I heard a lot about the glory days of the Fireside Bowl even before I moved to Chicago, and I loved the way the venue brought together bands from disparate subscenes with almost every show. Chicago instrumental trio Rlyr exemplify that freewheeling spirit: in their wondrous thrashing, I can hear the residual effects of growing […]
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Metropolitan Brewing teams up with Pelican for the biere de garde Cold Hope
Beer and Metal returns to review a long-gestating collaboration by beloved Chicago institutions Pelican and Metropolitan Brewing.
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Local power trio RLYR premiere the first song from their upcoming debut
Three masters of boundary-pushing metal go shiny, pretty, and epic in RLYR.
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Pelican play a rare show with vocals at the Goose Island Urban Block Party
For just the third time in their 15-year career, Pelican won’t be entirely instrumental onstage: Allen Epley of the Life and Times will join the band to sing “The Cliff” on Friday.
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Dark Matter and Jump Up Records throw a party for Pressure Drip coffee
Dark Matter and Jump Up Records throw a party for Pressure Drip Jamaican-inspired coffee, Absolutely Not and Rat Hammer celebrate a new split LP, and more.
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Gossip Wolf: Riot Fest to book Cobra Lounge
Riot Fest takes over booking Cobra Lounge, Zigtebra and Soft Leather throw Halloween parties, and more.
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Three Floyds and Pelican team up again, this time for the black IPA Immutable Dusk
Pelican celebrate the release of Forever Becoming by tapping a new Three Floyds collaboration at their Bottom Lounge show on Wednesday.
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Chord’s only performance of 2013 features more than one chord
Ambient drone collective Chord play their only show of the year tomorrow. They also play more than one chord.
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Gossip Wolf: Cafe Mustache crowdfunds a bigger music room
Cafe Mustache crowdfunds a bigger music room, Pelican record their fifth LP, and more
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Gossip Wolf: Teith drops a posthumous debut LP
Teith drops a posthumous debut LP, Tree and Danny Brown talk collaboration, and more.
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Guitarist Trevor de Brauw debuts new track in conjuction with his Neon Marshmallow appearance
Pelican member Trevor de Brauw premieres a droney new guitar track, “They Keep Bowing”
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Announcing the lineup for Neon Marshmallow 2012
Which member of Sonic Youth will perform at the 2012 incarnation of the experimental Neon Marshmallow festival? And who else is booked?
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Ambitious experimental electronics, obscure doo-wop, good-byes and more in this week’s B Side
Supreme Cuts, Pelican, Codeine, the Wavefront and FitzGerald’s fests, obscure doo-wop, and some sad good-byes
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Three Beats: MC Legit drops a free song every Saturday
Frank Rosaly claims his Puerto Rican roots with Bootstrap, Chord makes a “country” album, and Legit drops a free song every Saturday
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Suddenly: music!
Unexpected new releases by Pelican guitarist Trevor de Brauw and west-side rap legends Crucial Conflict