Current musical obsessions of Neckbeard Deathcamp front man Kriegmeister Hatestorm, Haggathorn guitarist Nathan Scripter, and Reader music editor Philip Montoro
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Scandinavian free-jazz juggernaut the Thing returns after dropping a fiery collaboration with James Blood Ulmer
Over the course of its career the Scandinavian juggernaut known as the Thing has collaborated with a wildly diverse group of musicians: art-pop singer Neneh Cherry, free-jazz warrior Joe McPhee, Japanese experimentalist Otomo Yoshihide, polymath (and former Chicagoan) Jim O’Rourke, and Sonic Youth front man Thurston Moore, among others. The trio—saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, drummer Paal […]
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Halloween reads: real-life horror stories from the Reader archive
True-life tales of murder, clowns, horror movie music, and more
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Bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten gives a rare solo acoustic performance Monday
Norwegian bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten stays busy in collaborations on both sides of the Atlantic, but he plays alone on this visit to Chicago.
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John Corbett reads from his new book, Microgroove, this weekend
The knowledgeable and curious Chicago writer gets into the Microgroove.
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Thurston Moore hooks up with Scandinavian free jazz juggernaut the Thing
And together they create visceral, cut-punching improvisations.
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Sam Shepard and John Carpenter cast long shadows over Cold in July
The new thriller Cold in July harks back to John Carpenter and Sam Shepard.
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Mats Gustafsson, now and then
Fiery sounds from the Swedish reedist dating back to 2000, with an accent on his deep Chicago connections
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The World’s End tops off the Cornetto trilogy with a snicker
Sci-fi comedy The World’s End tops off the Cornetto trilogy with a snicker.
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My favorite albums of 2012, numbers 40 through 31
My belated countdown of my 40 favorite albums of the year
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The birth of cinema verite, and the rest of this week’s movies
Previewing notable film screenings in Chicago from January 11-17
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Now Playing: The Thing
Ben Sachs reviews the new prequel to John Carpenter’s 1982 horror flick.