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Providence trio Minibeast deliver two albums of out-there postpunk

by Leor Galil November 1, 2019August 18, 2021

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 […]

Posted inArts & Culture

130 comic artists team up to finish friend’s graphic novel after he dies at 43

by KT Hawbaker April 4, 2018August 18, 2021

They’ll be fund-raising for (Fucking) Forty at C2E2 this weekend.

Posted inMusic

Bands dress up as better bands for Halloween at Cole’s

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil October 25, 2016August 18, 2021

Bands dress up as better bands for Halloween at Cole’s, Gramps the Vamp celebrate their spooky, funky new LP, and more.

Posted inMusic

Funk Trunk Records shutters its brick-and-mortar shop

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil July 11, 2016August 18, 2021

Funk Trunk Records shutters its brick-and-mortar shop, Kickstarted local vinyl-storage company Flipbin hits the market, and more.

Posted inBlogs

Laura Collins turns voyeurism into art with ‘Olsen Twins Hiding From the Paparazzi’

by Brianna Wellen April 8, 2016August 18, 2021

A Chicago artist inspires a new museum in New York.

Posted inMusic

Expat jazz guitarist Dave Miller returns from Brooklyn with a new album in tow

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil March 22, 2016August 18, 2021

Expat jazz guitarist Dave Miller returns from Brooklyn with a new album in tow, postpunk trio World War Tree celebrate a new EP, and more.

Posted inBlogs

WFMT wants to Kickstart a vast online Studs Terkel archive

by Michael Miner January 21, 2016August 18, 2021

The radio network turns to Kickstarter to get an expanded Studs Terkel digital archive up and running.

Posted inBlogs

Geek Bar’s fans rescue it from oblivion—but was it worth saving?

by Ryan Smith August 10, 2015August 18, 2021

“This isn’t what the geek community deserves.”

Posted inBlogs

Former Trib correspondent Paul Salopek is taking an eight-year walk

by Michael Miner July 14, 2015August 18, 2021

National Geographic is chronicling the journalist’s journey from Ethiopia to Tierra del Fuego

Posted inBlogs

Two Chicagoans hope to light up the Wabash el tracks

by Tyler Daswick July 8, 2015August 18, 2021

A new project, still in the fundraising stage, will combine public art and computer technology.

Posted inBlogs

How Merle’s 2000 EP became a cult house hit

by Leor Galil May 5, 2015August 18, 2021

Chicago dance label Stripped & Chewed reissue the underground record from house veteran Merwyn Sanders this month.

Posted inBlogs

UIC students take a class in Kickstarter

by Patrick Sisson January 30, 2015August 18, 2021

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.

Posted inBlogs

Kedzie Avenue gets the Illustrated Press treatment

by Bianca Betancourt December 12, 2014August 18, 2021

Darryl Holliday and company are Kickstarting their effort to collect stories for a second book, Kedzie Avenue.

Posted inBlogs

Bee and PuppyCat is as adorable and bizarre as ever

by Brianna Wellen November 10, 2014August 18, 2021

The animated show finds life on YouTube thanks to Kickstarter.

Posted inBlogs

A mobile barbecue podcast needs some dough

by Michael Gebert October 1, 2014August 18, 2021

An interview with Car Con Carne host James VanOsdol

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