Chicago Bears: Mitch Trubisky can return under one conditionPatrick Sheldonon December 22, 2020 at 1:00 pm
The Chicago Bears should only bring Trubisky back under one condition. Fresh off a two-game win streak and Chicago Bears fans are doing what they do best — arguing on social media. Today’s topic is, well, the same one fans have been arguing about for the last four years — Mitchell Trubisky — but with […]
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The best overlooked Chicago records of 2020Leor Galilon December 21, 2020 at 3:00 pm
We’ve all had a lot to pay attention to this year, but there’s always room for more great music.
End-of-year-list season can feel like a chore, even if you’re not one of the people whose job requires you to make those lists.…Read More
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Chicago’s independent musicians stepped up their activism in 2020Jack Riedyon December 21, 2020 at 5:00 pm
With concerts and tours on hold for most of the year, Chicago’s music scene doubled down on mutual aid and fundraising for community groups.
The major-label music industry is doing its best to pretend the pandemic is over.…Read More
Josephine Foster keeps the freak-folk flame burning with the catchy but unnerving No Harm DoneSteve Krakowon December 21, 2020 at 7:00 pm
Back in ye olde early aughts, “freak folk” ruled the land. Championed and perhaps encouraged by photogenic weirdo Devendra Banhart, artists influenced by elegiac or subliminally psychedelic folk acts from the 60s and 70s—Tyrannosaurus Rex, the Incredible String Band, Michael Hurley—started coming out of the woodwork.…Read More
Katatonia make the most of a year without tours with the ‘live’ album Dead AirMonica Kendrickon December 21, 2020 at 10:00 pm
Katatonia were fresh off a hiatus when they dropped their 11th studio album, City Burials, in April, but the pandemic meant they couldn’t stage the triumphant return tour it merited. In May, the nearly 30-year-old Swedish metal outfit appeased their fans and assuaged their own frustration with a livestreamed concert.…Read More
A new Chicago punk and metal compilation benefits local music venueson December 21, 2020 at 10:15 pm
A new two-disc compilation from Angry Peasants hopes to help “save CIVL-zation.”
When COVID-19 suspended the concert industry, it didn’t just mean we’d miss out on the bands we were already looking forward to seeing—we’d also miss out on the bands we didn’t yet know we wanted to see.…Read More
Doug Malone, owner and lead engineer, Jamdek Recording StudioPhilip Montoroon December 22, 2020 at 12:00 pm
“Something about a recording studio, I think it’s always overlooked as a place for community.”
Doug Malone, 33, has worked as a recording engineer since 2015, when he began interning at Humboldt Park studio Minbal while studying music composition at Columbia.…Read More