The end of the year is a time for traditions that affirm social and spiritual priorities, and one of Chicago’s most enduring annual rituals comes from its music community. Since 1990, local percussionists Hamid Drake and Michael Zerang have convened at Links Hall to perform a concert that celebrates the season but doesn’t align with […]
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Ne-Hi alum Mikey Wells drops a mellow, summery new album with Flamingo Rodeo
Chicago postpunks Ne-Hi split in May 2019, and since then guitarist-singer Mikey Wells has expanded his palette of delightful pop hooks in two standout projects: Spun Out, which is indie dance oriented, and Flamingo Rodeo, which plays choogle rock a la 1970s AM radio. On Flamingo Rodeo’s new album, Pontoon (due this month on Shuga […]
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Chicago indie-rock mainstays Eleventh Dream Day celebrate their 14th album, Since Grazed
When Chicago indie-rock stalwarts Eleventh Dream Day released their 14th album (and first in five years), Since Grazed, in April 2021, the pandemic prevented them from having a proper release party. The group, formed in 1983, are creeping up on their 40th anniversary, and though they didn’t hold together this long by being impatient, they […]
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Tonic Room transforms itself into Golden Dagger
Tonic Room transforms itself into Golden Dagger, and Eleventh Dream Day release the surprise double album Since Grazed.
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Irresistibly absurd music zine Roctober returns after a seven-year hiatus
Irresistibly absurd music zine Roctober returns after a six-year hiatus, rootsy rock collective Contorno drop their first album, and more.
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John Corbett celebrates his latest book with free barbecue and fantastic bands
John Corbett celebrates his latest book with free barbecue and fantastic bands, self-described “Bruce jazz” trio Poplife play a farewell-for-now show, and more.
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Jaime Fennelly’s Mind Over Mirrors premieres its immersive new multimedia opus Bellowing Sun at the MCA
Mind Over Mirrors will not only give three performances at the museum but also release a stunning recording of the music from the project on April 6.
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Consummate sideman James Elkington takes the reins—but loosely
Former Zincs leader James Elkington plays with Joan Shelley, Tweedy, Brokeback, Eleventh Dream Day, and more—and the new Wintres Woma, his first album under his own name, won’t change that.
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Solo drone project Mind Over Mirrors becomes a five-way collaboration
Jaime Fennelly enriches Mind Over Mirrors with help from an all-star team of Haley Fohr, Janet Bean, Jim Becker, and Jon Mueller.
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Pilsen welcomes another new record shop
Plus: The Golden Horse Ranch Band hosts Haunted Honky Tonk Karaoke, and Gel Set scores “The Fall of the House of Usher.”
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In Rotation: Janet Bean of Eleventh Dream Day on Nick Drake’s mom
Janet Bean of Eleventh Dream Day on Nick Drake’s mom, and more
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When folk music loses touch with “folks”
The old weird America is gone, but on Waterdrawn the Horse’s Ha shows that hippies are just as scary.
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Best shows to see: Zomes, Sweet Talk, Clinic, and Maria de Buenos Aires
The highlights from this week’s Soundboard
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Reader’s Agenda Mon 1/21: Freakwater, Fresh Meat’s Cleave, and “Yuck!”
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Monday, January 21, 2013
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Artist on Artist: Chris Stamey of the dB’s talks to Rick Rizzo of Eleventh Dream Day
Chris Stamey of the dB’s talks to Rick Rizzo of Eleventh Dream Day