Legendary artist and writer (and onetime Chicago mayoral candidate) Cynthia Plaster Caster passed away in April after a lengthy illness, but Gossip Wolf isn’t done mourning. Future generations of local musicians and fans won’t get to bask in the splendor of her warm, glowing personality—thankfully her famous plaster casts of the private parts of musicians […]
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Bobby Conn’s new album confronts the cruel delusion of ‘self-help’
Bobby Conn’s new album confronts the cruel delusion of “self-help,” Matt Jencik and Whitney Johnson team up as Deep Space Duo, and more.
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This weekend’s No Walls benefit helps Chicagoans help the people in Trump’s crosshairs
This weekend’s No Walls benefit helps Chicagoans help the people in Trump’s crosshairs, Bobby Conn answers the inauguration with two sets at the Hideout, and more.
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Miss Mia from Chic-a-Go-Go needs help to save her smile
Plus: Baudelaire in a Box returns with its goth-tastic eighth installment, and Ho Etsu Taiko takes over the Athenaeum.
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Best shows to see: Pile, Esben & the Witch
A new take on old emo and indie rock that’s “a little bit Cranberries, a little bit Xmal Deutschland.”
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Reader’s Agenda Tue 3/19: Bobby Conn, Jacco Gardner, and Pungent Parlour
What’s on the Reader’s Agenda for Tuesday, March 19, 2013
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Best shows to see: Helado Negro, Samothrace, Sewingneedle
Over the next few days your live-music options include Samothrace, Helado Negro, Aesop Rock, Bobby Conn, and a top-shelf tribute to Fred Anderson.
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Gossip Wolf: Pitchfork predictions, round one
Pitchfork predictions, a fund-raiser for DJ Jonathan Toubin, and a new album from Bobby Conn
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The Political Conn; In Memory of Chris Saathoff
The perpetual prankster wants you to know he really, really, seriously does hate George Bush.