In summer 2020, local Garifuna musician Ifeanyi Elswith released the album Everything Festyle, which Gossip Wolf hailed as a “star-making turn” that feels like “an intimate conversation with the coolest girl on the block.” Needless to say, this wolf has been on the lookout for new tunes from this velvet-voiced singer ever since! Last month, […]
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How Blink-182 gave hip-hop a refreshing Enema
Blink-182 helped connect the mainstream pop-punk of the late 90s to the Soundcloud rap of today.
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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.
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Revisit a classic early Meat Puppets tune
“Split Myself in Two,” the acid-fried opening track from the Meat Puppets’ 1984 masterpiece, Meat Puppets II
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Arvo Zylo of Blood Rhythms on songs the Cramps taught us
Current musical obsessions of Arvo Zylo of Blood Rhythms, WZRD DJ Sarah Moskowitz, and the Reader’s Leor Galil
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Girlpool bring their minimal, fractured pop to Beat Kitchen tonight
The Los Angeles duo open for Waxahatchee.
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Foo Fighters take a trek through Chicago’s musical history on HBO’s Sonic Highways, with mixed results
The alternative-rock titans come to Chicago in the first episode of their HBO series, named after their forthcoming record.
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12 O’Clock Track: “Dive” in honor of Kurt’s birthday
Kurt Cobain would have been 47 yesterday. Let’s listen to Nirvana.
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Metro’s backstage past
Metro’s green room has dealt with its fair share of rock stars, Kurt and Courtney among them.
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More on bootleg LPs: An official LP and an unauthorized record inspired by old-school bootlegs
A deeper look at Childish Gambino’s recent official “bootleg” LP and a bootleg of an old Kurt Cobain demo
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Show us your . . . urban chickens
A Portage Park couple shows us the three urban chickens that reside in its backyard.
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12 O’Clock Track: Roomrunner’s burning new grunge tune, “Bait Car”
Check out the live version of “Bait Car,” the latest ripper from Baltimore sludge-punk outfit Roomrunner.
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12 O’Clock Track: “Demon to Lean On,” the Nirvana-flavored new single from Wavves
The big bad return of Nathan Williams
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Best shows to see: Fortieth Day, Rosie Flores, Sleigh Bells, and more
Halloween hangover cures: Fortieth Day, Pantha Du Prince, Rosie Flores, and Sleigh Bells
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Hit So Hard and the rise and fall of selling out
Hit So Hard: I watched it so you don’t have to. But maybe you should.