Chicago’s Like Rats have been at it for more than a decade. Consisting of current and former members of earth-shaking metal and hardcore acts such as Weekend Nachos, Hate Force, and High Priest, the band started as a brutal, tough-guy hardcore act. But by their second full-length, 2016’s II, they’d begun to incorporate overtly heavy […]
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The best Chicago albums of the 2010s: the critics’ ballots
Here’s where to see who voted for what and how the points got divvied up.
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The best Chicago albums of the 2010s
The Reader polled dozens of critics to arrive at an absolutely indisputable ranked list of several hundred records that will definitely not start any arguments.
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Weekend Nachos leave behind a legacy of brutality
Chicago powerviolence jokers Weekend Nachos have ripped it up around the world for 13 years, and this weekend they say farewell with two hometown shows.
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Powerviolence monsters Weekend Nachos release the first song from their final record
“Writhe” is a frenzied explosion, classic Weekend Nachos style—they’re going out on a high note.
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Weekend Nachos announce their upcoming breakup
As they enter their 12th year, superheavy four-piece Weekend Nachos amicably announce that they’ll call it a day.
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Weekend Nachos put out the coolest Record Store Day release of the year
The local powerviolence outfit put out two faithful Weezer covers.
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Local powerviolence outfit Weekend Nachos celebrate their ten-year anniversary on Saturday
The group has been at it for a decade of brutality.
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Best shows to see: Whirlpool, Corrections House, Weekend Nachos, Guillermo Gregorio Ensemble
The best shows to see on Fri 11/29 through Sun 12/1.
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Weekend Nachos ready the release of their new LP, open for Obituary
Local powerviolence band Weekend Nachos release new songs from their insanely heavy new LP, Still.
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12 O’Clock Track: Pharaoh’s sludgy, doomy “Spared”
New Jersey metal from a free new mixtape
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Hardcore dudes doing good at a holiday toy drive
Local hardcore band the Killer hosts their fifth annual holiday toy drive this weekend
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