Current musical obsessions of Punk Rock and Donuts founder Jeremy Kitchen, Udüsic vocalist Sarah Ryczek, and Reader listings coordinator Salem Collo-Julin
Tag: MC5
The MC5 celebrate the 50th anniversary of Kick Out the Jams
Wayne Kramer and worthy sidemen play Metro in honor of the protopunk classic.
Seventies wizard rockers Bad Axe made their posthumous recorded debut in 2014
Bad Axe got a regular gig thanks to Rahm Emanuel’s mom and a belated vinyl release thanks to Permanent Records.
Chicago protopunks the Crucified released a notorious EP in 1977
The Crucified predated the codification of punk as a musical style, so to modern ears their only record sounds more like great, no-frills hard rock.
CIMMFest opening night: The Smart Studios Story revisits the Madison recording studio that helped birth indie rock
The Smart Studios Story, opening the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival, revisits the Madison recording studio that nurtured the indie rock of the 90s.
Artist on Artist: Handsome Dick Manitoba of the Dictators NYC talks to Little Richie Speck of Tutu & the Pirates
Handsome Dick Manitoba of the Dictators NYC talks to Little Richie Speck of Tutu & the Pirates.
Artist on Artist: Mark Perro of the Men talks to Raw Nerve’s Ryan Lowry
Mark Perro of the Men talks DIY, country music, and the impossibility of plagiarism in punk
Long-delayed MC5 Documentary May Soon See Commercial Release
After more than seven years of legal limbo, just one last hurdle remains between the rock documentary “MC5: A True Testimonial” and its commercial release—and you can help.
What’s in store for Record Store Day
Vinyl fetishists, start your engines: this April’s Record Store Day promises a heap of amazing special releases.
MC5 documentary clears hurdle
The MC5 documentary by Chicago filmmakers David Thomas and Laurel Legler might actually see release.