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Home » English Softhearts

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Posted inMusic

Chicago rockers Rabble Rabble hang it up after nine years

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil September 20, 2016August 18, 2021

Chicago rockers Rabble Rabble hang it up after nine years, Rainbo hosts a musician-heavy art exhibit dishonoring Trump, and more.

Posted inMusic

Chicago’s dance-music community says good-bye to Phil Free Art

by Leor Galil and J.R. Nelson September 16, 2015August 18, 2021

Plus: Jack Black drops in on Mikal Cronin at the Bottle, Marc Arcuri makes “disco grunge” as Orphan Schlitz, and more.

Posted inMusic

Gossip Wolf: A booker shakeup at Beat Kitchen and Subterranean

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil October 30, 2013August 19, 2021

A booker shakeup at Beat Kitchen and Subterranean, new music from Sea of Shit and the English Softhearts, and more

Posted inBlogs

A Very Special Week in Reader Music

by Miles Raymer April 28, 2011August 19, 2021

A new look, new features, and much more

Posted inMusic

Gossip Wolf: What Was Arcade Fire’s Will Butler Really Doing at Poetry Magazine?

by Jessica Hopper and J.R. Nelson April 28, 2011August 19, 2021

Plus: another go for the English Softhearts and a new project for Craig Klein of the Race

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