In these dark days, when counterculture heroes of the 60s and 70s are dropping at an alarming rate, it’s important to take a break from mourning and assess who’s still standing—and who’s still creating vital art. By all rights, singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull could have left us long ago. She rose to fame as much for […]
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Life was just a party: Prince’s 1999 and Chicago house music
Prince could hardly have avoided influencing Chicago house, whose earliest, most ardent fans were queer Black and Brown kids.
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The Third Coming of the Jesus Lizard
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.
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The gig poster of the week works any way you turn it
This week’s featured gig poster was designed by Wet Piss member and Maximum Pelt Records owner Magic Ian.
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“Fractured Yet Rising,” “The Way of the Shovel,” and the rest of your weekend in visual arts
Your guide to visual arts in the city this weekend
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On display: The animated extremism of George Griffin
Doc Films will screen rare 16mm prints of the work of George Griffin
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Head of the Class
“I say, you chaps, let’s skewer this dead German fellow’s head on an iron picket outside a disreputable resort. Huzzah!”