Here’s some events and activities to close out the month of June and start the summer right.
Tag: Pravda Records
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Pravda Records goes the distance
Beginning with Napster and continuing through Spotify, the nemeses of independent record labels have been legion over the past few decades. The deaths of brick-and-mortar retail chains, including Tower and Borders, have made releasing new music even more of an uphill climb. Yet Pravda Records has weathered it all and continues to thrive. The Chicago […]
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Josh Caterer reinvents standards with a new band in The Hideout Sessions
Don’t let the live vibe fool you—The Hideout Sessions features no cheering, no clapping, and no cries for “Freebird.” Josh Caterer, lead singer of the Smoking Popes for 30 years, recorded this new collection of songs and covers pandemic style last October: he played to no one, just cameras that livestreamed the show from the […]
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Two dangerously catchy local pop legends, Green and the Joy Poppers, celebrate releases new and old
When I contacted Jeff Lescher of legendary mod/glam/punk/power-pop band Green to find out what his set would be like for this special gig, he responded quickly and kindly, but added, “One ‘angle’ that I hope you’ll avoid in your reportage is the overworked and untrue ‘Green was a group that should have been big but […]
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Eighties rockers the Service birthed venerable Chicago indie label Pravda Records
The band’s raucous, hooky songs hold up great today—and after 34 years, Pravda is still releasing music.
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Another Chance to Get Service
A reunited version of the Service headlines a 25th-anniversary concert for Pravda Records at the Abbey Pub on Friday night.
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Soundman Versus Flesh-Eating Bacteria; Kevin Tihista Leaves the Woodshed
His next challenge: a six-figure medical bill