There’s a pile of sacrificial severed heads on the gig poster of the week

ARTIST: Axel Widén
SHOWS: Scorched Tundra at Empty Bottle on Fri 9/1 through Sun 9/3
MORE INFO: axelwiden.com

Patrixia, in-person and livestream DJ

“DJing online has opened my eyes a bit. There’s a lot of people who club online for different reasons.”

by Micco Caporale

Film

Do you hate movies, or do you like to fuck?

The Gene Siskel Film Center’s Pioneers of Queer Cinema series just leaves us desperate for more.

by Micco Caporale

Music

Goregrind monsters Organ Failure deliver 17 tracks in 15 minutes on their album debut

Plus: Ava Cherry discusses her music memoir with scholar and critic Aaron Cohen, and rapper Sol Patches shares heartfelt new experiments on Ordinary Circles.

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil

Film

Alan K. Rode’s 2022 Noir City: Chicago lineup

Film historian, author, and Film Noir Foundation treasurer Alan Rode hosts Noir City: Chicago August 29 through September 1 at the Music Box Theatre. As told to Yolanda Perdomo, here’s what he had to say about the lineup and why it shouldn’t be missed.

by Yolanda Perdomo

Film

‘Sexy and sinister’

Noir City: Chicago returns to the Music Box after pandemic postponement.

by Yolanda Perdomo