Freewheeling Chicago band Snooze play math rock like they’re trying to be inexplicable. They’re fans of emo, metal, and prog, and though that’s comfortably ordinary in this subgenre, I’d be hard-pressed to think of another such group who’ve opened an EP by segueing quickly from a distorted electronic hodgepodge reminiscent of footwork into a soothing […]
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Lionel Richie can’t slow down
In a story line from 80s comic strip Bloom County, fictional heavy metal band Deathtöngue (whose lead guitarist, the strip’s resident “Ack”-er, Bill the Cat, wears a Twisted Sister wig) try to get a record deal from a big-time record exec, but things grind to a halt when they share the lyrics from their hottest […]
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Weekend Nachos leave behind a legacy of brutality
Chicago powerviolence jokers Weekend Nachos have ripped it up around the world for 13 years, and this weekend they say farewell with two hometown shows.
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The Bardy Bunch, The Last Wife, A Walk in the Woods, and ten more new stage shows
A mashup of Shakespeare with The Partridge Family and The Brady Bunch is one of this week’s high- (or maybe lowlights).
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Weekend Nachos announce their upcoming breakup
As they enter their 12th year, superheavy four-piece Weekend Nachos amicably announce that they’ll call it a day.
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Which movies to see—and which to skip—at the 50th Chicago International Film Festival
The Reader‘s guide to the 50th Chicago International Film Festival
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Local powerviolence outfit Weekend Nachos celebrate their ten-year anniversary on Saturday
The group has been at it for a decade of brutality.
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Weekend Nachos ready the release of their new LP, open for Obituary
Local powerviolence band Weekend Nachos release new songs from their insanely heavy new LP, Still.