The Mentally Ill was one of the best relatively unknown first wave Chicago punk bands that started way back in the late 1970s. They put out two 7″s before going on a hiatus that would last for years and many...
Entertainment
Adolescents – Welcome To Reality 10″ orange vinyl
My apologies for somehow neglecting to include this one in the last Frontier Records update posted on this site but there was one more colored vinyl release that came with that batch and it was the Adolescents –...
Thin White Rope colored vinyl reissues
Thin White Rope was one of those very good indie rock bands that for whatever reason seemed to have been overlooked by a lot of people, myself included. They were around from the mid 1980s until the early 1990s, leaving...
New Suicidal Tendencies vinyl colors
There has been a few new vinyl colors of the first Suicidal Tendencies LP in recent months. Since my last report it has been issued on three new colors of vinyl and the album is now being manufactured at a new plant...
Food & Drinks
Tar – 10/1/22 at Smashed Plastic Live Vol. 1
Saturday, Smashed Plastic Record Pressing held its first ever live music event, called Smashed Plastic Live, Vol. 1. This event featured an entire day’s worth of live bands, plus food trucks and various vendors...
Dinosaur Jr -9/30/22 at The Vic
There has been so many good shows in Chicago lately and it doesn’t look like that is going to change anytime soon. Friday night, Dinosaur Jr returned to the windy city to headline a show at The Vic.It has been a...
Cold Waves X 9/25/22 – Front 242 and Nitzer Ebb at Riviera
Sunday night was the final night of Cold Waves X and they closed it with two huge bands that necessitated it being held at the larger Riviera, a Cold Waves first. This show was even more significant as this is the final...
Lifestyle
Riot Fest announces 2022 lineup!
Riot Fest just released its lineup for 2022 and man is it a good one!!!!!
Tickets are available from the Riot Fest Website. It is going to be a long wait until September!
Riot Fest announces lineup for Riot Fest 2021
If this isn’t the bright light at the end of a long dark tunnel that has been the current pandemic then I don’t know what is. Riot Fest unveiled their lineup and plans to return this September and boy did...
Help Pierre Kezdy of Naked Raygun battle cancer
Pierre Kezdy is most known as one of the superheroes in Chicago punk legends, Naked Raygun but his super powers extend far beyond that. Pierre has been responsible for some of the best punk rock music to come out of...
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Cold Waves X 9/24/22 – Revolting Corpse at Metro
Saturday night was another night of Cold Waves X at Metro, this time being headlined by Revolting Corpse, which is the final appearance of former Revolting Cocks members, sans Al Jourgensen, performing the music of the...
Riot Fest 2022 Day Three 9/18/22 at Douglas Park
Sunday was the final day of Riot Fest, and the end of the final weekend of summer. It is always a bittersweet day and this one ended on a high note. The fest had some great bands on this final day, and the rain waited...
Riot Fest 2022 Day One 9/16/22 at Douglas Park
The best and last weekend of summer just happened which meant it was time once again for Riot Fest, which is the best festival that Chicago has to offer (and anyone who says otherwise is a liar). The weather was...
Boris 9/11/22 at Metro
The Metro has been on fire lately with great shows as it is celebrating 40 years of being Chicago’s most beloved music venue. They kept the momentum going when Boris finally returned to the windy city after quite...
Hear In Heaven: Celebrating the Life & Music of Joe Cassidy 8/28/22 at Metro
Last night the Metro hosted a special event to celebrate the life of Joe Cassidy, a staple of the Chicago music scene who sadly passed away last year at the far too young age of 51. Joe Cassidy was born in Belfast...
Peter Hook & The Light 8/19/22 at Metro
The Metro, Chicago’s legendary music venue, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year and there’s been a handful of really great events happening there this summer to mark the event. In a continuation of...
