Brutus have entered their “ambitious third album” phase, and it sounds like it’s really working for them. The Belgian trio made waves with their second record, 2019’s Nest, which showcased their posthardcore-meets-postrock chops. Anchored by the soaring vocals and complex rhythms of singer and drummer Stefanie Mannaerts, their dynamic, aggressive songs swerved between emo introspection […]
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Issue of October 27, 2022
How punk adopted the Godfather of Gore
Herschell Gordon Lewis invented the modern splatter film with Blood Feast—and he’s inspired two thousand rock ’n’ roll maniacs.
By Leor Galil
On the cover: Illustration by Luis Colindres. For more of Colindres’s work, go to colindresart.com.
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Posted inArts & Culture
Festival “Lit & Luz” ofrece una visión para la revisión
Centrado en el lenguaje, la literatura y el arte, el festival Lit & Luz, reúne a escritores, artistas visuales y músicos de México y Estados Unidos en un claro esfuerzo por fomentar el intercambio cultural. Los resultados artísticos de estas experiencias interculturales—desde la poesía hasta la fotografía y demás—se presentan luego a través de una […]
Posted inCity Life
‘Existing without question’
“In roller derby they don’t care if you’re gay or trans or whatever—they just accept you.”
Posted inMusic
Field Medic’s Kevin Patrick Sullivan delves deeper into his psyche on his latest album
You can arguably predict the mood of a Field Medic album by the look of Kevin Patrick Sullivan’s hair in the cover art. On the front of 2017’s cheeky, joyful Songs From the Sunroom the lo-fi folk singer-songwriter’s red curls are big and bouncy; on 2020’s more somber Floral Prince, they’re closely cropped and hidden […]
Posted inOn Politics
It worked!
It was a connect-the-dots moment in Chicago as the following news stories recently broke in rapid succession. Chicago Public School enrollment fell again. It’s now down more than 115,000 students over the last 20 years. There are homeless camps in many parks and under viaducts, including Touhy Park on the far north side. That’s where […]
Posted inMusic
Michigan grindpunks Cloud Rat push beyond their limits on Threshold
Michigan trio Cloud Rat have grown steadily from their solid grindcore foundations into one of the most boundary-pushing outfits in a generation of heavy punk-driven bands. They’ve put out more than 20 releases since forming in 2009, but this prolificacy hasn’t been accompanied by a holding pattern in their songwriting—their records feel increasingly packed with […]
Posted inMusic
Jordan Reyes explores Zen at the release show for his album Everything Is Always
Experimental musician Jordan Reyes has dipped his fingers into many genres. His early works display his devotion to the modular synth, but he’s increasingly branched out in unpredictable directions, like flood waters overflowing a creek. The Chicago-based musician (and occasional Reader contributor) delved into dark ambient on 2020’s Fairchild Soundtrack + Border Land (a score […]
Posted inNews & Politics
Police district council races gear up
Dozens have filed petitions to run for the newly created councils.
Posted inFilm
After 42 years, Halloween finally ends
Halloween Ends is notable mainly for its cockamamie plot and its reverence for the original.
Posted inFood & Drink
Ørkenoy is deserted no more
There are some 38 uninhabited islands in Norway,* and three in Humboldt Park. Of course, there are the two in the Lagoon, but these days Ørkenoy—the two-year-old Nordic-inspired brewery, cocktail bar, and restaurant—is “deserted” in name only. (The word is a rough mash-up of two Norwegian words: ørken, for desert, and oy, for island.) But […]
Posted inArts & Culture
The theme is love at Pop-Up Magazine
On October 28, Pop-Up Magazine will be staged at the Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture.
Posted inNews & Politics
Up in smoke
Black-owned small businesses are still losing out on “social equity” cannabis dispensary licenses.
Posted inCity of Win
Healing, music, and love
Freddie Old Soul credits music with helping her heal and find God.
Posted inMusic
Sarah Shook turns from outlaw country to dark, rootsy pop with the new project Mightmare
Sarah Shook is best known as the singer and guitarist for rowdy country band Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, but Cruel Liars, the debut album from their latest project, the darker and more intimate Mightmare, proves that pigeonholing them would be a grave mistake. Shook grew up in a fundamentalist Christian household where their exposure […]
