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Trump fires watchdog who handled Ukraine complainton April 4, 2020 at 3:37 am

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has fired Michael Atkinson, the inspector general for the intelligence community who handled the whistleblower…

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Chicago History Museum keeps the virtual lights onon March 31, 2020 at 9:24 pm

At this outlier moment in our history, every story is about coronavirus--even last week's perfectly staid announcement that Chicago History…

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Dutch dark rock band Dool explore the evolution of the soul on Summerlandon April 3, 2020 at 4:14 pm

Helmed by charismatic vocalist and guitarist Ryanne van Dorst, Dool combine pop hooks with heady lyrics and complex songwriting that…

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Anna Calvi strips down seven of her own songs on the new Huntedon April 3, 2020 at 3:53 pm

When British guitarist and vocalist Anna Calvi released her self-titled debut album in 2011, it felt like she'd emerged as…

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Roscoe Mitchell reconciles improvisational sources and orchestral meanson April 3, 2020 at 6:19 pm

When the Art Ensemble of Chicago reinvented itself as an orchestra for its 50th-anniversary recording, last year's We Are on…

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France’s Igorrr adds Middle Eastern motifs to its genre-splicing mashup of death metal and breakcoreon April 3, 2020 at 5:12 pm

In the tradition of heavy-music genre splicers such as Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs 3, and Estradasphere, French act Igorrr hybridizes…

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Noise-rock luminaries converge to explore despair and hope in Human Impacton April 3, 2020 at 4:45 pm

If you haven't already heard Human Impact, you could be forgiven for wondering whether the New York four-piece were soothsayers…

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Chicago rapper G Herbo gives his reflective raps new shapes on PTSDon April 3, 2020 at 4:31 pm

I wish the right-wing miscreants in the federal government were as dependable as Chicago rapper G Herbo. For close to…

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U.S. Girls shares some welcome sunshine in dark times on Heavy Lighton April 3, 2020 at 7:25 pm

Well, look at that. The world is ending. Suddenly we're all cooped up, we can't see friends or loved ones,…

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The Numero Group surfaces strangely magnetic sounds from the outer edges of loungeon April 3, 2020 at 7:12 pm

A couple years ago, Chicago archival label Numero Group launched Cabinet of Curiosities, a compilation series focused on fringe private-press…

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