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Tag: Vol. 43 No. 14
Issue of Dec. 26, 2013 – Jan. 1, 2014
A brand-new Christmas EP from local high school punks the Ungnomes
Local high school punks the Ungnomes unleash a brand-new Christmas EP.
Best shows to see: Macabre, Ashtray Boy, Making Ghosts, Ted Sirota’s Heavyweight Dub
The best shows to see on Thu 12/26 through Sun 12/29.
12 O’Clock Track: The GTW’s clothes were sacrificed in order for us to get down to “Bleach Pool”
The local rapper-singer draws upon 90s R&B, Miami bass, and that time an ex messed up his clothes with bleach for the sensual, sparkling “Bleach Pool.”
Did you read about farm crimes, naked Christ, and Rap Genius?
Also housing, a murder plot, and rich slobs?
Reader’s Agenda Thu 12/26: Kid Sister, The Normal Heart, and Merry Kwanzaa
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, December 26
Finger-blast from the past
An archival Savage Love on the importance of the clitoris
Our favorite music of 2013
Six Reader writers, 12 months, 30 picks—and not one list that just rearranges the same records you’ll see everywhere else
Comic Liza Treyger on the funny thing about being a young woman
Comic Liza Treyger offers incisive commentary with a stoner-sweetheart affect.
12 O’Clock Track: “Song My Love Can Sing,” a preview from Doug Paisley’s forthcoming album
A tender gem from the singer-songwriter’s forthcoming album Strong Feelings
My five favorite Chicago rap details of 2013
It’s been a fantastic year for Chicago hip-hop, and there are more ways to remember it than simply listing great albums; these are five details that, in some small way, helped make 2013 such an outstanding year in local rap.
Head of Passes: Bless this mess
Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Head of Passes was one of the best and worst plays of 2013.