In March, Providence postpunk trio Minibeast launched a Kickstarter to raise funds to master and manufacture vinyl editions of two albums called Ism—one subtitled Volume Silver, the other Volume Gold. The band reached their goal at the end of the month, and in September they self-released those two LPs of expansive, oddball rock, which they’d […]
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130 comic artists team up to finish friend’s graphic novel after he dies at 43
They’ll be fund-raising for (Fucking) Forty at C2E2 this weekend.
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Bands dress up as better bands for Halloween at Cole’s
Bands dress up as better bands for Halloween at Cole’s, Gramps the Vamp celebrate their spooky, funky new LP, and more.
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Funk Trunk Records shutters its brick-and-mortar shop
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Laura Collins turns voyeurism into art with ‘Olsen Twins Hiding From the Paparazzi’
A Chicago artist inspires a new museum in New York.
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Expat jazz guitarist Dave Miller returns from Brooklyn with a new album in tow
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WFMT wants to Kickstart a vast online Studs Terkel archive
The radio network turns to Kickstarter to get an expanded Studs Terkel digital archive up and running.
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Geek Bar’s fans rescue it from oblivion—but was it worth saving?
“This isn’t what the geek community deserves.”
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Former Trib correspondent Paul Salopek is taking an eight-year walk
National Geographic is chronicling the journalist’s journey from Ethiopia to Tierra del Fuego
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Two Chicagoans hope to light up the Wabash el tracks
A new project, still in the fundraising stage, will combine public art and computer technology.
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How Merle’s 2000 EP became a cult house hit
Chicago dance label Stripped & Chewed reissue the underground record from house veteran Merwyn Sanders this month.
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UIC students take a class in Kickstarter
Local designer—and crowd-funding success story—Craighton Berman gives young designers a hands-on lesson in self-promotion in the new Entrepreneurial Product Development class.
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Kedzie Avenue gets the Illustrated Press treatment
Darryl Holliday and company are Kickstarting their effort to collect stories for a second book, Kedzie Avenue.
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Bee and PuppyCat is as adorable and bizarre as ever
The animated show finds life on YouTube thanks to Kickstarter.
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A mobile barbecue podcast needs some dough
An interview with Car Con Carne host James VanOsdol