Dead Meat Design gets a show of its own, the Chili-Synth Cook-Off returns for year seven, and more.
Tag: Subterranean
Chiditarod XII, the Air Sex World Championships, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Chicago’s 180th Birthday, Dapper Ball, and more happenings from March 3-5
Winter Mix-Off, Chicago Theatre Week, and more things to do in Chicago this week
Deadpool at Cinema Slapdown, the dance party Black Girl Magic, and more happenings from February 6-9
Metalcore firebrands Code Orange talk about their new album and new live show
Pittsburgh four-piece Code Orange released Forever last week, and on Wednesday they play at Subterranean.
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.
A Gwendolyn Brooks celebration, Fact-checking in the Age of Trumpism, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Ian’s Party, The Interview Show viewing party, and more happenings from January 6-8.
The best live metal of 2016
Metal shows remain a great way to drive hostile occupiers out of your head—whether you prefer the bitter catharsis of False or the galloping rush of Tengger Cavalry.
Now Is Podcast host Ben Remsen on the jazz giants who walk among us
Current musical obsessions of Axons drummer Amanda Kraus, Now Is Podcast host Ben Remsen, and Reader music editor Philip Montoro
Kate Fagan of Heavy Manners reissues her sought-after 1980 new-wave single
Kate Fagan of Heavy Manners reissues her sought-after 1980 new-wave single, Swimsuit Addition drops a razor-sharp cassette EP, and more.
The Reader’s Made in Chicago Market, Hot Dog Fest, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Martin Luther King 1,000 Mile March, Juke These Days: Footwork Battle, and more happenings from August 5-7
Chance the Rapper at Taste of Chicago and more things to do this week
Open Mike Eagle, an MCA stroller tour, and more happenings in Chicago from July 5-7
Help dance-music outlet Mucho Culo get back on its feet this weekend
Subterranean hosts a benefit show for Mucho Culo, which was based out of a studio destroyed in a July fire.
Quenchers bookers Phantom Note say good-bye with a three-day festival
The Phantom Note Phinale hits Quenchers this weekend with Rad Payoff, Boss Fight, Dog & Wolf, Blizzard Babies, and lots more.
The Chicago hip-hop scene helps veteran MC Ang13 recover from a robbery
Angela Zone, aka Ang13, was robbed days before Christmas, and the local scene is helping her cover the down payment for a new car.
A hungover monkey enjoyed Ian’s Party a little too much on the gig poster of the week
This week’s gig poster by Frank Okay celebrates the humongous megafest.