Submissions are welcome. Please e-mail to bludlust@mindspring.com:
BloodLust!-related shows are announced here:
http://bloodlustpresents.blogspot.com/
VENUES
Automatic
1535 N. Ashland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
http://www.myspace.com/automaticmyspace
automatic.collective@gmail.com
The Bakery
1854 W. 21st place
Chicago, IL 60608
(at Wolcott)
Century Village
2001 N. Richmond Street (Basement)
Chicago, IL 60647
(At Armitage Ave., one block east of Humboldt Bvd.)
http://www.acidmarshmallow.com/
Cobra Lounge
235 N. Ashland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60607
312-226-6300
http://www.myspace.com/cobralounge
http://www.cobralounge.com/
(A metal/rock venue that occasionally hosts noise bands)
Co-Prosperity Sphere (C-PS)
3219-21 South Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60608
773.837.0145
http://www.lumpen.com/CPS/about.html
Ed Marszewski: edmarlumpen@gmail.com
Rachael Marszewski: skytta@gmail.com
Elastic Arts Foundation
2830 N. Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL 60618
http://www.myspace.com/elasticchicago
http://www.elasticarts.org/
Paul Giallorenzo: paul@elasticrevolution.com
Electric Company (In French) / Chicago Electric Company
1318 W. Cermak
Chicago, IL 60608
[contact ?]
The Empty Bottle
1035 N. Western Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
773.276.3600
http://www.emptybottle.com/
http://www.myspace.com/emptybottlechicago
Peter Toalson: pete@emptybottle.com
Enemy
1550 N. Milwaukee Avenue, 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60622
http://www.enemysound.com/
http://www.myspace.com/enemychicago
enemysound@gmail.com
Jason Soliday
Geoff Guy
Brent Gutzeit
Eric Leonardson
Experimental Station
6100 Blackstone
Chicago IL 60637
http://www.experimentalstation.org/
(Primarily book punk)
The Funeral Parlor
3319 S. Lituanica Avenue (near Halsted and 33rd)
Chicago, IL 60608
http://www.myspace.com/funeralparlorspace
Green Lantern
1511 N Milwaukee Ave.
Second Floor
Chicago IL 60622
lantern.g@gmail.com
http://www.thegreenlantern.org/
Heaven
1550 N. Milwaukee Avenue, 2nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60622
http://www.myspace.com/heavengallery
http://www.heavengallery.com/
Jaimie Branch: jaimiebranch@gmail.com
(Primarily book improvised music and jazz)
The Hideout
1354 West Wabansia
Chicago, IL 60622
773.227.4433
info@hideoutchicago.com
http://hideoutchicago.com/
(Occasional noise/experimental shows)
Hotti Biscotti
3545 W. Fullerton Avenue
Chicago, IL 60647
773.292.6877
Richard Syska: sickdysk@rcn.com
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=54294259
Lampo
216 West Chicago Avenue
2nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60610
312.282.7676
info@lampo.org
http://www.lampo.org/
(Lampo is a nonprofit presenter of experimental music and intermedia events; they present seasonal schedules and do not book "random" shows)
Metal Shaker
3394 North Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL 60641
metalshaker@yahoo.com
http://www.myspace.com/metalshaker
(A metal venue that is somewhat open to hosting noise)
The Mopery
2734 North Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL 60647
http://www.themoperychicago.blogspot.com/
themoperychicago@gmail.com
(New noise-friendly warehouse space above Pearl Vision)
Mortville
2106 S. Kedzie, 3rd floor
Chicago, IL 60623
http://www.myspace.com/inmortville
sheymann69@yahoo.com
Mount Happy
2003 W. Cermak
Chicago, IL 60608
http://www.myspace.com/nothappyhouse
(residential venue, hosts punk, breakcore, etc.)
The Mutiny
2428 N Western Ave
Chicago, IL 60647
773.486.7774
http://www.themutinychicago.com/
Call Ed or Rhonda - Monday nights are best
(Dive bar; has hosted many noise shows)
Myopic Books
1564 N. Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
773.862.4882
http://myopicbookstore.com/
myopic@myopicbookstore.com
- Monday night music series:
http://myopicbookstore.com/music.html
music@myopicbookstore.com
(Primarily book improvised music)
Permanent Records
1914 W. Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
773.278.1744
http://www.myspace.com/permanentwax
http://www.permanentrecordschicago.com/
Lance and Liz
(Great noise-friendly indie record shop with occasional in-store shows)
Reversible Eye
1103 N. California Ave.
Chicago, IL 60622
773.862.1232
http://www.myspace.com/reversibleeye
http://www.reversibleeye.com/
reversibleeye@gmail.com
Elena
Loto Ball
Ronny's
2101 N. California Avenue
(between Lyndale St. & Palmer St.)
Chicago, IL 60647
http://www.myspace.com/ronnysbar
http://www.mpshows.com/
Ellie: mp.ellie@gmail.com
Viaduct Theater
3111 N. Western Avenue
Chicago, IL 60618
773.296.6024
http://www.viaducttheatre.com/
The Whistler
2342 N. Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL 60647
773.227.3530
http://www.myspace.com/whistlerchicago
http://www.whistlerchicago.com/
(Venue for live indie/underground, etc., also run a record label)
White Star
3049 N. Cicero Avenue
Chicago, IL 60641
773.685.5971
Booking: Renato Brieno
http://www.myspace.com/renatobooking
(A metal venue that is somewhat open to hosting noise)
LABELS
BloodLust!
http://www.bloodlust.blogspot.com/
Catholic Tapes
http://www.myspace.com/catholictapes
Crippled Intellect Productions
http://www.cipsite.net/
Jinx
http://www.unlucky.org
jinx@unlucky.org
Longbox Recordings
http://www.longboxrecordings.com
Maximum Magnetics
http://cranksatori.net/mm/index.html
Nihilist Records
http://www.nihilistrecords.net/
No Sides Records
http://www.myspace.com/nosidesrecords
http://www.nosidesrecords.com/
Rebis
http://imaginaryyear.com/rebis
Rococo Records
http://www.myspace.com/rococorecords
http://www.rococorecords.com/
Somnimage
http://www.somnimage.com/
http://www.myspace.com/somnimagecorporation
sublabel:
PowerSilence
http://www.somnimage.com/ps.htm
http://www.myspace.com/powersilence23
Trust Lost
http://www.myspace.com/jimmyfarbargar
Whitechapel Records
http://www.myspace.com/whitechapelrecords
The White Rose Network
http://www.white-rose.net
BANDS - ARTISTS
Alniente
http://www.myspace.com/tapecrusade
Al-Thawra
http://www.myspace.com/althawra
Anatomy of Habit
http://www.myspace.com/anatomyofhabit
Augment
http://www.myspace.com/augmentnoise
Beardtongue/Joshua Manchester
http://www.myspace.com/beardtongue
http://www.joshuamanchester.com/ (music + personal site)
Binges
http://www.myspace.com/binglers
Olivia Block
http://www.myspace.com/oliviablock
http://www.oliviablock.net/
Blood Waterfall
http://www.myspace.com/bloodwaterfall
BLOODYMINDED
http://www.myspace.com/officialbloodyminded
http://www.last.fm/music/Bloodyminded
Bongripper
http://www.myspace.com/bongripper
Mykel Boyd
http://www.myspace.com/mykelboyd
Crucifagium
http://www.myspace.com/crucifagium
Death Factory
http://www.myspace.com/deathfactory
Kevin Drumm
http://www.myspace.com/kevindrumm (outdated)
http://www.last.fm/music/Kevin+Drumm
EaVil
http://www.myspace.com/eavil
http://www.eavil.com/
Environmental Sound Collapse
http://www.myspace.com/environmentalsoundcollapse
Flux Bouquet
http://virb.com/fluxbouquet
Folk and Violence
http://www.myspace.com/folkandviolence
Rik Garrett
http://www.myspace.com/rikgarrett
http://www.rikgarrett.com/ (photography website)
The Golden Sores
http://www.virb.com/goldensores
goldensores@gmail.com
Brent Gutzeit
http://www.myspace.com/brentgutzeit
Haptic
http://www.myspace.com/hapticmusic
Helen Money
http://www.helenmoney.com/
http://www.myspace.com/helenmoney
Steven Hess
http://www.myspace.com/s_hess
(Haptic, etc.)
Hybrid Frecuency / Hybrid Frequency
http://www.myspace.com/hybridfrecuencynoise
http://www.myspace.com/hybridfrecuency
I Love Presets
http://www.ilovepresets.com/
http://www.myspace.com/ilovepresets
Is
http://www.myspace.com/isthisis
Neil Jendon
http://www.myspace.com/neiljendon
Koufar
http://www.myspace.com/koufar
Bruce Lamont
http://www.myspace.com/brucelamont
Eric Leonardson
http://www.myspace.com/ericleonardson
Locrian
http://www.myspace.com/thelocrian
Fred Lonberg-Holm
http://lonberg-holm.info/
http://www.myspace.com/fredlonbergholm
Lovely Little Girls
http://www.myspace.com/lovelylittlegirls
The Machinist
http://www.myspace.com/themachinist
Magic is Kuntmaster
http://www.myspace.com/magiciskuntmaster
Many Against Blue Whale
http://www.myspace.com/manyagainstbluewhale
Joseph Mills
http://www.myspace.com/josephcmills
(Haptic, etc.)
Mister Fuckhead
http://www.myspace.com/misterfuckhead
NTRLWRM
http://www.myspace.com/ntrlwrm
http://www.geocities.com/ntrlwrm/
Number None
http://www.myspace.com/numbernone
Oakeater
http://www.myspace.com/oakeater
Ono
http://www.myspace.com/onopmichaelono
(One of the very first!)
Panicsville/Andy Ortmann
http://www.myspace.com/panicsville
Piss Piss Piss Moan Moan Moan
http://www.myspace.com/pisspisspissmoanmoanmoan
Plastic Boner Band
http://www.myspace.com/plasticbonerband
Plastic Crimewave Sound
http://www.myspace.com/plsticcrimewavesound
Protman
http://www.myspace.com/protman
Right Eye Rita
http://www.myspace.com/righteyerita
Rotten Milk
http://www.myspace.com/rottenmilk
Sexual Freedom
http://www.myspace.com/sexualfreedom
Shattered Hymen
http://www.myspace.com/sxhx
http://shatteredhymen.wordpress.com/
Jason Soliday
http://cranksatori.net/js/
Adam Sonderberg
http://www.myspace.com/promisesoffailure
(Haptic, etc.)
Spires That In The Sunset Rise
http://www.myspace.com/spiresthatinthesunsetrise
TV Pow
http://www.myspace.com/tvpow
UnseenUnknown
http://www.myspace.com/unseenunknown
Vertonen
http://www.myspace.com/vertonencip
Vigilante
http://www.myspace.com/vigilantechicago
White/Light
http://www.myspace.com/whitelightdrone
Will Soderberg
http://www.white-rose.net
http://www.myspace.com/willsoderberg
William Sides Atari Party
http://www.myspace.com/williamsidesatariparty
Wilt
http://www.myspace.com/wiltsnoise
http://www.adnoiseam.net/wilt
Winters in Osaka
http://www.myspace.com/wintersinosaka1
Aaron Zarzutzki
http://www.myspace.com/aaronzarzutzki
ONLINE CALENDARS
Acid Marshmallow
http://www.acidmarshmallow.com/
Now Is
http://now-is.org/
(improv/experimental)
MPShows
(Promoter's Site - hardcore/punk/metal/indie)
http://www.mpshows.com/
And don't forget to check the Midwest section of the
Troniks/Chondritic Sound Message Board
http://www.chondriticsound.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=13
ONLINE MAGAZINES - WEEKLIES - WEBLOGS - ETC.
Acid Marshmallow
http://www.acidmarshmallow.com/
(Videoblog, etc.)
Chicago Inner View
http://www.chicagoinnerview.com/calendar/fullCalendar.htm
Chicago Reader
http://www.chicagoreader.com/music/index.php
Flavorpill
http://chi.flavorpill.net/
Gapers Block
http://www.gapersblock.com/transmission/
New City
http://www.newcitychicago.com/chicago/index.html
Time Out Chicago
http://www.timeout.com/chicago/index.jsp
UR Chicago
http://www.urchicago.com/
RADIO
WHPK 88.5 FM
http://www.whpk.org/
WLUW 88.7 FM
http://www.wluw.org/
Delirious Insomniac
http://www.posterityplaylists.blogspot.com/
Something Else
http://www.myspace.com/somethingelseradio
WNUR 89.3 FM
http://www.wnur.org/
WZRD 88.3 FM
http://www.wzrdchicago.org/
http://www.myspace.com/wzrd
RECORD STORES
Dusty Groove America
1120 N. Ashland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
773.342.5800
http://www.dustygroove.com/
(Primarily dance, rare groove, hip-hop, soul...)
Gramaphone Records
2843 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60657
773.472.3683
http://www.gramaphonerecords.com/
http://www.myspace.com/gramaphonerecords
(Primarily dance, techno, hip-hop, + some experimental techno)
Hard Boiled Records & Videos
2010 W. Roscoe Street
Chicago, IL 60618
773.755.2619
markhardboiled@earthlink.net
http://www.hardboiledrecords.com/
(Mixed indie)
Laurie's Planet of Sound
4639 N. Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
773.271.3569
http://www.lauriesplanetofsound.com/
http://www.myspace.com/lauriesplanetofsound
(Mixed indie)
Metal Haven
2003 W. Montrose Avenue
Chicago, IL 60618
773.755.9202
metalhavenstore@yahoo.com
http://www.metalhavenchicago.com/
(For many, metal heaven)
Permanent Records
1914 W. Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622
773.278.1744
http://www.myspace.com/permanentwax
http://www.permanentrecordschicago.com/
(A very noise friendly indie shop)
Reckless Records
http://www.reckless.com/
(A very noise friendly indie shop)
(three locations)
1532 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60622
(773) 235-3727
3157 N. Broadway
Chicago, IL 60657
(773) 404-5080
26 E. Madison
Chicago, IL 60602
(312) 795-0878
EQUIPMENT
(Sales/Service)
Avenue N Guitars1823 W. North Avenue
Chicago IL 60622
773.252.5580
http://www.avenuenguitars.com/
Chicago Music Exchange, Inc.
3316 N. Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL 60657
773.525.7773
http://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/
Deltronics
2911 N. Halsted Street
Chicago, IL 60657
773.549.6635
http://www.deltronicschicago.com/
(Audio equipment repair, including synths)
Electric Guitars by Fred Mangan
2351 W. Augusta Boulevard
Chicago, IL 60622
312.497.2418
http://www.fredmangan.com/
Guitar Center
2633 N. Halsted Street
Chicago, IL 60614
773.248.2808
http://www.guitarcenter.com/
(The great satan - but in a pinch...)
Midwest Buy & Sell
6019 W.Irving Park Road
Chicago IL 60634
773.545.2020
http://www.myspace.com/midwestbuyandsell
Specimen
1240 N. Homan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60651
773.489.4830
ian@specimenproducts.com
http://www.specimenproducts.com/
Third Coast Guitar Repair
159 N. Racine Avenue
Chicago, IL 60607
312.275.0095
thirdcoastguitar@ameritech.net
http://www.thirdcoastguitar.com/
Tommy's Rock & Roll Cafe
2548 W. Chicago Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60622
773.486.6768
tguitars@comcast.net
http://www.tommysguitars.com/
(Used guitars, amps, pedals + repairs)
