Jedward Archives - Chicago Reader

Blogs

One Direction brings an obscure punk classic to the charts

by Miles Raymer February 26, 2013August 19, 2021

“Teenage Kicks” finally makes it to America.

Blogs

What the Fuck Is a Jedward and Why Would It Cover “Ice Ice Baby”?

by Miles Raymer March 17, 2010August 19, 2021

Tween pop, oldies rap, and ironic superpositions

Latest Stories

Swinging for the Fences with Monty Cole

The writer-director-filmmaker talks about what drew him to August Wilson; plus changes in faces at Broken Nose Theatre

by Kerry Reid

Chicago’s greatest postpunk obscurity returns from oblivion

Forty years ago, Stations made a brilliant EP with Joy Division producer Martin Hannett. It was never finished or released—until now.

by Steve Krakow

Indulgence and illusions

Lucy Darling opens up the Rhapsody Theater.

by Kerry Reid

Native tongues

Madeline Sayet’s Where We Belong traces her journey to reclaim her Mohegan heritage.

by Irene Hsiao

Flying feathers

Hell in a Handbag’s whodunit parody is a little overstuffed.

by Dan Jakes