Tight Phantomz

Music, Gossip Wolf May 30, 2017
Rabid Rabbit alum Andrea Jablonski dusts off her bass for a duo at ESS

Plus: FeelTrip hosts Sun Cop, Yawn, and Lovejoy at a label showcase, and dance label Clear drops a 12-inch from new Chicagoan Steve Summers.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Andrea Jablonski, Rabid Rabbit, From Bones, Cale Arthur, Tight Phantomz, Experimental Sound Studio, ESS, Option series, Ken Vandermark, Elastic Arts, Opera-Matic, FeelTrip, Sun Cop, Andrew Humphrey, When You Hear the Drum You May Speak, Yawn, Lovejoy, Twin Peaks, Clear, dance, Steve Summers, Artificial Light, Jason Letkiewicz, L.I.E.S., Clone

Music, Gossip Wolf Nov 19, 2014
Geoff Farina from Karate busts some new moves in the power trio Exit Verse

Plus: The Hood Internet throw a cookie party at the Hideout, and Forgotten Species play a recordless release show.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Karate, Geoff Farina, Secret Stars, Gossip Wolf, Last Kind Word, Whistler, DePaul, Exit Verse Record Co., Empty Bottle, Hood Internet, Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, Pete Croke, Brokeback, Tight Phantomz, John Dugan, Chisel, Chicago Stone Lightning Band, Nick Ward, Lindsay Hunter, Molly Each, Jonathan Messinger, Hades Fades, Long Nights Impossible Odds, Cookies: Stories About, Music for, and the Eating of Everyone's Most Favorite Treat, Chicago's Forgotten Species, Fish Dig, Caviar, Psychedelic Furs

Music, Music Feature Sep 10, 2013
Saturday: Five Riot Fest acts to see

Day two of the festival settles in with the LA punk legends in X, a Black Flag spin-off, and, hot damn, Public Enemy.
- By Leor Galil, Peter Margasak, Tal Rosenberg, and Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Music Feature, Riot Fest 2013, X, Exene Cervenka, Billy Zoom, John Doe, D.J. Bonebrake, The Lillingtons, Dinosaur Jr., J. Mascis, Lou Barlow, Murph, Flag, Black Flag, Keith Morris, Greg Ginn, Public Enemy, Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Against Me!, Rocket From the Crypt, Tight Phantomz, Humboldt Park

Music, Music Sidebar Jul 9, 2013
Yin and yang at West Fest 2013

Lush, cerebral postrock from Tortoise, raunchy garage trash from the reunited Oblivians, and loads more.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Music Sidebar, West Fest, Empty Bottle, Tortoise, Javelin, Those Darlins, Girl Group Chicago, Oblivians, Born Ruffians, Baathhaus, Tight Phantomz, Redgrave, Superjane Sweet 16, Jesse de la Peña, Black Madonna, Derrick Carter, Diz<, Jevon Jackson, Environmental Encroachment

Blogs, Bleader Jun 10, 2013
Video
American Muscle returns to the Local Option

The Local Option's 12.5 percent double IPA makes its third appearance, and it's as burly, bitter, and complicated as ever.
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: Beer and Metal, Music, Food & Drink, Beer and Metal, beer, metal, Local Option, Bierwerker, American Muscle, double IPA, DIPA, imperial IPA, Alexi Front, Noah Hopkins, Dark Horse, Against the Grain, Chuck Norris, Earth, Tallahassee, Pentastar, Tight Phantomz, Silk Prison, Seek Thunder, Clutch, Earth Rocker, Crucial Velocity, Rocket 88, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 23, 2013
Video
Pink Avalanche celebrate the release of their first record, Wraiths, with a free listening party

The local postpunk band's debut can be streamed or downloaded for purchase in a digital version.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Do This, Music, Pink Avalanche, Wraiths, Past/Futures Records, Che Arthur, Pete Croke, Adam Reach, Kortland Chase, Atombombpocketknife, Tight Phantomz, Brokeback, Reds and Blue, the Burlington, free, listening party, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 26, 2013
Audio
Humboldt Park recording studio Phantom Manor: An oral history

Recording studio Phantom Manor closes; Chicago musicians share its history.
- Tags: Band Life, Music, Phantom Manor, Mike Lust, Sybris, Coins, Touched by Ghoul, Bully in the Hallway, Tight Phantomz, Reds and Blue, Coupleskate, Redgrave, Blasted Diplomats, Mannequin Men, (Us And) All Our Friends, Audio

City Life, Space Jul 18, 2012
Slideshow
Mike Lust's den of vintage toys

The Phantom Manor engineer fills his Logan Square abode with 80s nostalgia
- By Andrea Bauer
- Tags: Space, Mike Lust, Phantom Manor Recording, nostalgia, George Gershwin, Logan Square, toy collection, KISS, Star Wars, babe-repellent, Tight Phantomz, Slideshow

Blogs, Bleader Apr 27, 2012
Video
The return of Pinebender and more at this year's Do-Division Street Fest

Pinebender plays its first show in two years at Do-Division—and a big chunk of the rest of the lineup has been announced too.
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Do This, Music, Pinebender, Chris Hansen, Do-Division, Tight Phantomz, Redgrave, Brokeback, Head of Skulls, JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, Todd Hembrook & the Hemispheres, O'My's, Le Butcherettes, O'Death, White Mystery, Brown Bird, Murder by Death, Black Belles, BBU, Moon Furies, Peanut Butter Wolf, Besnard Lakes, Craig Finn, Mannequin Men, Peter O'Connell, In Tall Buildings, Chris Connelly, Antlers, Cory Chisel & the Wandering Sons, Teengirl Fantasy, People's Temple, Eiren Caffall, street fest, summer, video, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Jun 30, 2011
Gossip Wolf: New Wave Hot Dogs

Yo La Tengo spin their wheel and land on Duk’s. Plus: Dave Pirner dresses for success and a Pinebender veteran debuts a new project
- By Jessica Hopper and J.R. Nelson
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Yo La Tengo, Green Music Fest, Soul Asylum, Dave Pirner, Redgrave, Duk's, Stephen Howard, Tight Phantomz, Pinebender, Angie Mead, Lovitt Records, Tim Rutili, Califone, Red Red Meat, David Yow, Jesus Lizard, Double Door

Music, Music Sidebar Jun 23, 2011
Green Music Fest features biodegradable headliners Yo La Tengo and Les Savy Fav
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Green Music Fest, Center for Green Technology, Yo La Tengo, Life and Times, Secret Colours, Trampled by Turtles, Meters Experience, Midwest Hype, Thermals, Soft Speaker, Blane Fonda, Musikanto, Tight Phantomz, Les Savy Fav

Music, Gossip Wolf Mar 23, 2011
Gossip Wolf: Music From the Third Dimension

A local multimedia artist makes noise you can almost touch. Plus: Wild Flag tops the latest Pitchfork rumors, Ben Weasel loses some fans at SXSW, and more
- By Jessica Hopper and J.R. Nelson
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Jon Satrom, Lampo, Graham Foundation, Mannequin Men, Eternals, Chris Connelly, Hollows, Population, Kris Poulin, BLVD, Michael L. Abramson, Numero Group, Wild Flag, Dirty Beaches, Pitchfork Music Festival, Gang Gang Dance, Shabazz Palaces, Gallagher, Girl Talk, Lollapalooza, Ben Weasel, Screeching Weasel, South By Southwest, Weseal Fest, Football, Jim McCann, Baseball Furies, Srini Radhakrishna, France Has the Bomb, Jerred Gummere, Ponys, Mike Lust, Tight Phantomz, Urge Overkill

Blogs, Bleader Sep 14, 2010
Urge Overkill Burns in "Effigy"

The reunited band sounds way more punk than it did when "Exit the Dragon" came out 15 years ago.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Urge Overkill, Effigy, Mike Lust, Tight Phantomz, Chicago, indie rock, punk

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Rabid Rabbit alum Andrea Jablonski dusts off her bass for a duo at ESS

Plus: FeelTrip hosts Sun Cop, Yawn, and Lovejoy at a label showcase, and dance label Clear drops a 12-inch from new Chicagoan Steve Summers.

Geoff Farina from Karate busts some new moves in the power trio Exit Verse

Plus: The Hood Internet throw a cookie party at the Hideout, and Forgotten Species play a recordless release show.

Saturday: Five Riot Fest acts to see

Day two of the festival settles in with the LA punk legends in X, a Black Flag spin-off, and, hot damn, Public Enemy.

Yin and yang at West Fest 2013

Lush, cerebral postrock from Tortoise, raunchy garage trash from the reunited Oblivians, and loads more.

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American Muscle returns to the Local Option

The Local Option's 12.5 percent double IPA makes its third appearance, and it's as burly, bitter, and complicated as ever.

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Pink Avalanche celebrate the release of their first record, Wraiths, with a free listening party

The local postpunk band's debut can be streamed or downloaded for purchase in a digital version.

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Humboldt Park recording studio Phantom Manor: An oral history

Recording studio Phantom Manor closes; Chicago musicians share its history.

Slideshow
Mike Lust's den of vintage toys

The Phantom Manor engineer fills his Logan Square abode with 80s nostalgia

Video
The return of Pinebender and more at this year's Do-Division Street Fest

Pinebender plays its first show in two years at Do-Division—and a big chunk of the rest of the lineup has been announced too.

Gossip Wolf: New Wave Hot Dogs

Yo La Tengo spin their wheel and land on Duk’s. Plus: Dave Pirner dresses for success and a Pinebender veteran debuts a new project

Green Music Fest features biodegradable headliners Yo La Tengo and Les Savy Fav

Gossip Wolf: Music From the Third Dimension

A local multimedia artist makes noise you can almost touch. Plus: Wild Flag tops the latest Pitchfork rumors, Ben Weasel loses some fans at SXSW, and more

Urge Overkill Burns in "Effigy"

The reunited band sounds way more punk than it did when "Exit the Dragon" came out 15 years ago.

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Plus: FeelTrip hosts Sun Cop, Yawn, and Lovejoy at a label showcase, and dance label Clear drops a 12-inch from new Chicagoan Steve Summers.

Plus: The Hood Internet throw a cookie party at the Hideout, and Forgotten Species play a recordless release show.

Day two of the festival settles in with the LA punk legends in X, a Black Flag spin-off, and, hot damn, Public Enemy.

Lush, cerebral postrock from Tortoise, raunchy garage trash from the reunited Oblivians, and loads more.

The Local Option's 12.5 percent double IPA makes its third appearance, and it's as burly, bitter, and complicated as ever.

The local postpunk band's debut can be streamed or downloaded for purchase in a digital version.

Recording studio Phantom Manor closes; Chicago musicians share its history.

The Phantom Manor engineer fills his Logan Square abode with 80s nostalgia

Pinebender plays its first show in two years at Do-Division—and a big chunk of the rest of the lineup has been announced too.

Yo La Tengo spin their wheel and land on Duk’s. Plus: Dave Pirner dresses for success and a Pinebender veteran debuts a new project

A local multimedia artist makes noise you can almost touch. Plus: Wild Flag tops the latest Pitchfork rumors, Ben Weasel loses some fans at SXSW, and more

The reunited band sounds way more punk than it did when "Exit the Dragon" came out 15 years ago.

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