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Chicago underground supergroup Canal Irreal create cold, complex punk on their self-titled debut

by Leor Galil July 9, 2021August 18, 2021

If you went to a lot of shows at defunct Bridgeport punk house Rancho Huevos, you likely caught the July 2019 debut performance of south-side underground supergroup Canal Irreal. The band, whose name means “unreal channel” in Spanish, features members of razacore outfit Sin Orden (who emerged in a second wave of local Latinx punk […]

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Annie Saunders, veterinarian and founder of Punk House Chicago

by Jamie Ludwig April 15, 2021August 18, 2021

“The focus is not as much on the bands as it is on communal life and the weird things you get up to when you’re making minimum wage and you’re bored.”

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La Armada transform adversity into community

by Jamie Ludwig March 25, 2020February 9, 2022

Anticolonialist hardcore band La Armada discuss their journey from the Dominican Republic to Chicago and the inspiration behind their new EP series, Songs of the Exiled.

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Experienced punks reintroduce themselves as Canal Irreal

by Ed Blair January 18, 2020August 18, 2021

Last May, Chicago band Canal Irreal announced their existence by releasing their first single, “Si Somos,” an explosive mix of postpunk and hardcore that combines jagged riffs and propulsive guitar lines with narrative lyrics about society’s rejection of and refusal to deal with the very issues it creates. Sung in Spanish from a first-person perspective, […]

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How Homocore Chicago propped open the gate for queer punks

by Micco Caporale June 19, 2019August 18, 2021

Nineties concert series Homocore Chicago gave today’s queer punks a running start at the dramatically different hurdles they face.

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Local punks Droids Blood add new variety to their dark, deranged hardcore

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil January 22, 2019August 18, 2021

Local punks Droids Blood add new variety to their dark, deranged hardcore, DJ Kool Hersh drops the expansive mix Attack of the Chicago Boogie, and more.

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The Homocore Chicago series puts its legacy on exhibit for its 25th birthday

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil October 31, 2017August 18, 2021

The Homocore Chicago series puts its legacy on exhibit for its 25th birthday, Smart Bar hosts 23 hours of continuous DJ sets, and more.

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The Black and Brown Punk Show Collective hosts a stacked two-day festival in Pilsen

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil August 22, 2017August 18, 2021

The Black and Brown Punk Show Collective hosts a stacked two-day festival in Pilsen, sludgy punks Lil Tits celebrate a new cassette EP, and more.

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In their words: How the folks at Fed Up Fest help keep queer punk a ‘community of care’

by Ashley Ray-Harris August 2, 2017August 18, 2021

Everything about this year’s Fed Up Fest—the bystander intervention training, the panel discussions on aging in punk, the frenzied yet thoughtful music—manifested the spirit of resistance, hope, and direct action.

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The year in Reader photos

by Danielle A. Scruggs December 28, 2016August 18, 2021

The best photos that ran in the Reader in 2016.

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CHI PRC celebrates Chicago’s rich history of punk and hardcore

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil November 15, 2016August 18, 2021

CHI PRC celebrates Chicago’s rich history of punk and hardcore, supporters of the Standing Rock Sioux hold a march and fund-raiser in Pilsen, and more.

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Dave Hofer preserves suburban punk’s past with DuPage County Hardcore

by Leor Galil September 8, 2016August 18, 2021

Author Dave Hofer talks about his ongoing Bandcamp project, which archives the suburban punk scene he grew up with—”It’s a warts-and-all kind of thing.”

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The Living Newspaper Festival, Villapalooza, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Sara Cohen August 26, 2016August 18, 2021

Sangria Festival, Puppet Meltdown, and more happenings from August 26-28.

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Los Crudos celebrate their 25th year with nine days of music and art

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil August 2, 2016August 18, 2021

Los Crudos celebrate their 25th year with nine days of music and art, Vamos and Lil Tits play a first-anniversary party for the new Crown Liquors, and more.

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No Delusions documents the sprawling history of Chicago hardcore

by Leor Galil March 25, 2016August 18, 2021

Director Steven Cergizan has been working on the sprawling, detailed No Delusions since 2010.

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