Gossip Wolf doesn’t like to speculate about which band breakups will stick (it’s no fun to be wrong), but when local indie-pop goofballs Baby Teeth announced their final show in 2012, it seemed unlikely that Chicago had heard the last from them. In the years that followed, singer-songwriter Abraham Levitan, front man of the trio, […]
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Abraham Levitan of Shame That Tune and Baby Teeth dusts off his singing-in-public shoes
Abraham Levitan of Shame That Tune and Baby Teeth dusts off his singing-in-public shoes, Metro hosts a Neo reunion three years after the venerable goth club’s closing, and more.
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Stephanie Smith of Varsity on the best way to discover the Hold Steady
Current musical obsessions of Varsity front woman Stephanie Smith, Flowerbooking agent Natasha Parish, and Reader associate editor Kevin Warwick
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Abraham Levitan of Shame That Tune returns with the podcast Nerds on Tour
Abraham Levitan of Shame That Tune returns with the podcast Nerds on Tour, rapper Rich Jones celebrates the new mixtape Pink Slips, and more.
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Musical-comedy game show Shame That Tune will shame no more
The musical-comedy game show Shame That Tune ends its run tonight at the Hideout.
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Shame That Tune rides off into the embarrassing sunset
Shame That Tune rides off into the embarrassing sunset, Owen and Into It. Over It. release a split EP, and more.
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Shame That Tune celebrates its golden episode
Shame That Tune’s 50th episode, Quinn Tsan’s debut EP, and Bike Cops’ new tape
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The People Issue: The B Side
Someone doesn’t have to be famous to be interesting—and that’s just as true in the Chicago music scene as it is anywhere else.
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Our third annual People Issue
People Issue 2013: We selected 19 Chicagoans to shed light on the city’s many moving parts.
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Reader’s Agenda Tue 7/23: Thai Comic Horrors, Abraham Levitan singing Groupon rock, and the Chicago Sidewalk Sale
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Tuesday, July 23
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Best shows to see: The Handsome Family, Abraham Levitan, Peter Brötzmann, Jay Z, Justin Timberlake
Between now and Wednesday, your live-music options include the Handsome Family, Abraham Levitan, Peter Brötzmann, Mayer Hawthorne, Twin Peaks, and Justin Timberlake and Jay Z.
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Artist on Artist: John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants nerds out with Abraham Levitan of Shame That Tune
Artist on Artist: John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants nerds out with Abraham Levitan of Shame That Tune
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The noise scene’s lost Enemy, a trumpeter’s growth spurt, and one schmaltzy goodbye
Good-bye to Baby Teeth and experimental-music venue Enemy, hello to young trumpeter Marquis Hill
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This week’s Culture Vultures recommend:
In-the-know Chicagoans recommend Pete’s Barber Shop, The Odyssey, and Shame That Tune