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Home » Rites of Spring

Tag: Rites of Spring

Posted inBlogs

Hideout Block Party, Splatter Theater, and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Steve Heisler September 22, 2017August 18, 2021

Shen Wei at the Auditorium Theater, Dia de los Muertos celebration at the National Museum of Mexican Art, and more happenings from September 22-24

Posted inMusic

Leo Burnett music producer Jocelyn Brown on an anthem for every lady holding her own

by Leor Galil April 20, 2016August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of Leo Burnett senior music producer Jocelyn Brown, music writer Meagan Fredette, and Reader staffer Leor Galil

The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die at Swerp Mansion
Posted inMusic

Midwestern emo catches its second wind

by Leor Galil August 5, 2013August 19, 2021

Midwestern underground emo is coming back—and it’s turning up overseas and on the charts.

Posted inBlogs

Swerp Records hates “twinklecore” like Rites of Spring hated “emo”

by Leor Galil October 23, 2012August 19, 2021

“Twinklecore” is the latest goofy genre name dogging emo bands

Posted inBlogs

Deeper Into the Chris Thomson Tapes: Getaway Car

by Miles Raymer January 6, 2010August 19, 2021

Discovering early-90s D.C. punk supergroup Getaway Car

Henry Owings
Posted inMusic

The Keeper of the Cassettes

by Miles Raymer December 24, 2009August 19, 2021

What to do with those old practice tapes? Chunklet’s Henry Owings is digitizing and posting rarities from the 80s and 90s.

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