Chicago rapper-singer Rich Jones brought his multigenerational monthly hip-hop series All Smiles to a close in April 2019, but its spirit lives on at this Subterranean show he’s headlining. The bill includes great local MCs who might not otherwise have any reason to cross paths, beginning with up-and-comer Musa Reems. On his recent self-released EP, […]
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Trying out a new bat signal on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was created by local artist Chris Day.
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Too many explanations spoil all the surprises in Future Echoes
Also, don’t you just hate when zombies ruin your dinner party?
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Colin Blunstone of the Zombies on fake bands, fake names, and how he’s kept his amazing voice
Psychedelic rock maven Steve Krakow interviews Colin Blunstone of the Zombies, who play City Winery on March 19 and 20.
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How an Evanston writer’s boyhood idea inspired ‘Shape of Water’
Guillermo del Toro tapped Daniel Kraus to help write the story behind the Oscar-nominated blockbuster.
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Chicago author Daniel Kraus to finish George A. Romero’s final zombie novel
“My next book is my wildest dream come true,” Kraus says.
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Nearly 50 years after recording Odessey and Oracle, the Zombies re-create it perfectly onstage
Four original Zombies—Colin Blunstone, Rod Argent, Hugh Grundy, and Chris White—visit Thalia Hall to play the beloved 1968 album they broke up before releasing.
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Start the Halloween weekend with Cannibal Corpse
The death-metal masters bring their bloody blitz to Palatine tonight.
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Aleksandar Hemon on the making of The Making of Zombie Wars
The author of The Book of My Lives talks about bringing together horror movies, the Iraq war, Jewish culture, and a peculiar kind of writer’s block in his latest novel.
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Reader’s Agenda Sat 5/10: Zombies, a gear swap, and Seahaven
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Saturday, May 10
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How to survive the Chicago apocalypse
This blog post might save your life. Well, anyway, it’s fun to read.
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12 O’Clock Track: The blanketing psych of Far-Out Fangtooth’s “Mother Nature Fetish”
Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is “Mother Nature Fetish” by the psych-heavy Far-Out Fangtooth
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The last word (in movies, anyway) on consumerism
George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead remains the best movie on the subject
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This week’s Culture Vultures recommend:
Chicagoans recommend zombie burlesque, a good book/good movie combo, and a blues series