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The Pine Valley Cosmonauts make Tom Waits’s 1973 debut feel relevant for our times

by Monica Kendrick July 8, 2021August 18, 2021

Led by Jon Langford of the Mekons and the Waco Brothers, Chicago alt-country band the Pine Valley Cosmonauts have covered plenty of ground in their quarter century or so of existence: they’ve made tribute albums for icons such as Bob Wills and Johnny Cash, spearheaded a series of death-themed covers compilations called The Executioner’s Last […]

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The quest to be Pitchfork’s perfect consumer

by J.R. Nelson July 21, 2019August 18, 2021

What happens if you indulge every corporate sponsor at Pitchfork? Does the Chase Sapphire Lounge have to let you in?

Music

Food, football, fund-raising, and Freddie Gibbs at this weekend’s music fests

by Chicago Reader September 7, 2018August 18, 2021

Beer & Bands for Comfort Station This fund-raiser for Logan Square arts hub Comfort Station features a diverse bill of live music (Dos Santos, Phoelix, Dim, and Campdogzz) plus beer from Goose Island, cider from Virtue, and hard seltzer from White Claw. See Gossip Wolf for more. Sat 9/8, 4 PM, Illinois Centennial Monument, 2595 […]

Music

Chicago hardcore bruisers Uglybones celebrate a new album by opening for Subhumans

by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil September 5, 2018August 18, 2021

Chicago hardcore bruisers Uglybones celebrate a new album by opening for Subhumans, arts incubator AMFM throws a free festival to address food deserts, and more.

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