In the past few weeks, the Reader has recommended three dozen Bandcamp releases—and this Friday, the service will again pass its share of revenue along to artists.
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Wrekmeister Harmonies face the darkness before the dawn on We Love to Look at the Carnage
Enigmatic former Chicagoans Wrekmeister Harmonies wrote their seventh full-length, We Love to Look at the Carnage (Thrill Jockey), in a cold, isolated farmhouse in upstate New York and recorded it in Brooklyn the following summer with producer Martin Bisi. This time around, the core duo of J.R. Robinson and Esther Shaw added insightful, versatile percussionist […]
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David Yow stars in a brand-new video for Wrekmeister Harmonies
The creepy clip and with the dark ambient project’s new record are released today.
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Wrekmeister Harmonies’ J.R. Robinson heads for the hills (of Oregon)
Plus: Different flavors of new music from local bands Santah (sweet) and the Pillowhammer (sour)
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Majical Cloudz’ richly intimate Are You Alone? and 12 more record reviews
Eight Reader writers recommend Vhol’s ambitious cosmic thrash, Boots’s ominous but danceable pop, Michael Pisaro’s thrillingly engrossing minimalism, and more.
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Gossip Wolf: Kid Sister dishes about her imminent mixtape
Kid Sister dishes about her imminent mixtape, Decade Studio takes over the Soma space, and more.
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Our guide to the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival 2014 (the music part)
Music headliners at CIMMfest 2014 include Yo La Tengo and Goblin soundtracking Suspiria.
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Reader’s Agenda Sat 3/8: SXSW Send Off Party, Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers, and Louder Than a Bomb semifinals
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Saturday, March 8
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Reader’s Agenda Fri 2/7: Love Is Love, Thalia Zedek, and an abundance of auto shows
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, February 7
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Chord’s only performance of 2013 features more than one chord
Ambient drone collective Chord play their only show of the year tomorrow. They also play more than one chord.
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Soundcheck: Wrekmeister Harmonies’ performance at the Bohemian National Cemetery
Last month we trekked out to the Bohemian National Cemetery to interview J.R. Robinson as he prepared to perform under the light of the supermoon—and we captured footage of the set to boot.
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I judged the Mash Tun Fest and lived
The finalists and winners from Saturday’s third Mash Tun Fest in Bridgeport—which is to say these are 12 beers you should definitely try.
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Best shows to see: Green Music Fest, Nicholas Payton, the Garifuna Collective, Josephine Foster
Between now and Sunday, your live-music options include the Green Music Fest, Nicholas Payton, the Garifuna Collective, Josephine Foster, Wrekmeister Harmonies, and Major Stars.
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This week’s Culture Vultures recommend:
Chicagoans recommend Cook County Social Club, The Still Point of the Turning World, and CCX.
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In Rotation: sound artist J.R. Robinson on excavating black metal albums from the earth
Black metal scavenger hunts, post-punk party songs about suicide, and dancing to ding-dongs