If you liked reading Kendrick’s new Reader feature on the Atlas Moth, now’s a good time to revisit her 2005 feature “Bang the Head Slowly.”
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On the new Coma Noir, the Atlas Moth name our foe—and find a reason to fight
Chicago metal monarchs the Atlas Moth imagine a cosmic criminal cabal that’s depressingly easy to recognize in the real world.
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Local metal unit the Atlas Moth have a glorious return to form on Coma Noir
On the Atlas Moth’s brand-new Coma Noir, their fourth full-length and first for LA-based Prosthetic Records, the local heavy-metal monsters turn the focus back toward the earth-shaking sludge that defined their early work. In fact, they haven’t sounded this raw and gnarly since they self-released their debut seven-inch a decade ago. With their last record, […]
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Sweden’s Scorched Tundra metal festival debuts in Chicago in September—and tickets go on sale today
The first local installment of Scorched Tundra will host heaviness by the likes of Bongripper, Monolord, and False.
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The Atlas Moth plays a homecoming gig tonight at Cobra Lounge
The hugely heavy postmetal band returns home for a trip out with Between the Buried and Me.
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The sun rises over the Atlas Moth’s pyramid eye on the gig poster of the week
This week’s gig poster was designed by local artist and Atlas Moth front man Stavros Giannopoulos.
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Reader’s Agenda Sun 8/10: All Our Tragic, Chicago Hot Dog Fest, and Boris
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Sunday, August 10
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Gig poster of the week
This week’s gig poster was designed by Michigan-based artist Shawn K. Knight.
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This week on the B Side
Thumbs down on the new Nirvana box set, thumbs up on a new iPad app, and much more
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Three Beats: A new album from the Atlas Moth
Plus: Sound artist and Chicago transplant Nicholas Szczepanik makes his local debut, and live music comes to the Burlington