The title track of Sumac’s latest album, 2020’s May You Be Held (Thrill Jockey), is a tough-love affirmation built for trying times, when soothing sounds just don’t cut it anymore and you need self-care that’s more like the cathartic group therapy you might find in a Klingon gladiatorial arena. The postmetal power trio use punky, […]
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Celestial sludge-metal supergroup Old Man Gloom return after tragedy with two new full-lengths
Metalcore supergroup Old Man Gloom have often fallen silent for years at a stretch, but for two decades now they’ve occasionally emerged from the depths with an offering of their signature celestial sludge. This summer they’re delivering new material as a pair of albums, an approach they’ve used twice before (with Seminar II and Seminar […]
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Speaker Mike Madigan fires aide for alleged sexual harassment, and other Chicago news
Also, CPS alters plans to shut down three Englewood high schools over the summer.
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Villa Park man arrested for allegedly raising money to send ISIS fighters from the U.S. to Syria, and other Chicago
Also, the family of man shot to death by a CPD officer in 2011 is asking for a special prosecutor.
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Nowhere to Hide is the most essential documentary of the year
Zaradasht Ahmed’s eye-opening film takes viewers as close as possible into postoccupation Iraq.
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Two Zion residents charged with conspiring to help ISIS, and other Chicago news
Also, Rahm returned to Washington, D.C., to discuss infrastructure and meet with DeVos.
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In Ultra American, Azhar Usman sings the Muslim-American blues
The comic explores his own double consciousness in a one-man show at Silk Road Rising.
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What Chicago could learn from Paris’s massive labor protests
What if Illinois workers responded to austerity measures the way French workers did this week?
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Is Donald Trump too scary to stand up to?
Tackling the twin fears behind the demagogue’s popularity.
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The only American right we can’t afford to lose, according to the GOP
Republican presidential candidates seem to think that First Amendment rights might have to go—so thank God for the Second.
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Accused terrorists from Chicago were lured by extremists—and the U.S. government
Local terrorism cases—from a fake bomb outside Wrigley Field to a car bomb outside a downtown bar—reveal authorities using tactics bordering on entrapment.
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While ISIS recruits, our government watches
Is there an alternative to locking up a Chicago-area teenager who wanted to live under the Islamic State?
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‘Predators’ is the heavy-as-hell return of experimental hardcore supergroup Old Man Gloom
A new track from the heavy metal team.
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What’s worth a gold medal at the World Beer Cup? Try Piece’s APA the Weight.
As long as Piece has the Weight on tap, a world-class American pale is never further away than Wicker Park.
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Ryan Hemsworth’s cleaned-up, poppy Guilt Trips and 15 more record reviews
Nine Reader writers tackle 16 albums, including the Dismemberment Plan, Omar Souleyman, and more.