This week’s featured gig poster was designed for the HotHouse by graphic designer and photographer Shelley Hiam.
Tag: SXSW
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Ratboys have been forced off the road, but they’re still on the rails
Chicago indie rockers Ratboys recently released their best album yet, and though they can’t tour, they’re finding ways to stay connected to their fans.
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Amazing, dreamlike photos of Saba, Noname, Ne-Hi and more at SXSW
Photographer Brittany Sowacke uses double exposures and prisms to give her concert shots an otherworldly beauty.
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White Mystery share the first track from their latest reason to look forward to spring
This weekend Chicago garage rockers White Mystery debut the title track of their eighth annual 4/20 release—and play the Burger Revolution at 1st Ward.
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Brand-new Ohio-meets-Texas supergroup Blaxxx unleashes bluesy punk stomper ‘Let Me Hold Your Hand’
The new band features members of Obnox and OBN IIIs.
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Jason Molina’s long dark blues
Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. front man Jason Molina produced a prodigious catalog of stark and heartbreaking music. Then he disappeared.
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12 O’Clock Track: “You Gonna Get It” is classic, unruly Bay-area garage rock
A classic cut of unhinged garage rock from the recently reunited trio.
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Englewood’s message to Mayor Wreck-it Rahm
While Mayor Rahm sang a song of self-love at SXSW, four teen poets from Englewood spoke the truth about what’s really going on in Chicago.
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URL music festival SPF420 goes to SXSW
Corporate brands team up with buzzing bands to throw parties at SXSW—it’s probably a good thing for the people behind URL-born music festival SPF420, who are throwing an unofficial showcase in Austin this afternoon.
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Chicago MC Caleb James does right by his dad
Caleb James grew up in his father’s studio, and now he’s ready to join his friends Chance the Rapper and Vic Mensa in the spotlight.
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12 O’Clock Track: The devilishly seductive, moody R&B of Sohn’s “Lessons”
The British producer’s latest single is a subterranean R&B banger delivered via a dark neo-futuristic synth pattern reminiscent of 80s sci-fi scores.
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Chance the Rapper drops Acid Rap
Chance the Rapper drops Acid Rap—and it’s going to take him to places he’s only imagined.
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Experience the insanity of the Death Grips’ SXSW Boiler Room set
Anarcho-rapper noiseniks make a sufficiently wild concert video.
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Straight outta the Middle East: Reflecting on personal experiences with Israeli and Palestinian hip-hop
Thoughts surrounding DAM, the first Palestinian rap group, who performs in Chicago on Friday.
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Why South By?
Given that South by Southwest’s influence is on the wane, should upstart bands still bother playing the festival?