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Home » Steve Albini

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Hamid Drake and Michael Zerang livestream their traditional solstice duo

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil December 15, 2020August 18, 2021

Hamid Drake and Michael Zerang livestream their traditional solstice drum duo, Che Arthur of Pink Avalanche drops two instrumental solo EPs, and more.

Posted inMusic

The cosmic egg hatches on the gig poster of the week

by Salem Collo-Julin November 12, 2020August 18, 2021

This week’s featured gig poster was designed by the folks at Experimental Sound Studio.

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Laura Jane Grace grapples with modern times on the urgent, stripped-down Stay Alive

by Monica Kendrick October 16, 2020August 18, 2021

Lockdown has been hard on Laura Jane Grace. The front woman of Against Me! and Devouring Mothers is a natural performer with a strong social-media presence, but lately her Twitter account has been full of laments for the pre-pandemic live-music experience. On October 1, she surprised her fans with Stay Alive, a raw, stripped-down acoustic […]

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Metro hosts a memorial for musician and mensch Rob Warmowski

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil October 15, 2019August 18, 2021

Metro hosts a memorial for musician and mensch Rob Warmowski, Jeremiah Meece of The-Drum teases an imminent album of spooky electro, and more.

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Obnoxious punks the Mentally Ill made history with ‘Gacy’s Place’

by Steve Krakow May 7, 2019August 18, 2021

These Deerfield maniacs debuted in 1979 but didn’t play live till 2007, when they helped celebrate a documentary about early Chicago punk.

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Famous feline Lil’ Bub gets her own arcade game—built by Chicago’s Logan Arcade

by Ryan Smith May 23, 2018August 18, 2021

Logan Arcade owner Jim Zespy collaborated with the Internet-famous cat’s owner, Mike Bridavsky, to create the game.

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How the Reader reviewed Exile in Guyville when it first came out

by Aimee Levitt May 7, 2018August 18, 2021

Nobody bothered to acknowledge what young women already knew: Liz Phair wasn’t singing for Steve Albini. She was singing for us.

Posted inMusic

The Third Coming of the Jesus Lizard

by Kevin Warwick December 6, 2017August 18, 2021

On the eve of their latest return home, the Jesus Lizard talk about why they chose Chicago—and how they became its most beautiful noise-rock monsters.

Posted inMusic

Gifts that sing—are you listening?

by Peter Margasak November 29, 2017August 18, 2021

The best best box sets of 2017 include 11 CDs from David Bowie’s Berlin period, 529 tracks of live vintage country from Louisiana Hayride, Roland Kayn’s 14-hour electronic masterwork, and the most complete portrait yet of Hüsker Dü’s early years.

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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

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Postpunk oddballs the Bonemen of Barumba played ‘barbecue music from hell’

by Steve Krakow June 20, 2017August 18, 2021

Early-80s weirdos the Bonemen of Barumba attacked pigs’ heads with axes onstage and shared a label with Big Black and the Dead Milkmen.

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Erin Osmon’s Jason Molina: Riding With the Ghost follows the rise and fall of the beloved singer-songwriter

by Kevin Warwick June 16, 2017August 18, 2021

On Saturday at Quimby’s, Reader writer Erin Osmon reads from her first book, Jason Molina: Riding With the Ghost.

Posted inMusic

Angel Marcloid of Fire-Toolz on the voyages of a digital native

by Luca Cimarusti March 7, 2017August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of Resonance Series cocurator Ben Baker Billington, Angel Marcloid of Fire-Toolz, and the Reader’s Luca Cimarusti

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The Smashing Pumpkins and Liz Phair hit the road together, 22 years after an infamous takedown in the Reader

by Philip Montoro February 2, 2016August 18, 2021

Twenty-two years ago, Steve Albini called the Smashing Pumpkins and Liz Phair “pandering sluts.” At least they didn’t turn out to be flavors of the week.

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Paul Thomas Anderson directed a Joanna Newsom video

by Tal Rosenberg August 10, 2015August 18, 2021

Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is “Sapokanikan,” off the singer’s forthcoming album Divers.

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