Twenty-two years ago, Steve Albini called the Smashing Pumpkins and Liz Phair “pandering sluts.” At least they didn’t turn out to be flavors of the week.
Tag: Urge Overkill
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The early output of Red Red Meat sees its first vinyl release
The new reissues of Red Red Meat’s first two albums sound as great as ever.
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The migration of the hipster
The migration of the hipster: A Chicago history, 1898-present
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Gossip Wolf: Music From the Third Dimension
A local multimedia artist makes noise you can almost touch. Plus: Wild Flag tops the latest Pitchfork rumors, Ben Weasel
loses some fans at SXSW, and more
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Early Warnings Roundup
This week’s Early Warnings include the Black Angels, Elvis Costello, the Fleshtones, Human Eye, Ice Cube, Kamelot, Low, Willie Nelson, Phosphorescent, Pinback, and Urge Overkill.
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Erectoral Politics
Meet your new mayor, Cynthia Plaster Caster. Plus: Steve Shelley, honorary Chicagoan, Svenonius on Nation of Ulysses reunion rumors, and more.
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Urge Overkill Burns in “Effigy”
The reunited band sounds way more punk than it did when “Exit the Dragon” came out 15 years ago.
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The List: December 31-January 6
Critics’ Choices and other notable concerts: Black Keys, Girl Talk, Prefuse 73, Von Freeman, and more
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Three Pandering Sluts and Their Music-Press Stooge
Bill Wyman: The opening paragraph of your Year-in-rock recap [Hitsville, January 7] is one of the most brilliant bits of ass-forward thought I’ve seen in years. If I read your heavily parenthetical English correctly, you are making the case that Liz Phair, Urge Overkill and the Smashing Pumpkins are somehow unique in rock music because they […]
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Whenever They Call You “Friend”: Urge vs. Touch and Go/Schmitsville
Urge Overkill, 1990/When they were in with the indie crowd