Chicago Noise Resource List

2008-10-29T16:09:00.120-05:00

This weblog includes information originally collected for the Chicago section of the Midwest Tour Resource that I previously maintained on the Troniks/Chondritic Sound message board. This evolving resource is meant to assist both local bands/artists and those traveling through Chicago, in regards to finding venues, finding other artists, promoting shows, distributing and buying recordings, etc. The focus is on artists who fall under the heading of noise, experimental, power-electronics, drone, synth, avant-garde, etc., and venues that support these styles. Submissions are welcome. Please e-mail to bludlust@mindspring.com:

VENUES

The Abbey Pub
3420 West Grace Street
Chicago, IL 60618
773.478.4408
http://www.abbeypub.com/

Albion House
1719 W. Albion

Chicago, IL 60626

(Punk house shows, some metal, some noise)

Ball Hall

(address withheld)

http://www.myspace.com/ballhallchicago

chiballhall@gmail.com (ask for Ted)

(Humboldt Park all ages space, now noise friendly)

Beauty Bar

1444 West Chicago Avenue

Chicago, IL60642

312.226.8828

http://www.thebeautybar.com/chicago/

(Affiliated with The Empty Bottle, hosts occasional noise/experimental shows)

Chilis

2005 S. Allport (Rear building)

Chicago, IL. 60608

(Ryley Walker's spot)

The Compound

1858 N. Kedzie

Chicago, IL 60647

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

The Empty Bottle

1035 N. Western Avenue

Chicago, IL 60622

773.276.3600

http://www.emptybottle.com/

http://www.facebook.com/emptybottle

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

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

thefuneralparlor@gmail.com

Glowsticks
1376 N. Dean St.
Apt. 3F
(Near Milwaukee & Wood)
Chicago, IL 60642
http://amiracleglow.tumblr.com/

Green Lantern

2542 W. Chicago Ave.

Chicago IL 60622-8366

greenlanterngallery@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)

Kaleid Series at Impala Gallery

1768 W. Greenleaf Avenue (at Clark Street)

Chicago, IL 60626

serieskaleid@gmail.com

http://www.kaleidseries.com/

The Juicer

1238 N. Noble St.

Chicago, IL 60642

thejuicerchicago@gmail.com

(between Division and North, near The Kennedy)

http://thejuicerchicago.blogspot.com/

(mostly punk and metal; affiliated with DIYCHI)

Lampo

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)

Lucky Gator Loft

3950 Grand Ave.

Chicago, IL 60651

http://www.myspace.com/luckygatorloft

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)

Mortville

2106 S. Kedzie, 3rd floor

Chicago, IL 60623

http://www.myspace.com/inmortville

http://inmortville.blogspot.com/

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 books improvised music)

Pancho's

2200 North California Avenue

Chicago, IL 60647-2904

773.772.7811

(New MPshows booked bar to replace Ronny's)

http://www.mpshows.com/

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)

Reuben's Palace
1620 N. Fairfield Avenue, rear building
(One block east of California Avenue, near North Avenue)
Chicago, IL 60647

(All ages, BYOB space in Humboldt Park)

Reversible Eye

1103 N. California Ave.

Chicago, IL 60622

773.862.1232

http://www.myspace.com/reversibleeye

http://www.reversibleeye.com/

http://www.blogger.com/reversibleeye@gmail.com

Elena

Loto Ball

Saki

3716 West Fullerton Avenue

Chicago, IL

60647-2306

773.486.3997

http://sakistore.net/

info@sakistore.net

(Record store that hosts in-store shows)

Transistor

5045 N. Clark St.

Chicago, IL 60640

312.863.1375

http://www.transistorchicago.com/

Treasure Town

2106 S. Kedzie

Chicago, IL 60623

(below Mortville)

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

Already Dead Tapes

http://alreadydeadtapes.wordpress.com/

BloodLust!

http://www.bloodlust.blogspot.com/

http://bloodshop.bigcartel.com/ (new webstore)

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

Neon Blossom

http://neonblossoms.tumblr.com/

Nihilist Records

http://www.nihilistrecords.net/

No Sides Records

http://www.myspace.com/nosidesrecords

http://www.nosidesrecords.com/

Notice Recordings

http://noticerecordings.blogspot.com/

noticerecordings@gmail.com

Pan Y Rosas Discos

http://panyrosasdiscos.net/
mailto:pyrdiscos@gmail.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

Southbridge

http://www2.blogger.com/Southbridge%20http://slowelectronics.com

Synchronausea
http://synchronausea.com/

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

Anemrostone
http://www.myspace.com/anemrostone

Augment

http://www.myspace.com/augmentnoise

Beardtongue/Joshua Manchester

http://www.myspace.com/beardtongue

http://www.joshuamanchester.com/ (music + personal site)

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

jonCates

http://systemsapproach.net/

Constriction

http://www.myspace.com/constrictions

(members of Sea Of Shit and Socially Retarded)

Crucifagium

http://www.myspace.com/crucifagium

Death Factory

http://www.myspace.com/deathfactory

Dense Reduction

(Evan Lindorff-Ellery + Travis Bird)

http://noticerecordings.blogspot.com/

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/

Jake Elliott

http://dai5ychain.net/

Environmental Sound Collapse

http://www.myspace.com/environmentalsoundcollapse

Fatale

http://fatale.weebly.com/

The Faultless

http://thefaultless.info/

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

Halluciphile
http://halluciphile.com/

Haptic

http://www.myspace.com/hapticmusic

Helen Money
http://www.helenmoney.com/
http://www.myspace.com/helenmoney

Steven Hess (Haptic, Locrian, etc.)

http://www.myspace.com/s_hess

I Love Presets

http://www.ilovepresets.com/

http://www.myspace.com/ilovepresets

Wes Imel

http://soundcloud.com/wes-imel

Booking: wesimel@gmail.com
(Ambient artist)

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 (Haptic, etc.)
http://www.myspace.com/josephcmills

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

0UR080R05

http://www.google.com/search?q=0UR080R05

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

Problems That Fix Themselves

http://problemsthatfixthemselves.com/

Protman

http://www.myspace.com/protman

Red Electric Rainbow (Daniel D. Smith

http://redelectricrainbow.tumblr.com/

Right Eye Rita

http://www.myspace.com/righteyerita

Shattered Hymen

http://www.myspace.com/sxhx

http://shatteredhymen.wordpress.com/

Sid Yiddish (and related)

Sid Yiddish (solo)
http://www.myspace.com/adeptiveradiation
Candy Store Henchmen
http://www.myspace.com/krackhausminyans
Adeptive Radiation
http://www.myspace.com/adeptiveradiation

Jason Soliday

http://cranksatori.net/js/

Adam Sonderberg (Haptic, etc.)
http://www.myspace.com/promisesoffailure

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

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/

DIYCHI.ORG

http://diychi.org/
(focus on DIY punk shows)

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.acid-marshmallow.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

Slow Electronics

(hosted by Jake Elliot & jonCates - Sundays from 4 PM - 6 PM CST on glitch.fm)

http://glitch.fm/slowelectronics_jakejon

Free Radio SAIC

(The School of the Art Institute of Chicago)

http://freeradiosaic.org/pages/news/

Archived Slimes shows (Drone Noise Cassette Music Old New Medium Rare Common Uncommon):

http://ectoslimes.blogspot.com/

WHPK 88.5 FM

http://www.whpk.org/

WLUW 88.7 FM

http://www.wluw.org/

Delirious Insomniac

http://www.posterityplaylists.blogspot.com/

WNUR 89.3 FM

http://www.wnur.org/

WZRD 88.3 FM
http://www.wzrdchicago.org/

http://www.myspace.com/wzrd

RECORD STORES

Bucket O'Blood Books & Records

2307 North Milwaukee Avenue

Chicago, IL 60647-2924

773.252.7470

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)

Logan Hardware
2410 West Fullerton Avenue

Chicago, IL 60647

773.235.5030

(Run by Chicago Independent Distribution)

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

Saki

3716 West Fullerton Avenue

Chicago, IL

60647-2306

773.486.3997

http://sakistore.net/

info@sakistore.net

(Affiliated with Carrot Top Distribution)

EQUIPMENT

(Sales/Service)

Avenue N Guitars

1823 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
773.549.6635http://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