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The Hypocrites' new Pinafore flips the sexes as an opening move
H.M.S. Pinafore, Sean Graney's latest Gilbert & Sullivan adaptation for the Hypocrites, flips the sexes as an opening move. by Jack Helbig When is an adaptation no longer an adaptation but a whole...
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Overlooked ska and reggae treasure Charles 'Organaire' Cameron drops his...
BLVD Records gets back into gear, overlooked ska and reggae treasure Charles "Organaire" Cameron drops his first vinyl in decades, and more. by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil Since 1976 Chicago has been...
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Eating foull for breakfast at a new Eritrean joint in Lakeview
I'm all about adventure at lunch and dinner, but I admit that I'm hidebound at breakfast. My willingness to accept a food as breakfast before I've had my coffee usually depends on the degree to which...
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The Newsroom and headline news collide
Sometimes art arrives after history has done its worst and tidies up. Other times art comes first with such an impact that history finally wanders in as a pallid imitation.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to...
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Did you read about the CIA torture report, ketamine, and Jon Lester?
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That the CIA torture report details the use of "rectal feeding," which "is exactly what it sounds like"?…[ Read...
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Chris Rock comes into his own as a filmmaker
Chris Rock's Top Five ponders love, race, sex, and celebrity. by J.R. Jones In Top Five, Chris Rock plays a stand-up comedian who's graduated into movies with a moronic franchise in which he wears a...
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Unsacred make black metal for pulling tree stumps
Yesterday Unsacred dropped their first full-length, False Light, after three more or less invisible EPs. With it this black-metal trio from Richmond, Virginia, joined the roster of Forcefield Records,...
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Reader premiere: Exhausted, the debut LP from noise-rock group Den
Exhausted, the debut full-length from noise-rock outfit Den, opens with screaming electronics, barked vocals, and rumbling distortion—and the three-piece speeds ahead with its weirdo-hardcore-Krautrock...
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Mayor Rahm and his rubber-stamp city council's hall of shame
In my search for a few laughs on an otherwise gloomy December afternoon, I read the latest report on the city council by Dick Simpson, the political science professor from UIC. Actually, I'm not sure...
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Devin Drobka's Bell Dance Group sounds like little else in midwestern jazz
Milwaukee drummer Devin Drobka—an increasing local presence through his membership in Andrew Trim's Dim Lighting, various groupings with former Chicago guitarist Dave Miller, the free jazz group Sweet...
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Tanoshii Sushi Mike's measures up to the original—plus it has cocktails
The original Andersonvile location of Tanoshii has built its reputation on the sushi creations of chef-owner Mike Ham—aka Sushi Mike—who's known for the off-menu specialty rolls he'll make on request....
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Chicago MC Blake invites you to experience his Three Some
Since he's ditched the stage name Jams Dean in favor of using his first name Chicago's Blake Gardner has furthered his reputation as an underground MC with smarts, sharp bars, and one-liners that are...
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The People Issue 2014
Twenty Chicagoans whose contributions to the city are in some cases overlooked.[ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Brave new (genderfluid) world
Dan Savage offers a few tips for coping with the host of new gender identities, and advises a parent whose daughter has come out as asexual. by Dan Savage QYou may not be the right person to answer...
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The sausages at Kiko's in Lincoln Square look like thumbs—but they taste a...
The quiet ubiquity of cevapcici on the north side is something I've been meaning to address for years. These stubby, unencased ground-meat sausages are nearly as common as hamburgers in some...
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Did you read about delusional pregnancies, the Golden Globes, and Snapchat...
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.Hey, did you read:• That Congress quietly made a deal with wealthy donors allowing the latter to give ten times more to political...
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South Carolina duo Elvis Depressedly never meant to make you weepy
South Carolina lo-fi indie outfit Elvis Depressedly is one of a handful of acts who have helped Brooklyn label Orchid Tapes grow into a reliable source of outre bedroom pop. Last month Elvis...
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Members of The-Drum and Romance launch Cold Tech, a monthly psychedelic-dance...
"I feel like if I go to a place that people are actually dancing, the music is not that good—or spotty at best," says Jeremiah Meece of Jody and The-Drum, "and if I go to a place where the music is...
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The 15 beers of Christmas—or are they beers of winter?
What's the difference between a Christmas beer and a winter beer? Well, the labels for Christmas beers are usually red and green, while winter beer labels tend to be blue and white.…[ Read more ][...
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Casablanca, Small Soldiers, and other Reader-recommended movies to watch...
Each Friday, we recommend seven Old Movies to Watch Now, all of which come recommended by one of our critics and can currently be screened online. Read the review, watch the movie, feel accomplished.…[...
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