David Parr’s Cabinet of Curiosities and more goings on 7/9-7/12.
Tag: Yob
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Yob’s new Our Raw Heart uses the darkness of doom metal to show us what to cherish
The doom metal I enjoy generally does a fine job whipping up feelings of dread, revulsion, despair, and outrage—and like a good horror movie, it allows you to splash around in darkness without suffering the associated trauma. As cathartic as that can be, though, it misses a huge opportunity by rolling credits before anyone has […]
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Gossip Wolf: Is Chief Keef selling enough for Interscope?
The latest Chief Keef sales numbers, new music from Circuit des Yeux, and more.
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CHAOS Brew Club bids farewell to its home with the Summer Brew-BQ
When your nonprofit club runs a brew house that your members can use, your summer backyard barbecues are going to have a lot of good beer.
Posted inBest of Chicago
Best Outcall Soundman
At a Yob show in February he turned the Flat Iron into a white-hot doom-metal blast furnace, and at this year’s Dark Lord Day he made High on Fire’s stampeding barbarian metal sound as overwhelming outside as I’ve ever heard it indoors.
Posted inBlogs
Founders Doom: An imperial IPA gets even heavier
The pleasures of doom—not just Founders’ barrel-aged imperial IPA but also the heaviest metal in the universe.
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In Rotation: Big Star manager Ben Fasman on contemporary country that doesn’t suck
Big Star manager Ben Fasman on contemporary country that doesn’t suck
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Our favorite music of 2011
Reader writers and friends tackle the year in music from five different directions
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In Rotation: Prog-rock guru Charles Snider on Conrad Schnitzler and District 97
Plus: Reader music editor Philip Montoro on Abana Ba Nasery, and Ga’an drummer Seth Sher on Absu, Razor, and Alphonse Mouzon
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The Man Behind the Metal
If it’s heavy and it was recorded in Chicago, there’s a good chance Sanford Parker was at the mixing board.