- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 18, 2012
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Best shows to see: Ryley Walker & Daniel Bachman, My Dad, Waka Flocka Flame, and more
Recommendations for another action-packed weekend of live music
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 11, 2012
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Flying Lotus, a jug-band showdown, and jazz-metal fusion on the B Side
A forward-looking Artist on Artist, local band news, and a chance to see jug bands slug it out
- Music, Three Beats, Oct 8, 2012
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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
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 20, 2012
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The World Music Festival, John Cale, Saki Records, and more on the B Side
A long-running world-music festival hits a rough patch, avant-garde string players chat, a new label is born in Logan Square, and more
- Music, Artist on Artist, Sep 19, 2012
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Artist on Artist: John Cale talks to cellist Alison Chesley, aka Helen Money
"Sometimes you hear a bus braking nearby, and you go, hey, that's a good sound, let's put that in."
- Music, Gossip Wolf, Sep 19, 2012
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Gossip Wolf: Saki launches a label
Plus: David Pajo plays a rare Chicago show as Papa M, and Yakuza celebrates a new LP
- Music, Three Beats, May 21, 2012
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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
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 13, 2012
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Scott Kelly and Bruce Lamont play "Cortez the Killer"
The unlikely duet that closed last Wednesday's Empty Bottle show
- Movies, Movie Review, Jan 5, 2012
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Death Goes On
Bloody sensationalism as abstract art in Takeshi Kitano's Outrage
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 22, 2011
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This week on the B Side
Thumbs down on the new Nirvana box set, thumbs up on a new iPad app, and much more
- Music, Artist on Artist, Sep 22, 2011
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Michael Gira of Swans talks to Bruce Lamont of Yakuza
"The band comes in for the apocalypse in the middle"
- Music, Gossip Wolf, Jun 2, 2011
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Cacaw's new Robes
The local band drops Bat Skin on cassette. Plus: new four-piece Alma Negra marries garage and metal, and Josh Eustis of Telefon Tel Aviv opens an LA studio with a tool
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 15, 2010
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Saturday: Triptykon at Bottom Lounge
Tom G. Warrior of seminal extreme-metal bands Celtic Frost and Hellhammer brings his new group to Chicago on its first U.S. tour.
- Music, Photo Pit, Aug 5, 2010
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Photo Pit: Wicker Park Fest
July 31-August 1
- Music, Music Column, Jun 17, 2010
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A Weirder Shade of Black
Nachtmystium advances black metal by breaking all its rules.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 5, 2010
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Dinner & a Show: Saturday 6/5
Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 3, 2010
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This Week in the Reader's Music Section
Local rappers, punk filmmakers, synth-loving indie rockers, and more
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 22, 2010
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This Week in the Reader's Music Section
An Icelandic volcano, an Icelandic singer, a crazy-obscure punk/folk artist, a one-of-a-kind rapper, and more
- Music, Music Feature, Mar 18, 2010
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The Man Behind the Metal
If it's heavy and it was recorded in Chicago, there's a good chance Sanford Parker was at the mixing board.
- Music, Music Review, Jan 7, 2010
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Never Mind the Critics
Here’s what local musicians (and other tastemakers) were listening to in 2009.
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