The loss of confrontational front man and artist Alan Vega in July 2016 could’ve spelled the end of all performances related to transgressive duo Suicide, but Martin Rev, the remaining half of the synth-punk pioneers, has seemingly been on a musical pilgrimage, playing solo shows and making festival appearances across the U.S. and Europe. I […]
Tag: Vol. 47 No. 34
Issue of May. 31 – Jun. 6, 2018
Posted inMusic
Julia Holter joins forces with the Chicago sound artist Olivia Block for a new work exploring sounds of nature
Last year LA singer and composer Julia Holter underlined her stunning development as an art-pop auteur, matching her ethereal melodic sensibility with small-scale orchestrations on her live-in-the-studio album In the Same Room (Domino). The collection featured deft reinventions of songs from her previous two recordings, with new arrangements that completely refresh some of the material. […]
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Why did Carlos Ramirez-Rosa get kicked out of the City Council’s Latino Caucus?
A few theories, and a little advice: If you want back in, Carlos, fall on your knees and suck up to the mayor.
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DIY designer Joe Freshgoods takes Chicago streetwear out of town with McDonald’s partnership
Free clothes with your fries.
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Rockefeller Chapel presses its majestic carillon into service for a two-day festival of new music
This weekend you can hear adventurous new compositions played on 100 tons of bronze bells hanging in a church tower.
Posted inFood & Drink
In Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out, the Trib’s Josh Noel outlines how Goose Island’s sale led to battle lines being drawn in the brewing industry
“There wasn’t a single moment when the chummy, jovial craft beer industry became a battlefield of ‘us versus them,’” Josh Noel writes in Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business (Chicago Review Press, June 1). “It happened slowly. And then, seemingly, all at once.” The line isn’t an […]