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• Artist on Artist: Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran talks to Mia Park
  
  Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran talks to Mia Park of Chic-a-Go-Go

  Duran Duran was rooted in the British New Romantic movement, which was defined as much by foppish wardrobes as by music. But despite the band’s synthesizer-heavy studio sheen and pastel-drenched look, early smashes like “Rio” and “Hungry Like the Wolf” were big, riffy rock songs with hooks as broad and muscular as anything by the uber-butch hard-rock bands they were eclipsing.…

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• Darkroom Closing At The End Of The Month
  Chicago is losing another music venue since it’s come to light Ukrainian Village club Darkroom is closing it’s doors September 1. According to a source of ours, there will be new owners but it’s unclear what their plans for the space will be. In our personal experience the club served an important role in helping local bands hone their skills and taking a risk on inviting lesser known touring groups onto their stage. Competition in Chicago is fierce though and the room’s size made it difficult to fill considering most major acts that would play a comparable space would get snapped up by other venues. And recent hotspots like the musc room at The Burlington and the opening of Township only made the fight for talent even more difficult. [ more › ]
• Tuesday Afternoon Diversion: Hey, Bullfrog!
  Given the choice between a frog giving us warts or biting off a finger, we’ll take the warts every time. [ more › ]

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