The festival abolished the usual gatekeeping to book more than four dozen diverse artists at three venues, all in walking distance of one another.
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‘I don’t need fans, I need comrades’
Patrick Haggerty has just made me cry. Though we’re talking over Zoom, a day before the 78-year-old heads out on tour in support of his second record, Blackberry Rose and Other Songs & Sorrows, Haggerty’s passion and concern cut through, creating immediate intimacy despite the digital mediation. I feel lucky to be in conversation with […]
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Bitchin Bajas travel the spaceways on their new album
Update on Thu 11/4: Due to a positive COVID-19 test among Fulton Street Collective’s event-planning staff, the Unity Night fundraising event on Sat 11/6 has been tentatively rescheduled for Sat 3/26/2022. Ticket holders for the November date can get refunds or retain their tickets to use in March. They haven’t released a full-length of new […]
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Want live music back? Wear a mask and call Congress.
Staff from 22 Chicago music venues talk about how far they still are from normal—and what it’ll take to keep them around till we all get there.
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COVID-19 hits live music hard
You can still support artists and staff by buying merch and donating to fundraisers.
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The Incredible Melting Man on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was designed by local artist Joe Schorgl for his band the Sueves.
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Homeroom’s Physics for Listeners series connects local trio ZRL with four disparate composers
Homeroom’s Physics for Listeners series connects local trio ZRL with four disparate composers, the Plastic (Crimewave) Ono Band releases its fourth tape-only split, and more.
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Reader premiere: Exhausted, the debut LP from noise-rock group Den
An exclusive stream of the interstellar weirdo-noise LP
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Sperm blowout, hoop dreams deferred, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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The migration of the hipster
The migration of the hipster: A Chicago history, 1898-present
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Assembling a picture of Chicago, neighborhood by neighborhood
Two local bloggers have organized a reading celebrating Chicago’s neighborhoods.
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This week’s Culture Vultures recommend:
Chicagoans recommend The Secret Keeper, the Fabulous Ladies of Fitness, and Bunheads.