As the first snowfalls of winter pummel our work-weary faces, it’s difficult to keep in mind that Chicago can be a safe haven, a destination for refugees, a warm and comforting environment for folks escaping the ravages of poverty and government oppression and war. Some felt it viscerally this week, as American border officials fired […]
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Completely serious advice for returning Pitchfork artists
If there’s one thing Pitchfork’s repeat offenders shouldn’t do, it’s stick with what got them there.
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Chicago postpunks Ganser release a new single in time for My Bloody Valentine’s Day
“Audrey” is the first single from Ganser’s forthcoming three-song cassette of the same name.
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Velcro Lewis writes a comic to teach the dim about his blindness
Plus: Jerome Derradji reissues Larry Dixon’s missing-link boogie funk, and Streets and Soul honors the Dyett 12.
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Music critic and editor Jessica Hopper on her departure from Pitchfork
The success of Jessica Hopper’s latest book, The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic, has helped create opportunities that persuaded her to leave a dream job.
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Dance collective the Era debut their footwork film festival
Plus: Bill Tucker and Lil Tits celebrate new releases on Maximum Pelt, and DIY venue Young Camelot gives away dozens of recordings from its shows.
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Miss Mia from Chic-a-Go-Go needs help to save her smile
Plus: Baudelaire in a Box returns with its goth-tastic eighth installment, and Ho Etsu Taiko takes over the Athenaeum.
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The Thons reissue their whole discography in meatspace
Plus: Fast Decay play a free matinee at an art show in their neighborhood library, and the Whistler celebrates seven years in business.
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Chicago’s dance-music community says good-bye to Phil Free Art
Plus: Jack Black drops in on Mikal Cronin at the Bottle, Marc Arcuri makes “disco grunge” as Orphan Schlitz, and more.
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Closed Sessions throws cofounder Alex Fruchter one last party as a single man
Plus: Troubled Hubble reunite after a ten-year hiatus, and Varsity and Lord Snow release new music.
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Waffle Gang leader Awdazcate and Pugs Atomz team up for the fun, funky ‘FRFR’
Awdazcate dropped this fun cut last night while wrapping up preparations for the summer edition of Waffle Fest.
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Employees of Cole’s to play a sixth-anniversary show and fund-raiser
Plus: The Firebird Band launches a Kickstarter to fund a new album, and the final album and final show from Royal Pines.
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Ebullient bop troupe Sicko Mobb drop their second mixtape
Ebullient bop troupe Sicko Mobb drop their second mixtape, Savage Sister debuts the side project Eyes Behind the Veil, and more.
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Lollapalooza 2015: Paul McCartney, Metallica, and stuff for the kids these days
Lollapalooz-huh?
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‘Doom funk’ septet Gramps the Vamp hits vinyl
‘Doom funk’ septet Gramps the Vamp hits vinyl, cancer-research benefit Danstock returns for year three, and more.