Razorcake December 2nd, 2025 In Charles Willeford’s classic New Hope for the Dead, detective Hoke Mosley sits at a bar…
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‘Til Death Do Us Part: Murder By Death Plays Final Chicago Shows
By Kyle Decker In the Loop July 18th, 2025 Murder by Death has been a crucial band for me for…
Whoring It Up At Sleeping Village In Chicago
By Kyle Decker In The Loop March 10th, 2025 By Kyle Decker WHORES., while not being the most shocking band…
In Punk We Trust
By Daniel winnipegpublibrary November 4th, 2024 In downtown Los Angeles, Alex Damage makes his way to a nearby 7-11. He…
Chicago’s Own: Dancepunks, BEASTII, Release First New Album In 7 Years
By Kyle Decker In the Loop Some scholars of popular culture have written about “The 20-Year Rule,” which suggests exactly…
Signing OFF!: Punk Supergroup Bids Farewell To Chicago With A Sold-Out Show At Lincoln Hall As Part Of Final Tour
By Kyle Decker In the Loop It will be hard to discuss this show without acknowledging upfront that Chicago’s own…
US ‘K-goth’ band collaborates on trilingual song, dreams of touring Korea
By Kyle Decker and Fleurette Estes The Korea Times Much has been written about the “K-wave.” And Korean popular culture…
The End Is Nigh: Seminal Punk Band X, Plays Chicagoland On Their Farewell Tour
By Kyle Decker In the Loop July 16th, 2024 X is not a band that should need an introduction. But…
Chicago’s Own: Precocious Neophyte’s Latest EP, Stony, Hits Like A Dream Pop Avalanche
By Kyle Decker In the Loop July 9th, 2024 For the unfortunately uninitiated, Precocious Neophyte is the project of Korean…
Post Punk Echo & The Bunnymen Return To Chicago For A Show At The Riviera Theatre
By Kyle Decker and Photos by Fleurette Estes In the Loop Magazine Post-punk progenitors Echo & The Bunnymen played a…