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• Veteran sound scrutinizer Kevin Drumm plays his first local show in five years

  05-02-2024 19:07 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Kevin Drumm’s work over the past quarter century has variously aligned with noise, experimental, ambient, and improvised music, but it remains very much a realm unto itself. He begins with sounds sourced from analog and digital electronics, field recordings, and tabletop guitar, then distills them to obtain extremes of gaseous insubstantiality, pulverizing harshness, and textural […]
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• Quannnic gives alt-rock an emotional force that makes it feel huge

  05-02-2024 19:04 via chicagoreader.com
  
  I’m iffy about TikTok as a vector for transforming obscure songs into viral sensations. A lot of my complaints are aesthetic, because when I sampled the posts from shoegaze TikTok that had helped propel Quannnic’s “Life Imitates Life” onto Billboard’s “Hot Hard Rock Songs” chart in November, much of what I found was misguided, tacky, […]
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• J. Robbins expands his decades-long career with solo work

  05-02-2024 19:01 via chicagoreader.com
  
  J. Robbins has been part of the punk scene in Washington, D.C., for almost as long as it’s been nationally important—and thanks to his hometown’s major role in the all-ages movement, he got started young. He joined established hardcore band Government Issue as a teenager in the mid-1980s, just as they made the leap to […]
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• The Kills return to Chicago on the 22nd anniversary of their first show 

  05-02-2024 19:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Try as we may, time comes for all of us—even the leather-swaddled and Ray-Banned indie sleaze bands of yore. But the Kills wear their vintage well—their weathered aura magnifies their archetypal coolness. Many acts who make it past the two-decade mark are fueled by little more than half-baked nostalgia, but the Kills remain vigorous. On […]
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• Escuela Grind invite you to the grind side

  05-02-2024 18:58 via chicagoreader.com
  
  At first listen, Escuela Grind’s punishingly aggressive music may seem unapproachable, but this brutal grindcore unit will welcome you with open arms. The Massachusetts four-piece have expanded from their foundations in powerviolence and grindcore to include elements of death metal, noise, and doom, with occasional nods to 90s alt-rock, hip-hop, and other genres beyond extreme […]
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• Chicago rapbrarian Roy Kinsey foregrounds his suave flair on 3 Rings

  05-02-2024 18:46 via chicagoreader.com
  
  The ineffable smoothness of Roy Kinsey dominates and shapes the Chicago rapper-librarian’s 3 Rings, a compilation of 2023 singles and one new track that he dropped on Christmas. His relaxed flow lends his succinct bars a manicured suavity, and though his instrumentals vary widely in mood—mature elegance, nighttime bustle, radiant joy—he retains this composed polish […]
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• Laura Jane Grace celebrates her new album with a two-night release party

  05-02-2024 18:35 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Throughout her long career, whether as the front person of Against Me! and the Devouring Mothers or as a solo artist, Laura Jane Grace has worn her raw and messy heart on her sleeve. That’s part of what’s made her a relatable beacon for a generation of disaffected youth and (over the past decade) a […]
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• Yuma Abe’s twee folk rock is surprisingly all right

  05-02-2024 18:31 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Tokyo-based singer-songwriter Yuma Abe is best known as the leader of decade-old Japanese indie-rock trio Never Young Beach. Over the past few years, though, he’s pursued a solo career as well. His sunny, laid-back 2021 album, Fantasia (Thaian/Temporal Drift), mixes folk influences (Devendra Banhart plays guitar on a number of tracks) with fruity psychedelia worthy […]
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• Polish legends Vader celebrate 40 years of brutal death metal

  05-02-2024 18:21 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Vader formed in Poland in 1983 and have gone on to become one of the most reliably rock-solid bands in extreme heavy music. On this tour, the death-metal outfit will celebrate their 40th anniversary with a career-encompassing set list that covers all the twists and turns they’ve taken. On their early demos, 1986’s Live in […]
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• Renaissance of the Culture showcases some of Chicago’s best underground hip-hop

  05-02-2024 18:10 via chicagoreader.com
  
  To independent hip-hop artists living in Chicago, the city’s music scene can often feel overcrowded and underfunded. Vanishing DIY venues reveal an even colder game, but a few champions of homespun talent are still standing.  Renaissance of the Culture overflows with some of the city’s hungriest acts in a showcase aimed at educating Chicagoans about […]
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• Finding poetry in the mundane

  05-02-2024 17:49 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Chicago is one of the more visually dazzling yet least painted of major cities. The best-known painters from here tend toward the faux-naive extravaganzas of the Imagists or the various cold stratagems of conceptualists allied to one or another higher ed institution, so any exhibition featuring paintings of the city’s streets is a must-see in […]
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• 18 Best VR Porn Sites: Top Virtual Reality Porn of 2024

  05-02-2024 09:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  There’s porn, and then there’s porn. You see, there’s the same old run-of-the-mill 2D porn, and then there’s 3D, virtual reality porn. If you want to take your porn game to the next level, there’s pretty much one way with guaranteed success, and that’s diving into the world of VR porn. Why VR porn? It’s […]
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• The 13+ Best Adult Cam Sites of 2024

  05-02-2024 07:09 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Why get off watching a video when you can watch a cam girl live? Here are the best sex cam sites with free and paid options.
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