Ray Donato of Local psych juggernaut Dark Fog is a paragon of relentless musical activity. After a burst of releases in early 2019, Reader critic Monica Kendrick gently joked that his band makes “every other band on the planet look like slackers” by comparison. She wasn’t wrong! Gossip Wolf recently checked Dark Fog’s Bandcamp page, […]
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This Friday’s ‘Bandcamp day’ benefits more than the artists
Many musicians and labels will donate the day’s Bandcamp money to support the fight for Black lives.
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Chicago’s Dark Fog offers trippy escapism on two new EPs
When I wrote about prolific Chicago three-piece Dark Fog last winter, the trippy psych voyagers were releasing three albums within a three-month span. It’s nice to know that, even in these uncertain times, some things you can still rely on: Dark Fog dropped the EP Escape Into This on April 6 and followed it up […]
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Chicago psych mainstays Dark Fog celebrate their new record, plus two more
Trippy Chicago trio Dark Fog have definitely hit a deep vein of psych productivity. When I e-mailed guitarist and bandleader Ray Donato to ask about their new album, meaning Living the Past . . . Killing the Future, he sent me a link to a completely different new album, Make You Believe. And neither of […]
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Great Chicago label, meet great Chicago band: Trouble in Mind signs Facs
Trouble in Mind signs Facs, Chicago shops celebrate Cassette Store Day, and the Eradicator drop a self-titled album.
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Two clubs, one night, five release parties
Five local bands celebrate new releases on one night, rapper and poet Malcolm London launches his Opia tour, and more.
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Chicago psych outfit Dark Fog melt mournful passages into astral pop melodies
On Anatomy of a Sellout (Logan Hardware) Dark Fog run their glowing nuggets of psych through a rock tumbler, retaining the genre’s impenetrable mystique while polishing away much of the indulgent noodling that many contemporary psych bands seem to think is a foundational element. Not that there isn’t any freaked-out wailing—there’s plenty. But Dark Fog […]
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Dark Fog release their solid new record this Saturday
Dark Fog’s new record stands out in a crowd of faceless local psych acts
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Gossip Wolf: Ratso & the Rabbits arrive!
The live debut of furry supergroup Ratso & the Rabbits, plus new albums from Shiloh and Dark Fog
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Welcome 2 the Void: Chicago Psych Fest 2, January 22, 2011, the Hideout
Clayton Hauck shoots Moonstone Continuum, Thunderbolt Pagoda, and Dark Fog
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Here Comes the Crust
The prime dogs-with-bandannas-spotting event of the season. Plus: Permanent Records’ fourth anniversary, a “rock and roll general store” in Logan Square, and more