February 2012
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October 2011
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September 2011
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June 2011
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House Sounds Live from WZRD [4/21/11]
House Sounds at WZRD Chicago ( Click here to open in iTunes. ) Getting the Live From WZRD Podcast back on track with this in-studio performance by House Sounds. Check it out! Chicago’s House Sounds bring their often noisy, sometimes trippy, angular guitar-driven garage rock to the WZRD studio but throw in some groovin rhythms and peculiar melodies as well!
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May 2011
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Free tickets for May/June!
Lots of good stuff coming up, and we’ve got yer hook-up for the free tickets! Keep yer ears tuned to 88.3 WZRD for a chance to win, and “Like” the WZRD Chicago Facebook Page to get real time updates on exactly when we’re giving away tickets!
Upcoming shows include: Alfonso Ponticelli Flamenco Project, Funkadesi, Sepultura, Guitar Wolf, Urge Overkill, Dirty Beaches, Sondre...
April 2011
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Immortalize your awesome design skills by creating...
WZRD is getting ready to print some new t-shirts and is encouraging Wizards and Listeners alike to submit their visions. The top 3 designs will go on to compose the next 100 t-shirts printed. Any public submission that goes on to win and become a t-shirt will be honored with a credit/link on the website as well as 2 free t-shirts and a $20 gift certificate to Merla’s Kitchen (Kimball &...
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Upcoming Shows / Promotions
Lots of good stuff coming up, and we’ve got yer hook-up for the free tickets! Stay tuned to 88.3 WZRD for a chance to win and “Like” the WZRD Chicago Facebook Page to get real time updates on exactly when we’re giving away your tickets to your dream show!
Upcoming shows include: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Lightning Bolt, Sebadoh, Acid Mothers Temple, Wire, Polkaholics, Swing...
March 2011
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Updated shows / promotions
1.Jonathan Richman @ Metro (3/11) 2.Middle Brother, Dawes, Deer Tick @ Metro (3/12) 3.Ice Cube w/ Mikkey Halsted,Illy & Alo,Lungz, DJ 33 1/3, Big Once @ The Mid (3/13)
4. Chips for the Poor (Playing WZRD’s Thursday Night Live on 3/11!) @ Empty Bottle (3/13) 5. Michael Showalter “Mr Funnypants Tour” @ Schubas (3/14)
6. Elephant 6 Surprise Holiday Tour...
September 2010
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Dear Listeners
If you value Democracy Now! in its current 8-9 time slot, or if you appreciate regularly broadcast and streamed alternative community news on the airwaves of Chicago’s north side, please send us a note of support.
Let us know how our morning news programming affects you—email us at:
programdirector@wzrdchicago.org
Our ability to air Democracy Now! daily is being...
August 2010
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Holy Crap We're Streaming!
It’s been a long and winding road, but we’re finally back up online!
Check out our live simulcast stream! (best opened in a new window)
You may notice a big ugly button at the top of our page—-that’s gonna be revised (you know, so it’s not as big and ugly), but we just wanted that link was up ASAP! For those tech-savvy types—you can feed our stream to their...
July 2010
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August is coming!!
Here’s a list of some more FREE tickets we’ll be giving away on-air at semi random hours in the next month:
1. Seu Jorge @ Logan Square Auditorium (8/3) 2. Stereo Total @ Empty Bottle (8/30 3. Devo / Dirty Projectors @ Congress Theater (8/5)
Also! August=Animal Advocacy Live On-Air Interviews! 1. Saturday August 7th, 5 pm with founder of The Puppy Mill Project, Cari Meyers 2....
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FREE tickets coming up:
7/22 Rasputina @ Abbey Pub (w/ Dead Superheroes Orchestra, and Lake Grimm)
7/30 Reds and Blue @ Schubas (w/ Hollows, and Royce )
8/5 Devo & The Dirty Projectors @ Congress Theater Stay tuned, Don’t sleep!
May 2010
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Sage Francis @ Bottom Lounge [5/19/10]
Here’s another show for which we recently gave away some free tickets! Keep listening for more chances to win more tickets! If you didn’t catch indie rapper Sage Francis last Wednesday at Bottom Lounge, here’s some of what you missed: We caught B. Dolan opening up for Sage Francis:
Really great stuff. He’s on Strange Famous and a bit like Sage but a lot more aggressive....
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Voice of Addiction live from WZRD [4/22/10]
“Voice of Addiction takes on the attitude the the punk rock revolution instilled in us, but infuses it with ska breakdowns. Sometimes described as a “unique refreshing slant to the rock world.” Voice Of Addiction’s members put their distinct personalities and experiences into the instruments they play and the music they write. V.O.A.’s music has...
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Devotchka + Gogol Bordello @ Congress Theater...
Last month we had the pleasure of giving away a few free pair of tickets to see Devotchka and Gogol Bordello at the Congress Theater, and checking out the show ourselves. Devotchka put on a beautiful and electrifying show with their freeform menagerie of Romani, Slavic, Greek, Bolero, Mariachi, Folk, and Punk sounds. Here’s what our lucky ticket winners got to experience:
Vocalist Nick...
April 2010
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WZRD's C2E2 show and tell
So it’s been a couple weeks since C2E2 and we figured we should finally post some of our experience.
This was C2E2’s first year and we’d say it was a big success. C2E2 offers everything “from a show floor packed with hundreds of exhibitors, to panels and autograph sessions giving fans a chance to interact with their favorite creators, to screening rooms featuring...
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Al Scorch's Country Soul Ensemble live from WZRD...
Al Scorch’s Country Soul Ensemble helped put on a wild hootenanny at WZRD’s Thursday Night Live on April 1st. Fast, sloppy, high energy banjo, drums, and wild punk yelps, and heartfelt wails filled the studio as Al Scorch’s Country Soul Ensemble rocked and rolled the night with raucous, melodies, old-time tunes, pub chants, and words that don’t leave you much...
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Morbid Obesity Live From WZRD [From 2/11/10]
A bit of an oldie! Morbid Obesity! Chicago Grind/Powerviolence/Thrash served raw to you by WZRD! They have this to say: “WE LIKE TO SMOKE WEED EAT, MAKE POWERVIOLENCE AND GRIND ALL DAY BABYCAKES” And that’s all that needs to be said.
Check out the Morbid Obesity podcast in iTunes!
More pictures after the jump!
Readin’ some PSAs...
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Waste Basket - Live From WZRD [3/25/10]
Waste Basket! Chicago ska-punk!
Check out the Waste Basket podcast in iTunes!
More pictures after the jump!
and with The Wizard…
Thanks everyone!
Peace, Love, and Freeform!
March 2010
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WZRD Nostalgia - Funeral Bitch (chicago thrash)
Funeral Bitch at WZRD Chicago - 1988. “McMac Attack” and “Kidnap Victim” Members of MASTER, Abomination, Deathstrike, WarCry, Znowhite, and Assault
“Funeral Bitch recorded two demos with me and we split up. I liked the arrangements of this music, because more Punk ideals were prevalent in the music. Alex [Olvera] was an intersting...
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Ether Feather (1/2 of Icy Demons) Live from WZRD...
Ether Feather (Dylan Ryan and Jeremiah Chiu of Icy Demons) let out a long, synthy exhale of ambient soundscapes, dreamy, loopy beats, vocal and percussive experimentation, and variety of quality ear ticklers from WZRD’s underground bunker.
Now it can be yours!
Check out the Ether Feather podcast in iTunes!
More pictures after the jump!
This is how you explore WZRD’s...
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Kiddy Korral Jug Band - Live From WZRD Chicago...
On a wintery Thursday night, Kiddy Korral Jug Band took a phonographic timewarp from the pre-internet era to broadcast some musical mischief straight through the fm airwaves and by cable directly to you from the studio of WZRD Chicago. A rag-tag group of hobo clowns, circus freaks, and the devil himself, complete with a washboard, gutbucket, homemade percussion, and several other wacky sounds,...
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New to WZRD Chicago - Feb 26th, '10
More new records and reviews! (added to WZRD library feb 26)
Silver Abuse - Dogs Laughed at Us
Silver Abuse- Music, Dancing, Tainted Meat
The Nath Family - Sounds of the Indian Snake Charmer,
Death Factory - Halluzination Carousel / Diversion,
Death Factory - Prophecy of the Black Spider
Full listing, and reviews after the jump…
cdr 16386 The Nath Family Sounds of the...
February 2010
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New to WZRD Chicago - Feb 19th, '10
New records and reviews! (added to WZRD library feb 19)
Andrew Bird - Useless Creatures
Les Claypool - Of Fungi & Foe
Illusion of Safety - Probe,
Illusion of Safety / Travis Bird and Daniel Burke - Live at No Fun Fest 2005 / unreleased work from 2009,
The Jesus Lizard - Goat
The Jesus Lizard - Liar
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Full listing, samples, and reviews...
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Got Shelter?
TOMORROW (Tuesday, February 23rd) 13th Annual Homelessness Marathon Broadcast Live by WZRD 88.3 FM February 23rd 6pm-8am
Call toll free: (877) NOBODY 8 http://www.homelessnessmarathon.org
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New to WZRD Chicago - Feb 6th, '10
Along with our new website (welcome!), we’ve got some great new additions to our library! New records and reviews!
Back to Peru Vol 2: Peruvian Underground 1964-1974, Sensacional Soul Vol. 2, Gozalo! - Bugalu Tropical Vol 3 all from the label VampiSoul
Noggin Big Band - Noggin Big Band,
Donald Rubinstein - Martin - Original Sound Track,
The Feel Trio - Looking (Berlin Version),
Deep...
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New To WZRD Chicago - Jan 28, '09
We’ve been a bit busy getting last week’s Haiti Relief Benefit together (check out our last blog for info on that) so we’re letting you know a bit late— New records and reviews!
John Zorn/Masada - Gimel (Three)
Wolf Eyes - Always Wrong,
Couch - Glass Brothers 1993-1994,
Satyricon - Nemesis Divina,
Marduk - Nightwing,
Nachtmystium - Demise,
Ash Pool - World Turns On...
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WZRD's Haiti Relief Benefit at NEIU was a huge...
Complete with a rummage sale full of donated clothes gathered by Student Activities, free popcorn, 3 bands, a DJ, tarot card/palm readings, and free pizza provided by Sodexo, everyone had a great time, and raised some money for a great cause! All proceeds went to benefit Haiti through the NEIU Foundation, and leftover clothes were donated directly.
This event was organized in less than a week!...
January 2010
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New to WZRD Chicago - Jan 14, '09
New records by nerBeater, Devendra Banhart, Zebras, Warren Teagarden, Klang, The Rhythm Messiahs, and Ontologist—reviews and more info after the jump!
cd 16358 nerBeater Decibel Salad Post Egoism Media, 2009
Brenden MacDonald—aka nerBeater—hides out in the hamlet of Nanaimo, British Columbia where he finds sufficient solitude to concentrate on his craft of laptop-produced...
December 2009
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(Silver Abuse) Live From WZRD
We just posted a new podcast of Chicago Punk veterans Silver Abuse from 12/19(pictures of said performance below). Here’s the Live From WZRD iTunes page, or click here to go to the Podomatic page to stream from there. Subscribe to the podcast to get new content as we publish it!
WZRD has a long-running weekly program called Thursday Night Live (one of our few set block weekly programs), in...
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New to WZRD Chicago - Dec 12, '09
New to our collection:
Music by Black Bear Combo, Smegma with Steve McKay, Kid Kudi, Music From The Film, Landed, Joelle Leandre / Maguelone Vidal / Raymond Boni Reviews and more after the jump!
cd 16349 Black Bear Combo Game of Death self-released, 2009 Chicago’s Black Bear Combo has been together since 2002, but the new Game of Death looks to be their first official album...
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New to WZRD Chicago - Dec 4, '09
cd 16342 Alec K. Redfearn & The Seizures Exterminating Angel Corleone, 2009 Providence, Rhode Island’s Alec K. Redfearn is a terrific and innovative accordionist who’s led a number of groups spanning back to the early ’90s…The Seizures are a newly formed lineup—a four-piece with Redfearn on accordion, ukulele and vocals, Chris Sadler on string bass and electronics,...
November 2009
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WZRD podcast →
Putting together a WZRD podcast (probably a few)…here’s what we’ve got so far.
Thinking about doing a seperate podcast for Thursday Night Live performances as well as a podcast for old performances from the past 25 years or so, interviews, etc…
http://wzrd-chicago.podomatic.com/
August 2009
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July 2009
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Upcoming In-Studio Performances
The following are booked for live perfomances on the airwaves of WZRD!: 1). Thursday, July 23rd - Universal Product ( 8pm (ish) , ) 2). Thursday, July 30th - Jim Baker (10:30pm) 3). Thusday, August 13th - FluiD (10:30pm) 4). Thursday , August 27th - Ilusion Of Safety (10:30pm) Times may vary but usually the start time is 10:30pm (or thereabouts). Tune in and check it out!!!!
AND finally...
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New Music Adds: from July 3rd, 2009
Our first disc this week comes from Wizard L. K….Thank you!
cd 16292 Throbbing Gristle Live in Chicago 4-26-09 Bootleg It’s hard to overestimate the influence that Throbbing Gristle has had on experimental, industrial, and ‘noise’ music since the London-based quartet deliberately set out to shock and provoke audiences in 1976…Throbbing Gristle arose out of the...
June 2009
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New Music Adds: from June 19th, 2009
Among posting news, old archived performances, and show reviews/features, we’ll also be using this space to let you know what interesting new releases we get in as they come! Stay tuned, and feel free to call in and make a request if something interests you! AIM: ChicagoWZRD Phone: 773.442.4578
cd 16286 Oran Etkin Kelenia Motema, 2009 29 year old Israeli-American Oran Etkin has...
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WZRD's Freeform Radio!: A hello.
Holy crap! tumblr!
So since this June, WZRD has been working on making a real online presence and really trying to get their shit together as far as being the most awesome chicago freeform radio station on the interweb goes.
Hopefully this will turn into a more all-purpose wizardly blog soon—new record reviews, chicago show/lolla/pitchfork/rothbury reviews, features, and pictures, wizardly...