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Blogs, Bleader, Apr 11, 2013
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Cave and Psychic Steel get experimental in Humboldt Park

Humboldt Park dive El Mamey hosts an excellent show this weekend featuring Cave and Psychic Steel.
- by Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Things I Love, Music, Cave, Psychic Steel, Flux Bikes, El Mamey, Jerusalem & the Starbaskets, Cooper Crain, Jeremy Freeze, guitar, live music, local music, Chicago

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Music, Music Review, Apr 1, 2013
Wire's gooey-sweet Change Becomes Us and 15 more record reviews

Eight Reader writers range all over the musical map, from Milk Music's revivalist take on early-90s "alternative" to Jace Clayton's irreverent tribute to minimalist composer Julius Eastman.
- by Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, Kevin Warwick, Leor Galil, Monica Kendrick, Tal Rosenberg, Philip Montoro, and Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Music Review, Wire, Pink Flag, Sheriffs of Nothingness, Sofa, Kari Ronnekleiv, Ole-Henrik Moe, viola, Sax G, Cloud Nice, Seattle rap, Seattle hip-hop, Planningtorock, Human Level, Janine Rostrom, Pink & Brown, Castle Face, noise punk, John Dwyer, Thee Oh Sees, Mudhoney, Sub Pop, Milk Music, Aosoth, Agonia, black metal, Fat Possum, Ora Cogan, Hairy Spider Legs, Spires That in the Sunset Rise, drone, alt-folk, Maddy Prior, Steeleye Span, Jace Clayton, New Amsterdam, DJ/Rupture, Julius Eastman, SUNY Buffalo, David Friend, Emily Manzo, Dinosaur Jr., Ensemble Pearl, Drag City, Sunn O))), Stephen O'Malley, Michio Kurihara, Ghost, Boris, Atsuo, William Herzog, guitar, drums, bass, Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter, Pedrito Martinez, Calle 54, Sony Masterworks, conguero, Camaron de la Isla, flamenco, rumba, Niño Josele, jazz piano, Bill Evans, Latin jazz, salsa, son, Lapalux, Brainfeeder, Stuart Howard, post-hip-hop, Flying Lotus, beat, G-funk, Roger Troutman, Pharcyde, Arabian Prince, DJ Koze, Pampa, Stefan Kozalla, microhouse, Kompakt, Battles, Hildegard Knef, Caribou, Julia Kent, Leaf Label, Rasputina, cello, Anthony & the Johnsons, Boris Hegenbart, Boris Hegenbart and 19 Artists, Monotype, sound art, Jan Thoben, Stephan Mathieu, Lee "Scratch" Perry, David Grubbs, banjo, Fred Frith, Martin Brandlmayer, Radian, Michael Vorfeld, Oren Ambarchi, Felix Kubin, Bernhard Günther, Boris Hauf, Ulrich Krieger

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 18, 2013
Jazz guitarist Michael Musillami gives a rare Chicago performance tonight at Skylark

The adventurous Connecticut jazz guitarist makes a stop at the Skylark with his long-running trio and guest trumpeter Russ Johnson.
- by Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Michael Musillami, jazz, guitar, Playscape Recordings, Old Tea, Mettle, Skylark, George Schuller, Joe Fonda, Russ Johnson

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Blogs, Bleader, May 30, 2012
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Chicago guitar genius Pete Cosey dead at 68

Guitar genius Pete Cosey, best known from Miles Davis's electric albums, has reportedly passed away at 68
- by Peter Margasak
- Tags: R.I.P., Music, Post No Bills, RIP, obituary, Doc Watson, Pete Cosey, guitar, Miles Davis, Phil Cohran, folk, jazz, Chess Records, genius, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, May 8, 2012
Gibson's new Jeff Tweedy guitar is cool and I want one

Oh my God that Pelham Blue paint job
- by Miles Raymer
- Tags: Things I Love, Music, Jeff Tweedy, Wilco, Gibson, SG, guitar, gear, Gucci Mane, gear lust

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Blogs, Bleader, Apr 4, 2012
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.
- by Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Eric Chenaux, Phleg Camp, John Oswald, Guitar & Voice, Amazing Backgrounds, experimental music, guitar

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Music, Artist on Artist, Dec 15, 2011
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Artist on Artist: Nels Cline of Wilco

The avant-garde guitarist tells Jim Elkington of the Horse’s Ha and Eleventh Dream Day, 'It was like being jolted with electricity. I never really recovered.’
- Tags: Artist on Artist, Wilco, Nels Cline, Jim Elkington, guitar, Nick Lowe, Lula Cafe, Jimi Hendrix, Slideshow

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Blogs, Bleader, Jul 30, 2010
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New Guitar Music at the Hideout Tonight

Dan Burke's Complacency label releases Offstrings, a fine collection of experimental guitar music; the participants perform tonight at the Hideout.
- by Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Dan Burke, Illusion of Safety, Complacency Records, David Daniell, Mark Shippy, Travis Bird, Michael Vallera, Hideout, Offstrings, guitar, experimental music, Video

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Humboldt Park dive El Mamey hosts an excellent show this weekend featuring Cave and Psychic Steel.

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Eight Reader writers range all over the musical map, from Milk Music's revivalist take on early-90s "alternative" to Jace Clayton's irreverent tribute to minimalist composer Julius Eastman.

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The adventurous Connecticut jazz guitarist makes a stop at the Skylark with his long-running trio and guest trumpeter Russ Johnson.

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"How do you come up with a new guitar, without it being too nerdy or geeky? It's such a well-worn path."

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A warped Christmas favorite by the singular Bahamian guitarist Joseph Spence

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Pelican member Trevor de Brauw premieres a droney new guitar track, "They Keep Bowing"

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Guitar genius Pete Cosey, best known from Miles Davis's electric albums, has reportedly passed away at 68

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Oh my God that Pelham Blue paint job

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Toronto musician Eric Chenaux, formerly of Phleg Camp, delivers a beautiful solo tour de force using just his guitar and voice.

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The avant-garde guitarist tells Jim Elkington of the Horse’s Ha and Eleventh Dream Day, 'It was like being jolted with electricity. I never really recovered.’

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Dan Burke's Complacency label releases Offstrings, a fine collection of experimental guitar music; the participants perform tonight at the Hideout.