When I finished college downstate and moved to the Windy City in 1995, the Chicago no-wave scene was breaking apart. While still in school, I’d often driven three hours to catch gigs here, and after my move I caught the last shows by local no-wave stars the Scissor Girls and Lake of Dracula. The original […]
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Chicago no wave celebrates itself
The Co-Prosperity Sphere devotes a concert and exhibit to 90s Chicago no wave, and the CHIRP Record Fair returns for year 17.
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Austin’s Spray Paint perfect their marriage of no-wave throb and garage-rock thud
The jagged trio play the Empty Bottle on Wednesday in support of their terrific new album Clean Blood, Regular Acid.