This week’s featured gig poster is a collaboration between local artists Kaitlyn Beiriger and Frank Okay.
Tag: Ian’s Party
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Ian’s Party starts the year off right with three days of local bands
Since debuting in 2008, Ian’s Party has evolved from its humble suburban punk origins into an annual Wicker Park-based mini fest showcasing underground Chicago artists (though there are always a few acts from the greater midwest thrown in for good measure). Over the years it’s grown in ambition and in its commitment to inclusivity and […]
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Mother Nature rep hip-hop as a culture, a calling, and a career
Chicago rap duo Mother Nature have already carried their message of self-reliance and self-realization into schools and overseas—and they’re raising their own bar with the EP Pressure.
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Brokedowns drummer Mustafa Daka on the greatest heavy-hitting drummer alive
Current musical obsessions of Brokedowns drummer Mustafa Daka, Rad Payoff guitarist Jason Smith, and Reader music listings coordinator Luca Cimarusti
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Stories from Chicago’s favorite rock ’n’ roll clusterfuck
Underground rock festival Ian’s Party is run mostly by volunteers, which helps it feel like a community instead of a branding exercise.
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Instrumental duo Space Blood aim to paint Ian’s Party all the colors of the rainbow
Start a two-piece instrumental bass-and-drums rock duo with a penchant for mutant masks and sounds that might’ve been forged during the opening reception of a back-alley art gallery, and watch the Lightning Bolt references roll in. Space Blood are plenty deserving of comparison to the iconic noise-rock band, but to stop at that alone would […]
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A Gwendolyn Brooks celebration, Fact-checking in the Age of Trumpism, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Ian’s Party, The Interview Show viewing party, and more happenings from January 6-8.
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A hungover monkey enjoyed Ian’s Party a little too much on the gig poster of the week
This week’s gig poster by Frank Okay celebrates the humongous megafest.
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The year in music: 2015
Seven Reader writers drill down into rap, jazz, punk, metal, and more—instead of just rearranging the same records on everyone else’s best-of list.
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Albums by Chicago punks playing Ian’s Party
Because such an impressive glut of local punk full-lengths came out this year, to pick just five I had to come up with a narrower category. Luckily for me (and for you), local punk showcase Ian’s Party (see page TK) has supersized for 2016, moving into three relatively large venues and blowing out its lineup. […]
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High Priests play explosive postpunk at Ian’s Party this weekend
The fresh local trio brings some fire to the festival.
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Reader premiere: Local punk band Rad Payoff’s video for the surly jam ‘Sunglasses’
We’re premiering the music video for Rad Payoff’s “Sunglasses” just prior to the local punk band’s Sun 1/4 performance at Ian’s Party.
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Make sure to catch the Cell Phones at the first night of Ian’s Party
Here’s why you should start the new year with the local grind-pop group.
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Our favorite music of 2014
Six Reader music writers share their favorites from 2014 with year-end lists that do more than just put the same records in a different order.
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Reader’s Agenda Sat 1/4: Fillet of Solo, Ian’s Party, and Extinct Entities
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Saturday, January 4