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Florida five-piece Gouge Away can do more than just pulverize: their coiled power can hold itself suspended, leaving room for ...

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Singer and composer Julianna Barwick grew up in rural Louisiana, where she’d attend services three times a week and sing a cappella hymns with the rest of the congregation.

As CalicoLoco, Dani Robles and Zeke Ramsey have spent the past few years devising songs that make room for shabbily jangly melodies, grand shoegaze ambience, and nervy emo breakdowns.

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Baristas, like most service workers, face long hours and low wages. Some are organizing for better conditions.

Chicago Record Report covers new local music that's caught the Reader's ear—including by Mac Blackout, Chicago Edge Ensemble, and Moyana.

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Joshua Minsoo Kim interviews Penelope Spheeris before a screening of the first two films in her Decline of Western Civilization trilogy.