The first thing to know about Orville Peck is that the Canadian country-pop crooner always wears a mask. Its top half is made of leather, and from the bottom hangs a row of long fringe, which he sometimes braids to each side to reveal his scruffy chin—his memorable look is something like a cross between […]
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Wake Expands The Boundaries of Grind on Misery Rites
Misery Rites, the newest album from Canadian grindsters Wake, opens with a slow dirge that’s anchored by melancholic howls and oceanic riffs. It’s a fitting introduction to an album on which the band expand their palette beyond the straight-ahead blistering grindcore (complete with buzzsaw guitars) of its predecessor, 2016’s Sowing the Seeds of a Worthless […]
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Austin travel agent helps west siders see the world—and lists her favorite midwestern trips
Stops on the Underground Railroad, an urban cheese factory, and an eye-popping Hindu temple are among Crystal Dyer’s road-trip recommendations.
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The weird world of Guy Maddin
Five great films by Canadian indie Guy Maddin, whose latest, The Green Fog, screens this week at Gene Siskel Film Center.
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The dividing line between the U.S. and Canada
An addendum to Adam Gopnik’s argument that “we could have been Canada.”
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Former Sun-Times publisher returns to Chicago—to represent Canada
John Cruickshank now serves as Canada’s consul general here.
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A lightning round of answers to questions from Toronto’s Curious Minds Weekend
Dan addresses threesomes, butt plugs, Justin Trudeau, and more.
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Queen for president, Trudeau for regent
Maybe it’s not too late to rethink this independence business.
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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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Second City CEO Andrew Alexander remembers co-owner Len Stuart
Alexander shares memories of his friend and business partner after his passing.
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12 O’Clock Track: Greys’ straight-ahead posthardcore jam ‘Use Your Delusion’
Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is “Use Your Delusion” from the debut Greys album, If Anything, just out on Carpark Records.
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Ham, tapeworms, and shitty soup: A brief retrospective of The Kids in the Hall
A retrospective of comedy sketches from The Kids in the Hall in honor of the performance tonight at the Chicago Theatre, one of five stops on the troupe’s first tour together since 2008.
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The world according to the Trib’s Rex Huppke
The world according to the Trib’s Rex Huppke
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12 O’Clock Track: White Lung release another ripper with “Down With You”
White Lung released the B side from their new seven-inch, and it’s great.
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A vigorous Canucking in Nova Scotia
Dan answers Canadians’ questions about sex.