Ten City’s fifth album, 2021’s Judgement (Ultra), was a long time in the making—and not just because the crucial Chicago house group’s previous album, That Was Then, This Is Now, came out 27 years earlier. The origins of Judgement arguably go even further back than 1986, when Ten City producer Marshall Jefferson issued the foundational […]
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Postpunk oddballs the Bonemen of Barumba played ‘barbecue music from hell’
Early-80s weirdos the Bonemen of Barumba attacked pigs’ heads with axes onstage and shared a label with Big Black and the Dead Milkmen.
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First-wave Chicago punk weirdos Silver Abuse released their second reunion album this year
In the late 70s and early 80s, Silver Abuse shared members with Naked Raygun—and their eclectic, discordant music was in some ways even more confrontational.
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Early local hardcore band Savage Beliefs began with a $35 Casio keyboard
Savage Beliefs broke up in 1984 after releasing one seven-inch, but they’ve been playing again since a 2015 reissue on Alona’s Dream.
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Uncategorizable early punks End Result confounded even Chicago’s other weirdos
End Result were mentored by avant-garde troupe Ono and shared members with the likes of Big Black and Articles of Faith.
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Artist on Artist: Justin Broadrick of Godflesh talks to producer Sanford Parker
Justin Broadrick of Godflesh talks drum machines, Crass, and 80s hip-hop with producer Sanford Parker.
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Short takes on recent reissues
Reissues of Feedtime’s four classic LPs, Alex Chilton’s first solo recordings, and Tav Falco’s debut with Panther Burns
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If You Weren’t There . . .
Two of Chicago’s earliest punk bands, Da and Tutu & the Pirates, reunite for a double record-release party.
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RIP Iain Burgess, Key Architect of the Chicago Postpunk Sound
Iain Burgess, a crucial figure in the development of Chicago’s postpunk aesthetic, has died.
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The Keeper of the Cassettes
What to do with those old practice tapes? Chunklet’s Henry Owings is digitizing and posting rarities from the 80s and 90s.
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Music downloads of note
Music downloads: forgotten East St. Louis soul, an Obama mixtape from Russell Simmons and DJ Lantern, and a Big Black “interview.”