Our (fairly) regular roundup of Music & Arts related news from Chicago-based web media, featuring thoughts and insight from some of the city’s most dedicated writers.
- The Chicago Contemporary Circus Festival: A New Look At A Classic Art
The Chicago Contemporary Circus Festival is bringing world class acts and a new definition of what a circus is to Chicago this week. [ more › ]
- Looks like Blake Schwarzenbach of Jawbreaker will be joining Cap’n Jazz
Cap’n Jazz plans to recruit Blake Schwarzenbach of Jawbreaker, Smart Bar launches a record label, and more.
by J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
Emo legends Cap’n Jazz haven’t played since 2010, but they aren’t entirely dead—at least not according to a source close to the band (who prefers to remain anonymous because he enjoys “a sniff of espionage”). Cap’n Jazz has received a few offers to play shows, and the dudes are wrestling with the “cost/benefit ratio of saying yes to them.”… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ] - Slo ‘Mo DJ Tess Kisner on the antidote to terrible mainstream radio
Current musical obsessions of Slo ’Mo DJ Tess Kisner, MC Rita J, and Reader digital content editor Tal Rosenberg
by Tal Rosenberg
A Reader staffer shares three musical obsessions, then asks someone (who asks someone else) to take a turn. Tal Rosenberg, Reader digital content editor… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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