- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 23, 2013
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Reader's Agenda Sat 2/23: Chicago Maritime Festival, Pictures and Sounds, and Another 90s Party
What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, February 23, 2013
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 7, 2012
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Wednesday: Boris Hauf is back
Berlin-based reedist Boris Hauf begins another return visit to Chicago
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 31, 2012
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The even more experimental side of Zappa keyboardist Don Preston
A new anthology collects experimental electronic music by Mothers of Invention keyboardist Don Preston
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 20, 2012
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Interview: Noise artist Jason Soliday on the closing of Enemy
"I got to have Peter Brötzmann play at my house. I have Z'ev play at my house."
- Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife, Jun 20, 2012
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Best Experimental Album
Olivia Block & Greg Kelley, Resolution
- Blogs, Bleader, May 1, 2012
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Mats Gustafsson launches Discaholic Corner
Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson shares his obsessive love of obscure records with a new website.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 24, 2012
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Just how many limbs does drummer Ches Smith have?
Drummer Ches Smith (Secret Chiefs 3, Xiu Xiu, Mary Halvorson Quintet) plays a solo set at the Hideout Wednesday.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 13, 2012
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Digging deep into John Cage this weekend
This weekend, A John Cage Festival offers rare opportunities to hear some of the iconic composer's lesser-known works.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 4, 2012
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The beautiful one-man show of guitarist Eric Chenaux
Toronto musician Eric Chenaux, formerly of Phleg Camp, delivers a beautiful solo tour de force using just his guitar and voice.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 3, 2012
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Brain-wave music to go
You can buy the machine Ghost's Masaki Batoh used to translate brain waves to sound for his new album.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 27, 2012
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The Burlington raises the bar
Neon Marshmallow's Matt Kimmel brings the booking heat to the Burlington.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 16, 2012
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The fascinating bricolage of Norway's Alog
Norwegian duo Alog tops itself with the experimental collages on its new album.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 9, 2012
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More sounds from Keith Fullerton Whitman
More music from Boston synth explorer Keith Fullerton Whitman, who plays a Lampo show Saturday
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 2, 2012
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Henry Flynt returns to Chicago to lecture and screen films
New York artist, philosopher, musician, writer, and filmmaker Henry Flynt visits Chicago next week
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 27, 2012
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Nomi Epstein's "Human Sound Sculpture" at the Old Town School
On Friday composer Nomi Epstein presents a new OTS commission that situates folk ideas in an experimental context
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 6, 2011
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Experimental music from Italy's Stefano Pilia and New York's Corridors on Wednesday
New York's Byron Westbrook, performing in his Corridors guise, joins Italy's Stefano Pilia on a bill of experimental music Wednesday evening at a local DIY space
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 2, 2011
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Noise and experimental music on your Internet dial
You can listen to Saturday's Greg Kelley concert from anywhere thanks to a new Chicago Internet radio station called Numbers.FM.
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 28, 2011
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Tonight: Nick Butcher's Free Jazz Bitmaps
Graphic artist and experimental musician Nick Butcher presents the final installment of his Free Jazz Bitmaps series tonight at the Whistler.
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 17, 2011
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The Merce Cunningham Dance Company's final shows in Chicago
The Merce Cunningham Dance Company gives its final Chicago performances this weekend, but its music lives on an fantastic box set.
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 26, 2011
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Luke Fowler's sonic cinema in Chicago
Experimental Scottish filmmaker Luke Fowler visits Chicago to attend two screenings of his work this week.
