- Music, Gossip Wolf, Dec 5, 2012
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Gossip Wolf: Coffin Pricks lay themselves to rest
Plus: Matt Walker's new band, Stuttgart, and the third annual Gli.tc/h festival
- Music, Gossip Wolf, Nov 27, 2012
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Gossip Wolf: Print ist krieg
Chicago has a new dead-tree-only black-metal zine. Plus: Debuts from Scoundrel and Moral Void
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 18, 2012
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Revolution girl-style, now available digitally via Bikini Kill Records
Bikini Kill starts own label, starts reissuing its complete discography
- Music, Gossip Wolf, Jun 21, 2012
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Gossip Wolf: Another Shoes finally drops
The power-pop legends return with their first album in 18 years. Plus: new releases from Geronimo and MC Open Mike Eagle
- Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife, Jun 20, 2012
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Best Website to Keep Tabs on the Underground
diychi.org
- Music, Music Feature, May 31, 2012
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Keep on pressin'
The making of four local record labels, from jazz/improv experimenters to hardcore punk documenters, garage-scuzz heathens to electro/hip-hop cultivators
- Blogs, Bleader, May 9, 2012
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Tom Gabel of Against Me! comes out as transgender
Against Me! leader Tom Gabel will become Laura Jane Grace
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 22, 2012
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This week the Reader's Spotify playlist goes DIY
A Spotify playlist all about local DIY shows
- Music, Music Feature, Mar 21, 2012
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Memories of Summer Camp
The defunct DIY venue immortalizes its final show with a live seven-inch and DVD
- Music, Artist on Artist, Mar 13, 2012
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Artist on Artist: Mark Perro of the Men talks to Raw Nerve's Ryan Lowry
"To think that anyone owns these ideas is crazy"
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 28, 2011
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Say good-bye to DIY space Strangelight
Logan Square DIY venue Strangelight closes its doors with one last show on Friday.
- Performing Arts, Performing Arts Feature, Sep 15, 2011
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Salvage operation
John Preus's Proustian art is a recycling of things past
- You Are Here, Show us your [____], Sep 15, 2011
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Show us your . . . sock creatures
Each week, we ask you to show us something. This week it's Aaron Beckman's SOCK CREATURES.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 17, 2011
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Double Stitch at Loopy Yarns
Double Stitch twins Erika and Monika Simmons promote their new crochet pattern book at Loopy Yarns.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 18, 2011
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The Mopery RIP on DVD
Relive the final night of a beloved trashy DIY venue.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 10, 2011
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This Week's Food and Drink Events
Spirits from Mexico, cuisine from Peru, a foodie documentary from Wisconsin, and more.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 28, 2010
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Time Out Shines a Light on the Underground; the Underground Does Not Approve
On the blowing up of spots, aka What Not to Publicize
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 17, 2010
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Drink, Bake, Smash: Brew Not Bombs Returns
The annual Brew Not Bombs fund-raiser Sunday at the Portage Theater features a homebrew competition, vegan bake-off, and a lineup of music that includes Screaming Females, Shellshag, the Arrivals, and This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 27, 2010
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Please Don't Burn Down the Neighborhood
The Mopery hosts its last show ever this Saturday from 7 PM till the wee hours.
- Music, Music Feature, Jun 24, 2010
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Making Friends and Losing Money
Matt and John Harmon run the Logan Square DIY space Strangelight, which hosts a 40-vendor record fair this weekend.
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