- Blogs, Bleader, May 17, 2013
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Rare Sun Ra sounds and images from Corbett vs. Dempsey
Corbett vs. Dempsey releases a new CD and book of Sun Ra-related brilliance.
- News & Features, Feature, May 8, 2013
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Addicted to guns
Is there a cure for Chicago's crippling dependence on firearms?
- Blogs, Bleader, May 2, 2013
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Discovering the early avant-garde sounds of eclectic composer Joseph Byrd
A terrific new collection of early works by the eclectic American composer Joseph Byrd, who founded the late 60s psychedelic rock band United States of America, has been released by New World Records.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 30, 2013
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Pianist Benny Green keeps the classic hard-bop sound alive
Art Blakey disciple Benny Green keeps the hard bop flame alive, plays Jazz Showcase.
- Music, Artist on Artist, Apr 30, 2013
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Artist on Artist: Brian Chippendale of Black Pus and Lightning Bolt talks with Seth Sher of Zath and Psychic Steel
"I like to listen to stuff and then go play. I'll watch the latest Rihanna video and then go play drums."
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 26, 2013
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Saxophonist and Morton Grove native Jon Irabagon heats up
Saxophonist Jon Irabagon, a native of Morton Grove, is reaching an artistic high lately.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 23, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: Big K.R.I.T. and Trinidad James team up on "My Trunk"
Conscious rap and "ignorant" rap get along surprisingly well.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 19, 2013
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Drummer Frank Rosaly emerges as a bandleader with Cicada Music
Drummer Frank Rosaly celebrates the release of Cicada Music, his debut album as a bandleader, with a show at the Hideout on Wednesday.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 17, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: Secret Society's "Coney Island," a slice of modern big-band music
Music from the innovative Brooklyn group, led by Darcy James Argue
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 12, 2013
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Saxophonist Dave Liebman and jazz-tango bassist Pablo Aslan in Chicago
Versatile saxophonist Dave Liebman and jazz-tango bassist Pablo Aslan perform in Chicago this weekend.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 11, 2013
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The Redd Kross reunion rolls on, stops at Empty Bottle on Saturday
LA's reunited Redd Kross tour behind a new album that's as good as anything they've done in a career reaching back to 1980.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 10, 2013
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BR5-49's Chuck Mead rediscovers his sweet spot in classic honky-tonk
The former BR5-49 regains his bearings on Back at the Quonset Hut, a collection of hard-core country covers.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 8, 2013
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Human Rights Watch Film Festival opens tonight
The HBO documentary Gideon's Army screens at Gene Siskel Film Center
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 5, 2013
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ICP celebrates 45 years; Eric Reed celebrates Monk
A recent box set collects the entire history of ICP Records, while on his latest album pianist Reed salutes Thelonious Monk.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 3, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: "Sounds of His Motor," trancey blues-pop from the Norwegian duo Stein Urheim and Mari Kvien Brunvoll
The hypnotic, warped pop-blues of Norwegian duo Stein Urheim and Mari Kvien Brunvoll
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 18, 2013
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Jason Molina of Magnolia Electric Company and Songs: Ohia dead at 39
Jason Molina, leader of Magnolia Electric Company, died on Saturday in Indianapolis at age 39.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 13, 2013
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12 O'Clock Track: "Horrorsentience" by Behold the Arctopus, who play tomorrow at Ultra Lounge
Behold the Arctopus play awesomely intricate, nonrepeating instrumental technical metal—but don't worry, they know how silly that is.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 8, 2013
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Germany's Die Enttäuschung ingeniously bridge jazz's past and future, again
The superb Berlin jazz quartet continues to beautifully reconcile the essence of classic bebop with the extended techniques and improv-oriented approach of today on its excellent new album Vier Halbe.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 7, 2013
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New releases capture Chilean rock from the present and the past
Recent new releases by Follakzoid and Holydrug Couple and a reissue of Los Vidrios Quebrados spotlight Chilean rock.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 6, 2013
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This weekend at the Logan, the alphabet . . . in horror films
The alphabetically inspired horror anthology The ABCs of Death screens late-night at the Logan.
