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Chicago’s DIY punk scene packs a ton of its greatness into one show
Chicago’s DIY punk scene packs a ton of its greatness into one show, Reader writer Erin Osmon reads from her new book on Jason Molina, and more.
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See U2 bring some Songs of Innocence to the United Center
With these marvelous photos of the band’s Wednesday night performance!
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Darkwave trio Staring Problem release their first new material in four years
Darkwave trio Staring Problem release their first new material in four years, Pinwheel Records opens in Pilsen this summer, and more.
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Surveying Chicago hip-hop’s growing digital catalog a week after U2’s ambitious album release
Let U2’s Songs of Innocence guide you to discover more music, including Leekeleek’s recent Still Geekin mixtape.
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The House of the Rising Sun burger at Portage Park’s Leadbelly
The blues-bar theme is a little silly, but the burgers are fat and satisfying.
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A $65 Million Stage Production of a Comic Book Somehow Goes Wrong
Spider-Man has a bad day on Broadway.
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Music-driven movies a cure for festival angst
Three movies about music lift spirits at the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival.
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U2: the grace of another time
U2 has a charismatic leader without portfolio for a singer, an idiot savant for a guitarist, and about the strongest rhythm section you can imagine. Distinctive and impressive today, they started out scruffy and rather anonymous. On the release of their first album, Boy, in 1980 they seemed like just another vaguely new-wave British aggregation […]