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Second time is the charm for Chicago’s Panda Riot. To celebrate the vinyl issue of their well-received full-length Northern Automatic Music (QRO review), the dreamgaze quartet is throwing down for a Release Party 2.0 at the Hideout this Friday, October 11th. And why not? 2.9 million vinyl records have... -
The shoegaze gods have spoken!... -
Hazey, dreamy, shiny, gazey: Chicago’s Panda Riot returns with its full-length Northern Automatic Music. It’s Jesus & Mary Chain plus the frostiness of a Twin Peaks synth line. Stiff percussion, six-string atmospherics, and found sounds add up to an ambitious instrumental effort on tracks like “Golden Age”, while the... -
Chicago’s dreamiest dream-poppers return with the 3-track 7″ Serious Radical Girls. It’s being released in anticipation of a full-length LP titled Northern Automatic Music, via Saint Marie Records. The tracks on the limited edition 7″ are exclusive to the 7″ release: no iTunes, no Amazon, no nada. So have... -
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Day One of CMJ started slow, but seriously peaked thanks to initials like MOG & YTL. ... -
For the last weekend of the summer, Chicago's Union Park held one more summer festival, the inaugural North Coast Fest. Friday, September 3rd through Sunday, September 5th saw an eclectic mix of electronica, jam bands & more...