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Posted inMusic

His Royal Bikeness on the gig poster of the week

by Salem Collo-Julin April 22, 2020August 18, 2021

This week’s featured gig poster was created by Chicago artist and educator Andrea Hill Fitzgerald.

Posted inMusic

Art-pop icon Bryan Ferry plays a full-album set of Roxy Music’s Avalon

by Steve Krakow July 25, 2019August 18, 2021

Decades ago, Bryan Ferry succumbed to an ailment that I’ve dubbed “Cheap Trick Syndrome”: that is, when young, hungry artists winkingly dive into a genre with tongue planted firmly in cheek but eventually become the very thing they were once all but parodying. Cheap Trick’s gleeful, over-the-top late-70s take on arena rock devolved by the […]

Justin Broadrick and Sanford Parker
Posted inFilm

Artist on Artist: Justin Broadrick of Godflesh talks to producer Sanford Parker

by Luca Cimarusti April 8, 2014August 18, 2021

Justin Broadrick of Godflesh talks drum machines, Crass, and 80s hip-hop with producer Sanford Parker.

Brian Ferry formed Roxy Music 40 years ago
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Bryan Ferry to Bobby Conn: ‘I must confess I do admire Lady Gaga’

by Chicago Reader October 6, 2011August 19, 2021

Chicago avant-garde glam rocker interviews the Roxy Music front man in our Artist on Artist series

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