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Music
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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
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Andrea Jablonski
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Rabid Rabbit
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From Bones
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Cale Arthur
,
Tight Phantomz
,
Experimental Sound Studio
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ESS
,
Option series
,
Ken Vandermark
,
Elastic Arts
,
Opera-Matic
,
FeelTrip
,
Sun Cop
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Andrew Humphrey
,
When You Hear the Drum You May Speak
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Yawn
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Lovejoy
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Twin Peaks
,
Clear
,
dance
,
Steve Summers
,
Artificial Light
,
Jason Letkiewicz
,
L.I.E.S.
,
Clone
Music
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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
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Karate
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Geoff Farina
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Secret Stars
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Gossip Wolf
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Last Kind Word
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Whistler
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DePaul
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Exit Verse Record Co.
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Empty Bottle
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Hood Internet
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Kendrick Lamar
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Taylor Swift
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Pete Croke
,
Brokeback
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Tight Phantomz
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John Dugan
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Chisel
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Chicago Stone Lightning Band
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Nick Ward
,
Lindsay Hunter
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Molly Each
,
Jonathan Messinger
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Hades Fades
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Long Nights Impossible Odds
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Cookies: Stories About, Music for, and the Eating of Everyone's Most Favorite Treat
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Chicago's Forgotten Species
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Fish Dig
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Caviar
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Psychedelic Furs
Music
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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
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Music Feature
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Riot Fest 2013
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X
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Exene Cervenka
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Billy Zoom
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John Doe
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D.J. Bonebrake
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The Lillingtons
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Dinosaur Jr.
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J. Mascis
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Lou Barlow
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Murph
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Flag
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Black Flag
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Keith Morris
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Greg Ginn
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Public Enemy
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Chuck D
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Flavor Flav
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Against Me!
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Rocket From the Crypt
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Tight Phantomz
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Humboldt Park
Music
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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
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Music Sidebar
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West Fest
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Empty Bottle
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Tortoise
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Javelin
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Those Darlins
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Girl Group Chicago
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Oblivians
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Born Ruffians
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Baathhaus
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Tight Phantomz
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Redgrave
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Superjane Sweet 16
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Jesse de la Peña
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Black Madonna
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Derrick Carter
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Diz<
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Jevon Jackson
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Environmental Encroachment
Blogs
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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
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Beer and Metal
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Music
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Food & Drink
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Beer and Metal
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beer
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metal
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Local Option
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Bierwerker
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American Muscle
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double IPA
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DIPA
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imperial IPA
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Alexi Front
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Noah Hopkins
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Dark Horse
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Against the Grain
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Chuck Norris
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Earth
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Tallahassee
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Pentastar
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Tight Phantomz
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Silk Prison
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Seek Thunder
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Clutch
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Earth Rocker
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Crucial Velocity
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Rocket 88
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Video
Blogs
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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
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Do This
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Music
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Pink Avalanche
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Wraiths
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Past/Futures Records
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Che Arthur
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Pete Croke
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Adam Reach
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Kortland Chase
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Atombombpocketknife
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Tight Phantomz
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Brokeback
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Reds and Blue
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the Burlington
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free
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listening party
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Video
Blogs
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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
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Music
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Phantom Manor
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Mike Lust
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Sybris
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Coins
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Touched by Ghoul
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Bully in the Hallway
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Tight Phantomz
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Reds and Blue
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Coupleskate
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Redgrave
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Blasted Diplomats
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Mannequin Men
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(Us And) All Our Friends
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Audio
City Life
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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
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Space
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Mike Lust
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Phantom Manor Recording
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nostalgia
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George Gershwin
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Logan Square
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toy collection
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KISS
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Star Wars
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babe-repellent
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Tight Phantomz
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Slideshow
Blogs
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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
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Do This
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Music
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Pinebender
,
Chris Hansen
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Do-Division
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Tight Phantomz
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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
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Teengirl Fantasy
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People's Temple
,
Eiren Caffall
,
street fest
,
summer
,
video
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Video
Music
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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
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Yo La Tengo
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Green Music Fest
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Soul Asylum
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Dave Pirner
,
Redgrave
,
Duk's
,
Stephen Howard
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Tight Phantomz
,
Pinebender
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Angie Mead
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Lovitt Records
,
Tim Rutili
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Califone
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Red Red Meat
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David Yow
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Jesus Lizard
,
Double Door
Music
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Music Sidebar
Jun 23, 2011
Green Music Fest features biodegradable headliners Yo La Tengo and Les Savy Fav
By Luca Cimarusti
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Music Sidebar
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Green Music Fest
,
Center for Green Technology
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Yo La Tengo
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Life and Times
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Secret Colours
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Trampled by Turtles
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Meters Experience
,
Midwest Hype
,
Thermals
,
Soft Speaker
,
Blane Fonda
,
Musikanto
,
Tight Phantomz
,
Les Savy Fav
Music
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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
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Jon Satrom
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Lampo
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Graham Foundation
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Mannequin Men
,
Eternals
,
Chris Connelly
,
Hollows
,
Population
,
Kris Poulin
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BLVD
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Michael L. Abramson
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Numero Group
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Wild Flag
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Dirty Beaches
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Pitchfork Music Festival
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Gang Gang Dance
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Shabazz Palaces
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Gallagher
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Girl Talk
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Lollapalooza
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Ben Weasel
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Screeching Weasel
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South By Southwest
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Weseal Fest
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Football
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Jim McCann
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Baseball Furies
,
Srini Radhakrishna
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France Has the Bomb
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Jerred Gummere
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Ponys
,
Mike Lust
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Tight Phantomz
,
Urge Overkill
Blogs
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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
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Music
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Urge Overkill
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Effigy
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Mike Lust
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Tight Phantomz
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Chicago
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indie rock
,
punk
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