Apple is so influential that it can compensate the performers at its in-store events with merchandise and exposure—and no one will complain.
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Xtal Fsck play a noise show that you can put your face in
Xtal Fsck play a noise show that you can put your face in, Babes Only teams up with Chicago Votes for a smooth preelection party, and more.
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Original Rap Karaoke makes a comeback at Township
Original Rap Karaoke makes a comeback at Township, Berlin hosts Big Dipper’s LaCroix Boi: The Party, and more.
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Queer-friendly occult-themed monthly party Switches of Eastwick launches at the Whistler
Queer-friendly monthly party Switches of Eastwick launches at the Whistler, first-generation Chicago punks Silver Abuse celebrate a new album, and more.
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Lorena Cupcake of Store Brand Soda on an ode to thwarted taco desire
Current musical obsessions of Store Brand Soda blogger Lorena Cupcake, Dumpster Babies guitarist Tom Puschautz, and Reader music editor Philip Montoro
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Best new music blogger
Lorena Cupcake at storebrandsoda.com @lorenacupcake Lorena Cupcake, 28, founded Store Brand Soda with the even more pseudonymous Hotdish Ramone in August 2014, inspired by the combo of music calendar and blog at garage-rock clearinghouse Victim of Time. Friendly, playful, and no-bullshit, Cupcake’s posts use a dirt-under-the-fingernails familiarity with Chicago underground rock to convey unpretentious, all-aboard […]