On January 4, 2020, Jen Lemasters started She Bop, an Instagram account dedicated to recordings by women in rock. Lemasters has a huge record collection, not least because she and her husband, Nick Mayor, own Bric-a-Brac Records & Collectibles. Lemasters’s knowledge of punk and new wave, and her particular love of underdocumented bands that exist […]
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Chicago indie duo Orisun draw power from lo-fi rock on their debut EP
Chicago indie-rock duo Orisun indulge in their lo-fi proclivities without ever giving in to slacker entropy. On their self-released debut EP, May’s This Is Orisun, multi-instrumentalist Kai Black and front person Asha Adisa artfully employ gossamer guitars, sophisticated keys, precisely programmed percussion with dampened drums, and relaxed, alluring vocals to calibrate moods that test the […]
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Postgrunge outfit Daybreaker drop a double-edged new video
Daybreaker’s new “Porn and Fame” video straddles the line where partying too much stops being funny.
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Local rockers High Priest and Cloud Cruiser offer different takes on stoner rock
Several bands call themselves High Priest, but we’re here to talk about the homegrown Chicago four-piece, who debuted in 2016 with the five-song EP Consecration. Last spring, they put out a new four-track EP, Sanctum (Magnetic Eye), which draws from the heavy trends of the past three decades—though it feels timeless in its no-nonsense approach […]
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Captain Marvel shows that all female-led superhero movies needed was good writing, acting, and direction
Carol Danvers isn’t “Just a Girl”: she’s a tough, multifaceted woman.
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Girlpool bring their minimal, fractured pop to Beat Kitchen tonight
The Los Angeles duo open for Waxahatchee.
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Toronto slacker-rocker Marvelous Mark releases a new video for the catchy-as-hell ‘I Don’t Mind’
An outstanding track from his latest release for Burger Records.
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Kim Gordon talks fashion at the Chicago Humanities Festival
Kim Gordon’s talks fashion designs in the 90s
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12 O’Clock Track: The grungy goodness of Slothrust’s “Crockpot”
Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is from the Brooklyn band’s upcoming album on Ba Da Bing!, Of Course You Do
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Soundcheck: Geronimo! does Saki too
As a part of the Reader‘s Soundcheck series, we interviewed local trio Geronimo! prior to their in-store set at Saki in Logan Square.
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12 O’Clock Track: Geronimo!, “Into the Sun”
Geronimo!’s “Into the Sun,” from the new Exanimate