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CHICAGO | Strategist by day, dj gloria vanderbilt by night
Bassist/vocalist for @ganserband.bsky.social, Chicago-based creative director. SAIC alum, etc. Basically Niles from Frasier.
Listening, writing, and sharing—writing for Bandcamp Daily, the Wire, Chamber Music Magazine and petermargasak.substack.com. Sharing with frequencyfestival-chicago.com
Chicago painter performer and hung stuff maker
I talk about public education, tech, #F1
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Your favorite brick-and-mortar vintage shop est 2008. www.dovetailchicago.com
chicago-based writer. newsletter producer at wttw news (@wttw.bsky.social). i also run the music and culture blog no expectations. ex: vice, chicago tribune, etc. tips, email: joshhowardterry@gmail.com
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Chicago indie label. Est. 2016. Artist owned. www.bio.to/sooper
musician, Chicagoan, sole employee of Teleférico Records
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Chicago enthusiast. Mediocre (but passionate) banjo player.
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publicist at Pitch Perfect PR, board gamer, carb consumer
a site dedicated to new music.
www.post-trash.com
Music critic for Chicago Tribune. Occasional freelance writer and editor. The last girl on the dance floor. 🪩✨
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Owner of Myopic Books and formerly 50% of Chicago Reader's Gossip Wolf. Fuck Ayn Rand.
polyvinyl marketing director
Chasing Sundays. Writing a big book about shoegaze. Podcaster at @endlessscroll.bsky.social. Bylines at Stereogum, Pitchfork, Fader, Billboard, Rolling Stone, etc.
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Chicago Sky. Drawing. Dumb thoughts
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Managing Editor, @stereogum.com
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Rogers Park, Chicago
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Alyssa, 30ish or something | enthusiasm enthusiast | former OG blue check, really
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Producer WGN. DJ CHIRP Radio. Rescue dogs & cats. Vegan. BLM.
Your band's favorite band.
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Chicago Reader music editor and unionist, amateur drummer, persistent cook. Signal: pmontoro.39
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record label with releases from Wishy, Lutalo, Video Age, Teethe, Slow Pulp, Divino Niño, and more.
Chicago Reader music writer
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witch rock
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Polyvinyl is an independent record label founded in the Midwest, 1996.
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talent buyer in chicago for metro & gman tavern. i used to write about music too, maybe i will again someday
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chicago alternative/shoegaze
we make music we love and hope you love it too!
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Queer Disco Sleaze in Chicago
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Open Decks DJ Showcase Sunday 3/29
Tix at link in Bio
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Screening 35mm, 16mm, and the assorted larger and smaller -mms since 2011
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Allies needn’t be perfect. They just need to be in the fight.
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Evanston, IL
Est. 1892
Re-Est. 2014
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1807 S Allport St, Chicago, Illinois 60608
Music / Friendly / Dancing since 1992
Pilsen cocktail bar with live music & and a well-loved piano. Located in Thalia Hall.
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1807 S Allport St, Chicago, Illinois 60608
Where the best drinks are the punch drinks.
Weekly Song Selectors. 🐡
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A consortium of libraries, museums, and other institutions with archives that collaborate to preserve and share the history and culture of the Chicago region.
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