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Blogs, Bleader, Jul 16, 2012
Pitchfork: the festival in review

The good, the bad, and the disturbingly Freudian at the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival
- by Miles Raymer
- Tags: Shameless SEO, Music, Pitchfork Music Festival, Danny Brown, Outer Minds, Atlas Moth, A Lull, Chief Keef, A$AP Rocky, AraabMuzik, Flying Lotus, Clams Casino, Vampire Weekend, Liturgy, Feist, Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar

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Blogs, Bleader, Jul 15, 2012
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Mud, sweat, and tears: Photos from day two of the Pitchfork Music Festival

Mud pits, Danny Brown sightings, and a stellar set by Sleigh Bells on Saturday
- by Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Whoa, Music, Pitchfork Music Festival 2012, Liturgy, Sleigh Bells, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Flying Lotus, Atlas Moth, mud, Slideshow

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Blogs, Bleader, Jul 6, 2012
12 O'Clock Track: Guardian Alien, "See the World Given to a One Love Entity (excerpt)"

Five minutes of See the World Given to a One Love Entity, the 37-minute song/record from Greg Fox's Guardian Alien
- by Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Guardian Alien, See the World, Greg Fox, Liturgy, Thrill Jockey

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Blogs, Bleader, Mar 12, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: Mayhem, "Funeral Fog"

Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "Funeral Fog," a black-metal classic by Mayhem.
- by Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Mayhem, Funeral Fog, De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, Varg Vikernes, Euronymous, Burzum, Liturgy, Wolves in the Throne Room, black metal, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 28, 2012
And the Pitchfork lineup announcements begin

So far the Pitchfork Music Festival's lineup features Feist, Liturgy, Cloud Nothings, Grimes, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Willis Earl Beal, and more.
- by Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Pitchfork Music Festival, Union Park, Liturgy, Vampire Weekend, Cloud Nothings, Grimes, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Hot Chip, Willis Earl Beal

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Blogs, Bleader, Nov 18, 2011
Deafheaven at Ultra Lounge on Sunday

San Francisco black-metal five-piece Deafheaven swing through Chicago on Sunday.
- by Leor Galil
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Deafheaven, Liturgy, Wolves in the Throne Room, Roads to Judah, black metal, NPR, The New Yorker, Russian Circles, Ultra Lounge

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Music, Music Sidebar, Sep 29, 2011
Adventures in Modern Music

Liturgy collides with Oval, Pelican, Grouper, Peaking Lights, and more
- by Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Adventures in Modern Music, the Wire, Liturgy, Oval, Grouper, Dawn Golden & Rosy Cross, Oneohtrix Point Never, Pelican, Peaking Lights, Sun Araw, Olivia Wyatt

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Blogs, Bleader, Sep 8, 2011
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Preview: Seen and Heard Music Video Showcase

The Seen and Heard Music Video Showcase at Chicago Filmmakers on September 16 will screen an impressive, eclectic, and progressive mix of music videos, featuring bands from local labels like Thrill Jockey, Permanent, and HoZac.
- by Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Crickets, Film, Music, music video, Thrill Jockey, Permanent, Seen and Heard Music Video Showcase, Chicago Filmmakers, Brain Idea, HoZac, Oval, Liturgy, Outer Minds, CIMMfest, Grape Juice, Video

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Music, Soundboard, Jul 7, 2011
Soundboard: July 7-13

Archers of Loaf, Yob, Tinariwen, Mount Moriah, Emmylou Harris, and other notable shows
- by Peter Margasak, Jessica Hopper, Miles Raymer, Leor Galil, Monica Kendrick, Barbara Yaross, and Bill Meyer
- Tags: Soundboard, Reverend John Wilkins, Mountain Man, Jolie Holland, Mount Moriah, Dave Matthews Band Caravan, Emmylou Harris, Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound, Jerry Lee Lewis, Kid Cudi, Liturgy, Archers of Loaf, Archers of Loaf, Bombino, Bombino, Tinariwen, Andre Watts, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lincoln Hall, Bottom Lounge, Ravinia Festival, Subterranean, Lakeside, Empty Bottle, Congress Theater, SPACE, Welles Park, Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, The Whistler, Schubas, Reggie's Music Joint

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Music, Music Sidebar, Jul 7, 2011
King Khan, Liturgy, Syl Johnson and more at West Fest
- by Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Sidebar, West Fest, Hollows, Local H, Bare Mutants, Liturgy, No Joy, Socialists, King Khan, Gris Gris, Syl Johnson, Uptown Sound, Those Darlins, A Lull, Team Band, Purple Apple, Derrick Carter, the Juan McLean, Drop the Lime, Dark Wave Disco, Striz

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Blogs, Bleader, May 6, 2011
Liturgy's New Video: A Good Excuse to Take Drugs at Work

Not that you should, but wouldn't that be cool?
- by Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Liturgy, Returner, Aesthethica, metal, video, drugs

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Music, Music Sidebar, Apr 14, 2011
Record Store Day
- by Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Cafe Mustache, Deadwax Records, Dusty Groove, Gramaphone Records, Hyde Park Records, Jazz Record Mart, Laurie's Planet of Sound, Old School Records, Permanent Records, Raffe's Record Riot, Reckless Records, Reckless Records, Reckless Records, Record Breakers, Saki, Vintage Vinyl, Beverly Records, Cyclopx Records, Dave's Records, Groove Dis, Groovin' High, Kstarke Records, Second Hand Tunes, Shake, Rattle & Read, Thrill Jockey, Glenn Jones, Charlie Parry & the Black Twig Pickers, Phil Manley, Isaiah Mitchell, Oval, Liturgy, Bloodshot Recrs, the Blacks, Babby Bare Jr., Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, Alejandro Escovedo, Purling Hiss, Puffy Areolas, Trouble in Mind, Mean Jeans, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Wrong Words, Jack Oblivian, Eccentric Soul, Deerhoof, Bad Brains, Fleet Foxes, Death Cab for Cutie, Owen, Dio, Vivian Girls, Off!, Television, Decembrists, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Flaming Lips, JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, I Was Totally Destroying It, Phil Cohran & Arkestra, Tim Larson, Demchuk, Limbs, Ron Trent, Jason Adasiewicz & Josh Berman, Tail Dragger & Rockin' Johnny, Cany Golde, Vee Dee, Population, Elia Einhorn, CHIRP, Morris Mill & Friends, Sonorama, Bad Drugs, Silver Abuse, Population, Cult of Youth, Owen, Raw Nerve, Cairo Gang, the Singleman Affair, Jeff Parker, Candy Golde, Joan of Arc, Tyler John Tyler, Steve Krakow, Plastic Crimewave, A Rocket to the Moon, Slow Witch, Steepwater Band, Flame Shark, Darling, Aetiology, This is Cinema, In Tall Buildings, Rabid Rabbit, 1900s, Chaperone, Bob Dey's Tank, Engine Man, Distractions, Luck of Eden Hall, Tim Larson & the Owner/Operators

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Blogs, Bleader, Mar 17, 2011
This Week in Reader Music

Derrick Carter, two generations of new-music composers, one man's rock-and-pop history, local gossip, and plenty of concert picks
- by Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Chicago, Reader, Derrick Carter, Scott Miller, Music: What Happened?, Ramon Zupko, Mischa Zupko, Gossip Wolf, Intonation Music Workshop, Diplo, Robby Fulks, Robyn Hitchcock, Rotting Christ, White Hills, Liturgy

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Music, Soundboard, Mar 17, 2011
The List: March 17-23

Music Critics' Choices and other notable shows: the Diplomats, Shams Ensemble, Robyn Hitchcock & Joe Boyd, Robbie Fulks, Rotting Christ, Marc Ribot, Wanda Jackson, White Hills, and more
- by Miles Raymer, Peter Margasak, Bill Meyer, Monica Kendrick, and Leor Galil
- Tags: Soundboard, Diplomats, Congress Theater, Sic Alps, Empty Bottle, Robbie Fulks, Michael Jackson, Lincoln Halls, Shams Ensembe, Ali Reza Ghorbani, Mandel Hall, University of Chicago, Robyn Hitchcock, Joe Boyd, Old Town School of Folk Music, Rotting Christ, Reggie's Rock Club, Marc Ribot, Mayne Stage, Fujiya & Miyagi, the Mid, Wanda Jackson, Ron Sexsmith, Schubas, White Hills, Liturgy, Lincoln Hall, The Mayne Stage Theater, Mandel Hall, University of Chicago, Old Town School of Folk Music, Maurer Hall

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Blogs, Bleader, Nov 10, 2010
Thrill Jockey Bets on Transcendental Black Metal

Local label signs Liturgy.
- by Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Thrill Jockey, Liturgy, Renihilation, black metal, Chicago

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Music, Music Review, Apr 29, 2010
Waiting for the Cut

In Cleric's long-form metal, the tension just keeps building.
- by Philip Montoro
- Tags: Music Review, Cleric, Regressions, James Lynch, Allotriophagy, A Rush of Blood, Cumberbund, Poisonberry Pie, Matt Hollenberg, Larry Kwartowitz, Converge, Dillinger Escape Plan, Liturgy, Punk Rock Holocaust, Burning Angel, alterna-porn, AVN, Adult Video News, Party Monster, Porny Monster, Colin Marston, The Fiberglass Cheesecake, Web of Mimicry

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The good, the bad, and the disturbingly Freudian at the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival

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Mud pits, Danny Brown sightings, and a stellar set by Sleigh Bells on Saturday

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Five minutes of See the World Given to a One Love Entity, the 37-minute song/record from Greg Fox's Guardian Alien

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Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "Funeral Fog," a black-metal classic by Mayhem.

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So far the Pitchfork Music Festival's lineup features Feist, Liturgy, Cloud Nothings, Grimes, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Willis Earl Beal, and more.

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Reader writers and friends tackle 2011 from five different directions

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San Francisco black-metal five-piece Deafheaven swing through Chicago on Sunday.

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Liturgy collides with Oval, Pelican, Grouper, Peaking Lights, and more

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The Seen and Heard Music Video Showcase at Chicago Filmmakers on September 16 will screen an impressive, eclectic, and progressive mix of music videos, featuring bands from local labels like Thrill Jockey, Permanent, and HoZac.

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Archers of Loaf, Yob, Tinariwen, Mount Moriah, Emmylou Harris, and other notable shows

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Not that you should, but wouldn't that be cool?

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Derrick Carter, two generations of new-music composers, one man's rock-and-pop history, local gossip, and plenty of concert picks

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Music Critics' Choices and other notable shows: the Diplomats, Shams Ensemble, Robyn Hitchcock & Joe Boyd, Robbie Fulks, Rotting Christ, Marc Ribot, Wanda Jackson, White Hills, and more

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Local label signs Liturgy.

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In Cleric's long-form metal, the tension just keeps building.