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 […]
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Ferris Bueller’s bedroom has been meticulously recreated inside Chicago’s Virgin Hotel
Artists save Ferris’s room and take it to Ferris Fest.
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Reader’s Agenda Wed 9/17: Fifth Star Awards, Bryan Ferry, and Fay
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Wednesday, September 17
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Alan Lake’s casa de soul in Ukrainian Village
Alan Lake’s apartment is bursting at the seams with art, cookbooks, and percussion instruments from around the world.
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The Pixies’ deflating Indie Cindy and 15 more record reviews
Future’s conscience-stricken coke rap and 15 more reviews of recent releases
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12 O’Clock Track: Lindstrøm and Prins Thomas make Roxy Music’s “Avalon” sound menacing
The Swedish techno producers remix the charming and cheesy 1982 title song off of Roxy Music’s Avalon.
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Wazmo Nariz
New-wave weirdo Wazmo Nariz was one of just two acts from Chicago’s punk scene to sign to a major label
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Early Warnings roundup
This week’s Early Warnings include Battles, the Damned, Bryan Ferry, Harvey Milk, King Khan, Opeth, Pentagram, Real Estate, Woods, Kurt Vile, and Judas Priest.