to Chicago with Pretty Monsters
Plus: Life Partner works through a rough patch with
Dogs
, and R&B duo The-Drum tangles with wurkstep originators Sich Mang
by Peter Margasak, Leor Galil, and Miles Raymer
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, Jan 5, 2012
Three Beats: Alex White and Righteous Love repay a favor from God
Plus: Drummer Ben Billington goes solo with the synthy Quicksails, and MC ShowYouSuck throws another one-man pizza party
by Miles Raymer, Peter Margasak, and Leor Galil
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White Mystery
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