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Posted inMusic

If enough of us celebrate Independent Venue Week, we might have one next year too

by Jamie Ludwig October 22, 2020August 18, 2021

For Independent Venue Week, the Reader has rounded up some favorite stories about Chicago music venues past and present.

Posted inMusic

Huntsmen bassist Marc Stranger-Najjar on a spoken-word poet with a beautiful brain

by Jamie Ludwig April 28, 2020August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of Huntsmen bassist Marc Stranger-Najjar, musician and producer Sanford Parker, and Reader associate editor Jamie Ludwig

Posted inMusic

The saga of Punkin’ Donuts

by Leor Galil April 8, 2020August 18, 2021

How a doughnut-shop parking lot became a confluence of Chicago youth subcultures—and what killed it off

Posted inMusic

New York R&B singer Samoht searches for pop music’s unknown paths

by Leor Galil January 10, 2020August 18, 2021

New York R&B singer Samoht knows how to draw listeners in by draping his luxurious voice all over lava-lamp instrumentals. Keeping them engaged is the challenge. A few too many tracks on Samoht’s 2019 album, Exit (Mxxn Wave), sluggishly disintegrate into the ether, no matter how captivating his vocal twists and turns get. But when […]

Posted inMusic

Chicago riff machines Bible of the Devil celebrate 20 years with album seven

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil March 19, 2019August 18, 2021

Chicago riff machines Bible of the Devil celebrate 20 years with album number seven, local rapper Boys vs. Girls hosts “The Pride Takeover” at Gallery Cabaret, and more.

Posted inBlogs

A look back at a punk club doorman and his buffet of food offerings

by Aimee Levitt May 23, 2018August 18, 2021

Everybody on Wells Street knew Steve, and they knew how he liked his burritos.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago footwork producers Boylan and Pranas drop a transcendent track to hype Boylan’s imminent birthday bash

by Leor Galil February 7, 2018August 18, 2021

Boylan and Pranas’s “Pick It Up” samples the latest smash single from lightning-rod Chicago rapper Famous Dex.

Posted inMusic

The Third Coming of the Jesus Lizard

by Kevin Warwick December 6, 2017August 18, 2021

On the eve of their latest return home, the Jesus Lizard talk about why they chose Chicago—and how they became its most beautiful noise-rock monsters.

Posted inMusic

Evanston new wavers the Front Lines exemplify the richness of the overlooked midwestern scene

by Steve Krakow August 29, 2017August 18, 2021

Formed at Northwestern in 1979, the Front Lines played diverse and ambitious tunes—but they split after just a few years, done in by drummer turnover.

Posted inMusic

Postpunk oddballs the Bonemen of Barumba played ‘barbecue music from hell’

by Steve Krakow June 20, 2017August 18, 2021

Early-80s weirdos the Bonemen of Barumba attacked pigs’ heads with axes onstage and shared a label with Big Black and the Dead Milkmen.

Posted inMusic

Beat Kitchen hosts a panel to confront sexual harassment in music

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil September 13, 2016August 18, 2021

Beat Kitchen hosts a panel to confront sexual harassment in music, 606 Records books 24 hours of DJs to benefit Lumpen Radio, and more.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Excuse to Get Painted Up Like a Neon Freak Show

by Jay Gentile June 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Featuring clubbers clutching neon glowsticks and PBR tallboys

Posted inBlogs

My favorite albums of 2013, numbers 40 through 31

by Peter Margasak January 7, 2014August 18, 2021

A belated countdown of my 40 favorite albums of the year

Oozing Wound
Posted inMusic

Gossip Wolf: Oozing Wound discharges its first album

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil October 9, 2013August 19, 2021

Oozing Wound discharges its first album, Teen Witch throws a sexy alien party, and more.

Berlin Nightclub
Posted inBest of Chicago

Best anything-goes club

by Chicago Reader June 23, 2011August 19, 2021

Berlin voted best anything-goes club

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