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genre: Metal

Mel’s Birthday List

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Today we’re celebrating curator Melissa Flowers’ birthday. For her birthday, Mel curated a 90-minute playlist of some of her favorite bands from many different scenes and genres from our area.

Erik Oldman April 30, 2021 Staff Picks

Erik’s Birthday Playlist for 2021

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“I spend the better part of my life creating and listening to music. Over the last 10 years […]

Erik Oldman April 21, 2021 Playlists

FEATURED ARTIST: Black Road

Black Road
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We’re thrilled to announce our Stoner Doom Volume 2 playlist for this week’s, 4/20 celebrations. For this list, […]

Erik Oldman April 20, 2021 Featured Artists, Interviews

STONER DOOM VOL. 2

Stoner Doom Vol. 2
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We’re thrilled to announce our Stoner Doom Volume 2 playlist for this week’s, 4/20 celebrations. As part of the release of the list we selected Chicago doom metal/stoner rock quartet Black Road as our featured artist for the month of April. Suzi, the lead vocalist from Black Road is one of the co-curators for this volume and we will be featuring her selections along with a few other notable bands over the next week.

Erik Oldman April 19, 2021 Genres

GUEST LIST: Chris Avgerin

Chris Avgerin
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Our Guest List curator for April is drummer and educator Chris Avgerin. Chris is well-known across multiple genres in Chicago’s music scene and has an impressive resume of projects and bands including Nequient, Varaha, Hedgehog and The Fox along with being respected as a session and live drummer. We asked Chris to curate a 90 minute playlist of music featuring bands from Chicago that he really dug and also interviewed him to get his background and perspective being a professional musician getting through a year of the pandemic.

Erik Oldman April 12, 2021 Guest Lists

FIRST FRIDAYS: April 2021

April 2021
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Presenting our First Friday new music list for April, 2021. This month we’re featuring a variety of different […]

Erik Oldman April 2, 2021 First Fridays

GUEST LIST: Brian Santostefano

Guest List: Brian Santostefano
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Hardcore punk music in general is cathartic for me. I eat it and breathe it daily. All of the bands I’ve played in have been fast hardcore punk bands, it’s really a style that identifies with me. With my photography, I’m all about capturing the raw emotion. Especially with Artists that move around and come off more intense, abrasive, or scary. It feels like a chain reaction with the audience. The whole room is engaged. That’s my favorite. I love being in the front and actually being a part of the show.

Erik Oldman March 15, 2021 Guest Lists

FIRST FRIDAYS: March 2021

Bandcamp First Friday
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Presenting our First Friday new music list for this month. We’re tweaking the format to include new music […]

Erik Oldman March 5, 2021 First Fridays

Guest List: Shane Merrill

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Our guest curator for February is Shane Merrill of Empire Productions. Shane is one of the more well-known […]

Erik Oldman January 31, 2021 Guest Lists

Best 20 of 2020

Best 20 of 2020
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Here’s our Best 20 of 2020 Playlist. Each of us contributed five tracks from Chicago artists who released […]

Erik Oldman January 3, 2021 Playlists

Listener’s Choice for 2020

Listeners Choice
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Here’s the Listener’s Choice playlist for 2020. Thanks to all the folks who nominated a great selection of […]

Erik Oldman December 27, 2020 Playlists

Guest List: Vito Nusret

Guest List
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This week’s Guest List curator is Vito Nusret. Vito continues to be a champion of our underground music […]

Erik Oldman December 6, 2020 Guest Lists

GUEST LIST: Ted Nubel – Stoner/Doom Vol. 1

Stoner/Doom Vol.1
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The Stoner/Doom Metal Vol. 1 playlist was guest curated by Ted Nubel. Ted is the drummer for local […]

Erik Oldman September 23, 2020 Guest Lists

Chicago Prog Vol. 1

Chicago Prog
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Our Chicago Prog Vol.1 Playlist was curated by Erik Oldman and Doc Metal Featuring pioneers CHEER-ACCIDENT, projects by […]

Erik Oldman October 7, 2019 Genres

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