• Black Dice Records launches a stacked screamo festival

    Black Dice Records launches a stacked screamo festival
    Last year, Chicago microlabel Black Dice Records started releasing small-run CDs by fringe screamo bands. The label has branched out into cassettes too, including with the March reissue of Considerations 3, a mathy, metalcore-influenced 2025 album by New York City group Silverdollar. Black Dice has also done impressive work booking and promoting shows across a […]
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  • The future looks . . . uncertain

    The future looks . . . uncertain
    In the project 60 wrd/min art critic, writer Lori Waxman explores how art writing can serve an expanded field of artists—including those incarcerated, trying to gain visas, working to establish themselves professionally, or just wanting feedback for a secret hobby. For this iteration, Waxman reviews a recent exhibition by Chicago-based artist Non Charoenwattananon. Non Charoenwattananon […]
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