1 day ago by Luca Cimarusti

You probably already know about Frankie Rose: the Brooklyn hipster princess played drums in some of the buzziest buzz bands of the mid-to-late aughts ( Vivian Girls, Dum Dum Girls, Crystal Stilts) before stepping out from behind the kit last year to front Frankie Rose & the Outs. But though the firs ...

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2 days ago by Luca Cimarusti

Perhaps you noticed something a little different in this week's Reader music listings—perhaps the arrival of a new venue called Township. Turns out Township isn't entirely new; it's the revamped incarnation of Logan Square standby Pancho's.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

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3 days ago by Leor Galil

For most folks, Dischord will always be synonymous with the style of punk known as the "D.C. sound." In the 80s that meant hardcore, in the 90s it meant postpunk, and in the aughts things started getting weird—a lot of material Dischord put out challenged every notion of a local sound.… [ Read more ...

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3 days ago by Ed Boggess

It appeared in the USA Today last October and the headline read: “Biologists find proof chivalry isn’t dead.” But they weren’t talking about men and women, they were reporting a startling new discovery about crickets. Male crickets risk their lives in order to keep their female mates safe. When thre ...

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5 days ago by Miles Raymer

Ground Lift Media's beat-maker showcase, Face Melt, will reach its lucky 13th installment at Subterranean on February 24. In keeping with their usual MO, the Face Melt crew have released yet another compilation of instrumentals by local producers from the more experimental corners of Chicago hip-hop ...

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7 days ago by Heather Matthew

5-2-12 a journey of faith - this cricket on the doorstep leaping into space

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8 days ago by johnlmalone

I know poets have long chirped its praises [ I may even have done so myself ] but this cricket down the backyard . this one-trick pony who can produce only one note — even crows, those most laconic of birds, can produce two —- nags at me like a toothache; it goes on and on like a cracked record, tal ...

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8 days ago by Bart

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8 days ago by Miles Raymer

For the past couple of days I've been in Michigan dealing with a family situation that's reasonably heavy. It was a hastily put-together trip, and neither my sister nor myself brought any CDs or iPod hookups; because my family lives in a rural area that requires a lot of driving around, I spent a lo ...

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8 days ago by Leor Galil

Nearly four years ago Dan Friel of Parts & Labor recommended I check out Brooklyn art-rock act Extra Life at the now-defunct After the Jump Festival, and I'm glad I took his advice. The group played an acoustic set as a two-piece, and that unusually sparse setup highlighted the hypnotic somersaultin ...

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