Black women deal with loss in new digital plays by Perceptions Theatre and Black Lives Black Words.
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Young jazz bassist Hayden Prosser explores nonlinear structures on his bracing debut
Berlin-based bassist Hayden Prosser has a distinctly European aesthetic, albeit influenced by Americans such as Tim Berne and Jim Black.
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Stephen Egerton and Milo Aukerman of the Descendents keep the Christmas spirit alive
The two pop-punk behemoths get Christmassy on this collaboration.
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Riot Fest started out chilly, rainy, and muddy, but it had its highlights
Field reports from Riot Fest’s inclement opening day—highlights include Slayer, the Hotelier, Mastodon, the Offspring, and Stiff Little Fingers.
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‘Hope,’ in honor of all the Descendents love at Riot Fest
The quintessential Descendents song for the punk-rock nostalgia fest.
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Reader’s Agenda Fri 12/13: Filmage, The Essay Collective, and Jerry Seinfeld
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, December 13
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12 O’Clock Track: Descendents, “Clean Sheets”
“Clean Sheets,” a classic from previous and current Riot Fest act the Descendents
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12 O’Clock Track: Tree, “All”
Local rapper Tree injects a healthy dose of soul into Chicago’s now popular trap sound on “All.”
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Test: On Simple Human Decency
Before I attempt to fill these pages with my disgust, which the odd reader who knows me will surely expect, I am obliged to address a preliminary concern, which that same odd reader may safely ignore. Some time has passed since I last raised my voice to the multitude, and whereas literary taste does not […]
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Last year drummer Bill Stevenson clocked his 20th year with the hardcore outfit that began as the Descendents, and while his band has never really grown up, his concept has never really grown old either. SST labelmates Husker Du, the Minutemen, and Dinosaur Jr mixed hardcore with psychedelia, funk, and 70s guitar rock, respectively, but […]