Alejandro Morales’s death doesn’t just leave a hole in Chicago’s DIY music scene—it’s a loss to community activists, to affordable housing advocates, and to countless friendships.
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Legendary Chicago experimentalists Ono confront centuries of race-based violence on the transformative Red Summer
I could write a novel about Ono. This Chicago avant-garde group are one of the great bands, and their story is endlessly fascinating. Few groups that had their heyday in the 80s have come back in the late aughts sounding completely rejuvenated and vital. Most important, they’ve continued to progress, honing their wild experimentation into […]
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Stories from Chicago’s favorite rock ’n’ roll clusterfuck
Underground rock festival Ian’s Party is run mostly by volunteers, which helps it feel like a community instead of a branding exercise.
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In their words: How the folks at Fed Up Fest help keep queer punk a ‘community of care’
Everything about this year’s Fed Up Fest—the bystander intervention training, the panel discussions on aging in punk, the frenzied yet thoughtful music—manifested the spirit of resistance, hope, and direct action.
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The radical queer punks at Fed Up Fest throw a fund-raising Rock Lotto show
Fed Up Fest fights for LGBTQ rights with an anarchic DIY concert where every band drew its lineup out of a hat six weeks ago.
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Reader exclusive: Album stream of Ono’s Diegesis
We’ve got the premiere of the oddball local art-rock group’s fourth album, which comes out next week on Moniker Records.
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The butt of the joke in recent U.S. comedies
Noting the increased presence of anal sex jokes in the movies of 2013