Fireside Bowl Runner-Up: Lincoln Square Lanes
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The hills are alive with the noise of Ortmann
Plus: Varsity tease their new garage-pop tape, and friends say farewell to beloved sound engineer John Emerson.
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Bill Kuehn of Rainer Maria on the emo revival, his lessons from the Middle East—and the possibility of a new record
The drummer for these freshly reunited emo luminaries talks to keyboardist and singer Kate Grube of Chicago upstarts Kittyhawk.
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12 O’Clock Track: The 90s garage-punk of San Fran’s the Rip Offs
“She Said Yeah,” from the namesake band of Greg Lowery’s Rip Off Records
Posted inArts & Culture
The migration of the hipster
The migration of the hipster: A Chicago history, 1898-present
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Midwestern emo catches its second wind
Midwestern underground emo is coming back—and it’s turning up overseas and on the charts.
Posted inBest of Chicago
Best Outcall Soundman
At a Yob show in February he turned the Flat Iron into a white-hot doom-metal blast furnace, and at this year’s Dark Lord Day he made High on Fire’s stampeding barbarian metal sound as overwhelming outside as I’ve ever heard it indoors.
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In Rotation: Audio engineer Tim Iseler on “Darth Vader’s Cock and Balls”
Audio engineers Tim Iseler and Jeremy Lemos on “Darth Vader’s Cock and Balls” and the Dirty Projectors at the Sydney Opera
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Shows to see: Robbie Fulks, the Hecks, the Hussy, Claw Toe, and more
Shows to see in the upcoming days include Robbie Fulks, the Hecks, the Hussy, and Claw Toe
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It’s Time to Make a Clean Break With Ronny’s
Pondering a permanent replacement for one of Chicago’s nastiest venues.
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This Week in the Reader’s Music Section
Lollapalooza, punk nostalgia, the funniest political rappers working, and more
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Hardcore Nostalgia
New shows at the Fireside prompt a stream of stories about the good old days. Plus: Russian Circles and the worst kind of metal damage, Kanye as Twitter fodder, and more