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- Music, Music Review Oct 5, 2020
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Emerging Chicago band Lifeguard play noisy, retro-leaning rock without getting stuck in the past
- Music, Music Feature Apr 29, 2020
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Let the Reader help with your Bandcamp shopping list
In the past few weeks, we’ve recommended three dozen Bandcamp releases—and this Friday, the service will again pass its share of revenue along to artists.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 21, 2020
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Disappears, White/Light, and Steve Shelley drop a collaboration recorded 11 years ago
Plus: Two-thirds of Weatherman share their first music since moving to a medieval French village, and producer Sam Bik releases the full-length debut of retro-pop project Talk to Me.
- Music, Music Review Mar 27, 2020
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Spend quality time in quarantine with your new favorite Chicago albums
Close your eyes and picture yourself at your favorite local venue while listening to these new releases.
- Music, Music Review Mar 27, 2020
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The new Facs album, Void Moments, shows the Chicago trio at their apex
- Music, Gig Poster of the Week Jan 8, 2020
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Dangerous DJ rigs on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by Chicago artist Bill Connors.
- Music, Music Feature Mar 21, 2019
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Chicago postpunks Facs cut their last tether
This abstract, minimalist trio inherited members from Disappears, but they’ve found the personnel and the sound to become a self-contained band.
- Music, Concert Preview Sep 6, 2018
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Trouble in Mind and Paradise of Bachelors team up for a weekend of the finest indie rock at Trouble in Paradise
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 29, 2018
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You might want to avoid the shallow end on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by local artist Ryan Duggan.
- Music, In Rotation Jul 10, 2018
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Stephanie Marlow of Indie Publicity on a brutal band with a soft spot for pitties
Plus: Sweet Cobra drummer Jason Gagovski on three decades of weirdo prank calls, Reader editor Jamie Ludwig on a compelling reason to hire a drummer, and more
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 29, 2018
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Post-Disappears trio Facs celebrate a stark new album with a new lineup
Facs plays a record-release show for Negative Houses on Friday at the Empty Bottle, and it doubles as the local debut of new bassist Alianna Kalaba.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 28, 2018
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High-contrast abstraction on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was created by local artist Bill Connors, who plays in the band Dim.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 27, 2018
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Emily Jane Powers writes pop songs fit for a Pushcart anthology
Plus: Paul Cherry finally fills a full-length with his sweet yacht rock, and post-Disappears trio Facs drop their debut album.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jan 16, 2018
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Reality TV star and tattoo artist Phor showcases his rap skills at 1st Ward
Plus: Tape label Love Lion pays tribute to the Chicago underground, and new band CB Radio Gorgeous combine several flavors of nervy punk.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 10, 2017
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Great Chicago label, meet great Chicago band: Trouble in Mind signs Facs
Plus: Local shops celebrate Cassette Store Day with exclusives and in-store performances, and the Eradicator take a step up the D squash ladder with their self-titled album.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 27, 2017
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There’s a chorus of kittens on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by Jay Ryan.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 19, 2017
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Dim brings a high-contrast mystery figure to the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was designed by local artist and Dim member Bill Connors.
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 21, 2017
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Body/Head goes neon on the gig poster of the week
This week's featured gig poster was made my local artist Bill Connors.
- Music, Gossip Wolf May 2, 2017
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Back from hiatus unscathed, the Poison Arrows drop their first album since 2010
Plus: Drag City and Neil Hamburger celebrate rediscovered glam-rock weirdo Frederick Michael St. Jude, and Dark Matter Coffee teams up with house hero Derrick Carter.
- Music, In Rotation Apr 4, 2017
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Lowhangers vocalist Cassandra Mukahirn on an even grosser version of Flipper
Plus: Rectal Hygienics drummer Omar Gonzalez on a 20-CD box of rare harsh noise, Reader associate editor Kevin Warwick on a contagious album of crossover thrash, and more
- Music, In Rotation Mar 21, 2017
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Sonnenzimmer cofounder Nick Butcher on one of the TR-808’s earliest star turns
Plus: Artist Alex Valentine on the score that should’ve won this year’s Oscar, Reader critic Peter Margasak on a solo violin record that contains multitudes, and more
- Music, Gossip Wolf Jan 3, 2017
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New trio FACS carries the darkness of Disappears to an unknown place
Plus: Lil Yachty tourmate Jayaire Woods plays a show of his own in Chicago, and DIY zine The Sick Muse publishes its sixth issue.
