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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 Jan 6, 2015
Stoner-rock dubstep courtesy of Earth and electronic producer the Bug

Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "Boa b/w Cold."
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Earth band, the Bug, Kevin Martin, Boa b/w Cold, Primitive and Deadly

Music, Record Roundup Aug 19, 2013
Earl Sweatshirt's humane, heartbreaking Doris and 14 more record reviews

Seven Reader writers want you to hear Sich Mang's seizure-inducing psychedelic EDM and No Age's experimental two-chord punk—and that's just for starters.
- By Peter Margasak, Miles Raymer, Leor Galil, Kevin Warwick, Luca Cimarusti, Bill Meyer, and Philip Montoro
- Tags: Record Roundup, records, Dewey Balfa, The Bug, Ace, Ninja Tune, Kevin Martin, EDM, EPs, anthologies, Danny Brown, dubstep, dancehall, Flowdan, The Dead C, Ba Da Bing!, Destruction Unit, Sacred Bones, R. Rousseau, Earl Sweatshirt, Columbia, Tan Cressida, Nathan Abshire, Odd Future, rap, mixtapes, Complex, The New Yorker, RZA, Frank Ocean, The Neptunes, M. Geddes Gengras, Thrill Jockey, experimental music, Moog, improvisations, Albert Heath, Ethan Iverson, Ben Street, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Sunnyside, Bad Plus, Smalls, accordian, swing, free jazz, jazz, bossa nova, Kandodo, Simon Price, The Heads, The Mallard, Castle Face, No Age, Sub Pop, noise punk, garage rock, postpunk, Sich Mang, Rainbow Body, Eric Lee Gale, Rand Sevilla, wurkstep, Dobrinka Tabakova, ECM, Cajun music, cello, strings, concertos, Vattnet Viskar, black metal, Venom P. Stinger, Drag City, Century Media, Mick Turner, Jim White, Alan Secher-Jensen, Dugald MacKenzie, Chelsea Wolfe, Sargent House, folk music, Pine Grove Boys, Balfa Brothers, BLuebird Records, Rayne-Bo Ramblers, Will Balfa

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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

Stoner-rock dubstep courtesy of Earth and electronic producer the Bug

Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "Boa b/w Cold."

Earl Sweatshirt's humane, heartbreaking Doris and 14 more record reviews

Seven Reader writers want you to hear Sich Mang's seizure-inducing psychedelic EDM and No Age's experimental two-chord punk—and that's just for starters.

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Video 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

Stoner-rock dubstep courtesy of Earth and electronic producer the Bug

Today's 12 O'Clock Track is "Boa b/w Cold."

Earl Sweatshirt's humane, heartbreaking Doris and 14 more record reviews

Seven Reader writers want you to hear Sich Mang's seizure-inducing psychedelic EDM and No Age's experimental two-chord punk—and that's just for starters.

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