Ray Donato of Local psych juggernaut Dark Fog is a paragon of relentless musical activity. After a burst of releases in early 2019, Reader critic Monica Kendrick gently joked that his band makes “every other band on the planet look like slackers” by comparison. She wasn’t wrong! Gossip Wolf recently checked Dark Fog’s Bandcamp page, […]
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It beats dancing about architecture
The Chicago Reader debuted October 1, 1971—almost two years before DJ Kool Herc threw the very first hip-hop party in the Bronx in August 1973, nearly three years before the Ramones made their first appearance onstage at CBGB in August 1974, and more than five years before Frankie Knuckles first spun at the Warehouse in […]
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Nobody writes about Earth like Reader critic Monica Kendrick
If you liked reading Kendrick’s new Reader feature on the Atlas Moth, now’s a good time to revisit her 2005 feature “Bang the Head Slowly.”
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Chicago prog weirdos Lovely Little Girls premiere the gorgeous monstrosity Glistening Vivid Splash
Fronted by artist Gregory Jacobsen, Lovely Little Girls combine alien prog from the likes of Magma and Art Bears with abject histrionics and body horror.
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Gossip Wolf: New music and a new side project from black-metal band Vukari
New music and a new side project from Vukari, crowdfunding for a documentary on Ella Jenkins, and more
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Gossip Wolf: The Thalia Hall team launches the Promontory in Hyde Park
The Thalia Hall team’s new Hyde Park venue, the Mopery’s new identity, and more
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Reader’s Agenda Wed 6/4: Big Freedia, The Dance of Reality, and Castle
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Wednesday, June 4
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Reader’s Agenda Sat 12/7: New Stages, Renegade Craft Fair, and Immortal Bird
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Saturday, December 7
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Reader’s Agenda Wed 6/5: Collaboraction’s Sketchbook 13, Robert Ritner, and Blood Ceremony
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Wednesday, June 5
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Reader’s Agenda Wed 2/27: The Chicago Opera Theater, Moonspell, and Miller and Lauderdale
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Wednesday, February 27, 2013
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Reader’s Agenda Sun 2/3: Super Bowl festivities, the Little Queer Film Festival, and Enslaved
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Sunday, February 3, 2013.