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Blogs, Bleader, Oct 18, 2011
The sound streams of Jason Roebke's Combination

Bassist Jason Roebke's quartet the Combination gives one of its infrequent performances on Wednesday at the Hideout.
- by Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Jason Roebke Combination, Frank Rosaly, Greg Ward, Brian Labycz, Hideout, Centering, audio, Chicago jazz

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Music, Soundboard, Jan 13, 2011
The List: January 13-19, 2011

Critics' Choices and other notable shows: Concretes, Lia Ices, Matt Ulery's Loom, Golem, Angel Olsen, Sick of It All, Toxic Holocaust, and more
- by Bill Meyer, Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, Monica Kendrick, Leor Galil, and Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Soundboard, Guillermo Gregorio, Jason Roebke, Brian Labycz, Lia Ices, SuperDre, Rita J, Matt Ulery, Matt Ulery's Loom, Dale Watson, Concretes, Tomorrow Never Knows, Golem, Angel Olson, Scott Tuma, Sick of It All, Toxic Holocaust, Charlie Hunter, Angel Olsen, Elastic, Lincoln Hall, Smart Bar, Metro, Green Mill, Martyrs', Schubas, Empty Bottle, Subterranean, Reggie's Rock Club, SPACE

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Music, Music Sidebar, Sep 2, 2010
The Reader's Guide to the Chicago Jazz Festival

Featuring Nicole Mitchell's Sonic Projections, the Kurt Elling Quintet with Ernie Watts, the Ramsey Lewis 75th birthday celebration, and much more
- by Peter Margasak, John Corbett, and Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Chicago Jazz Festival, Chicago Jazz Festival guide, Jazz Institute of Chicago, Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion, Grant Park, Chicago Cultural Center, Nicole Mitchell, AACM, Umbrella Music, Michael Zerang, Blushing Poppy Dance Club, Jim Baker, Nate McBride, Mars Williams, Jason Roebke, Josh Berman, Brian Labycz, Jodie Christian Quintet, Miyumi Project Big Band, Jim Wagner's All-Stars, James Dapogny, Tomeka Reid, Mike LeDonne Trio, Black Earth Orchestra, Ramsey Lewis, Douglas Ewart, Paul Giallorenzo, Dana Hall, Nicholas Payton, Cameron Pfiffner, Corey Wilkes, Chuchito Valdes, Rene Marie, Getatchew Mekurya, Teshome Mitiku, Brad Goode, Brian Blade, Nomo, Brad Mehldau, Ted Sirota, Kurt Elling, Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Petrillo Music Shell, Grant Park, Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University

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Music, Soundboard, Apr 15, 2010
The List: April 15-21, 2010

Critics' Choices and other notable shows: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Best Coast, Finntroll, Hot Chip, the Amir ElSaffar & Hafez Modirzadeh Quartet, and more
- by Miles Raymer, Peter Margasak, Steve Langendorf, Bill Meyer, Monica Kendrick, and David Whiteis
- Tags: Soundboard, Best Coast, Bethany Cosentino, White Hinterland, Schubas, Empty Bottle, Casey Dienel, Tomomi Adachi, Columbia College, Evgeni Bozhanov, Ravinia Festival, Chicago Sound Map, improvised music, Cornelius Cardew, Roscoe Mitchell, Jason Stein, Boris Hauf, Keefe Jackson, Liz Payne, Anton Hatwich, Michael Hartman, Steven Hess, D Bayne, Brian Labycz, Todd Carter, Judith Unterpertinger, Heaven Gallery, Amir ElSaffar, Hafez Modirzadeh, Green Mill, Finntroll, Bottom Lounge, Jeb Bishop, Three 6 Mafia, Graham Parker, Old Town School of Folk Music, Cheer-Accident, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Vernon Garrett, Artie "Blues Boy" White, Mr. G's Supper Club, Hot Chip, Riviera Theatre, Ambrose Field, John Potter, Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Serge Gainsbourg, Park West, Bennett-Gordon Hall, Ravinia Festival, Congress Theater, Chicago Cultural Center, Preston Bradley Hall, Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall

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Blogs, Bleader, Nov 20, 2009
Lowercase Locals: Graham Stephenson and Dave Barnes

Two subtle and impressive exponents of electroacoustic improv emerge in Chicago.
- by Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Graham Stephenson, Dave Barnes, Richard Kamerman, Reed Evan Rosenberg, Erstwhile Records, lowercase sound, electroacoustic improvisation, Aaron Zarzutzki, Brian Labycz, Dan Fandino, David Kirby, Enemy

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Blogs, Bleader, Nov 11, 2009
Experimental Sound on Film

A unique program screening at the Gene Siskel Film Center focuses on experimental work that makes the sonic an equal partner to the visual.
- by Peter Margasak
- Tags: Film, Music, Post No Bills, Sound tracks, experimental music, sound, optical sound, Gene Siskel Film Center, Conversations at the Edge, Outer Ear Festival of Sound, Experimental Sound Studio, Michelle Puetz, Robert Russert, Barry Spinello, Paul Sharits, Peter Kubelka, Arnulf Rainer, Chris Langdon, Richard Lerman, Travelon Gamelon, Folkways Records, Guillermo Gregorio, Brian Labycz, Art Lange

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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 15, 2008
Small sounds

A new label from local improviser Brian Labycz makes a bang with miniature sounds.
- by Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Improvised Music, Jason Roebke, Brian Labycz, Peira Records

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What's on the Reader's Agenda for Monday, March 18, 2013

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Composer Richard Lerman presents his bicycle sound art composition, Travelon Gamelon, at this weekend's Logan Launch Festival

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Peira

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Forget turntables and a mike—how about three bass clarinets and a modular synthesizer?

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Bassist Jason Roebke's quartet the Combination gives one of its infrequent performances on Wednesday at the Hideout.

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Critics' Choices and other notable shows: Concretes, Lia Ices, Matt Ulery's Loom, Golem, Angel Olsen, Sick of It All, Toxic Holocaust, and more

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Featuring Nicole Mitchell's Sonic Projections, the Kurt Elling Quintet with Ernie Watts, the Ramsey Lewis 75th birthday celebration, and much more

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Critics' Choices and other notable shows: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Best Coast, Finntroll, Hot Chip, the Amir ElSaffar & Hafez Modirzadeh Quartet, and more

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Two subtle and impressive exponents of electroacoustic improv emerge in Chicago.

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A unique program screening at the Gene Siskel Film Center focuses on experimental work that makes the sonic an equal partner to the visual.

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A new label from local improviser Brian Labycz makes a bang with miniature sounds.