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Music, Music Feature Mar 29, 2019
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C.H.E.W. take a bite out of hardcore

The Chicago four-piece twist and tear at their favorite genre to give it a strange new shape.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, C.H.E.W., Chew, hardcore, Iron Lung, Feeding Frenzy, Orlando, Margaritaville, La Casa Maldita, Russell Harrison, Ben Rudolph, Doris Jeane, Jonathan Giralt, Jono, Jensen Ward, Pile, Drunken Sailor, Great Deceivers, Knife Hits, Rudimentary Peni, Dead Kennedys, Ralph Rivera, the Bug, Not Normal Tapes, Strange New Universe, Penetrode, Neck Chop Records, Patience, Positive Affirmations, Belly Up, Rick Maguire, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 13, 2017
Chicago’s DIY punk scene packs a ton of its greatness into one show

Plus: Reader writer Erin Osmon reads from her new book on Jason Molina, and Takashi Murakami’s MCA exhibit attracts some notable guests.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, The Bug, punk, DIY, hardcore, D-beat, Humbug, Not Normal Tapes, Ralph Rivera, C.H.E.W., Penetrode, Neck Chop Records, Dianetics, And Psycho Horse, Negative Scanner, Daylight Robbery, Erin Osmon, Jason Molina, Songs: Ohia, Jason Molina: Riding With the Ghost, Quimby’s, Takashi Murakami, The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, MCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Bono, the Edge, U2, Christian Slater, Mr. Robot, My Lonesome Cowboy

Music, Music Feature Dec 22, 2016
Five local labels that had excellent years in 2016

These modest Chicago operations have gotten so good at what they do that they’re shaping music scenes far and wide.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Feature, Not Normal Tapes, the Bug, Ralph Rivera, Infestational, Baus, Quailbones, hardcore, Maximum Pelt, Basement Family, Swear Beam, Lifestyles, Flesh Panthers, Dan Rico, Chives, Magic Ian, Trouble in Mind, Bill Roe, Lisa Roe, Alto!, the Hecks, Omni, Deluxe, record labels, Hausu Mountain, Doug Kaplan, Max Allison, Tiger Village, Tim Thornton, Mukqs, TALsounds, Natalie Chami, Quicksails, Ben Billington, Closed Sessions, Alex Fruchter, Mike Kolar, Kweku Collins, Nat Love, Jamila Woods, Heavn, Oddcouple, DJ Rude One, hip-hop, soul, Krautrock, garage rock

Blogs, Bleader Dec 8, 2016
Chicago punk label Not Normal Tapes goes hard right out of the gate with the debut of its Infestational fest

Not Normal Tapes demonstrates its range and ambition with a three-day hardcore festival featuring Uranium Club, American Hate, Negative Scanner, the Bug, Tigress, and dozens more.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Do This, Music, Not Normal Tapes, Ralph Rivera, Negative Scanner, Big Zit, Big Crux, the Bug, American Hate, Uranium Club, ChiTown Futbol, G.L.O.S.S., Tigress, Infestational

Music, Gossip Wolf Apr 22, 2015
BBU's MC Epic wins the Matthew Freeman Social Justice Award

Plus: New releases from ripping punk four-piece the Bug and techno duo Juzer
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Richard "Epic" Wallace, BBU, e Matthew Freeman Social Justice Award, Roosevelt University, Chicago Workers' Collaborative, Stop Mass Incarceration Network, #OPRAH, The Bug, Not Normal Tapes, What's Bugging You?, Raw Nerve, Ralph Rivera, Solid Attitude, Juzer, Beau Wanzer, Dan JugelDog in the Night

Blogs, Bleader Oct 29, 2014
Olympia punks Vexx screech and wail on the noisy track 'Clairvoyant'

Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "Clairvoyant" from Olympia punk band Vexx.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Vexx, "Clairvoyant, Olympia, Wipers, Ralph Rivera, Not Normal Tapes

Music, In Rotation Oct 21, 2014
In Rotation: Ralph Rivera of Not Normal Tapes on the bulb that never dims at Light in the Attic

Plus: Hip Kid Records' Jim Gies on one of America's best melodic punk bands, the Reader's Kevin Warwick on dream pop for seasonal depressives, and more
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: In Rotation, In Rotation, The Radio Dept., Passive Aggressive: Singles 2002-2010, Scott Walker: 30 Century Man, Scott Walker, The Drift, Sparks, Two Hands One Mouth Tour, Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Ralph Rivera, Not Normal Tapes, Light in the Attic Records, Sputter, the Wrong, Vexx, Jim Gies, Hip Kid Records, Boilerman, Bathory, Samhain, Initium, Glenn Danzig, Murmurs, Township

Music, Music Feature May 31, 2012
Audio
Not Normal Tapes: hard to its (plastic) core

A man, a woman, and a mission to document the midwest's hardcore-punk scene
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago record labels, Not Normal Tapes, Ralph Rivera, Raw Nerve, Dead Possession, RazorXFade, Pukeoid, Guinea Kid, the Outs, Poison Planet, cassette tapes, Raven DiMichaele, Third X Party Records, DIY record labels, Audio

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C.H.E.W. take a bite out of hardcore

The Chicago four-piece twist and tear at their favorite genre to give it a strange new shape.

Chicago’s DIY punk scene packs a ton of its greatness into one show

Plus: Reader writer Erin Osmon reads from her new book on Jason Molina, and Takashi Murakami’s MCA exhibit attracts some notable guests.

Five local labels that had excellent years in 2016

These modest Chicago operations have gotten so good at what they do that they’re shaping music scenes far and wide.

Chicago punk label Not Normal Tapes goes hard right out of the gate with the debut of its Infestational fest

Not Normal Tapes demonstrates its range and ambition with a three-day hardcore festival featuring Uranium Club, American Hate, Negative Scanner, the Bug, Tigress, and dozens more.

BBU's MC Epic wins the Matthew Freeman Social Justice Award

Plus: New releases from ripping punk four-piece the Bug and techno duo Juzer

Olympia punks Vexx screech and wail on the noisy track 'Clairvoyant'

Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "Clairvoyant" from Olympia punk band Vexx.

In Rotation: Ralph Rivera of Not Normal Tapes on the bulb that never dims at Light in the Attic

Plus: Hip Kid Records' Jim Gies on one of America's best melodic punk bands, the Reader's Kevin Warwick on dream pop for seasonal depressives, and more

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Not Normal Tapes: hard to its (plastic) core

A man, a woman, and a mission to document the midwest's hardcore-punk scene

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The Chicago four-piece twist and tear at their favorite genre to give it a strange new shape.

Plus: Reader writer Erin Osmon reads from her new book on Jason Molina, and Takashi Murakami’s MCA exhibit attracts some notable guests.

These modest Chicago operations have gotten so good at what they do that they’re shaping music scenes far and wide.

Not Normal Tapes demonstrates its range and ambition with a three-day hardcore festival featuring Uranium Club, American Hate, Negative Scanner, the Bug, Tigress, and dozens more.

Plus: New releases from ripping punk four-piece the Bug and techno duo Juzer

Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "Clairvoyant" from Olympia punk band Vexx.

Plus: Hip Kid Records' Jim Gies on one of America's best melodic punk bands, the Reader's Kevin Warwick on dream pop for seasonal depressives, and more

A man, a woman, and a mission to document the midwest's hardcore-punk scene

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