- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 27, 2013
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David Yow's monolith, and other over-the-top album covers
David Yow's monolith inspires this collection of impressive album covers
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 20, 2013
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Breaking up the band: When to call it quits
Is it time to quit your band, or do you just need to take a really long nap?
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 30, 2013
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Road Tip: Free admission to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Touring bands get in free to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 23, 2013
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Dream Machine: Devin Davis on harnessing the power of your sleeping musical mind
A local musician and songwriter on the songs of your dreams
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 9, 2013
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WHAT?! A guide to earplugs
We help you figure out which earplugs are right for you.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 2, 2013
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Watch Couldn't You Wait? The Story of Silkworm
The new Silkworm documentary is awesome.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 16, 2013
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Things I learn at band practice (NSFW)
The dark side of nature and other gross things
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 9, 2013
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Dating a musician: relationship DON'Ts
Six things to not do for a healthy, happy union with a band person
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 26, 2013
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Humboldt Park recording studio Phantom Manor: An oral history
Recording studio Phantom Manor closes; Chicago musicians share its history.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 19, 2013
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Tape it or leave it: Considering the cassette release
You know what else is cool about tapes? Magic, that's what.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 5, 2013
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Cold studios, writer’s block, sound science, and SATAN!
A Gchat about iDosing
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 22, 2012
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Postapocalyptic notes from the future
Guest writer Sarah Frier reflects on the preapocalyptic world, postapocalypse
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 15, 2012
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Backstage tour rider: a holiday listicle
Sometimes you just need a good Malawian orphan
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 8, 2012
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How old is too old to rock?
What does "old" even mean, anyway?
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 1, 2012
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Booze, blood, and plasma balls: band rituals for inspiring creativity
Invocation of the rock gods
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 17, 2012
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Mixtapes: the gifts that keep on giving
Waxing on about the mixtape
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 10, 2012
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Author and comedian Brian Costello shares more notes from the rock underground
“Rumors: People wanted to kick my ass before the show. People wanted to kick my ass after the show." —from "The First Show I Ever Played," by Brian Costello
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 3, 2012
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The Axl Rose disaster revisited
Appetite for Destruction is still the greatest record ever, even though Axl Rose is kind of ruining it right now
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 27, 2012
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Performance anxiety (the stage kind, not the sex kind). Also, Cat Power.
Cat Power and how I used to fall on my head a lot
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 20, 2012
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Hit So Hard and the rise and fall of selling out
Hit So Hard: I watched it so you don't have to. But maybe you should.
