- Music, Music Review, May 14, 2013
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Deerhunter's dreamily scuzzy Monomania and 14 more record reviews
Nine Reader writers fan out across the world of music, with stops at RP Boo's spastic but accessible footwork tracks, Altar of Plagues' dead-planet black metal, and points beyond.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 21, 2013
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WHPK's Pictures & Sounds artists announce film choices
The experimental artists creating the soundscapes for this weekend's Pictures & Sounds announce their scoring choices.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 28, 2012
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Saturday: The uncivil noise of Australia's Slug Guts
Brisbane's grimy Slug Guts carry on a tradition of brutal, sleazy Australian rock
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 25, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: Nihill, "Spiral: The Tail Eater"
An ice-cold gnostic ritual from Dutch trio Nihill
- 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."
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 8, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: White Suns, "Footprints Filled"
"Footprints Filled" by Brooklyn-based noise weirdos White Suns
- 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, Mar 29, 2012
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Notes among silences
To make us listen closer, composer Radu Malfatti gets rid of most of the notes
- Movies, Movie Review, Mar 28, 2012
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The sound of no music
With The Deep Blue Sea, director Terence Davies makes every note count
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 27, 2012
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The startling truth about fan noise
Bulls fans should learn something from the scream that almost waylaid Tiger.
- Music, Three Beats, Mar 26, 2012
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Three Beats: A prepared-piano preview of A John Cage Festival
Plus: A posthumous party for incredible string man Sandy Bull, and an eighth-birthday bash for punk label Underground Communique
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 26, 2012
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Starting today on the Bleader: Silence and Noise Week
This week's "Variations on a Theme": Silence and Noise Week
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 27, 2012
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The drum circle goes electric Saturday at the Burlington
This isn't your hippie grandpa's Drum Machine Circle
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 12, 2011
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The gift that keeps on killing
The murderous "gift" of The Velvet Underground
- 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 4, 2011
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Arts of Life Band guitarist's noisy other project
Arts of Life Band volunteer Andrew Martinec also fronts noise-rock monsters Bad Drugs.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 26, 2010
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Pink Noises by Tara Rodgers
"Pink Noises," an excellent anthology of interviews conducted by musician, scholar, and writer Tara Rodgers, provides a fascinating overview of women in electronic music, from academia to clubland.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 25, 2010
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The Other Sissy Spacek
Sissy Spacek, a project of LA noise king John Wiese, plays the Viaduct Theater on Friday night.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 19, 2010
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WHPK's Pictures and Sounds Gets Noisy
This year's installment of WHPK's Pictures and Sound, which pairs film and video with live music, pushes hard into experimental territory.
