can’t sleep because im thinking about how cool sepultura is

let me get my jokes off😡

my main 2025 prediction is that mj lenderman and cameron winter collaborate on an awkward white boy anthem so monumental that the much maligned “band guy” archetype receives brief cultural redemption. this will be good for society probably

Fence Sitter The Bollweevils · Heavyweight · Song · 2009

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great track for pacing back and forth i highly recommend giving it a try

gf still asleep perfect time to listen to The Bollweevils and pace back and forth in her kitchen for an hour

drake is gonna move to israel isn’t he

real music is back no song should ever be longer than 1 minute

mina kimes pls come to chicago u would love our indie rock scene

ppl make a lot of noise about shiva baby but tahara is the much more accurate rachel sennott fake jewish performance

tricking leftist gf into watching the super bowl by describing saquon barkley as a marxist hero fighting for the rights of the disenfranchised proletariat (running backs)

no footage yet of mitch mcconell falling down the stairs. please let us have this one beacon

Folk duo Sleeper’s Bell make their full-length debut with Clover - Chicago Reader Chicago music: rapper Qari drops a new record produced by multi-instrumentalist Ari Burns; Save the Night presents its latest show

I talked to Blaine about Sleeper’s Bell’s debut album, Keith from Save the Night about booking COVID-cautious concerts, and tipped the hat to Qari’s great new release

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no one wants to admit this but the ideal nirvana reunion would be with courtney love on vocals

2:30am is actually the perfect time to make your gf listen to pretty fly for a rabbi by weird al on your phone speaker full volume

indie rock band covered maps by the yeah yeah yeahs and aerials by system of a down. both brutally flopped. tough scene all around

Save the Chicago Reader - Leor Galil's Fundraiser on Donorbox I published my first Reader story in the summer of 2010. It concerned a Logan Square DIY space called Strangelight, which operated out of a storefront in the Congress Theater. I was 24 at the time. Be...

I wrote a brief appeal about why you should donate to the Chicago Reader to keep my newsroom afloat. Please donate if you can

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he could’ve just stopped after eraserhead and been satisfied with making one of the greatest movies ever but he was like no i have to make more of the greatest movies ever

got home from work and immediately had to throw on blue velvet for the legend. one of the coolest, best people to ever live

holy shit this new ethel cain is incredible

The Menu (2022) is a film about if burger saved the day

i believe there is a breakfast sandwich that can save the world. i haven’t found it yet but i know it’s out there

just saw a woman with a nicotine patch on each arm blasting a cig. and that’s what nye is all about

going to see nosferatu later I been standing like this all morning

DON DRAPER: wake up,this isnt the 30s anymore. if u just call yourself "The Bosstones" customers are going to think you're weak,like a child

I’m not being sarcastic either it’s how I’ve gotten in every year for a decade. someone will sell an extra ticket for 20 every time

if you’re considering spending $250 on riot fest tickets I highly suggest using my method instead: showing up day-of-show with a 20 dollar bill

Violent Treatment Fanzine #1 Issue 1 of VT fanzine. Interviews with G.O.O.N., Instill, and Splitknuckle. Some scene reports and other hardcore shit. Copies have corner dings...

Violent Treatment zine is up for sale right now. 24 pages of hardcore shit. violenttreatment.bigcartel.com/product/viol...

I remember Asher doing a harsh noise set at a punk show in my backyard when we were both 17, completely blew me away. Next time I saw her play she performed one of the most gentle ambient folk sets I’ve ever experienced. A “generational artist” if I’ve ever met one

nick and bobby are on bluesky the throuple is complete. go follow my gorgeous hunks @halfgramofmid.bsky.social @bobbybaccalaa.bsky.social

Footworking to Jazz Music with Kaicrewsade Rapper, composer, and mental health advocate Kaicrewsade shares his reverence for Chicago’s culture and the heart behind his first big project, Yvette.

Kaicrewsade made one of my favorite Chicago albums of the year, rad to read this long Q&A with him in South Side Weekly